halloween

at the end of the night before our scary movie
baby jayden and his granny, he is dressed as a ninja!!!
my cousin kayla, she dressed up for a haunted house
she is hilarious, she smiles so big she has to shut her eyes.

Well this year halloween was fun, I made austin the costume, because he wanted to be alvin and i could not find a costume to buy any where. So I just found this home made costume website that told me exactly how to make it. Adan's was much easier just found her costume on line to buy. But 5 yr olds are definitely more difficult. Austin was woried he would not be recognized, but only 1 person all night did not recognize him and they must not have watched tv very much in their lifetime, lol. But the kids got plenty of candy for the whole 6 houses we made it to. We even had our own trick or treaters when we gothome at 8:30 cuz we forget to turn our porch light off, ha.

in touch with friends

So I have gotten back in touch with one of my good friends from High School. I ran into her at wal-mart and she had this beautiful little boy to show off. I am so happy that we are back in touch again and as keisha would say Love you, Girl. God has really blessed me to have such wonderful people in my life. I really am not worthy to ask for more:)

my friend heather

I visited my friend Heather back in June for a few days, we had a blast with the kids and catching up on old times, lol:) She moved to Texas shortly after and I wish she would have stayed, Ha. I guess I am the only one who refuses to leave the great state of Tennessee. I miss ya bunches Heather can't wait til' you come home to visit.

welcome baby preston allen griffin

This post is definitely long over due. Our nephew was born in June to Allen and Jennifer Griffin who live away from us and we miss them all the time:) This beautiful baby especially!! I have not even got to hold him yet:( They came to visit, But we were super busy, regretfully. But of course they understood. Can't wait til' the holidays so we can see this little bundle of Joy!!!

This a collaberated montage, I am to lazy to separate them out and they would be to small really separately. It has austin's 5th birthday party from March of this year. Adan's 2nd birthday party from September of this year. The last pictures and video is when their great grand dad and nanny came to visit in May from England , this is the first time I met them as well as the kids and Damon had not seen them since he was a child, It was really exciting for me as well as the entire family. We miss them very much!!!!

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update

I have not been posting in a loooong time. I have been busy with life changes and so forth. Things are definitely looking up since the last time I had posted anything.I am now working full time at my job instead of prn. Austin is going to kindergarten!!!!! Adan turned 2 yrs old, I have every intention of posting some pictures once I have the time. I have read everybody else's posts just not done any of my own in a while. Thanks to everyone who was praying for my family in our trying times.

Happy 50th birthday Susan!!!!!

may 4th is my mother-in-law Susan's birthday and this past Saturday they had a huge party. Although most probably do not remember it, lol. Her parents from England came all the way here to celebrate. We also had my brother-in-law and his wife who are expecting come up from Georgia and stay with us for a few days. And Damon's cousin Danny and his wife and 2 beautiful children also came in from Georgia. And way to many locals to mention. I believe everyone has had a great time and my children got to meet their great grandparents for the first time. I am so excited for her to get to spend this time with her parents and sister from England. They go back this thursday and I know they are spending as much quality time together that is possible. Well susan we love you very much and we wish you nothing but the best for your 50th and every year there after. Carrie took awesome pictures these are just a few and of course I had to put a picture of adan in there that she took because it was way too cute!!!!!

we got a new puppy

So i went and got this new puppy last night, he is a boxer was born december 19 which should be easy to remember since this is damon's birthday. He is cute but needs a lot of work to house train which I am definitely not looking forward to. I have all ready had my feel of it and it has not been 24 hrs yet, ha. Anyways we are going to have to get his ears clipped. We did not get tyson's clipped due to him not looking like a full- blooded boxer which we were told he was when we bought him. He would look funny if he did have them clipped. Tyson is real excited to get a friend to play with. Hopefully this will stop him from chewing up the kids toys when we leave them in the back yard.

My baby boy is 5!!!

Oh my goodness how time flies with your children on March 11, 2009 my baby boy austin turned 5. We had a huge surprise party and it was awesome I went all out with hiring a caterer to make an extra special cake because wal-mart or any other deli's did not have a looney tunes cake. He had a blast and was super surprised he had no idea I can remember it seemed like just yesterday he was a baby being brought home from the hospital, yes I have cried and cried thinking of how he is not little any more.

I remember when I decided to quit breastfeeding he started having problems using the bathroom, and he was so ridiculously fussy. Me being a first time mommy was nervous and scared and clueless as to how to help him. He had been crying for an hour or more, Damonand I had don everything we could and he would not quit. So what else do you do? Call MOM and that is what I did she came right over. She picks him up and he goes right to sleep. Ughh and my mom tells me in a loud voice "you are a nervous wreck and he can tell so you have to calm down and take care of him" lesson learned.

I could not imagine my life without this little angel in it. God has truly blessed me with both of my children. Austin was my rock during some very hard times in my life and I believe God knew that he would be when he put him in my life. Those of you who are reading this and knows me knows of those times so I do not have to elaborate. Of course he has no realization as to the huge impact he has made he was just a baby and still is but I definitely would have lost some sanity had he not been there.

Well I put together a small montage of my baby growing up I hope you can watch it and see this beautiful little baby grow into a little boy!!!!

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I got a job!!

So I have been unemployed since October due to reasons beyond my control. But, today praise god I got a phone call from Baptist Hospital West asking me if I was interested in a position.....Absolutely!!!I have been trying to get hired there since November but apparently they have a very long hiring process. I am going to be working in the ER in the admissions, I start training March 9. I am so excited and grateful at the same time. I have truly been blessed in this unfortunate economy and everyone struggling to get by. I have been fortunate to have been able to have received an unemployment check to have a means to pay the few bills I have. I am including a couple of pictures that I have taken of me and the babies in the past week.

It finally Snowed!!!

wow

So the other day my sister in law Kelle who attends the local high school, texted me with a picture message. To my surprise it was me and my old time pal Pam. I don't talk to her anymore not my decision, I would love to talk to her. I have just lost touch with all of my old friends. Needless to say it brought a smile to my face. Kelle had found it in a teachers' scrapbook. I just thought I would share the pictures.

update

Just a real quick update on my papaw, he is home now and walking, like I knew he could. Instead of doing the surgery they are giving him shots in his stomach to hopefully get rid of the clots in his neck. They also put him on 9 different medications. In his words "you can't keep a good man down!" Thanks to all who spoke a prayer and please continue to keep him in your thoughts.

Adan being too cute!!

Adan is really getting better at expressing herself her favorite word is definitely NO!!! But we got her saying her brothers name now and she will yell for him and it is too cute, I recorded her saying things that she says most of the time. But she seriously tries to repeat all that she hears. She says Austi, Yes it is missing an N but she is 16 months old what do you expect, lol!!! Ignore the mess it is behind the bar in the kitchen and usually company does not see that part, lol.