Addison Road

This past weekend I attended The Girl Within Conference at our church. Vicki Courtney was the speaker and Addison Road led worship. Hannah wanted to come with me so badly but she just wasn't quite old enough. However, Addison Road put on a concert on Saturday night and I took her with me to that. She was so excited. My friends, Jasmin McBride & Trisha Smith, brought their daughters with them to the concert as well. The girls had so much fun! Below are a few snapshots I got of the fun! :-)

Here we have Hannah, Cambreigh and Jaycee waiting for the concert to start.

Me and my sweet girl....love her so much!

The girls got to go stand by the stage when the concert began....Jaycee was making sure someone was watching her. Ha!

Hannah, listening intently to what Jenny was saying.

Here is Jenny (lead singer of Addison Road) with Hannah.

I had such a good time sharing this with Hannah. I pray we have many more moments like this to share.

1st Grade!!

1st Grade!! It's finally here! :-) Hannah was so excited she woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't go back to sleep! She did finally go back to sleep and I woke her up bright and early at 6:30. I have been thinking about the difference in dropping her off this morning and dropping her off last year for Kindergarten. It wasn't near as hard this year....although I had to make myself walk out of the class. :-)

Here is our picture of Hannah last year starting Kindergarten....

...and here is my big 1st grader! I can hardly believe the difference. She look so much older to me.

Just a close-up for mom.


We heard that the school traffic going to East Pointe is horrible so we decided to park at my friend Tonya's house and walk to school. Ugh!!! It was so hot and humid that I thought I was going to die! But Hannah & Emily had a good time walking to school together.

Here is a picture of Hannah and her teacher, Mrs. Leslie Watts. We already love her!!!

We had a little drama this morning.....I got the outfit out that Hannah had picked to wear on her first day of school and saw the security tag had not been removed when we bought it! Hannah was very sad and decided she just couldn't wear a different dress or skirt so she picked out her new jean shorts & her new pink shirt. I think she looked beautiful.....regardless of the outfit! I took the dress this morning and had the tag removed so Hannah is all ready for Monday!

I am so excited to see what is in store for my sweet Hannah and her 1st grade year. I just know it's gonna be a good one!

Last Day of Summer Vacation

Today is the last day of Summer Vacation for my Hannah-bell. I find it to be bittersweet. She is growing up way too fast for me.....complete with attitude! I am having such a hard time believing my baby girl is beginning 1st grade tomorrow. Wow...I can't even imagine all the things (both good and bad!) she will learn this year. Isaac is going to be lost without his "Nannah" to follow around and pester! Ha!

Hannah has one of her best little friends over today.....Emily Alford. Emily's mom, Tonya, teaches 3 year old Preschool at our church and her classes began today so Emily came to hang with us. They are having a great time....they have played Barbies, made candy necklaces and now they are bowling on the Wii for Isaac. They are such sweet girls.

Here is a picture of the big girls with our big boy! Seriously he is going to be so sad without Hannah here all day.

Not only are we sending our big 1st grader off to school tomorrow, we have a big boy working very hard on learning to use the potty.....everytime! Ha! He wanted to show off his Mickey Mouse "wonderwear". Isn't it too cute!!! It seems like yesterday it was Hannah running around in her tiny little panties. Time flies way too fast!

Lots of changes are happening....I'm praying God's blessings on a new school year!

Chaos in Conway!

I decided it had been too long since I had seen my sister so I packed the kids up Sunday after church and headed to Conway. I love spending time with my sister. I am just beyond proud of the life she has created for herself and her three boys. I honestly look up to her. She is just amazing. We didn't really do a whole lot....just ate some yummy Mexican food and had a delicious frappe' from McDonalds. The rest of the time we played Nerts and the kids played together. We had a wonderful time....below are just some pictures of our time there.

Brady (with his eyes closed), Isaac (devasted because I made him leave the Wii game to take a picture, sigh), Blake, Bryant & Hannah

Hannah & Brady doing Zumba with Aunt Bekah (she wouldn't let me post the picture of her - boo!)

See the smile on Hannah's face? Wish I felt happy when working out!

Here is my future Razorback!!!

Blake & Isaac watchin' some Wipeout!

I thank God for the relationship I have with my sister...she is truly my best friend.

Catching up with old friends

My day sure started out good.....I got to meet my old friend, Cheryl Hyman, at McDonalds in Van Buren so we could catch up! I haven't seen her in a long time but you never would have known it.....I love that! Cheryl & I have been friends for 10 years. Gosh, that's a long time! I met Cheryl when I went to work for the Collection Department at Superior Bank, before Arvest bought them. I was the receptionist for the department for a while and then became and collector. I learned so much from Cheryl. She was one of the best we had! Anyway, we got to sit and talk for 3 hours this morning while the kids played! It was awesome!!

Here is Hannah and Laurel...they were born 15 days apart. I wasn't sure they would remember each other (we haven't seen each other in a while) but they did and played so wonderfully together!

This is Cheryl and her oldest daughter Aubrey. She is 11 years old. Aubrey was about a year old when she and Cheryl came to my wedding!

Here is Isaac re-hydrating himself....before he developed this high fever and began feeling terrible.

These girls are just too sweet! I am so glad they are friends. :-)

Here they are just chatting it up...before they realized I was taking their picture.

We all had such a good time!

As I was putting Isaac in the car I noticed he felt really warm but thought he might have just gotten really hot playing in the tube things. He still felt hot when we got home so I took his temperature....103.4!!! What?!?!?! I called Dr. Ashcrafts office and they said they wanted to see him so we loaded up and went to the doctor. After checking EVERYTHING they have determined he has a summer virus that will last 24 - 48 hours. He is laying on the couch as I type this watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. My poor baby. I pray he feels better soon. Not a good way to end what started as a wonderful day!

Another Great Lake Day

This past Saturday Jennifer, Me and the kids headed out to meet the Reals, Driggers and Langwells at Lake Tenkiller. Had a blast! Brian had to work in the morning but came up later in the afternoon. We stayed out on the boat all day and then came in about 6pm to start dinner at camp. Below are a bunch of pictures showing our awesome time!

John & Tammy with Hannah and Madison...getting ready to tube.

Melissa....hanging out in the lake.

Tammy

Hannah swimming with Kim

Hannah and Makinley

Cassie & Isaac...throwing ice into the lake.

Hannah swimming with Mike

Jennifer swimming with Isaac (since Mommy won't get in the water!)

Grace & Hannah tubing

Isaac helping Mike drive while Grace & Hannah tube

Grace & Hannah doing more tubing....Hannah wouldn't get off all day! She has become quite the daredevil.

Brian wearing his "diaper"....cracks me up! The guys do this so they can just sit on them and float. Ha!

Cassie has joined Grace & Hannah...and now Hannah isn't holding on!

Look at these girls!

Our little "hood ornament"...he loves to stand at the front of the boat while we fly through the water.

Kim & Tammy

Luke decided to jump off a super tall cliff....I got some pics of him in action.

Here he goes!

The waves moved the boat as I was snapping this picture...oops!

Here is the group hanging out waiting for dinner to be ready......

....while the kids played....

....and played....

....until they were worn out & ready to eat!

We had such a great day....we have a great group of friends and I am so thankful we are remaining in touch, even though we don't go to the same church anymore.