Kitchen Floor

Before......

After............

I'm lovin it!!! It made a huge difference.

Ya'll have a good night! I love ya'll!

Whew!!!!

My Rylee made cheerleader!!! She is over the moon excited and I am very proud of her!!!! Congratulations Rylee...I love you with all my heart!!!

I have to say that I'm so glad it's over....it is so nerve racking! All the girls worked very hard and they all did a great job! Just to put yourself out there and try out is huge and it takes alot of nerve. Aunt Joy tried out one time, but didn't make it so she just didn't fool with it again....she did a beauty pageant one time too heehee!!! We won't go there though. Ok, so anyhoo we had cheer tryouts on Friday and then Anna and Randy's baby shower on Saturday, THEN on Sunday, we took the Youth to the Will Graham Conference in Auburn. Toby Mac and Skillit were there and it was AWESOME!!!! Now I'm not a headbanger, so Skillit wasn't really my thing, but I have to say they were ok... The kids liked em. But now Toby Mac on the other had was off tha chain!!!!! It was GREAT! I love Toby Mac!!! EVERYBODY loved Toby Mac I think. They put on a great show too. We have a very busy weekend coming up.... when do we NOT have a busy week OR weekend!?!? We have Gavin's birthday party on Saturday. I can't believe that my G is one year old already!!! Where did the time go!?!?!?!?!? He is so sweet and I just love him so much!!! Also, we have 3 Easter egg hunts this weekend AND Peter Cottontail will be hoppin down the bunny trail this weekend!! Woo Hoo!!! Ok well, I'm off to fall in the bed. I'm so tired. Ya'll have a fabulous night! I love ya'll bunches!!!
Love,
Auntie Jenn

Happy St. Patrick's Day

I'm tired for a Wednesday. I went to Zumba last night and I could sho tell I missed last week. Just in case I haven't mentioned it here...I love me some Zumba. If ya haven't tried it, you certainly should. I can't wait to go back tomorrow.... I think I'm going to try and add another day in, maybe a Monday. I haven't decided yet, but I do love it and I can see results from it. We have a really busy weekend coming up and it's gonna be alot of fun I think. We are headed to Troy on Sat. morning to see Jennalee in her very first beauty pageant...it oughta be a trip. I am SOoooo ready to go to the beach...we have, I think 80 days left...the count down is ON! AND my Rylee has only 47 days until she gets her braces off. She is over the moon excited about that! She will have them off when we go to the beach...guess what that means.... new family pictures! Woo Hoo... my Kyle will be super excited about that one....NOT! LOL Oh and Cheerleader tryouts are NEXT week and Abby is starting up softball practice THIS week.... Needless to say, We have ALOT coming up. Ok well, ya'll have a Happy Thursday. I love ya'll loads.

Back to work tomorrow!!!

Woo Hoo!!! Well, after a week of Abby having swine flu and me working at home all last week...I think we are back to normal. Yesterday was an up and down kinda sorta day, but today was better. I just thank God she didn't get the pneumonia. I can't wait to get back to Zumba this week!! I have so missed it this week and I think I've probably put back on a couple of pounds this past week too. BUT, I'll get it back off. I may have to either pick up another night of Zumba this week OR get on the walking trail and pop those tennis shoes on tha pavement, as Daddy would say. I may opt for walking since it's going to be daylight longer now since the time change and all. I do love me some Zumba though. My Jennalee is going to be in her very first beauty pageant next Saturday and I can not wait!!! She is gonna be puttin on tha dog cause that's just Jennalee and Auntie Jenn is gonna be there cheering her on!!! So excited!!

Ok, well ya'll have a fantabulous night!
I love ya'll!!

My Poor Abby

Well, we started off the week with a bang... Abby has Swine Flu. Yes, Swine Flu...I can't believe it either. Bless her heart... she feels terrible! We've been de-germing with lysol, lysol wipes, hand washing and hand sanitizer. She can't go back to school until Monday. I've been working @ home all day today. I am so thankful that I am able to work from home and I have to say.....I like it :) It's nice to get up and work in ya PJ's. Thank you JSL- I.T. for getting me all set up. Ok well, back to my sick baby.

Ya'll have a good week.


All My Love,

Aunt Jenn

Still exhausted from the weekend...

Rylee's Thirteenth Birthday "Dance" Party

Between Rylee's Thirteenth birthday party and Abby's Daddy Daughter Date night, I'm still tryin to recouperate... oh and I'm just throwin in a couple of snowday pics that I never posted. Rylee's birthday party was so much fun!!! I think everybody had a good time. I will have more pictures soon from the photographer...these are just a few I took with my camera right before my batteries died. And Abby and her Dad went to the Daddy/Daughter date night @ Spring Road Christian Church on Sunday night. My Abby looked Beautiful!!! She doesn't get all dressed up too much, she's more about playin in the dirt/mud and playin softball...but she had a really good time and looked so pretty all dressed up. Oh and the snow pictures are our front yard looking out the front door. I thought it was so pretty.

Abby's Daddy Daughter date night

Snow Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, well ya'll have a great night!!! I love ya'll loads!

My Kyle is on his way home!

I can't wait for him to get here...this has been a tough week! I'm so glad it's over! Whew!!! It's tough bein a "big girl"! lol

It's been a crazy week...

We have had so much goin on lately and alot coming up! I've had so, so much on my mind lately and just can't get it all sorted. Alot of which I'm NOT goin to share here, just alot of "stuff" that I guess is alot of everyday stuff that just gets overwhelming when it all gets bunched up together. I know that I'm rambling, and this doesn't make much sense, but I just have been feeling so dis-com-bob-ulated this week and for good reason...I need my Boo. I never thought that having a teenager came with all the trials that everybody has always told me about. Rylee is a good kid, don't get me wrong, but I'm not sure where my Rylee went who cared about grades and doing her absolute best with her schoolwork.?.?.?.? I mean ya know a C was no big deal to me when I was that age, but I have told Rylee that I will accept NOTHING LESS THAN a B! But I might as well be telling Apollo or Koda that cause she just looks at me and says ok and every progress report has a C on it. I mean am I stuttering or something?? Everybody keeps telling me that this too shall pass, but I'm bout to come unglued over this. I'm trying to keep my composure, but I'm losing paitience and did I mention that I have absolutely, not a problem in the world, with making a cell phone and a laptop go completely away until she is a Freshman in college.?.?.?.? Well, um let me just put that out there and uh, I WILL do that if need be. And let me just say that it has already gone away until the grades come up. I mean it's like talking to a wall when I say over and over and over and over... "all A's & B's Rylee! AGH!!!! Just pray that God will give Rylee the guidance she needs and pray that God will give me the paitience with her so that I can be the mother that HE wants me to be. This teenage stuff is somethin else and the bad part is that it's JUST the beginning! Lord help me...Please!!!

So did I mention that I missed Zumba ALL last week because I was sick??? I hate it when I can't go. I went back last night and man am I sore today!!! I love me some Zumba!!! I love love love it!!! Joy you really should try and find you a class down there to go to. It's alot of fun and you would love it probably as much as I do! It's GREAT!!!

Ok, well ya'll have a good night!
I love ya'll loads!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

It's been a while

We've had SOOOO much goin on lately that I haven't had ANY time to post. And we have alot coming up too. Sickness has gone through our house. Rylee had the throw up virus last week, Dylan has been coughing his head off, Kyle is snotty and I had to go to the Dr. today with what I thought was strep throat, but turned out to be a virial infection in my throat full of ulcers, a headache that feels like my head is about to explode AND with a fever on top of all that! It feels like I'm swallowing razor blades. Even the Dr. said, when she looked in my throat~ Oh My Gosh!!! No wonder you feel so bad, you have ulcers in your throat! Needless to say, I've been in the bed ALLLL day knocked out from the medicine that the Dr. gave me this morning. It's almost time to take it again, so I should be knocked out again, here in a little while. My sweet husband went and got me a frosty. I'm trying to get it down right now, but it's not working out for me too good....now it feels like I'm swallowing cold razor blades. lol Hopefully though we will all get well and all this sickness will leave our house! I'm tried of it. We have alot coming up...Rylee's birthday party next weekend, Cheerleader tryouts, Jennalees first pageant, which I can't wait to see. She knows she cracks me UP!!!! I can't wait to see her strut her stuff like she's on a catwalk somewhere.Haha!!! Imma have to give her some pointers. LOL!!! Although, we really won't have to give her pointers...she does all that pose striking all on her own. Ha!!! Abby had her Valentine's party @ school today. She had fun. They are out of school tomorrow for a teacher's in service day and then out on Monday for President's Day. They are excited about their 4 day weekend. Rylee is hoping for NO snow and Abby is hoping for 5 inches of snow. LOL I haven't talked to Dylan tonight, but I'm sure he is with Abby...hoping for 5 inches of snow tomorrow. I personally hope that it does NOT snow. I know ya'll can't believe I just said that, but I don't want it to snow when I'm sick...I can't play in it for one thing, and then I can't clean up all the tracking in and out and all the wet clothes and all....yes I could say "ya'll not gonna be trackin in and out", but come on...we only get snow every now and then and I don't want to put a damper on it for them. They will just have to clean up after themselves this time. We have our Valentine banquet @ Church on Sat. night. I'm so excited about it even though I'm only gonna be able to stay for a few mins. We're doing alot new things that's gonna be alot fun. New Games and also Kareoke. If everybody participates, it'll be alot of fun for everybody. Well, I hope ya'll have a great night. I'm about to go take my medicine and knock out. I love ya'll with all my heart.
Love~
Auntie Jenn

Happy Birthday to My Jaxen!!!!

I can't believe you are 8 years old today!!! I hope you have an awesome-istic birthday today!!! I love you with all my heart!!!

Love~

Auntie Jenn

Happy 13th Birthday to my Rylee!!!

Rylee, I am so proud of the young woman that you are becoming. Always keep God first in your life as you have always done. I love you!

Love,

Mama

Sips N Strokes

And below is my finished painting.

Me n Joy and Linda n Heather went tonight and it was SOOOO much fun!!! I definately want to go back again. We had a good time and we didn't do too bad for our first time. If you get a chance, you need to go.

My Rylee

Tonight was the Jr. Miss Vallarata

Whew!

I went to Zumba again tonight and it whooped me!! I have to say that it was easier to follow tonight though and still alot of fun. I'm lovin it and am definately going to keep going. Joy~I told all my peeps @ work about you lookin all cutie pa too tee in ya down east basics dress with ya lil wrap~ sportin your mis matched boots to Church and then to lunch @ the country club and then to walmart, when you finally noticed a lil glich in ya step and realized what you had done! One boot on WITH a heel and one boot on WITHOUT a heel. All I can say is...work it girl!. They all fell OUT laughing!!! And I myself can't stop laughing about it. I think that's the funniest thing I've had to laugh @ lately! Oh MY!!! Hilarious!!! I mean how does somebody go all those places like in a 3 hour span without ANYBODY noticing that, which I might add was absolutely very noticable! Haha!!!! And you not being able to tell it yourself. Hahahahahah~ Oh Gah!!! I just can't stop laughin about it! Just please~ when you and Jennalee come up for Rylee's pageant this weekend, please make sure that you bring boots with matching heels!!! LOL

Ok, well thank you for the laugh...even if it was at your own expense. I love you much!!!

Love,

Sister

The Blindside

Me and Rylee went to the movies today to see this movie and it was awesome. I want to watch it again. Oh if you can, you need to go see this one. It's a true story. It was so, so good. We had a good day today. I was so glad to be off. We have a really, really busy weekend coming up, so I better get rested up this week :) We are going to Zumb tomorrow night. I'm gonna be sore all over again. But I'm looking forward to it and I can't wait. Ok, well ya'll have a great night. I love ya'll loads!

Love,
Aunt Jenn

A Rainy Saturday

YUK!!! It is so dang dreary outside. I have done NOTHING today. It's one of those Blah kinda days. Sometimes we need those do nothing kinda days though. It's so sad to think about what has happened in Haiti. Everytime I get on the internet, I see the pictures of all those people that are injured or looking for their loved ones and have no food or water or anything for that matter. It's so, so sad...all those children... and I even read a little while ago that there are countless numbers of people who are still alive and trapped in the rubble that they can't get too. It just breaks my heart. Like everyone else, I wish there was something I could do. I pray that God will be with those people. I'm so thankful for my many blessings.

Zumba!!!!

Kicked my boot-a tonight!!! It was alot of fun though and I will be going back on Tuesday night. Me, Mama, Leslie, & Sherry all met out at the community center for the class. Mama didn't even attempt it and I sho didn't realize how un coordinated I was. LOL!!!! I'm so glad we went. I think when I get use to it, it hopefully will be a little easier. Anyway you can pull it up on You Tube and watch a class and see what all ya have to do. It looks easy, but when you're doing it, it's not as easy as they make it look.

Well, I'm off to bed, lol! I probably won't be able to get up outta the bed in the morning.
Ya'll have a good night. I love ya'll!!!

Love~
Aunt Jenn :~)

It's been a while....

I just haven't had time to post lately. I can't believe that Christmas has come and gone and we are in 2010. UN-REAL! First of all, it didn't even seem like it was Christmas time. It's going to be Spring time before we know it, which is fine with me....I'm ready for Spring! I'm sick of this COLD,COLD weather! It's ok, but enuff is enuff and too much stinks.....and I've had enuff!!! I'm ready for the beach!!! We have alot coming up in the next few weeks. The 21st is Mama's birthday and Les & Bleu's Anniversery. The 22nd is the Jr. Vallarata Pageant. We have something goin on the next night, the 23rd, and then my Rylee will be 13 on Jan. 31st. I can't believe that she is going to be a teenager. It tares me UP! and then Jaxen's birthday is 2 days after Rylee's... Whew! We are really gonna be wore out when all this is over with. This is just typical though for us. I think that's everything...maybe I didn't miss anything. I better rest up before next week. LOL

Oh~ and Jennalee~ I'm glad you got ya wits back. LOL That "gas" will mess ya up girl. It use to make me feel like my feet were flippin over my head. LOL It still does sometimes. One time I had a night dream too, but it wasn't about horses...it was about that little alien on the Flintstones name CaZoo or GaZoo or whatever his lil name was. Haha!!! He was talking to me in my "night dream" that I had in the dentist chair on "gas". TRIP!!!! At least we don't see tara-dac-tals flying around outside the windows thought like "uncle Dana" did. Whoo Hoo!!!!

Well, ya'll have a great night! I love ya'll with all my heart!

Love,
Auntie Jenn

Snow Alert-Snow Alert! LOL

Did you get your snow supplies Aunt Joy??? I haven't seen not even one flake @ my house tonight! It did snow @ work today...pretty hard, for about 5 minutes! HA! We all had to go look at it real quick. They for real are saying that it's going to be the ice that we are going to have to worry about...not snow...and it is raining @ my house and what's on the ground will freeze. It's suppose to be 18 degrees tonight. But anyway....we will see. I guess Uncle Jim is about as happy as Papa is right now. Bama is playing a good ballgame right now. Don't tell my husband that I said this, but I hope Alabama wins this one. Ok well ya'll stay warm and stay in if ya'll have a big freeze tonight and in the morning! I love ya'll bunches!!!

Love~
Auntie Jenn :)