HAPPY EASTER!

Happy Easter to everyone! What a wonderful time of year to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! His resurrection symbolizes the eternal life that is granted to all who believe in Him!

We had a good Easter this year. We did not celebrate with our family as we stayed down in Baton Rouge this year. With the gas prices rising and building our house, it just made since to stay put.

Good Friday we had a crawfish boil over at Hay Hay and Duffy's (as Addy calls them) house. The kids had so much fun as they learned how to play Redneck Golf. Thanks to Mark for having patience with them!!

That afternoon we headed out to our house and started cleaning up after the framers. We worked until about 8:30pm and then Kasie and Eddie had us over for dinner. Olivia got to pick what we had and she chose breakfast foods. It was very YUMMY!!

Saturday morning we woke up and once again....headed to the lot. Brent worked all day, but Addy and I skipped out for lunch and a nap. After we woke up, we went back to help daddy or should I say watch daddy!! Addy loves playing in the sand and riding in the wheel barrell.

Sunday morning, I woke Addy up and told her that the Easter Bunny had left her some prizes. Since she is deathly afraid of the Easter Bunny, she did not want to walk into the living room as she thought he was in there waiting for her. After I assured her he was not and just left her basket full of goodies, she was hesitant but made her way to see what he brought her. She was very happy she went because she loved what she got. We got dressed and headed to church. It was a nice service and Addy even wanted to go to big church. So we let her, but after all the singing was over and two trips to the potty she said "where is my friends?" That was her way of telling me she wanted to go to Sunday School! Sunday afternoon, Brent went to shoot his bow and once again... Addy and I took a nap!

I hope everyone had a great Easter and got lots of goodies from the Wonderful Easter Bunny!

Birthday Month!

March has been such a busy month for us. We have had so many birthday's this month including Addy's. She turned 3 on March 3rd. For her 1st party, we headed to Alexandria to celebrate with all her friends on March 1. It was a beautiful day and she had a great turn out at her party. We had it at the park behind Buelow Lake.

Along with Addy, my dad and my best friend Tasha also celebrated their birthday. We had a party for my dad that night. Brent cooked steaks and twice baked potatoes. YUMMY! After that, we went to Tunk's to hang out with Tasha and some friends. By the end of the day, we were exhausted!!

Addy's 2nd party was in BR on March 8th. That day was hectic also. She had dance pictures that morning, party at 2:00p, and then a BBQ for some friends that were moving back home at 5:00p.

Now that is almost Easter, Addy has just about quit singing happy birthday to herself. Of course, she is still singing Jingle Bells!! She is too funny sometimes!!

Happy Mardi Gras

I know it has been a while since I last posted. Things have been so crazy lately. I hope everyone had a great Mardi Gras! I was sick most of the weekend, but managed to go to one parade. After that, I was done...on the couch the rest of the weekend and Monday. Brent's birthday was Sunday and I was unable to go to Cabella's or eat lunch with him. We ended up just watching the Super Bowl at home, which was fine with me since I was under the weather.

Fat Tuesday was WORK!!! Not work like I do everyday....MANUAL LABOR!!! Brent had me cutting up trees on our lot all day Tuesday. Since it has been so wet, we have been unable to start our house or even get the trees off our lot. So it was up to us to get it done... and DONE is what we did. I have never worked so hard in my life. Now we are ready for the house pad to get going. We were so exhausted when we got home, all we did was hit the sack.

GEAUX TIGERS!!

Well another National Chamionship is under our belt!! What a great game played last night. I was so worried about the 1st couple of minutes, but as the DJ said on the radio this morning "those first 10 points were just "welcome to Louisiana points"!! We had a good time watching the game with friends last night, but only stayed until half time as we live an hour away from where we were. We got home with about 5 minutes left in the 3rd quarter, so we did not miss much. Addy was a trooper. She stayed up until the very end and then could just not hang anymore. What a great end to a very exciting, yet heart stopping, season. I can't wait until next fall when I can watch the Tigers play some more!!

Our Weekned

Our weekend was full of guests. Brad stopped by on Friday night to stay with us. He was on his way home from a quail hunting trip and decided to stop by. We had a nice visit and then off to bed. Saturday morning, Brent woke up and decided to go cut our lot since we are starting dirt work hopefully within the next couple of weeks! YEAH!! Addy and I had nothing to do so we decided to go watch Brent and let Addy play in the wide open space!!

Later on that day, Tasha and Trevor, came to visit because Jeffery was at drill in Hammond. We let the kids and Brent take a nap and then we took them to the park. They had so much fun playing and we were hoping to wear them out so they would go to bed early. Needless to say, that didn't happen. They were so excited to be playing together they did not lay down until around 9:30pm!! Brent grilled steaks, cooked twice baked pototoes and bread for us once Jeffery got there. We ate and then played with the kids until bedtime. Trevor and Addy thought it was fun to jump off the couch onto a mattress on the floor. So that occupied about an hour

before bedtime. Finally we got them to sleep.

Happy New Year!

Christmas was a blast this year! We traveled as usual, going to my parents on Christmas Eve and to the Neel's on Christmas Day. Addy and I stayed a couple of extra days while Brent had to come back to Baton Rouge for work on the 26th. In our extra days, we visited The Mays', The Roberts', Nina, Brayden, Carter, The Colwell's, Mrs. Connie, Julie, The Sherrill's, and The Halle's. It is so good to see friends and family that we do not get to see very often!

The best gift we got at Christmas was...my sister and brother-in-law telling us they are expecting their first child! We are so excited! Addy is not too thrilled about having a cousin, but loves that Jakey (Rachel's dog) is going to have a brother or sister!! It will really hit her when she is going to have to share her Mamee and Papa with Mini Cooper!!


Addy in her Christmas dress with Toby, Elf Hat, and Santa outfit.



Just a few pictures of us!


RaRa, Addy, Unkie, Mamee and Papa.


Addy with Grammy & Pops.



For New Year's Eve we went to Kasie and Eddie's house. Heather, Dwight, and Ian joined us. We fried fish, french fries, hushpuppies, and pickles in Eddie new fish fryers he got for Christmas. It was so YUMMY!! Around 10:30 we went outside and let the girls pop fireworks. Emma, Addy, and Liv had so much fun. All of the kids except Ian made it to 12:00am and welcomed in the 2008 with us!


Addy Popping Fireworks and Our Lovely Family!!

Kasie, Emma, Addy, and Olivia

Heather (AKA HayHay) and Addy.