School Shopping!

Well, the dreaded time has arrived....School Shopping....People always say cherish every moment because before you know it, they'll be all grown up. How true that is! Alex isn't all grown up yet, but he's already starting school! That's a big deal to me!!!! And how quickly this has come! It honestly seems like just yesterday I was bringing him home from the hospital for the first time. Ok, I better stop before I start sobbing!

Alex LOVES scissors! I don't know if it's every kid that loves them or if it's just something that he seems to be into, but he loves to get in there and just cut things up! He even got scissor happy one day in his room and decided to give our dog a little trim!

He's also really into Globes...He loves the ones that have the "bumpy" stuff on them...He likes us to point out where Tennessee is, then we explain to him where we use to live and where we live now. He really likes them...Hmm, good gift idea for maybe Christmas...I'll have to keep that one in mind. :-)

We looked for a backpack, but they didn't have a very good selection so we're keeping our eyes open for a cuter one!

ReRe always has surprises for him, well, not always, but it would be always if he had HIS way...He's telling her that next time she comes to church, to make sure she brings this for him!

We got him a new Thermos too! How cute huh! It's a Crayola Crayon one! He was showing how you're supposed to use it.

Next it was off to the clothes section...He has to wear uniforms here so we were pretty limited on what we could buy...

Shhhh, don't tell my mom where I'm at!

He really does look cute in these uniforms though!

"Hmm, I think I look pretty good"

What do you think?

ReRe, did you take a picture of me?

Now it's time for the shoes

"Will these shoes make me jump higher?"

"That was high, but I can go higher! Look at this!"

"OH MY GOTH!! DID YOU SEE HOW HIGH I WENT!???"

The Shoes....

Here's his stuff, I forgot my shopping list that the school gave me, so I still have more to get...Quite a bit more!! I think he's got a pretty good start though.

So in 1 week and 6 days, my baby boy will be starting Kindergarten!! Oh my gosh! TRUST ME, you will be seeing some pictures of his first day of school too! Probably alot of me boohooing definitely! :*( Well, probably not, I won't post myself crying. LOL.

Today was a great day!

So, we started the day off setting up for service and it was just so awesome to see 2 of the men that attend regularly helping. I love seeing how the people of Gateway Life are really taking ownership of the vision of the house and they are really running with it! I never would have even imagined that this is something I would be a part of! I feel so honored to have been called here to help build this great ministry for the Kingdom! It blesses me so much just to see the people that we have been praying for get involved and really start living for Christ. There's just something so different about it when you put all the "mechanics" aside and really concentrate on what God is wanting you to do. Sometimes we get so caught up in those mechanics that we completely miss out on what God has for us. I'm so thankful that I got that revelation! :-) Anyway...

So, after we finished setting up, Mike and I went and picked up Dan and Kellerie at the hotel because they were leaving Nashville today and going back home to good ol' Cali. We decided to go eat some grub at Texas Roadhouse...Ok, for those of you who have never been to Texas Roadhouse, you have NO IDEA what you are missing!! I recommend the Country Fried Sirloin. ;0) Then, after that, we went to TBN in Trinity Music City. It was pretty cool...We got to look inside Conway Twitty's mansion. Lots of Blue and Gold...Not my cup of tea, but back then, I'm sure it was pretty popular. So, here's some pictures. :-) Enjoy~

Dan and Kellerie...

This is where they do their services and I guess some of their live recordings

I don't know what this is, but I'm sure it's something important. :-)

Look mom! What's your set doing in Tennessee?....Weird, my mom has this EXACT set!

Conway Twitty's Mansion...

A statue of uhhhhh, somebody. lol.

He's just so cute, I gotta have at least ONE picture of him!






I thought this was cool














Hey look, it's ME!
















This was inside a building where they show movies and stuff..It had a TON of mirrors...My 2 guys, aren't they handsome?















I'm lovin this picture! It's like a true TBN shot with all the Gold! LOL.












We had a great time with Dan and Kellerie! We are looking forward to their visit next year!
So, now, the day is over and I am so looking forward to tomorrow! God has been adding to the house weekly, I can't wait to see who He brings in this week!

Love ya'll! :o)

Happy Birthday to Cindy!!

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Cindy, Happy Birthday to YOU!!!! We love and miss you Cindy!! Hope you have a GREAT birthday!!

Swimming!

So, another day at the pool! It seems to be our weekly thing now, right when we get home from setting up church, we get into our suits and go take a dip! Last week, Alex really stepped out of his "comfort zone" aka his floaties! And really started swimming on his own! We were SO proud of him! Just looking at these pictures makes me realize how big he really is getting!

(I'm having fun with Photoshop! LOL)

Uh Oh, water up the nose!

Here mom, here's your goggles back.

Here's some videos of him swimming! Aren't you so proud of him?? We are! :-)

Isn't he just so stinken cute! We are so proud of our big guy! Can you believe he is starting Kindergarten in 3 weeks!! Aaahhhhh!!!! :-)

Our Bride to Be!!

So last night us girls (Sheri, Ashley, Lori, Jessica and myself) all went to a bridal show in Franklin, TN. For those of you that know the family know that my niece (Ashley) is engaged to be married...When, you ask? Well, we don't quite know yet...The date hasn't been officially set.
:-) Anyways, It was held at The Factory which is a really really cute little indoor shopping mall. They had SO many booths! It made me want to get married all over again! To the same man of course! :-) It was so cute because the first 300 brides got a little pink hat that said Bride on it and a veil sown onto it. So, here we go with the pictures! And yes, for all of you who love videos, I got a few of them down there too! :-)

This is the water tower in front of The Factory (this is the only way we were able to find the place...Had to get directions from a stranger downtown! LOL)

Here's Ashley with her pink hat..It was SO cute!

She got a pin that said "The Future Mrs. H"

Here's the bride and her mommy!

This is a cute little bag from one of the vendors there.

Oh, look I managed to get a picture of myself in there! And Lori too! :-)

Hey look, Jessie shrunk! (That's what Alex thought at first! LOL)

The Incredible Shrinking Girls!

Ok, Sorry that this is sideways, I didn't realize that it wouldn't turn right side up when I uploaded to my computer! But it's funny anyways. They dropped something so that's why you hear Ashley say "UhOh!" And then they were trying to rock it! LOL.

This one is just plain out funny! Listen to Ashley after Jessica gets off the chair! LOL. Then, watch what Ashley does when Jessica tries to get back ON the chair!

Ok, this one, well, we were in downtown Franklin, on our way home, and Sheri wanted Ashley to get some pictures of the buildings. There was a big grassy area in the middle and the road just went round and round, ok, well, we went round and round....and round. LOL. People probably thought we were some drunk women cruisin'. Especially with Ashley with that baseball cap on with the veil! LOL. Ok, the squeeky laugh on this video is none other than our little Jessica...I was sitting right next to her so that's why it's so loud. LOL. Love you Jess.

So, needless to say we had a great time! I can't wait till the real planning begins! It's gonna be so much fun! Thanks Ash for inviting me! :-)

Complete Randomness...

Well, I haven't posted in a while, so I just went through some of my pictures and picked out some recent stuff..It's all random, but hey, it gives you something to look at right? :-)

Ok, first, here is me and my boy!

Mike was working on getting some of his tools together and
Alex just hopped on his shoulders and started messin' with him! (I know, Mike looks a little freaky, but that's the best part of the picture! HaHa)

This one was taken on Saturday while we were setting up for service. ReRe kissed him on his "doorhead" and he had no idea she had lipstick on...

We were in Walmart the other night, and I had Alex put this hat on...So fitting for Nashville right? :-)

Ok, now I'm sorry Sheri and Ashley, but I just couldn't resist...To me, it's just too funny not to share...We were at the scrapbook store last week because they were having what they called a yardsale, they had people bring in some of their stuff to sale, anyway, I caught Sheri and Ashley "in the act", the funniest part to me was when Sheri saw me recording, just the look on her face makes me laugh!

So there's just some random stuff. I'm sure I'll have something fun coming up! ;-)

4th of July!!

Well, yesterday was the 4th and boy did we have us some good ol' southern fun! We spent the day with Rick's parents at their house. It is so relaxing over there. I love it.
Ok, so I unfortunately didn't get any really good pictures of any fireworks or anything, but I did get some funny videos! So, watch these and enjoy!

Ok, this one, Mike was holding a firecracker and counting before he let it go. LOL...And then, a bug flew in my hair and I completely freaked out...

Pretty funny? I thought so. :-)

Ok, this one, is just funny. I like how Travis is explaining what the firework does..."It shoot up in the air and go POP." HaHa..Love you Travis, you're so funny! None of us knew what it was going to do, so when it flew up in the air and well, POPPED, it scared the crap out of us! If you go onto Travis and Ashley's blog, you'll see some more funny videos of this! :-)

This is what we can do in Tennessee....We can actually buy fireworks that go up in the air! That was a big deal to us! :-)

Ok, this one is kinda stupid, but I think it's funny. Donnie (Rick's dad) saw a bug crawling on me and didn't even tell me! He told Sheri, I just happened to overhear! Ok, and then at the end, I caught myself snorting while I was laughing!

Now this one is funny too! Mike as you know is the biggest kid! He was having WAY too much fun with those stupid little firecrackers that just make a loud noise and that's it! Watch what he does to Travis.

Ok, and this is the last one....My husband, got him some sparklers, and was dancing like a little fairy. HaHa...Then he just had to scare me. UhHuh. That's my husband. LOL.

Well, that's it! We had a lot of fun. I'll post again soon, so keep checking back! Love ya'll!!

Alex's Favorite Past Time....

Alex absolutely LOVES the swimming pool! He really is doing good practicing swimming...Although, you take off his floaties, and he completely freaks out! I took them off and made him swim! I know, mean mommy, but he has to learn sometime right? LOL. He did really good, I didn't overdue it so I think the next time I take them off, he might not freak out as much. Hopefully, because he gets REALLY loud! :-) Anyway, here are some pictures of, well, just him!

I like that he loves the pool because I love the water too! And it gives me the opportunity to get some color on my white skin! :-)