Fishing Day

The kids had a "fishing day" with Randy on a Saturday. He took them to the Skyway Pier. They only caught tiny little fish, but they didn't care - they had a blast! And Mommy got a little "me" time!

Quality Time...

Finally, after all the "festivities" of the weekend, Grandma and Grandpa got to spend some quality time with the kids. Randy took them to Gulfport Beach where they got to enjoy some peace and quiet and visit. I promise Randy was around for all of the weekend fun - I just didn't have many pictures of him (sorry honey!).



They climbed trees, took Roxie for walks, and visited their favorite little pond at the church down the road from our house...


Read on the couch...watched TV...and slept...





A relaxing ending to a busy weekend visit.

February 2009 AWANA Games

This was Brannon's first year competing in the AWANA games. They were the day after Grace's party, so Grandma and Grandpa got to go and watch him. It was a lot of fun -Brannon and Rusty were asked to stay and compete in the older kids games also because they were short on players...I thought I was a loud mom, but LJ definitely has me beat!!! It was great seeing all of our friends' older kids play in the games -tug of war, balloon pop, relay races...the kids have a blast and look forward to the games every year. Now I know why! It was madness in that gym - Grandma and Grandma survived, maybe a little frazzled, but they survived!

More Birthday Celebration...

The following weekend, we had a small birthday party for Grace at our house. The theme I wanted for this party was just for the kids to have some F-U-N. She was allowed to invite 5 friends. I set up a bouncer outside and had planned on setting up painting (sponges, paint brushes, fingers) outside also. However, it turned cold - and I mean FREEZING COLD! We decided to still set up the bouncer, but moved all of the art stuff inside. I rolled up the rug, cleared out the front room, and set up it up for the kids. The kids didn't mind the cold near as much as we adults did!

We also had a facepainter - "Fairy Princess Fun" - come out to paint the kids faces, which was a HUGE hit!











Birthday crew...










Brannon took all of the kids on a "Backyard Scavenger Hunt" for items to fill their goodie bags. He is such an awesome big brother - he planned the entire hunt and worked on it all week! The kids loved it!










The "art" table was a hit too!!!























Cake and presents...










Bouncing fun...










Grace's "big finale" birthday
present was her new Disney Princess Bycicle!


















And, thanks to Grandma and Grandpa who came down and helped tremendously with the party!


This song is a shout out NKOTB tribute for my peep Tricia!