2011

some facts regarding 2011....Lord willing

• i will have been a daughter for 32 years
• a mom for 15 years 
• a wife for 9 years
• noah will be 15 and be behind the wheel as much as possible beginning september 15th
• garrett will turn 7
• arabelle will turn 3
• it will snow january 9th....he he
• noah will finish 8th grade
• noah will start 9th grade
• garrett will graduate from kindergarten
• garrett will start 1st grade
• i will become a football mom
• noah will play football for the first time
• i will have nephews with the ages of 20, 19, 17, 1
• i will have nieces with the ages of 17 and 16
• i will work for cobb law firm, llc
• my car will be paid off
• i will have sisters with the ages of 38, 36, 30, 26
• i will have brothers with the ages of 38, 37?, 32, 26
• my husband will be 30
• my parents will be 64 and 54
• they will have been married 27 years
• my sweet grandfather will be 83

things i am hoping for in 2011....

• arabelle to be potty trained
• to make a trip to kentucky
• to go to the beach
• to become healthier...physically and mentally
• to exercise more
• to grow closer to the family
• have more get togethers
• love harder
• laugh louder
• smile more
• be more considerate
• spend more quality time with my children

2011...i am ready for you.  bring it on!

twenty ten...you were an adventure

Dear Two thousand Ten,

You brought joy.  you brought pain!  You taught me many lessons on life and taught me great things about myself.  You brought me experiences I never wanted to go through but I held my head high and conquered them.  You taught me life is not what you want it to be and there is someone much bigger than we are that is in control.  I loved everyday of you and I am thankful for my time to grow.   

Just a few facts about you, Two Thousand Ten.......

• my first born turned 14
• my hurricane turned 6
• my princess turned 2
• noah started back to public school
• garrett started kindergarden
• my 4th nephew was born
• we had a snow storm on 2/12
• We almost lost my Grandfather, but he pulled out and is doing wonderful
• I visited Oxford, MS for the first time
• I lost good friends
• We went to the zoo
• I lost contact with family
• We camped out with great friends
• We had a picnic on cheaha
• Bethany graduated
• we had a crawfish boil
• Tammy and her family moved into a new home
• Micah and his family moved to Kentucky
• Garrett lost his first two teeth
• Sheila was released from Prison
• Lucas got his drivers licenses
• Our home got foreclosed on
• we filed bankruptcy
• We seperated in January and have been in marriage counseling since
• Noah went to his first AL game
• My great aunt Milme passed away
• visited flat rock for the first time
• I went trick a treating with an "Alabama fan", "Transformer" and a "Kitty"
• Garrett played soccer for the first time
• Took the shortest trip to mississippi.  We arrived at 8:30 p.m. and left that morning at 6.  Garrett had the flu.
• AnnaBella, Angelas first born was born the same day as my firstborn
• Eric started a new job
• Had my first White Christmas
• Noah started back swimming and also quit 

Just a few things that happened this past year.  thanks for the memories.  You will never be forgotten.  Thanks.

Casey

One year

what fun this year has been.

AraBelle Nicole has been a true blessing to Eric and I

and her big brothers.

She is so funny.

Her Favorites:

her babies

any purse

jackets

climbing EVERYTHING

music

dancing

peas

tomatos

mandarian oranges

nursing

She is a very tender hearted little girl

but can hold her own when it comes to

Garrett.

of course the weights and heights are alittle off due to doctors visit and trying to weigh her here at home.

Enjoy!

I came across this today....

I did not realize how much my princess looks like her Grammy.

Also, looks like they both picked up a few things from her....

Must run in the family...

wishing....

i had more time to keep this blog updated...but with a 13 year old that has swim practice everyday, a 5 year old that is BUSY, a 10 month old that loves her momma (nursing), a never clean house and a job that is more than full time right now.. i cannot seem to find the time. i am actually on the phone right now with HP wondering what is going on with my computer and printer.

things are pretty much the same aroung here. the boys are being boy and the princess is being MEAN! j/k but she does hold her own. garrett tried to move her the other day because she was on his toy and when he did this she bit him. yes, we have three teeth now and they hurt!

other than that things are pretty normal...we have a swim meet on the 31st and our Halloween party right after that.

Hopefully I will get to post halloween pics soon after instead of waiting a month or two.

slacker...

so it has been a while. life is pretty busy right now. work is very BUSY. i guess that is good cause we are making money. just wanted to give you a quick update and a few new pics. i hope to post lots of info soon but i am not promising.

Garrett - he was given a new bike by my brother about a month ago. it was love at first site...but it had no training wheels. that didn't hold him back any. he was determined. he was riding it perfect within 10 minutes and later that day he went to the dirt track with my brother and eric. chris could not have been happier. this year we are trying out homeschooling with garrett. he seems excited but we will see once we actually start.

Noah - he has been at camp the entire summer. in between camp we were swimming and competing in meets. he made it to start and placed 4th in one of his events, 9th in one and 10th in the other. pretty good - he has only been back swimming for 2 months. he is growing into a lovely young man. he stands about 6 foot and weighs about 192. very handsome. he also cut his "famous" hair off. he looks very cute. some say he looks older, some say he looks younger. either way - always handsome.

Princess AraBelle - first of all - one of my favorite pictures of her. she is so funny. she now has two bottom teeth. she loves her big brothers. she is now crawling. she looks so tiny in the floor moving around. she is gonna be another singer like noah and i. when she hears that commercial by dell..."lollipop" she immediately turns and starts clapping. too cute. i will try to get it on video.

anyways - i will get back later. just wanted to let you know we are still here.

p.s. my baby brother and his sweet wife are expecting their first. the name is a secret but last night i had a dream of what they named it. we will have to see if i am correct. ha ha!

my little acrobat...once again

back during my pregnancy with the sweet princess - I often

referred to her as "my little acrobat"

"Sunday, September 28, 2008

my little acrobat....
yes i have an amazing soccer player and one that is following in this footsteps and now i think God has blessed me with the next olympic gymnasts."

that was from a previous post.

well my little princess is never letting me down.

as you can see in the photo below -

she was suppose to be laying on her mate playing,

next thing i know she is preforming her new trick for mom.

she is so funny. it is amazing that she is only 4

months old and you can already tell that she is going to be

a little jokester like the boys.

p.s. i had an amazing mother's day.

also, i took the boys on friday to get their hair cut.

once we got there garrett refused to get in the chair.

i took him to the bathroom and explained to him if

he did not get his hair cut here - when we get home -

i would be shaving it.

so check back for pics of that.

also, this weekend i got to spend some time with two lovely cousins.

abbey stayed with us two nights. it was great to have her around.

she really talked alot and was fun to be around.

alison stopped by yesterday and just hung out. we all went

to get ice cream. i love them and have missed getting to see them.

and one more thing...webber's - skip-bo rocks.