Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Our Sweet Grandma

Here is Grandma in November 2007.


Grandma had 3 children, 7 grand children, 10 great-grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild. Here she is in November 2008 with 3 of her great-grandkids: Kyle, Madison and Chloe.

My grandma (my dad's mom) passed away last night. She was 93. She was such a special person, and I have so many wonderful memories of her.



We loved to play games, and she was the one who taught me how to play Skip-Bo, Crazy 8's and Dominoes.

I always slept on their couch when I was younger, and she would wake me up in the morning by singing to me.

Visiting them during most of my Spring Breaks!

We would watch the Family Fued at night and eat Little Debbie Nutty Bars.

We would go shopping for hours! She had a lot of energy.

She made the best fried okra!

Taking walks around the cemetery they lived by.

I always loved looking through her big box of pictures. She would sit with me and tell me who everyone was.

Until just a couple of years ago, we would always catch eachother up on what was happening on the soap operas. We wondered if the other thought the same on what would happen next.

I remember her loving Total cereal for breakfast, and I loved eating it with her.

She would make us coke floats!

I will always remember that fun exercise machine she had in her bedroom...some kind of machine where you stand up and put the roller band around your waist. We had years of fun with it!

There are so many more! Love her and miss her so much!

Monday, July 20, 2009

Mom...Thanks for all your help!

February 2007


June 2005


August 2005


August 2006


December 2006


February 2007


May 2007


September 2007


June 2008


I am devoting  a whole blog post to my mom. She has been so great to us these past 4 years!!

I work part-time, and she has come over to our house to take care of the kids on the days I work since they were born.

We are so thankful to her! She hears it from both of us all the time, but I am not sure if she really realizes how much she means to us and how grateful we are to have her help us.

For the coming school year, I have hopefully arranged my work schedule to be when the kids are in preschool.  Although she will not be keeping Chloe and Kyle during the week, I know we will see grandma and grandpa often on the weekends.

Enjoy the pictures and video of mom with our children.


VIDEO


Tuesday, July 7, 2009

So cute....Chloe Rocking Kyle!

I just had to post this...I thought it was so sweet!

I was putting some clothes away, and when I came back in the room, I found Chloe rocking Kyle to sleep.  He loves his big sister so much and loves the attention she gives to him.  I know this is just what she wanted...she is always playing little mommy to him, and he was giving into it this time.

Kyle is an active little guy!  It is very rare that we see him this calm with Chloe, so I was happy to get it on video!



Kitchen Makeover

KITCHEN DESK BEFORE

KITCHEN DESK AFTER


BEFORE


AFTER


SINK BEFORE


SINK AFTER


STOVE BEFORE


STOVE AFTER

Our kitchen was torn up for 4 days, but it was worth it! We are so happy with the new countertops!