Addison's Dance Recital!

During the school year at the daycare, Addison has been taking jazz and ballet from Debbie Cashion of Kids for Christ Performing Arts. On Saturday, she had her recital and it was such a treat!!! Her jazz routine was to the Lion King's "I Just Want to be King" and the ballet was titled "Friends Forever". I must admit that I was very impressed at her improvement since the Parent Day because my child is much more into "singing" every word of the song that she is supposed to be dancing to...but she did awesome! From talking to her after each performance...I think she really enjoyed being on the stage in front of an audience full of people. Even Maggie was good throughout and picked up a few moves of her own; she started raising her arms just like a ballerina! There were 24 performances from lots of cute little girls and they were all entertaining!!!

Easter Sunday

HE IS RISEN!!! What a wonderful GOD we serve!

We spent the entire day enjoying our family - our moms have joined together for lunch for the last few years and we really appreciate it! They prepared a wonderful feast! We sure did miss CC and the Norris'!!! After lunch, we spent the afternoon in Starkville sitting around the pool with the Lindley's!

Neal and Maggie were born a day apart!

Some of the crew that grew up in FUMC - Macon and their little ones!

Happy Easter!!!

Easter Weekend!

Saturday afternoon, we met up with a few of the girls from the Class of 2000 and their kiddos - we are so thankful for Nichole (and Mrs. Vicky) having us all out to catch up! Morgan and Mary Milton were there as well, but they snuck out before we got a group picture.

Don't let these innocent looks fool you! These two were all over the place!!!

Mrs. Lessia made this adorable outfit for Lilli Kathryn - isn't she a little doll!

These two are always riding on something!

Addison made some beautiful glitter eggs - the pictures really don't do them justice! She was so proud!!!

Matching sundresses for the summer...can't wait to use them!

Egg Hunting!

Easter Egg Hunting this year was sooo much fun!!! We went to the Ridgeland Community Egg Hunt and Addison ran into her daycare "boyfriend" Daniel and they had so much fun running eggs down together! Easter weekend we went to Macon and had a big time hunting eggs with all the cousins at Aunt Pat's house! She and Jay made frosted Easter cookies and lemonade! Addison begged to go see the Easter Bunny and once she got there she wouldn't even go outside of the gate! Maggie loved playing with him and laughing at him but...the moment we put her in his lap this is what we got!!!

Shoe Fetish at 18 months?!!!

It is absolutely amazing to watch Maggie as she develops her very own personality! It is too funny to me how our two little girls can be so very different. Addison hardly touched shoes,but Maggie definitely has a shoe fetish! She pulls out EVERY SINGLE pair of shoes of EVERY person in the house almost EVERY day and wears them or at least piles them up in the living room!!! These are just a few of the snapshots I have managed to get in some of our shoes...notice none of which are hers! Well if you count her crocs inside the tennis shoes I guess she has a pair of hers on!!!

I love this little girl to pieces...did I mention "Cheese" was one of her first few words! I have to be quick though because she only looks and smiles once and then she is off to something bigger and better!

Trying so hard to be just like her big sister!

It Ain't Easy Bein' Green...St. Paddy's Day Parade!

My sister and I grew up going to the St. Paddy's Day parade with my grandmother, her sister, and our cousins who lived in Clinton. It was an annual tradition that we looked forward to every year! My mom attended her first St. Paddy's Day parade a few years ago and we have made this an annual event with my two girls! We loaded up this past weekend and headed downtown with a picnic in tow. We found a front-row spot on Capitol Street and parked the strollers then pulled out our picnic while waiting on the sun to break through the clouds. The wait was well worth it - the girls were able to see (without having to be held!) and really got into "catching" beads. As I watched little kids run out into the streets in between floats to grab beads off the street, I laughed and told my mom..."I remember doing that!" and she laughed and said I can just see Grannie sending y'all out there!!! Addison just LOVED all the people dressed up silly and hanging beads around her neck and Maggie had that hand-waving downpat before the parade came to an end! We can't wait to make many more memories in the future as well as add to our crowd - maybe next year my cousin, Tria, and her new baby Claire along with Aunt Donnie Faye can join us!!!

After we got home, Addison (all on her own) came walking from her room in this get-up saying she was a "Parade Fairy" and we have been throwing/catching beads all weekend taking turns playing parade! And...I have to add that all the many many many beads that we brought home are driving Lee crazy!!! But she is one happy girl!

Afternoon at the Zoo!

My mom has been on Spring Break all week and...since Friday was such a beautiful day I decided to take the afternoon off rather than stay couped up inside the offiice! We met her friend, Linda and her grandsons, at the Jackson Zoo and it was great!!! We enjoyed being outside in the beautiful sunshine and seeing the smiles on all the kiddos faces! There was a baby giraffe and baby monkey. We saw the animals, rode the carousel, rode the train and played on the playground! My two were not ready to leave!!!

Two wonderful grandmothers!

Welcome Carson Wyatt Jones

My good friend, Erin, had this precious baby boy almost 2 weeks ago and I can't wait to hold him!

Date Night with George and Reba!!!

Lee and I had a weekend getaway to New Orleans to see Lee Ann Womack, Reba McIntyre and George Strait!!!! Could it really get any better for country music than having George AND Reba in one night!!! We have had these tickets for a few months now and have been anticipating this trip for a while...and they did not disappoint. The concert started at 7:00 and we did not walk out of the arena until 11:50 (and Lea Ann only played 35 minutes)! We had a blast and both George and Reba have so many wonderful songs that you just couldn't predict what they might play next! We had great seats - front row of the third section - even though we were up high we didn't have to stand up and I could prop my feet up!!!

This girl can put on a show!

Reba and Lee Ann duet to "Does He Love You"

It's Melissa Peterman from the Singing Bee! (and the Reba show which I have never seen, but Addison and I love to watch the Singing Bee on Friday nights!)

Reba coming back in style for the Encore...

Did you really think she would sing Fancy in anything but a RED dress and high heels! The MAN of the night...GEORGE STRAIT (how could you not love that smile!)

George just stands there and sings, but....does he really have to do anything else?!!!

He closed out to "The Cowboy Rides Away"...how appropriate!

This is the view from our corner room at the Marriott on Canal Street

We had a GREAT time and really appreciate our family taking care of the girls - I am sure they weren't spoiled at all!!!