Mrs. Brandy's Surprise Baby Shower

Kaitlyn's home room teacher is having a baby and so some of us moms and the kids got together with the help of some of the other teachers and had a surprise baby shower for her this past week.  She was so surprised and excited.  The kids were to all bring at least one to two jars of baby food and Mrs. Sheila was going to put all of the baby food in a decorative basket.  It turned out really well.  The kids all got a cupcake a piece and a drink.  Mrs. Brandy got some other gifts as well.  Mrs. Brandy has been an awesome teacher and we will truly miss her and Mrs. Sheila next year and we wish Mrs. Brandy all the best with her new bundle of joy.

Here is all her gifts and the cupcake cake that we presented her with.

Mrs. Brandy was scared to death.  She didn't know what was going on.  She was so surprised.  Good job kids!!

Here is one of Mrs. Brandy's gifts.  It is a bib that says, "I love my Big Sister."  I love it!!

Kenleigh got to go with me to the baby shower. She was so excited to be at sissy's school. She told her the night before that she would be coming to her school the next day for a party!!

Here is Kaitlyn and her best friend since preschool, Alexis.

 

 Here is Kaitlyn with some of her other BFF's Abreanna and Turner.  

Good luck and God bless your new addition Mrs. Brandy.

LORI

Breaking Free

I am so excited!!  Our church started another summer ladies Bible study last night.  We did this last summer and I so enjoyed it.  I work in AWANA all through the school year and am with kids, whom I dearly love, but I also enjoy being with a group of ladies studying God's word.  I could listen to Beth Moore all day long.  She is just awesome!!  If you never heard her speak, you should.  I am looking forward to drawing closer to my Savior. Here is Beth's blog if you would like to check it out.  I hope that each of you will be able to join some type of Bible study if you get the opportunity.  You will truly be blessed. 
I will keep you updated as our Bible study goes.

LORI

Shoot Me 2 of 52

I am joining Carin over at Forever in Blue Jeans for another great blog carnival. 

Shoot Me! It's time to stop hiding behind that camera of yours. Your family is missing you in the picture. So it's time to post a picture of YOU (yes, you) every Thursday with your child, your spouse, your friend, your dog, or even by yourself. Just get in the picture, you'll be glad you did! And just jump in now with 1 of 52, you can do it!

Thanks to my dad, I have had gray hair for as long as I can remember.  It had been a while since I had gotten my hair colored and I was in desperate need of a new do!!  So last Saturday, I spent 3 hours at the beauty salon to be able to look like this:

My oldest daughter took this picture of my husband and I.  

I hope that everyone has a great Memorial Day weekend!!  Be safe and enjoy being with your family. 

If you would like to see more of Shoot Me, join Carin and link up.  

LORI

Music Monday

Today is Monday and you all know what that means, Music Monday with Tara over at Keeping Up With The Kelly's.  This week is your pick.  As I told you in my "Catching Up" post last week, my oldest daughter participated in a Lip Sync and although my daughter and her BFF did a really cute skit, I really enjoyed another group that participated.  There were 6 kids, 3 different couples and they were adorable and they did "I gotta feeling" by the Black Eyed Peas.  All the boys dressed as the Chipmunks.  My father-in-law sings this song to Kenleigh all the time and she just loves it.   I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.  If you would like to see more Music Monday, join Tara and link up.  I just want to say thank you to all my new followers and all the people that make comments.  I love to hear from you.  I hit my 40th follower this weekend.  Woo hoo!!

LORI

Better Late Than Never........

It seems with your first child, you do everything "on time".  Pictures, all the firsts ect.  Well, my husband brought it to my attention not too long ago that we have lots and lots of pictures of Kaitlyn and hardly any of Kenleigh.  So, I was ordered to go get Kenleigh's 3 year pictures made.  She was 3 on March 5.  I know what you are thinking, that is awful!!  But, at least we did it and I must admit, she did great!!  Just see what you think.  Also, my mother-in-law writes some of the best poems.  When my father-in-law found out he had cancer, she would write poems about her feelings and what they were going through etc.  She wrote a beautiful poem when her father was in Hospice and then it was read at his funeral.  I asked her to write a poem for Kenleigh's 3rd birthday party.  She didn't upset, she did awesome too.  

Kenleigh's 3rd birthday picture (two month's late).

I messed up when scanning this document, but the poem is entitled "Our Gift".  

Thanks Granny.

LORI

I'm Gonna Play Ball Too....

Even though Kenleigh is not quite old enough to play T-ball yet, her granny and papaw thought she was.  They bought her a T-ball set this week at WalMart.  She is so excited about it.  When we go to Kaitlyn's ballgames she always has to take her ball and glove.  Well, now she has her own T-ball set.  My father-in-law started chemo again this week, but so far, so good.  Praise the Lord.  He has not felt good in a long time but as you can see below, him and his little red-headed ball player have enjoyed their week.

Kenleigh and Papaw with her new T-ball set.

There is no stopping her now!!  Thanks granny and papaw.  

LORI

Favorite Foto Friday/That's What Friends Are For

It has been a while since I participated in FFF, but hey, I am on a roll this week, so what the heck.  This weeks theme is "That's What Friends Are For."  I am very fortunate to have lots of friends.  I don't necessarily have a "best" friend.  It seems since I had kids I don't have a lot of time for friends.  I would have to say I am probably closer to my mom, mother-in-law and my husband.  I feel that is who I talk to the most.  But I do have three really close friends that I do talk to on a regular basis.  My oldest daughter Kaitlyn is a social butterfly.  She has lots of friends.  She was voted class favorite last year and I told her that the reason she was voted that is because she is nice to everyone.  I tell her it is very important to not make a difference in people.  She should treat everyone the way she wants to be treated.  Today she had her first field trip and I couldn't get off work.  I was very upset about this and as a matter of fact, I hate to admit it but I cried this morning because I couldn't go.  I walked her to class and put sunscreen on her and bug spray and got a couple of pictures before they left.  

Here is Kaitlyn and her BFF Abreanna before the field trip today.

Here is Kenleigh with her best friends, Papaw and Ma. 

This is one of my BFFs Kim and my mom at Kaitlyn's birthday party last November.

Here are my other two BFF's Shannon and Angela at our secret pal reveal party at church last December.  

Here is my mother-in-law with her warm and fuzzy blanket she got for Christmas last year. 

Here is my husband and I from back in January.  He has been my best friend for 17 years!!

If you would like to see more FFF just join Hannah over at Me-Me and Monkey's Big Adventures.  I hope everyone has a great weekend.  

God Bless, 

Lori