Getting to town....

AC and Trace picnicing day 2 of driving.

RC (don't look so thrilled to be having your picture taken hon) and Andrew (I told you the juice thing is the most important thing to him.)
Me and my Kailey Bear and Trace at the bottom! She is such a mommas girl!!!
My sister met us at Moms and Dads when we got into town.
Andrew loves to lay and this window still to this day.
All 6 grandkids.
RC ready to head of to work. Now remember we hadn't even been there for 30 minutes before he was out the door.

Another grandkids shot.Everyone swears the stairs will loose their appeal but they haven't yet.Here's my Kailey Bear. Isn't she cute!!!!

Okay Okay so heres the moving pictures. My next endeaver will be to post from the trip.

Our Day in New Orleans.....

We ate at The Market Cafe and got to listen to this great little band. It was alot of fun. RC and his brother Nathan. You will see that most pictures of Nathan he is goofing off.
Our group heading back to the car. We had lots of fun.
See theres that gorgeous smile, without the pacifier!!!! He walked for a good little bit with his hands in his pockets. It was so cute!!!
Here's my Kailey Bear. She has this thing with my shoes. Like I said Nathan always goofs off for the pictures. The following three are when we were out without kiddos.
RC now goofing off for the camera. (Oh he is not going to be happy with me for posting this picture)

Here we are at a local place that Nathan likes to go to. The food was soooo good. We had lots of fun. It has been a long time since I've gotten to go out for some adult time!

Some more pictures of the move.

Isn't God amazing!!! I couldn't help but take this picture. (Yes I am driving down the road but this was too beautiful!) God reminds me all the time with sights like this just what a magnificent creator he is!!!!!
AC and I enjoying a little relaxing time in the hotel in New Orleans.
RC and Trace enjoying snuggle time :)
Andrew Andrew Andrew just imagine how gorgeous that smile is without the stupid bink!!!!

I have been trying to upload more pictures but this thing won't let me right now. RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR Its a little irritating. I will post more pics tomorrow because I don't have the patience to keep going tonight.

Pictures from the move...

Here's Andrew getting ready to start out on the move. Kailey Bear checking things out.
Here's the award winning smile that Grandma was talking about.

AC was not thrilled I was taking this picture.
Here is my Trace! He really does have a cute smile!Here's the view I saw the entire trip. I followed RC the entire time. Andrew slept more than anyone I've seen. I guess the car can do that for you.
Here's the kiddo's at one of the picnic stops the first day.Kailey Bear... She looks kinda frightened in this picture.Trace being his typical goofy self.AC loves sticking his tongue out for pictures.Andrew's most important thing for the trip... Juice!!

A Real Post....

Oh wow I had not realized just how long it had been since I gave a real update. I have to apologize to you all. I know that many of you really had hoped I would stay on top of this. Things have been absolutely crazy.



Well first things first....



We are no longer in Florida. As of mid June we moved to Texas. We packed up and hit the road on the 17th. Spent the 18th in New Orleans with RC's brother and made it to our new home on the 19th. I am very pleasantly surprised to learn that my 4 kiddos are actually great travelers. We drove split into 2 cars. RC had the older boys in the pick up with him and I had Andrew and Kailey in my van. We had portable dvd players for all 3 of the boys with 38 dvd's packed. We drove only making stops for gas and for meals. Our meals consisted of stopping at rest stops and picnicing. We had packed a cooler full of drinks and sandwich stuff. Then we would let the kids run and play for about 20 to 30 minutes. This really seemed to work out perfectly. We drove to New Orleans that first day and made it there around mid-night. We didn't get to our hotel until after 2 am. RC's brother Nathan lives in New Orleans and RC's mother (who had been traveling) met us there. Nathan showed us around town on Wednesday. We did all the touristy stuff we could stuff into one day. Then around 8pm we took the kids and Ede back to Nathan's where she watched the kids so that Nathan, RC and I could go out and have some adult time. We headed out to Bourbon Street and had lots of fun. We then hit the road the next morning and made to the Dallas area by 5:30 pm, just in time for RC to get ready for a business meeting that night. Nothing like jumping into business head first.



I have really enjoyed being near my family again. My sister who I have lived away from for 10 years lives in this area. We love being able to see each other whenever we want. I actually was able to go to my niece and nephew's birthday party for the first time in their life. I think it is so cool that my kids and her kids will actually grow up getting to know each other. I also love the fact that the weekend of the 4th of July Mom and I decided that we wanted to go to Amarillo. We woke up Thursday morning and just decided we wanted to go. RC and Dad had a little work to do but we hit the road Thursday afternoon. How cool is that!?! We can just decide to go to visit my family for the weekend. Okay just so you guys understand how cool this is I hadn't been to Amarillo in 4 1/2 years. My family in Amarillo hadn't even met Andrew. Anyhow then I decided to stay in Amarillo the week after and drive back to McKinney with my brother and his wife. Monday and Tuesday of that week I spent up at my brothers house. I loved getting some one on one time with my brother. My brother and boys stayed up until 12:30 playing k'nex (to see pictures check out my sis in laws blog.) When we got back into town I was able to go to Winnsboro to see my other grandmother.



After being back home just a couple of weeks, we packed up and headed out of town again. RC, the kids and I drove to Amarillo on July 23rd. We met up with my Nanny and PawPaw (my mom's parents). We then hit the road on Thursday for a very long trip. Our main destination was South Dakota for RC's 10 year class reunion. We drove through 13 states in 10 days. I will write a post on this trip later. (RC is bugging me because we need to go to the store.) Then when we got back to Amarillo we stayed there for another week. My cousin Alisha graduated from college so we celebrated with her!! I am so incredibly proud of her.



Anyhow life has been settling in. Kailey is growing like a weed. I can't believe that she will be 9 months on Monday. She is crawling all over the place. You cannot keep her from going wherever she wants. She also has started pulling up on things. For those of you who cares she still will NOT take a bottle. She doesn't eat baby food. She nurses and eats whatever we happen to be eating. Talk about stubborn. This morning I pulled out a yellow outfit for her and she hits it out of my hand and squeals. I then pull out a blue outfit and again she did the same. Just to check to see if she was just being a pain I pulled out a pink outfit and she grabbed it and just giggled. Can you believe she is already starting this? Wow I am in for a real ride. Don't get me wrong she has definitely grabbed my heart. I love having a little girl.



I promise pictures later because like I said RC is bugging me to go to the store. I will also give you details of our trip. Here is one picture for the road....

Friday Fill-Ins

1. If I could be a fly on the wall I would _love to hear what people really say about me__.
2. Jealousy is __something I really have to work on__.
3. When I see a shooting star my wish would be that _be able to see my friends that I miss very much_.
4. I'd rather be _in love_ than _rich_ any day!
5. Certain songs when I hear them make me wanna _laugh, cry, dance (depends on the song)_.
6. If time were in a bottle _I would make the time with my family last forever__.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to _hanging out at home_, tomorrow my plans include _family time_ and Sunday, I want to _sleep_!

Friday Fill-ins

Its that time again for the fabulous Friday Fill-ins. Feel free to comment and to participate if your heart desires. Just go here to link up so others can read your answers.

1. Birthdays are __not just for kids__.
2. __Fall__ is my favorite season because __the colors are so beautiful and the weather is just amazing__.
3. I feel my best when __I am exercising and eating right__.
4. __Steak__ is my favorite food!
5. First impressions are __very deceiving sometimes and should never be your only opinion of someone (Everybody can be fake or be having a bad day)__.
6. The best piece of advice I ever received was __celebrate the journey, don't wait for the destination__.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to _hopefully spending time with my hubby_, tomorrow my plans include _getting to go to my niece and nephews birthday party for the first time (ages 4 and 2)_ and Sunday, I want to _go visit my old church and see old friends_!

Friday Fill ins

1. A smile is __worth more than money__.
2. __Canasta__ is my favorite board or card game.
3. I would love to have more __money__ in my life and less __stress__.
4. When I think of the Summer Solstice, I think of __what the heck is that__.
5. I just remembered I need to __finish unpacking__.
6. One of my favorite song lyrics goes like this: __Oh, baby, look what we made when we made love All by ourselves, with some help from above In the middle of the night, we really did something right Oh, look what we made when we made love__.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to _hanging out with 6 kids in the house_, tomorrow my plans include __probably unpacking more boxes__ and Sunday, I want to __go to church and then over to my sisters house to see it for the first time__!

Kailey's First Trip to the Beach

RC's cousin came down for a bit. While they were here we headed to the beach. It was kind of bittersweet. You see it was Kailey's first trip to the beach and probably the last for a while. Texas just doesn't have the same water!!!

Here is Kailey putting her feet in the water for the first time! (Just in case you were wondering no she wasn't exactly thrilled. But she did finally warm up to it!) RC decided to goof off with the camera. I'll spare you some of the pictures he took being a typical husband. But I actually liked this one so here you go!
Here's my little Trace! He loves to find shells and build sand castles. He still kind of iffy with being in the water. He was fine when the he was real close to an adult.
Steven and Thara, RC's cousin and his girlfriend. We had so much fun. Aren't they tooo cute together!!!
Okay so tilt your head sideways, No the other way smart allic (yes Shawn I'm talking to you!) Here's our crew! Good grief there are a lot of us aren't there!!

Yes I know this is part of why there are so many of us! But I gotta say I love kissing this man!!!!!

Here's my cute little Andrew. He is mister adventure. His favorite part of the beach was the coke that Steven and Thara let him drink! More coke, drink coke, coke please was all we kept hearing all day!!!AC was buried in the sand. You see the only part that was left showing.He did really great until his brother kicked sand in his face, then he was ready to get out.We were on our way to my favorite restaurant Frenchy's Rockaway Grille. If you go let me recommend you get some She Crab Soup it is absoulutely some of the best soup in the world! It was great we got to see the sunset on the way to the place. Only God can create something so beautiful!

Kailey's half birthday

Well I have been trying to upload pictures for a week now and this is the first I've gotten them to load. So I will say SORRY for taking so long to update you all.

We celebrated my sweet Kailey turning 6 months. The half a birthday celebrations started because Grandma just couldn't wait to have a party so we did it with my oldest AC. And it has been done ever since. Yeah I guess you could say she is a little spoiled when you look at her stuff just for her 6 months birthday. She got some clothes, so toys, a snuggley, and some headbands.
The next two pictures are of her snuggley. Nana had it made for her. She loves snuggling up to it. It is really sweet. Nana had to give it to her early because she went out of town early, but we got it out for pictures: )

The boys thought it was awesome. Uncle Nathan was there!!!!!! Uncle Nathan lives in New Orleans and we only see him every once in a while. You can see by the boys faces they are a big fan of their Uncle Nathan. As you can see Grandma and Grandpa were there as well. For those who don't know the reason for the boxes in the background is we stopped in midst of packing and getting ready for our big move to have this party.


The big move - Well my parents have already made it to Texas. They had a few hiccups along the way. We couldn't fit all of our stuff on the moving truck. Granted it was two families going in one 10x30 truck. We took a few items out that weren't absolute nescessities. They got on the road Saturday morning. Just a little way out of town the truck broke down. Yes you read that right the moving truck broke down! But as my momma said She saw God everywhere. They broke down on the only stretch of the road that had a cement place for them to pull off on. There were trees to shade them. Due to an unexpected pizza moving party the night before our camping chairs were the very last things to be put on the moving truck so they were able to pull them down to sit on them. They were just a little ways out of town so the company was able to send someone out to fix the truck. When the guy came back with the part he came back with some ice water for them. You see some would just look at the negative in the situation but LOOK you can see Gods hand at work even in midst of a very frustrating event. You can read more about it here. (She is slowly getting back to updating so be patient with her. She is also unpacking right now) They then hit LA and had someone point out at a gas station that they had no rear lights whatsoever. Luckily it was someone at a gas station who noticed not a police officer or someone else rear ending them. So you see they had a few hiccups but they are there safely and are unpacking the house.

I will update more later but right now my children are wanting my attention.

Friday Fill in # 75

1. Idle hands are __just get you in trouble____.
2. I love __relaxing____ in the shower.
3. My favorite time of the day is when _all the kids are in bed___.
4. The last tea I drank was _my momma's____.
5. I like to __swim and go on vacation___ in the Summer.
6. My mother always said ___I love you to the moon and back____.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to _go to my hubbys softball game__, tomorrow my plans include __washing the cars___ and Sunday, I want to _try and rest__!

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