Randon Friday Fun~ness

Most Friday nights, Nora, Ella, & Lilah spend the night over at Grandommie's & Paw-Paw's house. This gives us time to really hang out with Claira. She has become a vocal little one, and she is getting to the age where we are finally able to truly PLAY with her!! Here's two videos of her and Daddy being silly last Friday night. Her laugh is kinda "half laugh/half scream" :)

ENTITLED "Phatty McGee"

This next one might be one of my favorites for years to come....I don't know who's funnier......Daddy or Claira :)
ENTITLED "I Want Some Toe"

So, what else is Clairy-Berry up to (besides eating toes)?? She's rolling, bouncing in her bouncer, playing in her exer-saucer, working on the word "Ma-Ma," loving PEAS, slobbering everywhere, sleeping like a champ.....

......and being the SWEETEST BABY on the face of the planet.

Seriously. :)

Nora's PTO Performance

Last week, the kindergartners performed at PTO. They sang sweet little songs to show what they've learned in both English and Spanish. Thankfully, Nora was on the very end, so it was very easy to see her!!  :) Here's a little clip of one of her Spanish songs....

Their "grand finale" was the "Continent Drift" which was really hilarious.....a bunch of 5- and 6-year-olds doing moves such as "Jump, jump, wiggle your rump, and walk it out like Granny!"

 Enjoy some pictures of our little performer....

 Terrance, Annabelle, and Faryn also rocked it out.....

The teachers had to keep the little ones in check by singing and dancing along. :)

The audience was VERY impressed. :) :) :)
Here's Grandmama, Lea, and friends Ciara and Melissa...

 Grandmommie & Ella.....

 

 Mama & Claira

Some of the newest "teacher babies" - Claira, Haley, & Audrey....

Daddy & Paw-Paw weren't pictured too much because they were the photographers/videographers of the night. Nora finally caught on that Paw-Paw was filming at the end of the show....

After the show, we all celebrated with a little Monterrey's Mexican food......YUM. We, then, realized that all the grandparents were dressed in purple. They must have planned that in advance.

They had a Mariachi Band there that was phenomenal.....they played a little Johnny Cash, Jimmy Buffet, Michael Jackson, you name it....

Such a fun-filled and special night. We are so proud of our little "performer." She will be some sort of musical entertainer one day. She loves singing, dancing, and music in general.

Cheers to "little performances" that mean sooooooo much!!! ;)

Nora goes HUNTING!!!

 Josh is an avid deer-hunter, and is generally referred to as the "Deer Slayer" (except for this year.....all he's been killing is TIME). :) Nora recently asked if she could "go hunting with Daddy." Grandmommie went out and got Nora her own camo, and she went on her first hunting experience with Daddy last Sunday. :)

They started their "hunt" up in the tree-stand...

Then, they got down on the ground because Nora wanted to "go in the woods."

She knew she had to be very quiet so the deer would come (yes, that's a tattoo). :)

They stayed until dark, and then Nora heard a squirrel nearby and got a little freaked out. When she got home, she said, "I LOVED it. I'll go back when I'm 11!!" :)

I didn't realize until they got home that Nora had rocked her pink leopard-print boots the entire time. :)

She must've gotten over the "squirrel-scare" because she's asking daily when she can go back. :)

Daddy's new huntin'-buddy.

Bonfire!!!!

Let's face it, the greatest thing about Election Day (despite the right to vote, liberty, freedom, and all that jazz) is NO SCHOOL!!!! :) The night before election day, we celebrated with a bonfire....eh, well, more like BARREL-fire.....at Mama's house. :) The "adults" decided to wear our Falcons attire to support our undefeated team.....

But evidently, Mama didn't get that memo....

She was just happy wearing her large Minnie Mouse sweatshirt, apparently. :) I swear, she would play in a fire all night long if we'd let her. She has said before that she wished that a "fire-builder" was an actual occupation. 

We put hotdogs on sticks, and "cooked" up some chili-slaw-dogs. :)

I don't know why Josh purposely burns his dogs to a crisp. Every single time. Yuk.

 After grubbing some chili-slaw-dogs, Lea felt the need to ......just dance. So, we turned up the radio, and she went at it....

She gave Josh an "up-close" encounter of her mad skills. :)

She also taught Nora some smooth moves....(Please NOTE goober's face in the background....)

Finally, Josh just could NOT HANDLE IT any longer. He had to get up and take part in the dance party. He and Lea re-enacted "The Proposal" :)

FROM THE WINDOWWWW........TO DA WALLLLLLL.......

These two are just BAD together. Really. :)

 In the meantime, the girls roamed around in their tutu's and short pants (they opted to dress themselves as opposed to wearing Falcons gear....what do ya do??)

 Matthew & Ciara stopped by, so they played with them for a bit.....

 (no words, just awesomeness)

They ended the night with some "jumpoline" (loaded with a bajillion leaves).

Clairy-Berry pretty much just slept through the whole thing (What's new??) :)

Can't have a fire without some S'Mores!! Perfect way to end a goofy night with some of my favorite goofy people.

After voting the next day, we laid on the couch ALL.DAY.LONG and watched 80's movies (these included "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" and "Beetlejuice"). Since it was FREEZING and raining, it was a perfect day to lay around, watch cheesey movies, and keep up with the presidential polls (despite the fact that Josh and I would rather eat a box of hair than discuss politics, we were quite pleased with the outcome of the day). :)

With Thanksgiving NEXT WEEK (wait.....wha???), I've been reflecting a lot on what I'm thankful for (which I always tend to do this time of year). While I am ever-so-grateful for MUCH, I am mostly thankful for....

......my FUN FAMILY. :)

Party on, Wayne.... ;)

Well, this was the weekend to PARTY!!!! :) Our family had a whole lot of celebrations this weekend. It all started Friday after school. I rode over to my sweet friends' house (Sage's & Alana's......aka "Mrs. Cronk"......get crunk, get crunk) to visit with and photograph their newest addition, Adelee Rose. I just KNEW Adelee was going to be a BOY (they didn't find out the gender until delivery). However, she's alllllll girl......BEAUTIFUL girl!!!

Once again, "big brother," Scoutie, had to jump in a few shots...

I truly LOVE this little family.....everything about them!! Sage and Alana have gone through a tremendous, and oftentimes difficult, "journey" to have this little precious girl. I admire them so, and their "story" serves as a reminder to me of how blessed I truly am to have effortlessly had 3 beautiful and healthy girls of my own. Parenthood is a precious PRECIOUS gift that many people (including myself) frequently take for granted.

 We don't always understand God's timing, but His timing is always PERFECT!! Many blessings and LOVE to my pals who are so deserving of this perfect little love-bug!!!

After visiting Adelee, Josh and I headed over to my friend, Tracy's, (aka Mrs. Moore's) house to celebrate my sweet and beautiful amiga VIVECA on her upcoming wedding!! Viveca (aka Senorita Hutchinson) is Nora's Spanish teacher....Nora will have get used to calling her "Senora Edwards" in January. 

We generally hung at the outside fire-pit and watched sports at Tracy's "shack." But we had to keep coming in to grub on the yummy spread of FOOD.

 Beulah BEES know how to do it right :)

Lovin' on Leo....

 Joanne.....the Scarf Whisperer....

Two of my "main squeezes" ....and our hubs off sharing pictures on their phones.....they're kinda like women.... :)

 So thankful to get to celebrate Viveca and Perry.....especially at Tracy's "dump" (I'm kidding of course....Josh might move in over there if I'd let him. She's the hostess with the most-est!!)

The next day, we were off to celebrate McKayla's 6th birthday at her groovy Pirate Party!! (Of course, we had to go as Tech Pirates.....:)

Lea and I never miss a CHANCE to DANCE....especially the "Cha-Cha Slide" :)

Josh loves his mother-in-law :)

Let's see how many P-words I can use: 

A Pirate Princess came to the party. Pirate Princess let the little pirates play with a parachute at the party. Plus, the Pirate Princess painted pictures on the little pirates' faces. Pirate Princess also performed a phenomenal magic show!

 Photo-Op!!

Love these little pirates (with cake all over their faces)...

They remind me of Melissa and I back in the day....

But we're still super-pals (and still super-CUTE) :)

After the Pirate Party, we headed over to Uncle Bug's and Lindsey's to watch some football, eat all of their food (as usual), and enjoy good times with old friends.

 Our kids stick out like sore-thumbs with their GT gear on. :)

 Cannot BELIEVE this baby is standing up!!!

Lyla B. flirting with Josh...

Josh and I always try to find something to celebrate, and that was very easy to do this weekend!! Babies, blessings, birthdays, weddings, friends, family, football......LIFE!!!! :)

Party on, Garth. :)