Saturday, March 28, 2009

Daddy Daughter Banquet

Last night was Faith Baptist's Daddy Daughter Banquet. The girls (and BoBo) had been looking forward to it for weeks. This was Kerri's 5th time to attend a banquet, but it was Brook's very first one. They had such a great time shopping for matching dresses and then getting to help Daddy find a matching outfit as well.

BoBo is so thoughtful! He bought the girls corsages for their very special evening. You can see how excited they were.
They came home telling me every detail of the evening. They showed me the program which had the song, My Father's Eyes, by Amy Grant as the theme. They thought it was great that the teenagers served them their meal of Italian Chicken with Mac and Cheese and offered them refills on their drinks. They also enjoyed Michael Cassie's message to the daddies and their little girls.


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Zoo Day

We had such a great time at the Memphis Zoo! Braeden is finally old enough to notice the animals and loved watching them move about.


Brook seems like she isn't so sure that this was a good idea. They let the 15 year old python "out to play".


This photo was not taken on zoom. BoBo stood right in front of it and let it crawl as close to him as the snake wanted.


Brook did such a good job feeding Braeden her new favorite food: Tiger's Blood flavored snow cones.


All 3 girls went on a train ride with Mena and Grumps. Kerri took this photo as they were leaving. Braeden was fascinated by the whole experience.


By the end of the day, we all felt like this guy.


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Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Let it snow (twice in the same year!)

Can you believe we had 8 inches of snow in 12 hours? And two snow storms in the same year? Definitely some crazy whacked out Memphis weather! It was 70 degrees during the week before, then we had a snow storm Saturday and Saturday night, then it is scheduled to be 75 by Thursday of this week!
The backyard was so pretty! No, the Bradford pear does not have snow in it. Those are actually blooms. Because of the warm weather, the poor thing thought it was spring. We could only wish it was.
Memphis Blizzard 2009. We heard that it was coming down at a rate of 2 inches per hour.

Kerri and her snowballs, and then a snowman, and then a snow angel, and then an ice skating rink, etc, etc. She made the most of her time outside.


Brook enjoyed eating the snow and jumping around in it. She is alot like me in that she decided that it was way to cold to be out there for long.



Braeden was not impressed with the snow as noted in the sour face.





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Braeden's first haircut

Braeden had her first haircut on February 23. Braeden was born with a head full of platinum blonde hair and now that she is 9 months old, it had gotten way out of control!

Our hair stylist, Tammy Johnson, did such a great job! Tammy was so patient with Braeden as she wiggled every which way.






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Luv the Cuz (s)

My girls are so blessed to have two wonderful cousins, one on each side of the family. They all play so well together and LOVE each other's company.

Gracie and Braeden love to be near each other. Gracie gives Braeden whatever she wants and Braeden grabs Gracie and hugs and kisses her when she is near.
Lizzy is 7 years old and is younger than Kerri and older than Brook. That makes for lots of fun times. They can't wait to get together and play but then after a day or so, they all need a break. They love listening to Jonas Brothers and watching movies together.

This photo was taken at Christmas when all were at Maw Maw's house. They each received an umbrella in their stocking so it was only appropriate to immediatley run outside in the rain and try them out!






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Brook's Baptism

We are so excited and thankful that Brook has accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior! She was baptized at our church, Faith Baptist, by her Paw Paw on February 1st. (For those of you who did not know, my dad is the pastor of Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church just outside of Fayette, AL.) She was so thrilled to have our family come all the way from Alabama in support of this most important decision. Thanks to Maw Maw and Paw, Mindy, Jeremy, and Gracie, Angie and Lizzy, and Mena and Grandma Fears for being there to support Brook. She would also like to thanks Grumps (seen in the background of the above picture) for coming to church when he really shouldn't have been around so many people. THANK YOU to all.What a beautiful sight to see my Dad standing with my sweet baby before the baptism with the cross in the foreground!
You wouldn't know it by the smile on Brook's face, but the water in the baptistry was ice cold! Somehow, the baptistry was not filled up and warmed as planned. They filled it only a couple of hours before she was baptized. Regardless, she entered it with much enthusiasm!









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Brook's 7th Birthday

Brook celebrated her 7th birthday with friends and family at Pump It Up. She was so happy that so many people came to her party. She stated that this was the best weekend ever since she was able to have her party and be baptized in the same weekend. Thanks to all of you who made this weekend special!


Brook's Maw Maw even made the cakes!



Brook's friends were having a great time posing for photos.


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Kerri

Kerri
Kerri is now 10 years old and doing all the cool things a "tween" likes to do. She enjoys seeing, e-mailing, calling, and spending the night with her friends. Most of the time, you'll find her head buried in her Nintendo DS. She makes good grades at school and LOVES science. When she grows up, she would like to be a Vet. She likes helping take care of her sisters too.

Brook

Brook
Brook is 7 years old going on 30. She is so full of life and most days there is an immense amount of drama. She loves to play teacher, write, eat, play with polly pockets, barbies, and dinosaurs, play peek a boo with Braeden, and play anything with Kerri. She makes straight A's at school, but still doesn't like to go. She wants to be a Vet when she grows up. Her favorite place in the whole wide world is Disney World.

Braeden

Braeden
Braeden is growing up so fast! She is now 9 months old. She is now scooting on her bottom and rolling everywhere! She can almost crawl and will walk everywhere if someone is holding her hands. At her recent doctor's appointment, she weighed 23 pounds and was 30 inches long. She was off the chart again for height (15 month old), weight (17 month old), and head circumference (22 month old). The doctor said she was the size of a 18 month old!