GO SAINTS!!

The New Orleans Saints play this weekend for their chance to go to the Super Bowl. The school board declared today SAINTS day...and the kids were allowed to wear saints shirts. I couldnt see spending 15-25 dollars per shirt....so I made them some. Kaitlyn's fleur de lis is made out of material and attached to the shirt. Kase and Coby's is an iron on transfer that I found online!....they loved them...and they looked sooo cute too!!

Missing Brandy....

Today Brandy would have turned 33,but she was in an auto accident on Sept 18,2007...and didnt survive. I still can remember our conversation....her last words before the accident. The sound of the crash....then the silence! Its been 2 years...will I ever forget? Do I even want to forget? I MISS HER!! I miss her smile, I miss her crazy hair, and her ADHD ways that made me and Meg smile everyday in class!! :) She had such a big heart...and would help out anyone in need. We had sooo much in common...I guess thats why we became friends those first few days of nursing school. She was only in my life for 9 months....but has left such a void....an empty space that won't go away. She was just that kind of person...that kind of friend!! I feel so blessed to have known her...even for that short time....to have been called a FRIEND by her! I know that one day I will see Brandy again....and until then she is up in Heaven....drinking her Sonic ice tea....and watching over us until that day!!!

Playing Catch Up

Finally the internet is faster....and I can get some pics of the holidays uploaded. These are pics of the kids at Christmas and on our trip to Texas!!

The Night Before Christmas.....this is the kids in front of the tree. On Christmas eve we wrote our letters for Santa, baked cookies, fed Santa's reindeer, sang christmas songs and Church songs.....and finally headed to bed to await SANTA's arrival!!

Great Grandma.....this is the kids with Nana...my grandmother.

This is my nephew Derek.....he has grown up sooo much......I can't believe he will be 17 in Feburary. He is such a great kid!!!

Mom has a slot machine.....called the 'One Arm Bandit'.....well it didnt take long for the kids to get hooked....I think KK was hooked the most. This machine actually has a jackpot....around $20 so I think she was really wanting that money.

Coby finally spent some of his MONEY.....and won again with 3 bells on the machine!!

We had a great time.....it was brief but the kids enjoyed getting to see everyone....and so did I!! Things are finally getting back to normal....except the kids have been out of school Friday and today, Monday, due to the ice and cold weather which caused pipes to bust at the school....so hopefully tomorrow they will return....and I can go back to getting things organized around here before I head back to Texas Feb 5th.....for Chelsea Sweet 16 Birthday Party!!!! LOVE YA!!!

Happy Holidays

WOW...I can't believe 2009 is over. It seemed like the last 2 months were only 10 days long. Our Christmas was good....Chelsea was with us this year which was GREAT!! Dad met me the Sat before Christmas in Alexandria so that she could spend her entire break with us!! (thanks daddy)

On Christmas eve we wrote letters to Santa, baked cookies, and put out feed for the reindeer....then put on our PJ's and took some pictures infront of the Christmas tree before snuggling in our beds so Santa could visit us. Kaitlyn woke up first...it was barely day light outside...and of course she had already went to the tree and took account of what gifts were for whom....LOL!! She then proceed to wake everyone else up....(what happened to waiting till about 8 AM?)!!

Chelsea got a cell phone (hardly ever put it down...I am suprised the numbers werent melted from texting everyone...LOL), some clothes, a camera case, makeup, perfume, jewlery, and of course lots of other goodies. Kaitlyn got a camera -pink of course, a light bright, a purse, some girly perfume and makeup, an educational laptop, a HSM dance mat for the PS2, lots of jewlery....other goodies too. Kase got a RC Ford Truck, a tommy 20 nerf gun, Bakugan stuff, magnetix stuff....and some other goodies. Coby got a Lady bug pillow pet, RC VW Beetle car, Hot Wheels cars and race track...and several other toys. The all had a wonder christmas!! The kids even got me some musical Christmas decorations for me to put out with my christmas stuff for the years to come. We are truly blessed!!!

The kids and I went to Texas for New Years to take Chelsea back. It was a fast trip but we were able to see everyone.....including Nana...which was nice. The kids received even more goodies from everyone in Texas...(thank yall again).....they are loved so much!! We came home Saturday the 2nd.....so that I could go to work...and the kids could prepare for school which starts back tomorrow!!

I have lots of photos to upload....of the kids parties at school, Christmas, New Years with our Texas family.....so I will be adding those soon!!!