Happy 90th Birthday Grandma

 

 

 

 

Last Sunday was Grandma Spencer's 90th Birthday, she was so happy to see her great-grandchildren, I think they made her day that much more special. We are so glad we got to share another birthday with her!

Mother's Day

 

 

 

 

I had a wonderful Mother's Day that actually started the night before. Brad arranged for his parents to keep the kids so I could have a night off. That was one of the best Mother's Day presents he could have given me! I have had 1 night away from both of them in the last 9 months so I was long over due! Thank you Mimi & Papa for keeping both of them so I could have a break. We had a great dinner & then went to a suprise birthday party for my long time friend. Sunday we had lunch with Mimi, Papa & Amanda on the river & then came back home & had relaxing afternoon outside. I am so thankful to be Katie & Will's mommy & I love them more than they will ever know!

April 27, 2011

 

 

 

 

I don't need to explain what happened that day in my hometown of Pleasant Grove, I think it's a day no one will forget! The first two pictures are of us in the storm shelter at Tammy's mom's house in Rock Creek/Oak Grove, you can see the kids were probably picking up on our nervousness. After watching the tornado in Tuscaloosa on TV we headed to the basement to their storm shelter. I was pretty nervous especially when the guys were standing at the door watching for the tornado & bringing some of the debris that had landed in the yard. After we were sure it we were in the clear we went outside to see the damage, which thankfully there wasn't any! We could see the black cloud in the distance as the tornado crossed over 15th Street & headed to Concord. It was only a few minutes before we heard about the devastation that had just happened in Concord. It wasn't too much longer we heard about PG. The next day I think I watched the news all day. I felt so helpless & seeing Pleasant Grove destroyed & thinking of all of the people who were hurt or lost their lives just broke my heart! We went out there Friday to check on my grandparents & my mother, thank God they were all ok & their houses were spared. After we checked on the people we knew we rode by my old house. My dad, sister & I lived on 8th Street which is the road from Hill's to Highland Forest. The other two pictures are of that house as you can see there is nothing left! I am so thankful we did not live there anymore because we would have gone into the bathroom, where they always tell you to go & we would not have made it! There was nothing left of the house just the floors in my old room & the laundry room. Thankfully the current owners of the house were not at home that night & they survived!! I pray for all of the people affected by this terrible storm.

9 months old

 

I was taking a picture of Will this morning & realized that the shirt he had on was Katie's so I found a picture of her in it to compare the two. Katie was 10 months old in her picture. Will is crawling EVERYWHERE & into EVERYTHING! I can't sit still because he is constantly finding something to get into. Katie was always occupied by her toys but not this little boy, he wants everything but toys. I cannot keep this house picked up because he is always pulling something out right behind me. He just cut his 4th tooth & I think he is trying to cut his 5th. He is finally taking two naps a day & still sleeping all night. He was just taking 1-2, 30 minute naps during the day. I can't believe in 3 months he will be a year old! This is going by way too fast for me.

Easter sunday

 

 

 

 

We went to my grandmothers house & had a wonderful dinner & all of the kids hunted Easter eggs after we ate. Katie had so much fun & I told her before we went to try & find the eggs with money in them. I didn't know she was going to pick every egg up & shake it to see if there was money in them. She did end up with several that had money but she really wanted the ones with candy in them! We tried to get a family picture but Will just didn't make it, oh well it turned out cute anyway. After Granny's we went to Mimi & Papa's & ate again & the kids got cute Easter presents from them & Amanda. We had a wonderful day!