St Patricks Day

We have been going to the St Paddys Day parade in Jackson, MS since my girls were about 7 or 8.  We love it,, its such a fun family day for us and this year we added two to the crew.  This was the 30th year of the parade.. you can read more about it here.    The weather was beautiful and we had a great time.  
Here's just a few pics from our parade day ..

Mals St Paddys Day Parade - 2012

These two little leprechauns have stolen our hearts!! 

My sister,, doesnt she look happy,, ha ha,, she really loves the parade,,

I always get her on video or camera dancing. 

This years theme was "thats what I love about the South".. this of course was a

play on Governor Barbours pardons a few weeks back. 

This is Emmie -- she liked the colorful beads. 

This is Skyelar -- she didnt care one way or the other about the beads 

this year .. Just give her the paci. 

She'll have fun next year for sure. 

Me and my friend Kate from work,,, she did have a green wig on??

She had to find her shades,, the sun was just too bright. 

And Skyelar just gave it up and went to sleep,,  she said to heck with all that stuff. 

My oldest "baby" 

Mel, Emmie and Teenie

This is our corner and our group of people.. we've gathered here the last

several years.  Seem to add a few more to the group every year.  Its always so much fun! 

 ( and this was # 19 on my 26/52 list so ill give that a  "check" ) 

Have    a     great     week !

Candlesticks and bedposts and pics

I've had these four bedposts for over a year now,,



you may remember I posted about them here.  A year later and they are still waiting their turn to be born again into something creative and wonderful.. lol.  I saw Gails post this morning about her candlesticks and now Im thinking these would make some cute, big, chunky candlesticks.  So stay tuned!! 


For now Ill just post some pics from my phone,,, BEWARE.. all about the babies these days.  And we love it.. Blessings from above no doubt. 

sweet sleeping little angels,, they stayed with Meme and Pappy all day on Valentines day,,, and they were sickly too.  It was a long day.. but I loved it.  Me and Pappy both were wore out by the time their mamas got home. 

Visiting great papaw for his birthday,, Happy 68th Birthday daddy.  Love you!  She loves his beard.

Emmie and her baby shades.. I swear the child already knows what a camera is. 

Skyelar with her baby shades one.. Too cute

My baby boy,, not such a baby anymore.  Junior prom in a few weeks,, oh my goodness!

Skyelar was too busy watching the fan to look my way.  Look at her sweet little hair standing up. 

26/52 in 52 update

An update on my 52 week list.. 

#6 -   Participated in our first walk on 1/28/2012.  Me, Mel, grandgirl #1 and my sister Stephanie walked in the Hot Chocolate 5K..  we got there about 15 minutes late (the walkers had already started) and all the runners passed us more than one time.  It was really cold and we probably only went about halfway.  But at least we got out and walked and made a donation to the Rankin County Schools too. 

#10 -  see both of the grandgirls several times a week and usually at least once on the weekend.  They are growing fast

#11 -  Jan 14th  went to Randy and Kelly's house in greenwood and finally went hunting with Tyler.  We went in the afternoon and only saw a couple of does.  I am very scared of heights and get really shaky when having to climb any height at all.  The stand was only about 6 or 7 ft off the ground and I had no trouble climbing into the stand,, climbing down was another story all together. So glad it was dark so nobody could take a picture.  Jeff had to stand right at the bottom of the ladder and help me put my feett on the so called ladder rungs..  But I did enjoy that time with Tyler,, I will definitely go again sometime.

#14 - Had a health assessment at our work clinic and know that my healthy weight is around 150,, I have about 16 or 17 lbs to lose to get there.   (better start working harder on cutting out those Sonic drinks and drinking more water )

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Ruffled lace headband and the Delta

Looking forward to a nice little two day getaway to the delta this weekend.  Going to Jeff's brothers house with our 3, the add-on, our nephew and the babies.  Plus I think their son and new baby will be there too.  All the boys(and maybe some girls) will be hunting and hopefully killing something as nice as this.. weather is suppose to be perfect so maybe so. 

  (pic of Randys deer swiped from Kellys facebook)

All I'll be killing is time,, spending lots of it with these two sweet ones.  And hopefully get to see baby Brady too. 

 3 mos     2 weeks

Anxious to get started on sooo many projects I have in mind.. maybe one day real soon Ill get around to that.  
I found this tutorial today over at I Heart Naptime and Im hoping to make a quick stop at walmart and make both of the girls one of these this weekend.   These are the cutest little headbands for babies. 
 And the little girl modeling is just precious. 

Hope everyone has a safe and fun weekend.  Be creative!

Big/little cousin onesies

A few weeks before Christmas I asked a blogger friend if she could work  up some stencils for me using her Silhouette. She was so nice and willing to do it. She sent them to me very quickly and even threw in some extras to play with.  Thank you Gail!!   That was very sweet!  One day I hope to meet her IRL.  I feel like I know her already.

I wanted to make the two grandbabies some onesies and other things.  This is what i've done so far.  I hope to get their picture wearing them in a few weeks. 

I would love to own one of the Silhouette machines to play around with, but until I can buy one I can always try my luck at winning one and you can too.. Go on over there .. My Repurposed Life .. for your chance to win!  She also has the links to other blogs that are giving one away.  Good luck! 

Thanksgiving

Sure hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. I sure did.  Spent lots of time with this sweet little girl. 

This was our group effort pillow case type dress.. we had a pattern but that didnt work so well, cause I cant follow a pattern., we just winged it.  She ended up only wearing it for a couple of hours.. and then decorated it herselft with some spitup..lol.  Glad we got a picture first.  Amb and Mel made the bow to match it. 

Oh what have i done

well , a whole lot of this and that.  But havent really blogged about any of it. 

Score!! Found 3 packs of these at our Gateway store for $1 each. 

Made a table for my craft/sewing/computer/junk room.  I kinda/sorta went by

the directions Tracie gave here.  I still have to get my drop cloth to add the skirt around it. 

And then it'll be so pretty. 

Made a sign with vinyl I won. 

Made a photo holder for my grandkids pics.  The back has clothespins

glued on upside down to hold the pics.  I put 5 across.

(hoping to make some more of these soon to sell)

columns after they have been painted - also added black satin

ribbon around the top and bottom base. 

My two pregnant ladies back in September or end of August.  This was the day

of Amb's bachelorette party.

Pretty hospital door hanger Amb made for her sister.  She added the name,

date of birth, and weight afterwards.

Built a little box to go in my kitchen window,, glued moss around the top edges and stuck

in some fall floral picks.. added two little pumpkins to the side that Jeff stole from mel.. .

Think I'll keep the box and just change out the decoration for each season/holiday. 

10/17/11 - went to the dr with my oldest one.  29 weeks here.

Got to see Ms Skyelar on the sonogram and hear the hearbeat.  So sweet!!

Emmie and her mama went to so she could take a picture with the man

that delivered her.  He is the sweetest Dr.  Im glad that Amb is also using him.

Emmie in her little nightgown hanging out with pappy for a few minutes. 

Lots of random photos but wanted to update the blog with pics.  I plan on doing the blog 2 print thing one day so I want to keep it updated. 

Thats it for now,, Have a great week! 



 

Oh baby

Its amazing how such a tiny little baby can melt your heart and change your daily life.  First thing I want to do when I get up in the morning and get home in the afternoon is see this sweet little face.  

Not sure why my picture keeps turning sideways. 

Cant wait to meet our 2nd little granddaughter in about 11 weeks. 

Amberly - about 27 weeks