Real Life: Live & Unscripted

Happy 18th Birthday Jaelyn!

Happy 18th Birthday Jaelyn!

Can y'all believe she is 18!! When I started blogging she was only NINE!!! I started blogging in 2005. WOW Y'all have watched her grow up just like I did lol.

I can't believe how quickly this time has passed.

We have watched you grow up...

Develop your own little personality...

You like what you like lol and if you don't like it you let EVERYONE know lol

You have always had your own mind. You've always been a leader.

And you've always had an attitude lol.

You are growing up to be such an amazing person. Beautiful inside and out. It's our prayer that you will continue to allow God to use you. Keep Him first in all you do and praying nothing but blessings and success over your life!

We love you! Now let's have a BLAST this weekend!!

 

Happy 18th Birthday!!!

Say hello to Chief and a little update.

Soooo yesterday Tony left home early, not even sure what time it was because I was still sleep when he told me he would be right back. Ok, becareful BYE. I rolled back over and went to sleep.

When I finally woke up he called and asked me to open the front door. Ok cool. I'm thinking he has food or something.

NOT lol

He came home with a PUPPY.

Isn't he ADORABLE!!?!? I wasn't quite ready to train another dog but come on lol. Gizmo is NOT happy right now. He will warm up to him soon enough lol

Now the training begins. NOT READY lol

Anyway, I'm SO glad it's Friday. This has been THE longest, most emotional week I've had in a very, very long time. Between the kids being out of school and Tony being off work because of the snow/ice, my work and all the other things I have going on daily!? I'm READY for the weekend.

I questioned God, questioned myself and just had a flat out pity party.

Thankfully, Tony being the stronger of us this week, gave me a stern pep talk lol.

I'm still all in my feelings as I type this but I'm human. I will allow myself to feel what I feel and look for a better day tomorrow.

I think it's healthy to allow yourself to feel what is going on. It's not always good to just brush it off and it's certainly not good to internalize it. This is just MY opinion though. I've been blogging here since 2005 so y'all know how I am when it comes to MY opinion lol.

Like I said, tomorrow will be a better day. My main goal is to just focus on God, allow Him to do what He needs to do in me (because He has been showing me some stuff that I had NO clue was in me but I'll blog about that later) and keep it moving.

Alright, that's it for me today. I STILL need to do a phone dump. It will probably be epic because I haven't done one in 2014 *faints* lol

Have a great day!!

 

Jaelyn's Senior Pageant (Super picture heavy)

Here is a look at Jaelyn's Pageant 2013

Pageant 2012

Pageant 2011

Time just zooms by!

I didn't make her dress. I never make these dresses because it's a TON of work and she only has it on for a couple hours. I WOULD however make it for a client lol

I was going to upload the video but it just gave WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY too much information for the seniors lol

The two pics above have to be my favorite ones.

And there ya have it! LOL

She looked absolutely stunning. She was in the top 10 this year.

Can't BELIEVE she is graduating in a few months lol

More later! Toodles!

 

 

Happy 17th Anniversary to us!

Happy 17th Anniversary to us!

Words can't even begin to express how much I love this man. We've been through the storms of life. The trials of marriage and through it all we've come out closer than we've ever been.

There were times (and I've said this before) when I didn't want to be a mom or a wife, and even times when I wanted to walk away but I truly thank God for holding us together. I thank God for teaching us how to love each other. I thank God for showing us how to respect each other. I thank God for showing us how to disagree and keep loving each other. I just thank God.

When we married in 1997 we were both just kids. Not much older than my daughter Jaelyn. We had NO CLUE what we were doing, we just knew that we loved each other. We've grown up together. We've made it through some rough stuff. We know first hand what God can do.

God has been the glue that held us together, when we both wanted to rip our marriage apart. God showed us how to hang on, He showed us how to forgive and love.

I never thought I could love this man as much as I do today.

We often ask each other, "do you love me like you did wayyyyy back in 1993?" Our answer is always no, we love each other more.

It's a different kind of love. A love that has been built. A love that has been tried. A love that has been though some mess lol.

I thank God for Tony. He has taught me so much. He's often right, and I'm often right-er lol

I've learned to listen when I don't really want to and he's learned to listen to me.

We've learned how to balance each other out.

I pray for him. I respect him. I love him.

Ready to see what this next chapter brings.

God + You + Me = Formula for success!

Love you boo :)

Kayla update...

Hey guys thank you so much for all your kind words. Y'all really rock.

Kayla is doing so well. Her surgery was a complete success. They removed everything and expect her to be 110%.

She is home and sleeping like a baby, not in any pain at all.

She is excited because she can smell lol. When she was in recovery the first thing she said was I can smell the oil in your hair lol.

Thank you guys for everything. Hopefully life will be back to normal soon lol.

 

Kayla is having surgery today. Keep her in your prayers.

Y'all know if I ever just kinda vanish, something is going on.

By the time you guys read this Kayla will be well into her surgery.

Earlier this year Kayla KEPT getting sick. I thought she kept catching a cold. Just treated her at home. Nothing out of the ordinary. No red flags.

A month or so passed and she was still all congested. Ok. I took her to the dr and they said she had a sinus infection and gave her antiobiotics. Cool. Again, NO RED FLAGS.

Another month or so went by and she was STILL stuffy and congested. Took her BACK to the dr and they put her on steroids, they said something and I honestly can't remember what it was, but she took the medicine as directed. Again. No red flags.

Well a few weeks later after she finished all her meds, she was STILL stuffy and congested. I told Tony maybe she has some kind of allergies. So we took her to have an allergy test done. That test showed something (I can't really remember, we have seen so many doctors that a LOT of it just runs together) and this dr sent us to an ENT. Ok cool.

The ENT couldn't see the way he needed to so he sent us to have a MRI/CAT scan done.

That brings us to today.

The black part that you see is air. It's supposed to be air (black) on both sides. The white that you see is a mass/blockage that is pressing against her eye, optic nerve and the top part of her brain. They have to go in and take all of that white part out. If you look at some of her pictures you can see her right eye kinda protrudes out more than her left. All of this is on the right side of her face.

A few things to note:

• She isn't in ANY pain.
• She can't smell unless its something REALLY, REALLY strong and I mean REALLY strong.
• She does have frequent headaches.
• Her vision is fine. EVERY NOW AND THEN things get a LITTLE blurry but nothing to be concerned about.
• She is STILL getting on my nerves and being a typical teenager sooooo, yeah she straight lol

When the dr first showed me the scans I was floored. I think I kinda blacked out because I wasn't expecting that. At all. I don't know what I was expecting, but this certainly wasn't it.

I instantly did what I know to do. Pray. Then I called Tony and told him what was going on. We left and had lunch at Chick fila.

A couple days later I had a total melt down. When I say total, I mean TOTAL. It's the momma in me. My child isn't 100% and that caused me GREAT concern. I was actually afraid.

I called up my prayer peeps, we prayed and I meannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn we prayeddddddddddddddddd. When we went to see the specalist, it felt like God had wrapped me in his arms. I had peace, Kayla was being goofy and the dr's explained EVERYTHING to me. He was wonderful. He explained it to me where it made sense. He remembered I'm just a mom who wants her kid healthy. I loved that.

I think I was more afraid of the unknown. Once I talked to the dr and actually understood the process of what was going to happen, the risks, the success rate and how to take care of her after the surgery I was GOOD...We left and had lunch at Chick Fila lol

So we are expecting the surgery to go well and as planned and for Kayla to have a full and speedy recovery and to start 2014 Healthy and Happy.

A LOT of you have been reading my blog since I started WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY back in 2005. You all have watched my children grow up. Y'all have watched my family go through some good and some not so good times. I wanted to let you all know what was going on with this middle child of mine :)

I'll leave you with one of my favorite recent pictures of her :)

It shows all her personality lol. I will update you guys after the surgery :)

 

Being your own boss...

 

I saw this quote on instagram a few weeks ago and it has truly stuck with me.

Having my own business and being my own boss is THE BOMB. Seriously, but as the quote states, it truly is a way of life.

I know some people think that having your own business, setting your own hours and all that stuff is wonderful and it is, but there is this discipline that goes along with that.

My brain hardly EVER turns off. I'm constantly working, but I enjoy what I do so it doesn't feel like work.

The best thing I could have EVER done was hire an accountant. I mean really. The only thing I don't like about all of this is all the paperwork that goes along with it. I'm very organized, I always have been but this takes it to a WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL. Yes, I said whole nother.

I don't do a whole lot of marketing. Most of my business comes from word of mouth. I work hard to  make sure what is coming out of peoples mouths is nothing but praise. Sure, there have been a couple of people who haven't been happy and that's fine. You truly can't please everyone and you also have to consider the source.

Every person that contacts me doesn't automatically become my client. NERP. When it comes to custom sewing, I just won't make any ole thing just to make some money. NERP. It's not about that for me (although the money is very good) I want you to look good in what you have made. It's my name and reputation on the line.

Even doing my photography, I don't accept every job. Some things I just don't want to be a part of or associated with. Not gonna happen.

My spa products? I don't go to just any event and set up my products. NOPE.

It's not hard being a business owner. It takes discipline and dedication. Most of the time you are the ONLY person doing everything. Thankfully I have a team of people who always help.

I couldn't do any thing that I do without God and my family. When I get SUPER busy they always step in. They see what needs to be done and they just do it. I'm blessed.

I have to balance my time. That can be hard sometimes but I get it done. I block off days where I don't work or even look at my work email, it's strictly about my family it works and it works well.

Don't think just because I mainly work from home (for now) that I have it easy.  Not really lol. I still have a "house" to run. Since I'm organized AND I have a great support system normally everything runs pretty smoothly.

You wouldn't know it looking at my house today because everything is in shambles lol. The entire family has been BUSY and we ALL took a few days off lol.

That's it. Just had that on my mind :)

Talk to ya in the comments!

Toodles!

 

Congrats Jaelyn...College Bound.

Jaelyn has recieved THREE full scholarships to THREE different universities.

To say that we are proud of her is a huge understatement.

She has worked hard, studied and done very well with her testing.

This isn't something that JUST happened her Senior year.

As a family we have prepared. Tutors, workshops, workbooks, weekend classes, afterschool classes. Whatever she needed to reach this goal, we've given it to her. We do the same for all three of our children.

She has made her decision on what school she will attend and those close to us already know. I may not ever make a formal announcement on my blog for privacy concerns (so if you know PLEASE don't post it here lol)  but just know that we are SUPER proud.

I'm having a real proud momma moment here lol, but don't get it twisted lol. THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I COULD HAVE JUST WHEWWWWWWWWWWWWWW lol The child worked a NERVE YA HERE ME LOL.

Encourage your kids. LISTEN TO YOUR KIDS, sometimes they really do know what they are talking about lol.

That's it for me. Y'all have a great weekend!

 

 

When your bestfriend is your husband...

I know a LOT of people who don't agree that your husband can be your bestie lol.

Below are a FEW reasons I just love Tony being my bestie...

When your bestfriend is your husband:

1. You can take him fabric shopping and he will carry AND pay for all your fabric.
2. You can buy something that needs to be assembled and he will do it .
3. You can go run errands and he can drive and it doesn't matter because he is on your car insurance policy.
4. You can walk around in your favorite pj's that are as old as your eldest child and he still calls you sexy.
5. You can ugly cry on him and he doesn't talk about how swollen your face is or all the snot you left on his shirt.
6. You can talk to him about what's going on in the fashion world knowing he has NO clue what you are talking about only to come back to you later with some knowledge that Mr. Google told him about.
7. You can tell him where it hurts and he will kiss it and make it better.
8. You can tell him not to eat the last piece of cake and when he does anyway he buys you a WHOLE cake to make up for it.
9. You can trust him to tell you the truth even when you don't like it and it's not something you want to hear. Ever.
10. You can ask him to tell the kids "no" so he can be the bad guy for a change.

These are just a FEW reasons Tony being my best friend is the greatest lol

Hope they made y'all smile because I'm over here cracking up lol.
Love me some him :)

Oldie but goodie, still in love with winter white!

This dress is SO OLD, but still getting lots of love. I first made it back in 2011. 

I pulled it out again this summer (can't remember if I posted this picture or not lol)

I still adore this dress. Guess you can't really see it in the first picture lol

And you really can't see it here lol. It's COLD YO!

Here is an almost better view lol. As always the wind is super high and blowing my hair every which way.

Speaking of hair, I got a little more cut last week...

I can't say enough how much I love my haircut lol.

Kayla photobombed my red-light selfie lol

But at the next red-light I had a do-over.

Back to the outfit lol

 My coat is from Old Navy, Jacket from Zara and shoes were gifted.

This picture is TOTALLY random, but Kayla asked me to put it up lol.

Yall know she LOVES AAMU and the Dancing Divas lol.

Ok this ended up being all over the place lol

 

 

Happy 12th Birthday Aj!

I can't believe my little guy is 12!!! This picture really captures him perfectly lol. He is such a goofball. Always being silly and making mommy smile :)

Happy Birthday Dude! We love you!

I spent my birthday in LA with Mimi G :)

Sooooooooooooooooo if you read Mimi G's blog you already know we spent our birthdays together. We had a BLAST. We got home a couple days ago and I am sick as a dog (seems like I was sick the entire trip) but I got it IN on this trip.

This will possibly be the most pictures I've EVER uploaded into one post soooooo I'll keep the words minimal lol. Just scroll through lol.

I was taking alka seltzer shots at the airport lol.

Met a lady who loved minions as much as me.

Our flight was delayed because of the shooting. MANNN MY PHONE BLEW UP. A lot of folks knew when I was leaving but I had NO clue what was going on. More on that later.

Finally on the plane and in the air.
First stop...

We went THREE times. LOL

We celebrated our bdays together! Great food (that we cooked lol), friends and tons of laughter lol.

The look on my face when I realized what was in my box lol

I LOVE minions lol

My boooooooooo lol

Take #2 lol This was so good lol.
This store was insane. Tony had more fun than we did lol. He hauled all the fabric lol and paid for all mine lol

I felt like crap in this pic lol but I ate all my food.
The food was SO GOOD. I'm now addicted to macroons. I want to find a place locally that has some. Something tells me they wont be as good. Humph.

Deep fried french toast. THIS WAS SO GOOD!

I love him. Let me tell y'all about this California sun. Its superduper bright. I hardly EVER wear sunnies. HARDLY EVER. I wore them the entire time. Felt like my eyes were on FIRE lol. I was born in LongBeach but maybe momma never let us go outside lol

Group shot!! SELFISHHHHHHHHHHHHHH lol This was hilarious lol. You had to have been there.

We wouldnt' have paid for this if we knew he was going to use a pre made crepe. FAIL. And they were horrible. NOTHING like the awesomeness that we had in New York .

Yes I have on sequin leggins at the beach lol.

These mussels freaked me out. Folks were picking them and eating them right there. YUCK. We peeked in them and they were moving. **GAG**

He didn't make it lol.

We acted like big kids.

Dinner...dont' ask. Oh while we were there we LITERALLY saw folks have xes on the beach. NO LIE.

One of Tony's long time friends (like back with Patrick long time friends) was in LA and we HAD to hook up. If you look real close at his hand that big ole huge ring is a superbowl ring. I've never seen one IRL so I was all inspecting it lol. He came to the gathering we had here after Patrick passed, but I don't remember seeing it then lol.


And this was take #3 lol. The food is SO good.

Our pool...well the hotels pool lol

Our rental that we both loved. Now tony has new car fever. I however do NOT. I have new house fever but more on that later lol.

Sinful. I tell you. I ate so much.

HA! Tony know knows who she is lol.

Shes made out of some kinda candy lol.

Y'all know I was in minion heaven right!?

On the red carpet lol.

MY friends!   

Everyone had their phone taking pics lol

While we were eating dinner, there was a high speed chase being shown on the news...welllllllll

It just so happend to be right out side our restaurant, and Tony got great pics lol

Yep, sequin leggins lol. These are kinda out of order now lol

So much fabric!

I love how this building was covered in greenery!

over 50k sequin? y'all KNOW I couldn't leave without a picture lol

and the trip comes to an end. We had SUCH a great time.
We finished the trip off by a treat in Atlanta Airport. Mo has me HOOKED on this place lol. Well I guess that is it lol. That's enough! We had a great time. The highlight had to be cooking with Mimi and meeting her friends and family. It's a birthday I won't soon forget.

Happy 36th Birthday to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee and Andre lol

Happy Birthday to US!!!

I decided to use this picture of me because it's currently one of my favorites.

This has been an AMAZING year. Full of so much unexpected stuff.

This has also been a very trying year. I've learned so much and been through so much but I thank God that things have turned out the way they have.

Here's looking to having another amazing year, full of God's blessings and the desires of my heart :)

Happy Birthday & Anniversary!

Happy 59th Birthday to my daddy and Happy 37th Anniversary to my parents!!!

They took this picture when they went to Alaska this summer. Isn't it lovely!? lol

More later!

Toodles!

Happy 14th Birthday Kayla!!!

I love this picture of you!

I know God has an amazing plan for you life. We love you so much. We are going to make this day super special :)

Happy 36th Birthday Tony!!!

I love you dude!!!! Thanking God for allowing you to see another year!! WOOHOO! Let's do it UP! lol

Y'all come out of lurkdom and wish Tony a happy birthday! LOL

Happy Birthday Patrick R.I.P

The entire month of April is a hard one for our family. We know that the month must come to an end and Patrick's birthday always closes out the month.

He would have been 37 today.

We REALLY miss him.

His name comes up ATLEAST once a week around here if not more.

I know he is no longer with us but sometimes it feels like he is just busy.

I thought the pain would get better with time but I haven't experienced that yet. Neither has Tony.

I know what "I" feel in my heart. I can only imagine what Tony feels.

I went back through my blog and found the post when he passed away. If you are new, you can read it here .

Patrick was loved. Shoot Patrick is STILL loved.

I keep this picture of him on the top of my bookshelf. He's always watchin my back lol.

Between him and Tony I could do anything. I was superwoman lol. He had so much confidence in me. Y'all know I HATE alterations. I did some for him. Some Suits. Mannnn that tall dude lol. Patrick was BIG lol. I would only do stuff like that for him and Tony. Not even my daddy could make me hem his pants lol.

The tears flow but his memory lives on.

I wish he could see his son grow up. I wish he could see my kids grow up. They miss Uncle Pat.

We miss him too.

Love you always.

Prom 2013...Jaelyn's Junior Year

Mannnnn LISTEN.

This prom will go down is HISTORY. HISTORY you hear me!?

• The zipper wouldn't zip on her dress we had to take it BACK to the dress shop so they could zip her in.
• The fact that the zipper wouldn't zip made us late to take pics (the kids were on a time schedule).
• Got to the facility for the pictures and they were CLOSED.
• I snuck them in for the quickest photo shoot in HISTORY.
• We got LOCKED IN and the security guard we snuck past had to let us out lol.
• Ended up with his mom for over an hour. Don't ask.
• The zipper in the dress broke DURING DINNER so she ended up wearing his tux jacket the entire night and changed before they left prom lol.

But the photos turned out beautifully...

And that is the end of prom 2013 lol

Happy 56th Birthday Momma!!!

We love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday!!!!!

HAPPY 17TH BIRTHDAY TO JAELYN AND HAPPY 30 SOMETHING BIRTHDAY TO ONE OF THE BEST BROTHERS IN THE WORLD!!!

LOVE Y'ALL!!!!!!

Pageant Time!!! 2013

I'll try not to type too many words lol. Just look at the pretty pictures lol

Pics with family:

Jaelyn and my Dadddyyyyy

annd Andre lol

annnddddd Marvin lol

With the siblings lol

This was too cute lol

Daddyyyy lol

Both girls lol

 

The stage was gorgeous this year:

She got 2nd place! Woohoo. She was so tired of taking pictures by this point lol

Here is her video lol. I was trying to watch her AND record so forgive me for the oops lol and the screaming lol

 

Happy 11th Birthday Aj!!!

We love you lil dude!!!! Praying you've had a great day, I truly believe you did...look at this pic, don't you think so? LOL

Grandma made him SUPER happy with her gift! LOL

 

Happy 13th Birthday Kayla!!!!

We love you sooooo much!!!! Praying Gods blessing upon you!!!! WOOHOOO!! You are a TEENAGER!! FINALLY!! LOL

BACK TO SCHOOL!!!!!

The girls started school yesterday and Aj started back today...just some pics! LOL

Lil fashionistas lol. And Aj loves his shirt with the tie "painted" on lol

Toodles!

Happy 35th Birthday Tony!

Happy Birthday!!!!! We love you!!!!!! WOOHOO! You gettin OLD LOL

Soooo Jaelyn went to the prom...

Y'all KNOW I took like fifty-leven pics right? lol

I'll just post a few of my favs here lol

Ok, I could really keep going but I won't lol

Toodles!

I can't believe it's been 3 years...

It has been three years since I wrote this post..

http://adrienneslittleworld.typepad.com/a_glimpse_of_me_a_peek_in/2009/05/it-hurts-so-bad.html

It STILL hurts. We STILL miss Patrick. We STILL love him. He is STILL so very, very missed.

We love you Patrick RIP

Happy Birthday Patrick (RIP)!!!

I still can't believe you are gone.

This is THE ONLY picture I have with Patrick. I spent so much time behind the camera that I never got many pictures with people.

We love you so much Pat. RIP Happy Birthday!

Happy 1st Birthday Aiden!

I can't BELIEVE my baby is ONE. Well not MY baby but you know.

This little boy is such a blessing!!!!

I'm so thankful for his mom and dad. I love Andre & Zanete and I just thank God for them.

As Aiden celebrates his first birthday I pray that he grows into the young man that God wants him to be.

I pray that Andre & Zanete continue to be great parents to him and allow God to show them how to bring him up.

I speak nothing but blessings upon this family!

Love y'all!!!

And my Aiden pooh pooh!!!!

Happy Birthday!!!! Auntie loves you so much!!!

Happy Sweet 16!

I can NOT believe how quickly this time has passed by!!! Happy Happy Birthday!!!!!!!! We love you!

Ohhh and lookie lol

**GIGGLES** Every 16 year olds dream lol.

Happy Birthday to my brother Corey!!! He is the BIG 30!!!!

Love you dude!!!

Thanksgiving in Pictures

We went to my moms and had a great time as always. We ended the night at the movies.

Oh, it's Gizmo's first Thanksgiving :)

The dogs were WAITING on someone to drop something lol. It was so funny.

Nothing fancy, just food on the table!

Gimme a kiss! LOL

That's a wrap! LOL

Kayla's Pageant

I'm SUPER late on these. I have a video but uhh Jaelyn and I are screaming lol. I MIGHT put it up... we will see lol

**NO I DID NOT MAKE HER DRESS LOL**

Y'all know Kayla does NOT like to take pictures all the time. By the time we got to this last picture I was mumbling under my breath and DARING her not to smile lol.

She didn't place or anything but she had a great time and that's what it is ALL about!!

Ok, more later! LOL

I forgot I had a blog lol

Mannnn oops! LOL I totally forgot about this here blog thing lol.

We've been BUSY so I'll take the next few days to catch you up lol

How about some Orlando pics???

I LOVE the navigation on my phone lol. I can go ANYWHERE lol

They were KNOCKED out. All except Kayla lol

This is my favorite picture. Our church had our annual Convention and Tony and I were able to snag a pic with our Presiding Bishop. He seems really personable and down to earth. I love that. His wife is BEAUTIFUL. Just classy. Didn't get a picture of her though.

 

 

 Jaelyn had to get prayer lol. I don't care HOW many times we go in the M&M store they still act crazy lol.

His mouth was blue for the LONGEST!

 

God parent(s) lol

Yvetteeee. Sweet sweet woman.

FOOD! lol

SHOPPINGGGGGGGGGGGGGG. These girls can GO. LAWD.

This is THE most hilarious picture lol. She ran right into my shot lol

Heyyyy lol

They had TONS of pool time lol. That's Aj and Kayla lol

Tony got some great chill time lol

That sun was NOT playing with Kayla lol.

THE CASTLE!!!

AT NIGHT!! LOL

Group Shot!!!

The Nixon Five! Tony calls us the "wise 5".

I LOVE this picture of Kayla watching the show. Just love it.

Turkey legs all around! LOL

LOL Ajjjjjjjj lol.

LOL They are silly!

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Jaelyn *STILL* loves Pooh lol

 

THIS is how the Nixon's will do you. We will wear you OUT lol. We had a blast though lol.

Alright, of course I took 4,456,456,786,443,908 pictures but I will NOT upload them all lol.

Toodles!

 

Vacation

See ya'll in a couple weeks!

Happy Birthday Tony!!!

I thank God for allowing you to see another year! I'm gonna make your day superb!!! Love ya baby!

Jaelyn is home from China!

Jaelyn spent the last 17 days in China. I'm SO glad she is back home! I'll share more pics later on! I'm not sure where the first pic was taken but I think the 2nd one is on the Great Wall lol.

 

Because I am SO excited about being an Aunt!!!

Here are a few pics from Andre and Zanete maternity shoot that I did. Yes, I still do photography, just don't talk about it much here lol. Word of mouth and good work is all I need! Thank God for that! LOL

This one is my favorite...I think it's Zanete's also...

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW lol

MY BROTHER IS FINNA BE A DADDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL.

Happy Birthday Jaelyn & Corey

I can't BELIEVE my brother is 29 and Jaelyn is 15!!! **WEEPS**

WHERE did the time go.

My baby is trying to DRIVE lol

Jesus be a nerve pill lol. It's actually not THAT bad and she's only hit Tony's truck ONCE coming in the driveway lol.

I'm so thankful for my family. SOOOOOOOO thankful.

Happy Birthday! Hope you have a wonderful day! OH, yeah you know I'm going to make sure of that!

Happy 14th Anniversary!!

It's our anniversary today! I can't tell y'all how blessed I am. How blessed WE are.

When I look at these pictures it amazes me how young we were. I'm soooo thankful for this man.

We have had our share of ups and downs and even lower downs lol, but we have made it through them all.

I can honestly say that getting married at 19, I had NO clue how to handle marriage. Add to that an 11 month old, and we were an instant family. Tony and I have literally grown up together. He has seen me at my lowest low. Like bottom of the barrel low, and he stuck by my side.

When I look at the state of some marriages today, it seems like people don't realize what they are saying in their vows. For better or for worse..sometimes you get to the "for worse" before you get to "for better". You just have to hang in there.

Words can't describe how much I love this man. He has sacrificed soooooo much for us and I don't take it lightly. He is my best friend. I love the way he loves me. He is my perfect match. He knows just what to say and when to say it. He makes me laugh and he even makes me want to kick him in the knee cap but I wouldn't trade him for anything in the world.

Everyday that I'm with him it's a gift. Everyday that I'm able to tell him that I love him and show him that I love him, is a wonderful day. I'm glad that we are able to talk about any and everything. That has NOT always been the case, but we have learned that being open and honest about everything no matter how upset you think the other is going to be is the ONLY way to go.

I consider us to be "seasoned" now. We certainly haven't been through it all, but God has brought us through a LOT! A WHOLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE lot lol.

Thank you for being my perfect man. I love you dearly!!! Happy Anniversary! Looking forward to many, many, many, MANY more years together!

 

Pageant Time!

Jaelyn had her pageant last week and here are a few pics and a short video....

 

Here is a video recorded by Kayla so pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee excuse it lol.

 

She silly! Wanted y'all to see her shoes lol.

They have A.K.A in their blood. And it didn't come from me lol. I"m NOT greek lol.

Can't believe my baby will be 15 next month.  **CRIES**







And that's it! Jaelyn had a great time and momma did too! LOL

 

Pictures!

This is the cake I picked up the other day. Glad I got that craving out of the way lol. I joined scale back alabama with some of my church members and we are in it to win it! LOL

The kids did some yard work. I took a couple of pictures and watched from my window lol.

Aj didn't want to take a picture lol.

Jaelyn gives a mean side eye lol.

Heyyyy Tony! LOL

I was in NEED of some new knives...so glad I got some.

I PROMISE, I only had TWO forks in my house. I told the kids I am going to count them everyday and they better not come up missing lol.

Ok, that's all I have today lol. Y'all have a good one!
Toodles!!

Bahamas (VERY PICTURE HEAVY)

So we decided to do a family cruise for New Year's. The kids had NO clue. The look on their face when they figured it out?

AWESOME! LOL Y'all know I love to keep secrets lol. We booked this trip back in JUNE lol.

Won't tell y'all how many of these we took with us lol. That's also a good way to take your own umm strong drink of choice on board ;)

My Nephews lol

Practicing...for another trip :( lol

Tony had to give Kayla a pep talk. She started to freak out lol.

Finally got up the courage to look over lol.

Brother and Sister In Law

Random pics from when the kids had the camera lol

They still had up Christmas decorations! LOL

Mouth was full lol. I love food. lol

When they turned the bed back at night, they tucked away Kayla's bears lol

Hot tub time!

Kinda like this pic lol. I need to find out who took it lol

Mother In Law

 
These kids should have been prunes from the amount of time they spent in the pool lol

She wasn't ready lol.

These things turned into hats lol. Kayla was SOLD lol

It was BEAUTIFUL. The weather was perfect.

I think I'm cute so take my picture please? LOL

LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEE this picture of AJ!

Everybody smile! lol

They tried to baptize her lol. They tried to baptize me to but those pics are on another camera lol

Still swimming lol

After this pic, they tried to baptize me. I PROMISE, I wasn't ready to change into my swimsuit yet so I pulled my dress SO FAR UP TO KEEP FROM GETTING WET lol. It was truly hilarious. If I EVER get my hands on those pics lol

SMH. CRAZY lol

Yep, you are seeing correctly lol. They are STUPID lol

Aj WILL get his nap in lol.

**thinking** put that camera DOWN

Yeah she was feelin herself lol. 

The boys were WORN SLAP OUT lol. Told y'all he gets his nap in lol

He messed up our picture! lol

Random women O_o I'll spare y'all the rest of these lol

OOps...out of order lol. The dinner table lol

**shrugs** don't even ask lol

Group pic, but I guess you knew that huh? LOL

Man I was straight CHILLIN lol

I kinda like this pic lol

SMH Crazy!

KNOCKED OUT lol

YUM

So fun lol

I think that should just about wrap it up lol.

We had a really good time. The kids told me this morning they wish they could have gone to the LIDO deck for breakfast lol.

If you got through all of the pics, hope you enjoyed it lol. If you got tired of scrolling, maybe next time lol.

 

 

 

I'm back from the Bahamas!

Here is one picture until I rest up lol. I am totally exhausted lol.  Hope you all are having a Happy New Year! LOL

Ahhh a post full of pictures... (very pic heavy)

  We spent Thanksgiving with my folks. The best folks EVER! LOL

Jaelyn has some serious side eye going on lol.

Going...

going...

goinnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggg lol

gone lol

So now it's time to eat. No fancy settings lol, just enough chairs for everybody lol

Every man for himself!!! lol

Soooo my mom cooked greens from her garden. Yeah. Don't nobody care lol. They picked them Thanksgiving morning. WHO CARESSSS lol. I'll grow my own greens one day lol.

Everybody has the ITIS lol

OMG!!! I kept hearing about this cheesecake. LAWD HAVE MERCY! ITS SOOOOOOOOO GOOD!!!! I've found a recipe and I'm going to try it out. I'll let y'all know! LOL

Emilee is a sweetieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee lol

Movie time!

My dad is straight chillen lol

I don't know why I love this pic so much. Hmm where was Andre? LOL

Love this pic of Aj and Dad

I think my momma was trying to hit my daddy? LOL

My favorite one of them lol. They are SO SILLY.

LOL, y'all see how her hair changed!? LOL She LOVES wigs lol

Traveled down a long road lol

 ...to one of our favorite fabric stores...This place really has some gems. My fabric is all put away lol. I need to take pics of it lol

LOVE this pizza place! YUM.

This pic is SO hilarious to me because Kayla had a mouth FULL of food but you can not tell lol.

So we had a great Thanksgiving weekend. I'll leave you with my absolute favorite-est-est-est pic in the whole wide world:

My Family. THAT'S what it's all about!

Toodles!

 

 

Magic City Classic 2010 Weekend Wrapup...(VERY PICTURE HEAVY)

Finally have some time to post these pics lol.

As always we had a ball! I love this time of year!

Had a great time out with my girls Friday Night at the K.id Ca.p.r.i Party...

If you like that kinda thing, next time he comes anywhere near you. GO. Best party I've been to in FOREVER.

It was PACKED but babbbyyyyyyyyyy I danced until I just couldn't lol. I refuse to tell y'all what time I came home AND had to be UP and OUT of the house Saturday at 7am!

Love this pic lol. Her feet were on FIYAH lol

Saturday the weather was PERFECT for the game! It was great...

Heyyyyy lol

I love this pic of Aj and Tony

Even though Uncle Pat is no longer with us, Aj asked Tony to sign his name on his cast. He tells me almost everyday that he misses him.

Hey mini me lol

The kids always have a good time!

Aj will take a nap ANYWHERE lol

Kayla know she loves the camera lol

see...knocked out lol

Gotta do the wobble wobble lol. LOVE that dance lol

There must be fire to keep you warm lol

Mommy and Aj time lol

Not right if I don't put up a pic of Marvin lol.

Then there was the bday dinner on Sunday lol

I have THE best brothers in the world.

And the best twin brother a sister could EVER want lol

lol, yep. They were good lol

That's Randolph lol

That burger is as big as she is lol

Yes, Andre is dumb lol. Wonder if Zanete is gonna kill me for posting this pic? LOL Love you! :)

We had a great time!

That's it for now !LOL

More later!
Toodles!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday Aj!!!

My little guy .......man. He is REALLY growing up!! Happy 9th Birthday!
We love you!

Happy Birthday to meeeeeeeeeeee and Andre!!!

This has been SOME year y'all.

I'm so glad I've made it to see another birthday.

My birthday song this year?!?!?

 

And babbbbyyyyyy. This is my ringtone lol. I loveeeeeeee this song!

I've learned some great lessons this year. Some of which I never ever hope I have to learn again lol.

I'm so thankful for my husband, my children my family and friends. I'm thankful that my 33rd year on earth with be 100 times better than my 32nd!!!! I'm looking forward to it!

I'm 33 and FANTASTIC!

Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

 

Kayla Bday Wrapup lol

Soooooooooooooo this is a little late but better late than never right? LOL

Kayla had a great bday and party! Let me show y'all lol

I wish y'all could have seen the look on her face when she saw her cake. AND OMG it was GOOD lol

 

Andddd she had a bday party a week or so ago lol

She was jazzy huh? LOL

 There were kids EVERYWHERE. I won't post those becaues I don't know if the parents want their kids on the internet lol.

Alright lol. Y'all have a good one lol.

 

 

Aj Update

Yesterday (wow was that only yesterday?) Aj was playing outside with Kayla and he fell. Kayla came in the house screaming bloody murder saying Aj's arm was backwards. I was TERRIFIED to look at him because I didn't know WHAT to expect.

He looked fine when he came in and I looked at both his arms and they looked fine. I was upset with them because they were screaming like he was bleeding from the eyeballs and it SEEMED as if nothing was wrong. I was able to touch his arms and he was ok. He cried a little but that was it.

Welllllllllllllllllllll, he said his arm was hurting so I told him to take a bath and I was going to give him some tylenol and put some ice on it and he could rest in my bed.

WRONG.

I went to check on him in the bathtub and it looked like a tennis ball was attached to his elbow.

*freaking out on the inside*

I didn't want to frighten the other kids so I had to keep my calm.  It just looked weird and yes it freaked me out. So what. I'm a softee lol.

I decided it was best to go ahead and take him to the ER and make sure it was all well, instead of trying to treat it as a sprain myself.

BEST DECISION EVER

Turns out it was broken in two places and dislocated.

Say whattttttttttttttttttt?

Everything with him is fine now, thankfully he was out of school today and tomorrow so he will go back to school Monday with a big ole blue cast lol.

He isn't in TOO much pain but he does have some liquid lortab when he does. So far he has only had to take it twice today.

Thanks guys for all the prayers and emails checking up on my baby.

Now, I'm going to attempt to get some rest. Normally I'm a vampire and can go without much sleep but ummm. Momma is TIRED lol.

Happy Birthday Kayla!

We love you!

Can't believe my baby is 11!