THE GIRLS ARE 2 NOW!!!!!!

We had a party for the 2 year-old sweeties on Saturday February 6th (their actual birthday) :) We had about 25 people over. It was so nice and the girls had a blast!

It was a Dora party. They loved the Dora Baloons Daddy got. They got the Dora dresses and Alyssa had to have hers on right away. :)

We had to light the candles a couple times so they could both blow them out. :) They loved the bikes they got from Pop and Tutu and the hats from Aunt Tami. They received so many wonderful gifts and had such a great time celebrating their 2nd birthday with family and friends. We are so blessed with good family and friends. A couple weeks later my mom came to visit and we got to celebrate Christmas and Birthday all over again. :) Yeah!

I have neglected this blog.

Sorry friends and family! I have been hooked on Facebook for a while now and I have really forgotten about updating this blog. I received an email from and old high school friend of Jim's who found us through this blog, so I figured I better get back to updating it. The girls are changing so quickly and learning so much. I have so much to catch you up on. I will make a video collage and post it in a few.

We have been busy with our daily lives and church. I go to work as a teacher each morning and daddy and the girls have fun at home. It is so nice to know they are being cared for by their daddy. When I get home they are so happy and that makes me feel so much better about having to go back to work.

We had a great holiday. I was off for a couple weeks and was able to spend a lot of quality time with Jim and the girls. We all had a great Christmas and New Year. We are looking forward to a wonderful 2010 together.

I will add some pictures of the girls' Christmas fun. Thanks for keeping up with us. I will be sure to do better about adding to this blog. Look for Jimbo and I on Facebook too. :)

Adorable, but messy eaters!

Daddy's 50th Birthday

Jimbo turned 50 on the 27th of July! I planned a surprise party for him on the Saturday after his birthday. It was really hard to be sneaky and not tip him off. I think he figured something was up when I was cleaning the house at 10:00pm on Friday night. :) Oh well, we still had fun and he enjoyed seeing his friends and chatting with everyone. Here are some pics of the event.

I made the cake. :) Not professional, but I though it was pretty good. Alyssa was helping Daddy blow all the candles out.

Cute family picture. Alyssa was busy playing with the kids. Hannah would not let us put her down with strange people in the house.

It was a very nice little party. Food and friends are always good.

Happy Birthday Jimbo!

Here are the cuties!

Here are some more recent pictures of the girls. They were dressed up for Daddy's birthday party. The bow didn't stay in their hair long, so I had to hurry and grab a few pics. Hannah waving and Alyssa's hand.

It is so difficult to get them both to look at me at the same time.

Pretty Smile Hannah!

It is hard to catch a good picture of Alyssa, she is always on the go. This one is the cutest.

July 4th fun in North GA

We traveled up to the north Ga mountains during the 4th of July weekend to visit with my family. We went to my Aunt Marsha's 10 acre spread. She had really outdone herself setting up lots of fun things for the kids to do and lots of shady places for adults to sit and catch up. All but one of Grandma's 6 living kids were there and almost all my cousins and their kids. It was so nice to see everyone again. Last time we got together was for Grandma's funeral, so it was nice to get together for a happy occasion. :) We all had a great time. Here are some pics of the girls having fun in the sun.

Marsha had a little kiddie pool for the little ones. She really thought of everything. We couldn't keep Alyssa (in the pink hat) out of it. Even once I had dried her and dressed her. As soon as we turned to look at something else she was back in it. Hannah was happy to stand on the outside.

Sisters swinging in the hammock

Aunt Marsha built this huge water slide on the side of her mountain. This is Alyssa going down with my cousin Sean. She wanted to do what the big kids were doing. She loved it.

Hannah with her Daddy.

Alyssa loved this little chair. She climbed up in it all by herself to eat her snack.

Hannah didn't care for the water as much as Alyssa. It was cool mountain water. She would sit on the outside of the pool and splash a little. She hung out with me most of the time. She is enjoying her snack too.

Operation Bathing Suit: week 10

Good news, I have slid down off the plateau I was on. After 2 weeks of losing very little and even gaining a touch, I am happy to say I have lost 2.4 lbs. this week. I am now at a total of 18 lbs. lost. WooHoo! I look and feel different. My clothes are lose. I am ready to lose the rest and buy a whole new wardrobe. :)

Operation Bathing Suit: weeks 8 & 9

Well I am slowly but surely making progress. I started in May in the 1*0's and now I have entered the 1^0's. I am happy about that, but I am kind of reaching a plateau. Week 8 I lost only 1 lb. and then week 9 I gained .2. Which isn't as bad as I thought it would be. It was Fourth of July weekend and I ate whatever I wanted so I expected a gain. Luckily it was a small gain. I haven't made working out a part of my daily routine yet. I need to keep it going! I want to buy a bunch of new clothes. :)

Sisters having fun!

They have so much fun in the tent. This day, they had knocked it over, but were still having so much fun climbing in and out of it. They laugh and tumble around in their. Fun! Fun! Fun!

My Little Helpers

The girls love to help me clean. They take my towels off the stove handle and wipe the floor. They will pour their milk on their chairs and then take a paper towel or rag and wipe it clean. If I leave the pantry door open, they will grap the broom and mop and clean the floor just like Momma does. :) They are so cute!

Operation Bathing Suit: week 7

Yeah! I lost a good amount of weight this week. I had to be good and make up for last week. I lost 2.4 lbs. this week. That makes the grand total 14.8, but let's just call it 15. :) I can already tell a big difference in my clothes. My niece Brandi noticed right away when she was over on Sunday. That felt nice to have someone notice my hard work. AND, I worked out today! I have a Kettlebell DVD set that Jim got for me months ago. I like it. I am feeling a bit sore in the hips and thighs. I will do my best to keep it going. I realized that I don't just want to lose weight, I need to firm things up too. I have hammocks under my arms I have to get rid of. The week for bathing suit time is coming quickly. I only have 5 more weeks. I hope to lose another 8-10lbs at least.

Look what the Florida bugs are doing to my baby...

She has about a dozen bites on her face, neck and arms.

(She is blowing her nose, something she does anytime she sees a tissue.)

Some by her eye have made her eye swell.

She is still in good spirits, even with a swollen eye.

I have vacuumed, stripped her bed and kept them inside. I can't find the bugs that are getting her while she sleeps. Hannah doesn't have bites, or if she does her reaction isn't as bad. Alyssa must be more allergic to them. They are getting better today. She didn't have any new ones when she woke this morning. I hope I have solved the problem. I hate seeing my babies with bites.