Happy Birthday Momma

Happy Birthday to my sweet Momma!  

This picture was taken last Easter, we also celebrated her birthday.

There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think of you!  There are many days, when I am feeling overwhelmed and things aren't going right, that I cry for you.  I sooooo wish that you could see and hold this beautiful baby boy that lights up our lives everyday!  I wish that Clete could sit in your lap so that he could read you  a book instead of you reading to him!  He is so smart, he can just about read anything that you give him now!!  I wish that you could see the handsome young men that Britt and Jackson have grown into!  Most of all, I wish that you were here!  It is pretty lonely without you!  My faith tells me that you are in a much better place than this place where we are,  but I am a selfish human being that would love to have her mother here with her!  The only difference being that you would be the happy, healthy and vibrant person that you were before you got sick.  We all miss and love you very much Momma!

Happy Birthday! 

Going to work with Daddy

This morning Clete surprised me a little when he came out of his room at 6:30 AM, fully dressed!  I asked him why he had put jeans on, thinking he must have been cold or something.  He said to me, "I' gotta go to work, can you help me buckle my belt?"  Again, I just thought, well he's playing around or something.  The next thing I know, Clete is in the bathroom brushing his teeth!  I knew something was up at this point because Clete is one of those kids that has to be reminded DAILY to brush his teeth and then argues with me about it!  Dale was still asleep while all this was going on, so I decided to wake him up and find out if he had told Clete that he could go to work with him today.  Sure enough, Dale said that he HAD told Clete that, I was just surprised because neither of them had told me about their plan.  When taking a closer look at Clete, I then realized that he was dressed JUST LIKE Dale!  He even hooked Dale's keys to his belt loop the way that Dale always does!  Check him out:

When Clete was all done getting ready, Dale was still napping on the couch.  Clete went over to the table, picked up Dale's cell phone, carried to the couch then shoved it right in Dale's face and said, "Daddy! Do you see what time it is?  We are late for work!"  I almost cried I laughed so hard!  Anyway here are the pair, all ready to go to work!

What an imagination!

Last night, while I was putting away laundry(a task that I feel takes up about 75% of my time), Dale told me to come look at what the kids were doing.  This is what I found in the living room:

When I asked Clete what they were doing, he replied: "We're riding in my speed boat to Chuck's to get a pizza and 2 Dr. Peppers!"                                                                                           

That kid LOVES a fast boat! Very much UNLIKE his Momma!!

Braves vs Mets

I never miss the opportunity to take a pic of my handsome son!  Britt and a lady friend of his decided to take in the Braves game tonight.  I have to say, he was looking quite dapper!

Handsome young man!

Behind those glasses are beautiful blue eyes!

YAY! On the way to see the Braves play!

UMMMMM that was some good eating!

Last night we started the great debate about what to fix for dinner!  All the sudden Dale jumps up, gets his hat and tells me that he will be right back!  About 30 minutes later he returned with several bags full of groceries and tells everybody to get out of HIS kitchen while he cooks dinner!  This was the result:

Everyone knows that cooking is a passion of mine! Dale has really gotten into cooking as well! He just went to the grocery store and made it up as he went along! Excellent Baby!! The food was fantabulous!!  So proud of my  chef!

                                                                                                                                     Menu: Pork chops, rolled thin, stuffed with spinach and sour cream and covered with Panko breadcrumbs, sprinkled with Parmesan cheese 

  Served on: a bed of pasta with a tomato basil sauce

 With: fresh zucchini, sauteed in olive oil with a dash of salt and pepper 

 On the side: buttered garlic bread

What a nice weekend!

We started off our weekend Friday night with a yummy dinner at Shogun to celebrate Dale's birthday, which was Wednesday.  The food was great and the show was most entertaining.  This was Clete's first time eating at Shogun, so he was kind of on the fence about the whole experience.  He really didn't like the huge fireball in his face and when the chef shot him with the fake soy sauce he was a little upset!  He just KNEW that the chef had squirted sauce all over his shirt!  Tripp, of course, was a little trooper since it was way past his bedtime.  He is the BEST baby, just goes with the flow wherever we go!  Dale really enjoyed his dinner though!

I got a phone call while we were in route to Shogun from Britt, who was in Orange Beach with his grandparents.  He had just gotten out of the hospital!  Britt has been pretty sick over the last few weeks.  He started with Mono, which then turned into pneumonia!  He had been feeling better though, so he decided to go with Nana and Popa to Orange Beach.   While there he decided to take his bike for a ride, not such a good idea!  While riding he got toooo hot and fainted, went over the handlebars and landed with the bike on top of him.  He was still unconscious when the park ranger found him.  Thankfully, after an ambulance ride to the hospital and many test, it was determined that he was OK.  Just a skinned chin and knuckles!  Like to have scared me to death!

Sweet Tripp

The Cook Crew

Sweet Jackson and Clete

Being silly!

Clete intently watching the chef prepare the food

Little Tripp still being a trooper!

After dinner Clete rode on to the lake with MiMi and Pop to spend the night.  We went up Saturday after Jackson's baseball game.  Saturday night we all loaded up and went to Niffers for some grub, sans Granny, Dale and Tripp who decided to stay at the house and watch the Braves game.  When we got home and were unloading, the boys were surprised by Trey with a new paddle boat!  In all the excitement Jackson scaled some bushes by the house only to land feet first in a trashcan full of nasty water!!  Wish I had my camera out, it was hysterical!  Jackson is OK though, just a skinned up shin!  The rest of the night was spent talking about all things Disney!  We all can't wait for our trip, it is going to be so much fun!  Tab and Trey are also going with their two boys, it is going to be one fun filled testosterone driven trip!  They all agree on one thing definitely, NO PRINCESSES!  We all picked with them about this the rest of the weekend!

"Under the Sea"

Tonight we all packed up and headed over to Jeter Primary for Clete's school play. The last few weeks they have been learning about sea creatures, so that was the theme of the play. Each kindergarten class dressed up as a different sea creature and sang a song. Clete's class represented the starfish. I have to say, he was the cutest starfish I have ever seen! It was hard to get good pics of Clete during the class song since he was in the back row. He is one of the shorter kids in class, so it would have nice if he had been up front! He did an awesome job, as always! Clete LOVES to sing, he really has a great voice and keeps in tune fairly well. Tripp had a good time watching the kids sing and dance too!

All the classes

My little starfish!

Singing his little heart out!

Happy Birthday Dale!

Happy Birthday to my sweet husband!! We love you!!

Happy Easter!!