Last Sunday, Anna Grace had a big day at church. She has been preparing to go to the Lads to Leaders convention in Nashville, TN. Lads to Leaders is a a program that help youth develop strong leadership skills for the future. This is Anna Grace's first year to compete so we kept it simple. She signed up for Oral Bible Reading and Puppets. For those of you that know Anna Grace, know that she is a very bright and talented young lady, but also very shy. We are excited about her being a part of Lads to Leaders so that she can shine in areas that she feels comfortable and it helps her to become closer to the Lord. Anyways, last Sunday, the young ladies our church did a service for the ladies of the congregation. Anna Grace read a bible scripture. The scripture that we chose was I John 4:7-16. This was a simple verse that talks about the importance of loving one another and it was simple for her to understand. My mom and sister also came to see her. Sunday night, the third graders did their puppet skit for the congregation. MiMi and Papaw (my mom and dad) also came to watch. We are so proud of her! Here are some pictures from the day.




MiMi, Anna Grace, Mom, and Aunt Mandy


Sunday Dinner at MiMi and PaPaw's House



Anna Grace is the first puppet on the right.

MiMi and PaPaw enjoying the show...

Dad and Brinlee watching Anna Grace in action...

Birthday at the Chattanooga Zoo!

We had fun helping Kaylee celebrate her 6th birthday at the Chattanooga Zoo!

Fun with Friends at the NKOTB concert!

New Kids on the Block was my favorite band ever back in middle school days. I went to see them in concert in sixth grade. I got to go with some of my best friends to see NKOTB in Nashville last night. We had so much fun catching up and laughing. Here is a picture of the group that went.



And some pictures from the night...

 

Brinlee Turns Seven!!

I cannot believe it. Brinlee turned seven years old on March 1st. It seems like just yesterday this beautiful, little (well, maybe not little...she was over 10 lbs!) baby was born! She insisted this year that she was going to have a slumber party. AnnaGrace has had a couple of these and Brinlee sometimes get left out so she wanted to do the same to AnnaGrace. Well, AG got smart and spent the night with MiMi instead so that is why you will not see her in the pictures. She had a couple of friends from church come over for the night. We had fun eating pizza and cake, getting pedicures, and singing Disney karaoke. They had so much fun. Josie had fun pretending that she was just as big as them. It was a fun night! But, any of you that know Brinlee know that she is going to have a blast no matter what is going on. :)

Sunday, March 1st, was Brinlee's actual birthday. We had a Sunday dinner planned at PaPaw and MiMi's house to celebrate Brinlee, MiMi, and Uncle Brian's birthday. Unexpectedly, Aunt Carol, my dad's sister, had a brain aneurysm that morning and had been taken to the hospital. Several of the family members were at the hospital, but I went on to mom's to celebrate with Brinlee on her birthday. She went ahead and opened her presents from MiMi and PaPaw and MiMi had made her a High School Musical cake, which was delicious. I have posted a collage of the party at MiMi's. If you look closely, you will see Uncle Brian and Clint over in the kitchen helping to get lunch ready for the kids. Sadly, Aunt Carol passed away late Sunday night. She was a wonderful, godly woman and she will be missed.

 

Magic Kingdom Fun

The girls watching the show at the castle...

 

First Parade...

 

Second Parade...

 

Workin Mom's Sunglassess...


Tomorrowland...


Monster's Inc Laugh Floor


This is a picture of Josie and I on the big screen at the laugh floor. They called us a two headed monster and then made up a song with our names. It was pretty funny! :)


This is what I did most of the trip...waiting in line, figuring out what was next. What are mommy's for?


Behind Bars...


Waiting to get Stitch's Autograph...


Stitch...


The Teacups...



The Racecars...



Mickey's Toontown Fair...


Brinlee and Josie got their faces painted. Too bad the rain was about to come in and wash most of it away. Oh well, at least we got some pictures!



After the rain and a short nap, we came back to the park for the parade and the fireworks. Here are some more front gate pictures. How can you not stop and take a picture every time you are there?




Ready for the parade...





The parade...

 

Wishes, the fireworks display...It was beautiful!