Aren't They CUTE???

Here is Brandon, Payton, Kaylen, Logan, and Emma. Neil and I are trying to get everyone to look in the right direction! Emma and Logan would rather play with all the toys!

This is Katelyn and Corey. Katelyn wanted Papa to sit with her instead of Corey. She was trying to get Papa's attention, which turned out to be quite a cute picture. This is Corey's usually "What are you doing?" face...
This is Ryan and Kyla. Ryan tries really hard to be gentle with Kyla. That's why I like this picture so much! Kyla is more interested in eating the chair!
This is our newest niece, Elena! She is too cute with cheeks just like her daddy! We can't wait to get to spend some more time with her this summer!

These are all of our nieces and nephews. We are rounding out at 10! They are such CUTE kids. They all have very different personalities and are extremely FUNNY! We love getting to spend time with them.

Real Men Read

Last week was America Reads week. My school came up with the theme, "Real Men Read". We were concerned that some of our children do not get good male role models who encourage them to read, so we wanted to give that to our students last week.

I couldn't bring myself to ask Neil to come again to help, so I called in reinforcements and called my dad. He agreed to come and read to my kids with only a little bit of begging involved. My students loved him. I couldn't get them calmed down. They all wanted to hug him and talk to him. He was a big hit! My kids are already asking me when he can come back. So THANKS DAD for supporting me, as usual!!!

Elena's Blessing

Neil and I went to Brunswick last week for Elena's (our niece) blessing. We love getting to spend time with our family, especially all the little ones. Elena's dress was absoluetly beautiful. My sister-in-law made it with some help from her family. Our family pictures continue to get bigger and with more children, it's a lot harder to get everyone to look in one direction at the same time. We had a lot of fun visiting and getting lots of little hugs and kisses.

Gatlinburg, Tenneessee

Neil and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary by going to Gatlinburg, Tenneessee. Every summer our family went on vacation to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, TN. I got to show Neil where we use to go and what we did. We stayed in a cabin on the side of a mountain. It was absoluetly beautiful. We celebrated New Years Eve on the porch of our cabin trying to find the fireworks. On the morning that we were leaving, we woke up to find snow! Not a lot, but enough for us who grew up in South Georgia to play in. We look forward to going back!

A New Niece...Elena

Neil and I are proud to annouce the arrival of our new niece, Elena. Everyone is doing great! She was born Thursday, Jan. 17. She is absoluetly BEAUTIFUL! Elena has rounded our count of nieces and nephews to 10. I wonder who's next...

Getting Started

I had a few days off of work because I've been fighting a nasty sore throat and decided that I wanted to make a blog page. I have to admit that I have been inspired to do this because of my sister-in-law and my old college roomate. I really enjoy reading their pages and keeping in touch with them. So, here we go...