Hannah's Graduation

It seems only yesterday DJ and I were holding our baby girl in our arms, only days old, and talking about Kindergarten like it was a life time away! Well, it has come and gone. Hannah has blossomed this past years in ways I never foreseen. All for the better! I am so proud of her and can't wait to enjoy our summer together! I don't think I want to start thinking about next year just yet! This past 6 years have flown by way to fast!

 Mrs. Harmon, her teacher, handing her diploma to her.

 Hannah whole class!

 Proud parents (and brother)!

 Daddy took off work to come! Very proud papa!

 And Mama!

 And proud grandparents!

 And Mamma!

 And Aunt Betsy

And Aunt Elizabeth and baby Hunter....

We are all so VERY proud of our Kindergartner Graduate!!!!

If you are interested in watching the video of the graduation (parts of just Hannah) I have it below. But I will warn you it is over 10 minutes long!



Taylor's Good-bye

My youngest brother, Taylor, left for the Army. Here are some pictures of his swearing in ceremony (after really, because you can't take video or pictures during)

 Go Army Strong! Watercraft engineer.

(re-enactment) 

Good luck and God speed to you Private Dobbs!

Mother's Day 2012

I LOVE MY KIDS!

And I love being a mother. They are a handful sometimes, but such a blessing all the time! I try my best at raising them in a way that is pleasing to the Lord. I know I fail, but I do try. I have to say that I couldn't be the mom I am without my help mate, DJ. He inspires me to do my best and I love him so much! Also, I have many "moms" in my life I want to say a thank you to and that I love each of you! My real mom, my mother-in-law, my step mom, all my grandmas and great grandmas and grandma-in-laws, my high school mom, Janet, all the aunts and great aunts and aunt-in-laws, and so many other amazing women who I look up to!

Thank you for being in my life and showing me the way!

Mother's Day 2012

My Mother's Day gift from DJ. I have been wanting a charm bracelet for a while now. Something I can add to and have all the things I love in one place. So, it was only fitting he bought be my bracelet with the first charms being about my kids and motherhood. The birthstone charms are not my favorite and so DJ picked some pretty charms to represent the kids birthstone colors instead. Purple is for February, Hannah and Blue is for March, Trey. The middle charm says "mom" with a heart rhinestone. I LOVE IT! 



Circus Clowns!

My grandfather is a Shriner here in Little Rock. Every year they host the Shriner Circus. It is pretty fun for the kids. They get to ride an elephant and/or ponies. They get to get face paint and interact with A WHOLE LOT OF CLOWNS! And not to mention the popcorn and soda! Overall they had a great time, as always.

 It doesn't look like it from the picture, but Hannah LOVED the nose. She wore it until she got her face painted!

 Well, they all did except for Trey. He just thought they looked silly! (Trey, Hannah, Iva and Aaron)

 Hey look, Aunt Betsy wore one too!

 Getting autographs from the clowns was pretty cool!

 Close enough to be twin sisters!

 Aaron thought the butterfly was a little over done by the girls, so he opted for a boyish spiderman! Good choice Aaron! :)

 Trey was a lion! And a cute one at that!

 Every time I turned around these kids were harassing a clown for an autograph, picture or hug! They were all good sports!

 I didn't take a lot of pictures of the acts since they were...lets be honest...not that great! BUT there were two that I enjoyed. The bears and the elephant. These bears actually rode a bicycle! Crazy cool. I had never seen that before.

 So at intermission, the kids got to ride an Elephant! Yes, a real one! So cool!

 They liked it!

 Aaron also got to ride on a pony!

 Trey liked the body builder act. He even mimicked him during the act!

I thought she looked pretty. But boy did she smell!

Hannah Zoo Field Trip

I volunteered to help with Hannah's field trip to the zoo. She absolutely loves going on field trip for one main reason, riding the bus! She likes the actual trip too, but the bus is her favorite part. I was assigned one of her friends, Lexi, and together we toured the zoo with Emily's Mom, Emily and Caleb. Here are some pictures. Enjoy!

Hannah and Lexi

Mrs. Harmon's Kindergarten Class ~ Zoo Field Trip 2012

Riding the train

 



Emily, Hannah, Lexi & Caleb

 

She needed a closer look!

Just being silly!