Roll Tide, Go Auburn.....Hey what about Tennessee?

We went to our Fall Festival at Church this year. It was so much fun! We had the Roping Bull booth, that we usually do. We had over 1000+ people to show up at the Fall Festival. It was a cold night in Florida (40 degrees), but that didn't stop all the fun! This year everyone deserted my team! Tennessee is having a rough go this year, but I still love them! Joleigh decided to side with her Daddy and become an Alabama Fan, while Jacob is liking the Auburn Tigers. I, am left to cheer for my UT Vols alone! Maybe next year will be better for them! Enjoy the pictures!

Fall Fun!

1st Spend the Night

Chip, Jacob and I along with other friends recently went to a Casting Crowns concert in PC, Fl. It was wonderful! RiRi and Stephy asked to see if Joleigh wanted to stay with her and of course, Joleigh said "yes, cause Cassing Cowns will be loud" She is so funny. So, this was the first night that Joleigh spent the night away from us and she did GREAT! She got a little whimpy when the TV was turned off, but that was okay.....RiRi snuggled with her and rocked her to sleep and she slept all night. Joleigh told me that she needed a "big girl bed" like Stephy. I have to admit that I felt lost without her, didn't know how to eat without cleaning up a mess or the typical toddler mealtime mishaps, but it was a nice evening ........STRESS FREE and some good time with Jacob! LOL Thanks RiRi and Stephy. We love you! I am trying to upload a few pictures.

Soccer

I WON!!

I am so excited! I won! One of my fellow bloggers, Lisa was in a contest for Not Exactly Bento and won with her beautiful creation. Lisa, in turn, wanted to share some Bento goodies from the contest and my name was pulled out! WOW! So excited. Can't wait to have some fun with Bento. Thank you Lisa and Maisie. Check out her Maisie eats Bento and look at her awesome creations.

Referral Day.....2 years ago today

Two years ago today, we received our referral of a beautiful little girl, living in Yulin City, Guangxi, China. She was 10.5 months old. Wow! Where does the time go. I can remember that day like it was yesterday. I immediately printed her picture, after we received it and went to Jacob's school and pulled him out of class to see his new sister. He was so excited that he ran the picture back to his room and showed it off to all his friends. You could hear the excitment all over the school. Wow....Thank you God for giving us our precious daughter. I look back at all the pictures and can't believe how much she has grown, learned and changed. We love her so much and are so blessed to have her in our family. Here is our post from last year if you want to look back at it.
Referral picture Sept. 2006

Joleigh 2007

Joleigh 2008 with Jacob

 

Confession time

I haven't posted any new pictures because my new camera wasn't working correctly. Well, I finally called Kodak and he walked me thru some troubleshooting and even gave me a case number and address where to send my camera. After I hung up the phone with him, I continued to mess with the camera and it finally started working again. I fixed it myself. You know, if you put the batteries in correctly, you will not have to waste so much time on the phone with the Kodak man and miss a lot of great picture moments. I am loosing it slowly, but surely. Thought it was a funny though. More pictures to come, next week after I return from my trip. I am going out of town with 35 women to Atlanta to a Women of Faith Conference and will not return until late Saturday evening.

ADV: From China with Love Calendars 2009

My friend, Rochelle, from Celebrate Adoption is now taking orders for the 2009 From China with Love Calendars. If you are interested click here and order yours today. I know I am.

Work Followup

I posted this in the comments of Work post. I thought I would also post here to give you a followup. Everything went great! Makes me miss teaching. Hopefully they will have a position open next year(in preschool dept) and I can be back to work again and Jacob and Joleigh will be at same school with me, same schedule, etc. Thanks for asking everyone. Pray with me for a position to open or for now, more substituting opportunities.