Daddy's Girls

Last weekend was the best weekend we’ve had around the house in awhile. We got to have some fun cousin time when Austin and Josey came in during their 4 day winter break. Rachel and Chad had business stuff to do and started working on cleaning out her parents’ house, so we got to have a sleepover. We met Hailey and Yaya for lunch, and then Hay and I took 5 kids to Altitude. (Bossier wasn’t out Friday so Lil had to miss out on that part) Hailey and the boys had plans that night, but A&J stayed the night with us. We ordered pizza, they hung out, and all 4 of them even played together at times. The after dark, outside hide and seek was the favorite. Saturday morning we tried to go to Lane’s game but it was canceled last minute. So instead it was bowling, lunch and games at Surge  We went back to the house to play for a bit, and then dropped them off to Chad and Rachel about 4:00. We are always sad to see them go, but it was nice to get some rest before the full day of Mardi Gras t...

Camp weekend 2023 was a definite success! It was the first time since Covid that we were all up there at once. Jen, Ryan and the girls came for New Years a little over a year ago, Dad and Allie came for her birthday last year, and we had plans to do a family weekend last year, but me and Lilli got Covid and had to cancel. Unfortunately Allie was working this time, but it was nice to get our tradition back going.  They all got there Friday evening in time for dinner and we ate, hung out and played games Saturday morning was COLD after the rain on Friday so the adults pretty much just hung around drinking coffee, but it didn’t stop the girls from making some miles in the bottoms after breakfast  Around noon it had warmed up enough to brave it awhile so we went outside and shot skeet and targets for a couple of hours  Lilli and Anna both celebrated big birthdays this year so of course we had to celebrate one more time.  I made a “selfie scavenger hunt” that they loved...

I did Lillian’s “birthday interview” a week or so ago but am just remembering to post 13 year old birthday interview:  What is your: 1. Favorite color? Pink and green  2. Toy? Phone 3. Fruit? Pineapple 4. Show/ Movie? Outerbanks  5. Lunch? Chicken Alfredo  6. Outfit? Lululemon leggings and sweatshirt  7. Game? Hide and seek (with cousins) 8. Snack? Pineapple and club crackers 9. Song? Burn, burn, burn 10. Animal? Horse 11. Book? The Summer I Turned Pretty 12. Best friend? Maddi 13. Cereal?  Frosted Flakes 14. Drink? Water 15. Game to play outside? Hide and seek 16. Holiday? Christmas  17. Breakfast? Our yard eggs on avocado toast 18. Dinner? Fried deer meat 19. What do you want to be when you grow up?                      Labor and delivery nurse or equine vet 

I didn’t make my end of the season post last week, but it’s wrapped up for another year. It was a dreary, rainy one so they didn’t have a packed blind, but Matt and Lillian got in their last hunts. They are always disappointed, but ready for some rest too. Historically the first weekend of February is a do nothing weekend, but our gymnastics schedule had other ideas.  We got to Baton Rouge on Friday and the whole family came over to Dad’s for dinner before going to the LSU gymnastics meet. It didn’t start until 8:00 so that was a late night for us!  We had NO IDEA what kind of following they have and what kind of production it was. The P-Mac was full and there were fireworks, a band, cheerleaders… the crowd had a 1st down type cheer every time they stuck a landing. I loved watching Kathleen almost as much as I liked the meet. And we got to see a Perfect 10 floor routine.  We got up Saturday morning and went to Nana’s to visit. Lizard took the girls to her friends farm to ...

A TEENAGER!! 😳 How did that happen? It was just yesterday that she was a baby in my arms. I love the collage of birthdays over the years and I will probably always post it. Even though today was pretty low key, I think she had a good day. We have already done half of our celebrations between our Dallas trip a couple of weeks ago and her sleepover Saturday, but she got to miss school and pick our meals so she was happy. 😊 Plus she has a family party in Baton Rouge and another at the deer camp coming up, so it’s not over yet!  We had our very first chicken eggs for breakfast and the first one we ever got was a double yolk! We met Yaya and Matt for lunch  And then came home for a quiet afternoon. I told her we could have whatever she wanted for dinner, but we were still full from lunch, so we decided cake was enough  We ended the day with a movie night. It was a good birthday and I can’t believe she is a teenager. She’s such a sweet and caring young woman and we are so pro...

We’ve had several things going on lately that I haven’t posted about. I normally try not to let so much time pass, but between work, homeschooling and everyday life, things have been crazy.  We had the best weekend last weekend with Shanon, Alex and the boys in town. The guys and Lillian hunted  The kids played And we hung out and visited for 2 days We always love it when we can get together with that part of the family. ❤️ Hailey had a birthday while we were up there, and Yaya’s was the weekend before, so we finally got together on Friday to celebrate both belated birthdays.  Lilli’s is coming up on Wednesday so last night was her “party.” She had two friends over and we went to eat at San Miguel and they spend the night Last Thursday was a day we had been waiting for for 6 months! We got our first egg!  Katie found it, but we left it outside and didn’t tell her so that Lilli could “find” it too. We know for sure the 1st was Dexy, and Fancy is now laying too. It won...

This family never really stops celebrating after the holidays because it’s one birthday after another. Between now and March, we will celebrate probably 75% of all of the birthdays in the family on both sides. Josey’s was 1st on the 5th. We didn’t get to see her on the actual day, but we did get to meet up with her for a surprise breakfast yesterday morning while we were in town. I wish I would have gotten a picture of her face when she saw us because she didn’t even know we were in town.  Today is Yaya’s!! And while we didn’t get to see her, we did FaceTime and hope that she has the best day. She’s a wonderful Mom, mother-in-law, and grandma to us and deserves nothing but the best today and everyday.  And Lilli’s is coming up in a couple of weeks, but she wasted no time in telling me it was her birthday month on New Years Day. We decided to start celebrating early this weekend since Josh’s buddies were at the camp and she couldn’t hunt. I took her and her BFF Maddi, plus Kath...