Mother's Day/Father's Day 2009

This year for Mother's Day Owen took Alyson shopping to pick out a Mother's Day gift, she did a wonderful job picking out 5 containers of gerber daisies for us to plant in our flower bed. She got one yellow, two orange, and two pink gerber daisies. The flowers were beautiful and still are. I also had her color a picture for both of her Grannies and we framed them, they were so beautiful. We cooked Mother's Day dinner for Granny Granny on the Saturday before Mother's Day, Granny B could not make it she was under the weather. On Mother's Day Owen and Alyson took me out to lunch, it was a wonderful day with my two favorite people.



This year for Father's Day Alyson and I decided to get Daddy a gift certificate that way he could get exactly what he wanted. We took Daddy out to lunch and later that evening enjoyed a rather warm but fun cookout at church for all the Dads. Happy Father's Day to the best Daddy ever!

So Behind

Sorry I haven't posted anything new in a very long time, we have been so busy. Things are starting to slow down a little bit so hopefully I can post all the fun things we have been doing. Alyson is growing up so fast, it is funny some of the conversations she has with us. Lets just say she is a true diva and we are in the process of teaching her reality... you can't always get what you want. She really is fun though, she loves to wear her princess dress-up shoes through the house carrying her purse and pushing her walmart shopping cart with her baby doll in the front exclaiming "I am going to walmart to get groceries, be back in a minute". She is really into helping, wanting to help clean, vacuum, cook, etc., lets just hope the same attitude is there when she is older. She has been asking lately if she could have a sister....um.... not sure about that yet. She thinks you can just pick out what you want in a nursery and pick out whatever you want, boy or girl (suppose she gets this from going into the church nursery to visit our friend's baby). We just keep telling her maybe someday:) She loves to pray at all the meals and at night, especially remembering her friend that is sick, little Drew. We love her so much and she is such a joy. I will try to get some pictures up of our vacation and outings. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

AWANA Race

This is Alyson's first year to be in the AWANA program at our church so this was her first year to enter the AWANA Grandprix. We decided, Alley included that her car should be painted and decorated like a ladybug. The car turned out to be absolutely cute. She helped us paint it and Daddy and I added the finishing touches. Alyson won 1st place in the design division for her age group and even got a trophy. We all had so much fun, can't wait until next year. Next year we will have to work on speed as her car was a little slow, she did however win two races

Big Girl Booster Seat

After a lot of investigation and research into finding the right booster seat we finally found one that is not only safe but also stylish. Let me take a minute to back up and explain the decision to get a new car/booster seat. Little Miss Alyson now weighs 34 1/2 pounds and is getting to big for me to lift her into her car seat, now she can get into it herself, much easier on her and me. Here she is on the way to the AWANA Grandprix (post to follow).

Happy 3rd Birthday!

This years birthday theme was picked by the birthday girl herself. She chose Mickey Mouse Clubhouse with focus on Minnie Mouse of course. We all, including myself had so much fun at this party. We had the party at the Witcherville Community building (we have new carpet and I did not want any accidents involving cake or drinks). Alyson celebrated her birthday with lots of friends and family, everyone had a great time, there was a bounce-a-round with Mickey, Minnie and the crew on it, which I must say I enjoyed as much as the kids, a strawberry cake (another birthday girl request), pinata, goody bags, and lots of presents. Our little girl is now three years old and we are very proud of her and who she is becoming. I pray that the Lord will continue to help her grow and become a godly young woman. She has been such a blessing to us and everyone who knows her. We love you Alyson!

Sleeping Beauty

This is kind of random but very adorable. This is how I found Alyson sleeping a few weeks ago. She has actually been sleeping like this since we brought her home from the hospital, makes me sad and happy at the same time to see how she is growing up.

Fun at the Park

After a very cold week in January, one that was so cold there was even enough ice and snow I was able to be home with Alley for two whole days, we spent Saturday at the park because it was absolutely beautiful. We all needed this time to be outside and play because we had been in the house for a while. This was a fun family Saturday at the park.