I'm back!

I'm back!!  I've totally be a slacker with this blog, but I'm really going to do it this time :)haha
I really want to catch you up on everything that's happened since November, but that would be a rediculously long post. So I'll spare you the details and just give the highlights.

We did a Thanksgiving/Christmas weekend with my Mom in Birmingham. The above picture is at the McWayne Center. Christmas is always a fun time but full of craziness. I spent a weekend in GA with the girls for Sasha's birthday, on the 18th. Jamie and I took Caden to Bass Pro Shop to take his picture with Santa. Caden didn't cry this year, but he still didn't want to sit on Santas lap. However, when he saw Santa for the second time he sat in his lap and did great. Here's a picture of Caden and Santa at his day care.

Jamie and I are the youth leaders at our church. We spent New Year's Eve at a party with them. Jamie and I left Caden at home and took a group to the Pro Life rally in Washington DC in January.

It was a good time, but a LONG trip. We drove and were on the go the entire time. Next time we'll plan a little down time. We spent some time praying in front of the Planned Parenthood in DC and then participated in the march.

My brother, Johnathan, and his family moved to the Birmingham area. He got a new great job. I'm happy for them, but sad for us. We miss them!!

I went with my coworker, Debbie, and a group of eleven teenagers to the beach for their Spring Break. It actually turned out to be a pretty relaxing trip. Jamie, Caden, and I went to Atlanta for Jamie's spring break trip. We went to a Braves game and just hung out. It was nice. The boys got some signatures to add to the collection.

Spring is full of birthdays in my family. My dad, both of my brothers, and my niece have birthdays in March. April is my birthday and was also Easter this year. May is Caden's birthday. He turned THREE this year. Where has the time gone? Another addition to our spring schedule this year was T-Ball.

If you know my little man, you know that he loves anything and everything to do with sports. I was a little nervous about starting him this early (he was only two), but he did great. He loved every minute of it! I'm so glad we decided to let him play.
My cousin, Kristian, along with others from our youth group graduated from highschool this year. Congrats!!

Daddy moved to Montgomery last weekend. He's been working there for years and commuting from Selma. It's going to be much easier on him to be living there. Once again, I'm happy for him and sad for me. Now it's just me and Andrew left of my family in Selma. It's weird. Such is life though, we grow up and move on. Who knows, one day it may be me moving away from my home town.
This past weekend Jamie and I took some of the youth on another trip. We met a group from CEC for Life and went to pray at an abortion clinic in Birmingham. This was not Caden's first time at a pro-life event, but it was the first time he knew what was going on (to the extent a three year old can understand). He knew we were there to pray for the babies and their mommys.

I couldn't get a good angle on this picture, but Caden has his hand extended toward the clinic praying just like his daddy. The whole group left there and drove to Smith Lake to spend the night at some friends' lake house. This is our group from Christ The King.

We swam in the lake and went on a couple of boat rides. Jamie and a few others actually jumped off of a 30-40 foot cliff into the lake. He said it was fun, but I was too chicken to try it. Caden didn't want anything to do with swimming, but he loved riding on the boat.

Well I guess that brings us up to date. I'm really going to try to do this much more often so there's not an information overload every time I post. :) Until next time....