Sharing the Love

Our church , Aliceville First United Methodist, celebrated Valentine's with a wonderful meal and a great time of fellowship. It is wonderful to get together with such special people.  And it was also awesome to walk in and sit down to a great meal and not have to do any of the work!  The night was capped of by wonderful singing from the McCool Family.  I told Reed that I really wish that our family had just a little of their talent.  It was a very special treat.

Our fearless leader, Roger Short and his sweet wife Jerri

Food and Fellowship

 Precious Children

 There's something special about mama's and their boys....

God truly blessed this wonderful family with lots of talent!

Allison was our photographer for the night, so I didn't have one single picture of her.  But, I looked back through mine and came up with this one.  Thanks for the great pictures!! Also, thanks to Brenda Coshatt and her committee for a special night.

Oh Happy Day!

Happy Valentine's Day Sweetie!

Not So Ordinary Day

I recently arrived at school to begin what I thought would be an ordinary day.  Around 7:30, our sweet SIL Josh called to say he did not know many details yet, but Lindsey had been in a car accident on the way to school.  Those meetings and plans for the day that had once seemed so important suddenly flew out the window.  Reed and I were headed east in about 15 minutes.  Without going into too many details, Lindsey was very blessed to receive only a concussion and several bumps and bruises.  The baby faired very well also.  While having an ultrasound in the ER, she was sucking her thumb and lifting her legs in the air.  God is good!  We felt the best thing we could do was bring Maddie home for a few days while Lindsey recuperated with Josh as her nurse.  It really seemed wrong to be having such a good time with Maddie while Lindsey was having such a hard time!

Our walks are a little different now.  She pushes the stroller, or I should say runs with it!

She loves going down the hill on her new "bike"!

As I've said before, Kitty loves Maddie and Maddie loves Kitty!  He never left her side during about an 1 1/2 hour nap. 

And after naptime, Kitty was ready to listen as Uncle C read Maddie and him a story!

I think she's telling him that Kitty wants to hear the story again!

The Greatest Show on Earth

There's nothing better than elephants, lions, clowns, cotton candy, and light up toys!  Well, the only thing better would be seeing these things through the eyes of your grandchild.  She was a trooper and had a ball!  It was also great to spend the afternoon with her mom and dad!

Taking a ride on Pop's shoulder's while waiting on Lindsey and Josh.

This was the perfect spot to watch the elephants come in and out as we waited.

Once we get in for the preshow, she gets to see everything from her Dad's shoulders!

Our very own personal clown!

Popcorn!

My pictures of the actual circus were a blurry mess, so I only have a few to share.

 Our Girls

What a fun adventure!

Uncle C

Uncle C has been super busy recently, so we haven't seen him quite as much as we'd like.  He did come spend a wonderful afternoon with Maddie recently.  He was quite the playmate at the park.  She thinks he's simply the best, and so do we!

We packed a little picnic basket and headed out.

Not sure what this thing is called, but it sure is fun!

Up she goes!

Ride the horsey!

Fun on the slide!

After the park, we took a little ride around the neighborhood to feed the real horses!

And a little update on Kitty-he's a great snuggle bunny!

Leap Pad with Grandmother

Maddie enjoyed teaching Grandmother all about her new Leap Pad on her recent visit.  It is amazing how much a 2 1/2 year old can do on a game system like this.  Grandmother also seemed to catch on pretty quickly!

They also enjoyed a special meal together that Maddie prepared.  Grandmother has a tub of toys in a back room that all the grandchildren love to play with.  Maddie heads there as soon as she arrives at their house.

Our sweet girl!

 Showing Grandmother how to play on the Leap Pad!

Feeding the fish

 We can't wait to see this sweet girl again!

Big Girl

Maddie is here for a visit before we meet her mom and dad Sunday for the circus.  We have no plans other than to do whatever she wants!!  She is growing into such a big girl! It is hard to believe she is almost three.   She reminds me of her mom in so many ways.  She is napping right now, so I thought I share with you a few pictures I took this morning.   She was determined NOT to smile, but I, of course, still think they are precious!!

After playing with her stick for quite some time, she obviously was tired of me taking her picture and trying to get her to smile.....So she moved to the other side of the tree and kept right on playing with her stick!

There's my smile!!

Next up,our visit with Grandmother!