Weekend Wrap-up

This past weekend was, as usual, very busy. It started Thursday night when we went to Wesson. Audrey Claire has enjoyed getting to spend time with Uncle Hunter who's been here this summer from Texas.

I worked in Hazlehurst Friday while Seth was busy doing this:

I was very grateful to be inside where it was cool:) Audrey Claire spent the day in Crystal Springs doing this:

Friday night, we enjoyed eating at one of our old favorite places to eat- El Sombrero in Brookhaven. We ate with Seth's parents and Tucker. I had every intention of taking pictures while we were with them but my child decided to act like a crazy woman in the restaurant! That could have something to do with the fact that she is now 6 months away from being 2!

We came home Friday night for Seth to work Saturday. Audrey Claire and I had a much needed day together running errands around town. We went to an indoor inflatables place (LOVED IT), the mall, Big Lots, and Cellular South to see Seth. Before getting in the car to go, she had to talk to the cat-cat. She hasn't shown much interest in him lately but that day he caught her attention for sure.

Later that night, we met some friends-Greg, Kay, Zeph and Kati Brooks. We went to church with them when we lived in Cleveland. They now live in Wesson and Zeph made the All-Star baseball team this year. Playoffs were being held in Hattiesburg so we got to go to his game! We hadn't seen them in a little over two years and seeing that Kay was pregnant with Kati Brooks last time we saw them, I was really excited to visit with them!

While at the game, AC found some old pacifiers in her stroller from "back in the day". Haha. She loves playing with them when she finds them.

Here's Miss Kati Brooks. How beautiful is she? Her curly hair and eyes are gorgeous! She cracked me up the entire game. Since Audrey Claire is such a terrible eater, it blows me away when kids actually want to eat. I think KB ate the whole time we were there! Here she is enjoying a pickle. And she never once made a 'sour' face!
I had a really cute picture of the two girls playing together but accidentally erased it from my camera!

Here's the All-Star himself, Zeph, sliding into home!
He has grown up so much in two years! Here he is after the game posing for me:)
Since we seem to be in the car a lot here lately, Madison let Audrey Claire borrow her travel pillow. We've only used it once but on the way home from the game, I looked back at Audrey Claire and she had put it behind her head. It was a little past her usual bedtime so I guess this was her way of saying she was tired.
That child knows what Momma is doing when she gets the camera out. She kept making silly faces at me so I kept snapping.

Once again, we have a busy week ahead of us. Posting will probably be random but I will do my best!

Come Fly With Me

The reason we went to Cleveland last week was to see my brother compete in the flight competition held at Delta State. This wasn't the first time I saw him fly but oh my it's crazy to see him do it! It seems like just yesterday we were little kids and now he is FLYING an airplane! I absolutely, with all my heart, HATE flying! There is just something about being in a huge piece of metal that weighs a ton floating through the air that doesn't settle well with me. But he loves it, so I gotta support him. He got 2nd place in one event and 3rd in another! His team did well enough to be able to go to nationals in the Spring which is good!

Sorry I don't have many pictures. You see, what happened was I was videoing him first then decided to take pictures. Somehow between videoing and taking pictures, I got confused and lost him. He was flying the green plane and somehow I ended up with several awesome shots of a red plane:)

Here they are lined up before taking off. I believe he is the one on the left, not the one in the center. He was number 2 in line. (Or at least I think he was. He can correct me if I am wrong)

Here he in the SKY. How crazy is that? My brother, FLYING AN AIRPLANE! Still blows my mind.

Coming in for a landing

Here they are parking the plane. And yes, there are girl pilots! You can see one on his team in this picture.

Here is Audrey Claire at the beginning of the competition.

And here she is about 3 minutes later. All I had to do was give her the blankie and she was out! Oh and did I mention it was cold? There is nothing to block that Delta wind. But no worries. As you can see AC is bundled up good!

Here he is in action!

This next picture was just a funny sight to me. Since these are small planes, they can roll them to manuever them around on the ground. It looks like this guy is walking his pet plane to me.

More from the Delta

After we visited with the Parkers, Audrey Claire and I went to our former pastor's house to visit with his family. We absolutely love the Worsham family! Bro. Mark was our pastor at Calvary Baptist Church while we were in Cleveland. He and his wife were such an encouragement to us during our time up there. They don't have small children but they do have a grandson which meant toys to play with! AC loved playing at their house. She especially loved this little tug boat! She knew exactly what to do when she got in it. She was steering and changing gears. Daddy would have been proud!

Here they are- Jordan, Mrs. Tammie, and Bro. Mark.

Next we were off to visit with the Cummins! These people were really more like family than just friends. Dr. Cummins (the mom) was my teacher at Delta State just about every semester I was there. And I babysat the girls every day after school and during the summer. And I can't leave out Mr. Mark. He did the "fatherly" things while I was up there like jumping off my car in the freezing cold because I left my lights on. I wouldn't have made it without this family either!

I really do miss these girls! They are growing up so fast. Kellie is in Jr. High now and has a boyfriend. She was only in the 4th grade when I met them! And little miss Hayley is in 5th grade! It was really weird for them to be playing with my baby. I felt like I should still be in school babysitting them! They really enjoyed playing with AC; however, their dog Lightning wasn't such a fan. The picture kinda makes him look mean but he was just checking out the new person in HIS house.

By the time we left their house it was getting pretty late. But not too late to I-Chat with Daddy! We had fun telling him about our visit. And since Uncle Justin was at our hotel, AC got to stay up past her bedtime so she could play with him. We all had fun watching her make funny faces! Here are a few pics from that part of the night-

That's all for this post. Next post will be all about Justin's flight competition which is the reason we went to Cleveland! Stay tuned!

Road-trip to the Delta

Sorry it's been a while since I've posted anything. Late Wednesday night I found out that my student would not be coming Thursday or Friday. I already knew my parents were going to visit my brother at Delta State and I really wanted to go! So Thursday morning I loaded up Audrey Claire and we hit the road. Seth couldn't go because he had work and school.

We were able to visit with SO many people while we were gone. I am going to break our trip into several posts. If I made it only one, you would be reading until Christmas.

We will start with Jackson. I decided this would be a good place to meet my parents and Seth's grandmother-Mawmaw June- lives there so we could visit with her before we left for Cleveland. Audrey Claire loves going to her house! There is a cute little puppy that she loves to chase around! Here is Mawmaw June feeding AC. Notice how AC is NOT holding her bottle. She CAN hold it, she just chooses not to. We will break this laziness one day!

Audrey Claire loved playing at Mawmaw June's house. Not only was there a dog, there was a house full of thing for her to get into! While exploring, she found this basket full of toys! Did she want to play with the toys? No. She just wanted to empty the basket! Then she was done and was ready to move on.

After a short visit in Jackson, we were off to the Delta. I lived in Cleveland for two years while I was at Delta State. I was excited to get to visit with friends but oh my, how I DO NOT miss that drive. Don't get me wrong, I have an appreciation for the Delta and I used to love driving up and down the highway seeing the cotton, corn, or soybeans growing; but this time of year when the fields are bare, it can be a little boring. Ok, really boring! Until you see one of these. DRIVING down the road.

That's right, not in a field. We passed this combine while driving on Highway 61. The picture is blurry because we were going so fast passing it! Only in the Delta can you see this kind of stuff. Only in the Delta...

This next one was actually in the field instead of on the road. And you see that tree-line in the distance? Looks so close but it's probably ten miles away. You can just about see that far in the distance because it's so flat.

Ok I really got side tracked there. Sorry. Back to our visit- We weren't going to be in Cleveland long and I had a long list of people I wanted to see and introduce Audrey Claire to. We started with the Parkers- Mr. Donnie, Mrs. DeLisa, and Allyson. This is a precious family who makes it their mission to care for college kids. I can't tell you how many times they fed me and encouraged me, especially during the summer of 2007. That time was crazy for me. I lived in Cleveland away from my family, babysat two of my favorite little girls every day, took 2 summer classes, found and moved to a new apartment and planned our wedding. All while Seth was on the other side of the world! I wouldn't have made it without this sweet family. Audrey Claire enjoyed meeting them and playing with some of Allyson's toys.

This post got long pretty quick so I will stop here. But don't worry, I have lots more to inform you about! Stay tuned for several more posts!