Lilys track season!

 Her regular season is winding down but not fully, yet. Friday night Tyler and I enjoyed a beautiful afternoon in the Lincoln stands watching her go!

She did a great run on this track meet! She did the 4X 800 and did a great job and even refused to let a girl stay in front of her even when the girl blocked her from trying. Lily got around her and beat her at the finish line. It was fun to watch!

Her 'team' warming up and preparing to run together!

Waiting for that stick to take off running!

Track meets make for a long night! We didnt get home unil around 10:15! Then had a long night on Saturday because of the Elite Night dances............so whew, we were all grouchy and pooped on Sunday! ha!

Cant see her because she is a flash but this was at the 1600. They are all in a line in the back of the field but they are going so fast they are all a blur!

Easter 2026!

 It started out as a rough morning! ha! Going to be LATE...and then having to function for Easter Sunday, whew! :)

Didnt help that it was raining and yucky outside............which made me really want to keep my pjs on and have my blanket! ha!

We enjoyed our Church service and then met Nan, Pawpaw and Brandi for Easter lunch. 

It has turned into a beautiful day but I am pretty sure all three other humans....and 1 cat....in this house is taking a nap right now as I type this post! :)

Grab a quick...I mean real quick picture...but heading off to church! ha!

One...with the other parent! :)

Our lunch crew!

Full family picture!

Lily's 8th grade Elite Night!

 Lily and her crew rocked it! They always have a blast together and always try and find the most unique picture taking spots.

I have not been to this area and it was gorgeous! Lily's dance was earlier in the night and then the whole crew had the 'after party' at the Gardner's enjoying food and fun! So many fun memories made!

Just gorgeous!

My favorite!

One of my favorites too!

I just love them all of her!

The rocks and the water was so pretty!

Best friend always!

The whole crew!

The clean up well!

The 8th grade girls!

Love this group!

Elite Night-her Senior year!

 Last night marked her very last high school dance! Her Elite Night was filled with a 'Garden of Dreams' theme, fun with friends and memories!

She received the 'Most likely to lose a million dollar check' award. (Yeah, dont ask her about it because she is not happy about that...............though, we are not surprised, at all, of her getting that one..... but anyways............on to a new topic...

she looked beautiful (though, no surprise, the dress was a fight, and so on and forth, but........) on to another topic....   :)

Madelyn got to come to her last dance with her and it made her night! She feels Madelyn is more like a sister so to have her go to dinner and the dance with her was really special!

I had to divide and conquer so we took pictures of Alexis in the front yard before she left to meet all of her friends at Parker Memorial!

Love!

One of my favorites!

My favorite!

Friends took over as picture takers while they were together. 

Love the blue on her!

The girls!

The whole Senior crew!

And then Madelyn and her! LOVE!

Wordless Wednesday!

 It is the 1st of April! My favorite month!

Winding down!

 Tyler ended up going turkey hunting on Sunday so he didnt make it to Church with us so us girls continued our girl time with lunch and then we picked up our favorite little guy for the afternoon!

We enjoyed just playing outside and then washing cars!

Meet Snowy Badgett. We made a Wal-Mart run and he found this stuffed dog and just had to have it. He said he wanted to be his Dad. So on the adoption papers, that is exactly what it said. He filled it out and I was the 'witness.' So, Snowy is officially adopted! :)

Then Alexis put everyone to work to help with her car. He didnt mind a bit!

Even Lily got in on scrubbing the wheels! And now, back in the groove of all real life! ha!

Home!

 Tyler always does SO great on our home and yard and just everything.

Seeing this and his hard work, just makes me smile and thankful for him!

No place beats our home!

A day in the sun!

 We got up and spent the entire day at the beach. Reese and Maggie were SO good and just played and played and played. My two played with them and then enjoyed lounging in the chairs to get a tan. 

It was a great day!

This picture is just the sweetest!

This girl was straight out of the 80's and I loved it! ha!

Playing and playing!

I mean..............................one is a Senior and one is in Kindergarten! WOW!

A late afternoon we got cleaned up and had a late dinner. Aunt Pam meet us to eat before heading home......we snagged a picture by the cutest hanging umbrellas! 

Dinner time, as we waited, they did pictures.

Came back and Mallory taught us this. Mahjong! yeah.....it was hard. I have heard how fun it is.........and I just didnt get it. The board and pieces were beautiful but Mal paid a pretty penny! I am glad I played but also glad that I played and now dont want to worry with buying it for myself! ha!

We made fun memories and had a great trip! We loaded up early and finally headed home the next morning!

So, our unplanned time!

 We got to Lana's late so the next morning, we were READY to hit the pool and have more sunshine and that is exactly what we did!

The girls did some biking and running while there!

Then this was what she did the rest of the day pretty much!

And this is what she did!

Then THIS crew got there and we spent the rest of the day doing this!

Then we had a late dinner and came back and did this until we all crashed!

The middle of the week!

 So here is when plans completely change! We literally had no idea what we would really be doing or anything with Pam so to see Brittney and everyone made for a extra treat. Well, Pam was supposed to ....or wanting to go to Georgia with Richard so she needed to keep Kennedy and get her to gym on Wednesday. Since I technically didnt have anything to do (except the planned going home....) I volunteered us to do Kennedy so Pam could leave.

Well, Pam ended up not actually leaving but Lana called Pam and realized we were down so she asked me since we were staying an extra day to help Pam (though she ended up not going) to come down and visit them since Mallory was bringing her girls and coming down. So, yeah makes your head spin..........but since we were already down....we said SURE. So I had to call Tyler and let him know that we were staying longer.....................had to re-wear clothes (but we didnt care) because we didnt pack for a longer trip....

but we had a great time and got to see more people!

So, since we staying an extra night, we did art! We have done this before in Destin and loved it and loved doing it with Aunt Pam this time!

This time around, they got to do their own pouring of the resin. (well, long story short, that was a bad idea and it didnt turn out correctly but it was a 'God thing' that we stayed longer because the sweetest lady with an awesome shop took Lily's and fixed it that is by Lana's house! She heard me talking about how Lily's didnt turn out correctly and she offered to fix it and it is perfect now!)

The crew. We had lunch while doing it and made a great memory!

Lily's and all of them were so pretty!

Then we went back and had a late afternoon walk and found the 'Mermaid Mailboxes!' That was an experience and we also almost had Richard walking home because he dropped Pam in the water because she didnt want to get her shoes wet! Too funny!

I LOVE this picture I took of the girls walking! So peaceful!

Then, we sat and enjoyed this until dark!

The last morning, we were up early and over to help Kennedy with school.............

And doing her hair! Alexis was so proud of herself to get that bun done correctly! :)

And off to gym class! We had lunch and went shopping before getting to Lana's late to spend some time with them! Alexis LOADED up on all the things for her dorm room so she was so happy we went shopping. She also got several dresses and things for her Senior trip. She was one extra happy girl!