Jesse's Family 16th Birthday Party!

 Well, we celebrated Jesse's 16th Birthday here with all our family on a perfect Saturday evening! A blast was had by all! Jesse is so fortunate to be so loved by so many!

 The chipping contest was a hit!  Everyone got 3 chances and Jesse ended up winning the whole thing....he deferred his GC to cousin Lindsay, who manage to almost win..by wearing heels at the same time!!!

 Cousin Matthew hit it over about 2 fences!

 At least she looked cute doing it!

 How cute is that!?

 Lovely Family!

We are so proud of the young man Jesse is turning out to be, and can't wait to see what comes of this one! We love you Jesse! Happy Birthday!

I have a 16 Year Old????

 Well, this one turned 16 today much to my dismay...I truly can not believe how time has flown.....  He will party it up this weekend with family and friends, but tonight he had a homecooked meal and delicious Birthday Mousse Cake. We love you Jesse!

Jesse with his favorite breakfast at 6am .....he wish he didn't have to go to school on his birthday!  And take tests no less!!!

Happy Birthday Jesse...we are so proud of the man you are becoming!

Spring Has Sprung.....

 Well, the kids both had their Spring Pics on the same Day.  Jesse, of course, working a bow tie......

 Proud of our 1st Honor Roll Recipent!  She tries so hard and it pays off!!

Way to go Claire!!

Can't wait to see what the last 9 weeks holds!

March Madness.....

Claire and I took a quick trip to Jackson, MS for a cousins wedding! Had a great trip, but Claire lost her steam after her bout with the flu.....all better now!

Yes I did take my daughter to her first concert...and Bon Jovi no less!!!! I'm not sure whether Claire enjoyed Bon Jovi more, or her momma actin a fool at the concert!

Post Bon Jovi......

 The week before spring break Jesse was inducted in the the National Math and English Honor Societies as a Sophomore! Proud of this boy!

And yes, he was working those pink pants.....Go Jesse Go!

This and that......

Claire getting ready for Mardi Gras parade at her school.  She was told to make a desert board and we love her choice of play on words!

Claire's sweet basketball coach at her end of the season basketball party!  Go Timberwolves!

Claire being a big girl ....

Jesse working the SFA Scholastic Book Fair.  He loved checking out all those kiddos!

All This in the same week????

Well, my mom always said God only gives you what you can handle....I think God must have thought Lance and I were super heroes last week....but in the end, we made it just fine.  It was the most trying week of our 20 years together, but we did it.  Bring it on!

To make a very very long story short, Claire was to have had an outpatient test last Tuesday at Baptist Hospital Children's Wing.  She reacted badly to the final medication in the test and we had a scary time for a while.  She was placed in ICU til the next afternoon and was a complete champ about it all!  All the while, we had our brand new water heater blow a leak and decide to flood our attic and made it rain downstairs. It's now repaired! The next day, our garage door decided to buckle on us and a new one is one the way.....  when it rains it pours!

Our amazing little champ in her first and hopefully only hospital visit!

Thanks to everyone for all the calls and food and prayers!  We needed it all! We love you all!