Claire sings her ABCs...

... and her rendention of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.

Watch out British lady on You Tube!

Playdates, Parties, & Holy Communion

Well, we had the pleasure of having Lily Grace for a couple of hours recently while her mom ran errands! The girls just had such a great time as usual. Snacks, of course, we had by all!

The little "Jesse Cookies" we had made for Jesse's Party that he passed out to his friends after the party was over!

Jesse's candle was a sparkler that was an "8" shape and caused quite the smoke problem. Well, we learned not to do sparklers inside anymore!

Jesse and his fellow PRE Communicants after their 1st Communion. Jesse was the 2nd one and just did a spendid jpb. We are so proud of Jesse and the wonderful young man he is becoming!

Jesse processing in at the beginning of Mass...how handsome!

Jesse's 8th Birthday Party..Crossfire Commando Style!

Well, Jesse had his much anticipated Birthday Party this afternnoon, and glad to say, it lived up to his expectations! These are just a few pics, and I will post more. But here are just a few. Jesse and all the kids had an absolute blast and I think they all went home exhausted!(well, maybe a little sugared up)

Jesse flying through the are throwing "molecules" at the scientists.....(his friends)

After tumbling into the pit!

Jesse doing an obstacle course of some mission? (I don;t think I was paying full attention at what exactly he was after???)

Well, I promist to post again real soon with more Birthday pics!
Love,Gretchen

Happy Easter 2009!!

What a lovely Easter we had surrounded by family in Jackson, MS. Claire on her 1st Easte Egg Hunt of the weekend....she was so proud of her finds!!

Jesse checking out what the Easter Bunny brought.......Yummy treats, bubbles, and kites were a hit with the kids!

Jesse is all business as they give the kids the OK to start looking for Easter Eggs at the 2nd Easter Egg hunt, this time at the Hare Family Reunion!

My 2 little bunnies after wome serious searching! Jesse found the prize egg this year with $31 in it! He was so "eggcited!"
Happy Easter to all and will post again soon!

Love,Gretchen

Guess Who Got Braces????

Before........

And after.......

Jesse did well getting his braces on yesterday and picked white and blue braces. No surprise there! He is quite sore today and shoved the wax in his mouth...as seen in this picture....

NYC Weekend and Happy 8th Birthday Jesse!!!!

Lance & I went to NYC for a conference and turned it into a long weekend. We promised Jesse we'd put some photos on here...especially of the dinosaur fossils! We had a blast and just shoved as much as we could into 3 1/2 days! We'd love to go back with Jesse & Claire sometime!

The obligatory Times Square photo op.....

Claire eating some of Jesse's Birthday cake...yum!!!

Look who's 8! He picked his own flavor of cake this year...with some specific instructions! I'm glad we all happen to love strawberries!

Lance and Jesse at his Birthday dinner. I believe they are looking more alike every day......