100 Days Of School

Friday was the 100th Day Of School for my kiddos. Christopher's class had a party and James and I along with James Henry went and hung out for a while.
 We bought cupcakes and I made these 100 days cupcake toppers

I also made this for his teacher..

Each child had to bring 100 items that they used for counting and math that day, of course Christopher took 100 Legos. We made a quilt with the kids out of papers they did for 100 day, we helped them make 100 day visors. The kids were so sweet, they even made James Henry one.

We were so impressed with the classroom environment, the boys stood when a lady came in the room. When they transitioned to different activities they sang little songs about Jesus! We are so happy with our school choice! Friday was a great day.

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God Bless!

It's Cookie Time

It is that time of year, the time of year where we hustle all our friends on Makayla's behalf to buy Girl Scout Cookies!  Last year we sold over 600 boxes and she went to a five day Girl Scout Camp for free. This year, we are well on our way. So far we are 6 days in and we have sold over 300 boxes!
       On Saturday our friend Julie who is a nurse called us and told us to bring all the cookies we could because the nurses and doctors were in need of cookies! James pulled out the wagon and cleaned it up, and I made signs for her and James took her and let her walk around and sell at the hospital. They came back pretty much empty handed selling 42 boxes in a matter of minutes!

Who wouldn't buy cookies from this girl?

If you want some cookies, we have a never ending supply.

Makayla turns 10

I can not believe that precious baby girl God entrusted us with is ten years old. She is an amazing, smart, beautiful, kind and loving Godly young woman. She is a true blessing to us!
    Makayla really wanted a slumber party this year so we gave in and let her have one. She invited her friends from church.

We went with a Winter/Hot Cocoa and Treats theme with pink and brown colors. Once again my friend Joni knocked it out of the park with her cake..

They had such a great time. We did crafts that night and James made duck tape purses with them.

They ran around in the dark with glow sticks, sang karaoke and watched movies. It was a great party for her. On her actual birthday she wanted to see Chipwrecked at the movies and eat McDonald's, So that is what we did. She got a kindle and she loves it.

She really had a wonderful Tenth Birthday, time sure is flying by....

   

Christmas 2011

This Christmas we had just come home from our cruise and we were looking forward to just being home and spending time with our kiddos. We did alot more baking this year than we normally do.
We decorated a Gingerbread house

James Henry was a big help..

Chocolate dipped marshmallows

Rice crispy Christmas Tree

Some yummy snowmen

and reindeer donuts

We spent Christmas Eve with close friends where Santa made a visit

Every Christmas Eve our kids get new pajamas

and James' reads them Twas' The Night Before Christmas and this year He read A Cajun Night Before Christmas

Christmas morning started with pancakes

 

and my favorite part of the day...Church!

Even Bayou had a great Christmas

Our Christmas was wonderful, we are blessed to have each other and most of all Salvation through Jesus Christ.

Cruise (Jamaica)

Our last port of call on the Cruise was Falmouth, Jamaica.  We had a shore excursion planned that day that took us to Breezes Starfish Resort where we could sit on the beach and relax all day. Jamaica by far had the very best souvenirs. For example we got James Henry a Jamaican Elmo complete with dreadlocks as well as a Jamaican Pokemon for Makayla. We were able to get Christmas Ornaments and I got a Jamaican Barbie Doll, there it is called a Yardie Doll.
    This port is brand new and our ship was the only one there that day. This picture is our ship pulled right into the port.

The port had an amazing atmosphere. Here we are with the 'Tall Men"

Look at these ladies posing for me....

These are some pictures from Breezes...you walked off their beach and into the water about 50 feet to another little island

We had a great day.

I guess this finally wraps our cruise. It was amazing. Did I mention we are planning our next one? This time we are thinking Disney...

Cruise (Cayman Islands)

The 2nd port of call on our cruise was Grand Cayman In the Cayman Islands. This was our favorite port and I'm pretty sure I could live there forever. It is beautiful. We were supposed to be able to swim with Sting Rays that day but the water was too rough so our shore excursion was cancelled. It really was okay because we had a blast. We walked around town for a while and browsed and shopped. We had lunch at Jimmy Buffet's and it was so much better than the food in Mexico! We sat on an outside deck and this is the view he saw as we talked and ate.

After we ate we decided to take a cab to Seven Mile Beach. It is seven miles of the most beautiful sand you can imagine and crystal clear blue water. The first thing we did was rent a jet ski, and I really wish I had a picture of this because we took it out in the ocean and the first thing James does is tump the jet ski over and we went falling into the ocean. I was half laughing half freaking out over my fear of jellyfish. It really was fun, once we got back on.

After the jet ski, I rented a lounge chair and James rented snorkel gear. There was a reef right near us and here are some pictures he took with the underwater camera.

                         We spent several relaxing hours on the beach just soaking in the view.

At the end of the day we headed back to the ship and crashed fast asleep. The Cayman Islands are amazing. We hope we can go back again.

Cruise (Mexico)

Our first port of call on our cruise was Cozumel, Mexico! We pre-planned to swim with dolphins and it was not disappointing.  We got into the water with two dolphins, they gave us a hug and a kiss and a handshake. Then you get on a kick board and the dolphin comes behind you and pushes you in the water by your feet. It was so fun! The 2nd swim you actually hold onto their fins and let them pull you.

The place where we swam with dolphins was actually a park, and when we went into the park this fellow pretty much threw a giant iguana in my arms and then placed a huge bird on my head. I was a little shocked but thrilled at the same time, then they gave the animals to James to hold.

Then that same nice fellow charged us 10.00 for taking pictures with our own camera! Ha, gotta love Mexico.

After we left the park, we shopped around in the port for Souvenirs and ate on the beach at Senor frogs. It was not very tasty plus I was scared to eat anyway. This is the view from our table.

In all, our first port was a great day! This is the picture the cruise photographers took of us as we got off into Mexico and for the rest of the trip they joked with us, "Do you want to jump on his back?" My hat also flew off my head as they snapped the picture.