Ms. Thang's first boat ride with Daddy

Yesterday was a beautiful day here in Northern Louisiana. The sun was shining, the sky was blue, and spring... well, it was definitely in the air. We decided to take Ms. Thang for her first boat ride. She plays in there all the time when her daddy is out there messing around. She's learned how to honk the horn, she steers it and she climbs everywhere but she's never been in it while it was in the water... until yesterday...

Getting the boat ready for the river:


Life jackets must be on at all times while in the boat:


Daddy even let her "drive" the boat:



And of course, we had to bring big brother with us:


this is why she loves her daddy sooooo much:

Casey James: Jealous Guy

Casey James: Jealous Guy

my hobby

so, as many of you already know... i LOVE to take pictures... I mean, after all, I have some of the best models ever living in my house... :)

well, recently I decided, maybe, just maybe, I could earn a little extra cash turning my hobby into a mini career...

so here's the website...

www.portraitsbylala.com

our easter 2010

this year for easter, we spent it in Longview with my brother and sister in law and their children. we fried fish. I even conquered the task of making homemade hush puppies.. i must say, they were awful yummy. Ms. Thang did not care much about hunting eggs. she did, however, want the candy out of the plastic ones. It was a nice weekend. Always hate leaving there. And here are a few pics for your enjoyment.

Ms. Thang at her daycare easter party


Picking flowers on easter sunday!

throwing the "mommy won't pick me up" fit....

discovering the candy in the egg...

my niece, balie, and her haul....


picture of an uncooperative teenager... ugh!


blake wouldn't stay still long enough for me to get a good picture.

I hope that you all had a wonderful and blessed easter as well....

growing up too fast

While doing my niece's senior pics this weekend, I realized that all my girls are growing up way to fast. Kristin (my niece) will graduate in 2 months, my Becca will graduate next year and my baby girl is not going to be a baby much longer. this makes me a little sad.... okay, a LOT sad!!!

While I'm no professional at photography, I don't think I did too bad of a job... what do you think???

R.I.P Corey....

My first love... Corey Haim. Oh how I had the hugest crush on him when I was a young girl. Posters everywhere. I don't think you could see an inch of wall, not even a speck. I watched his movies faithfully. Probably could have recited THE LOST BOYS from heart. I had pretty much convinced myself that if we could ever meet, he would be the man I would marry......





But life moves along and we grow up and childhood crushes aren't so prevelant. Yet as an adult, everytime I saw a picture of Corey or watched a movie with him in it I remembered a childhood "love" and a young girl's dream...

Today, as I came into work, I was going thru my normal morning routine and saw the tragic news.... COREY HAIM, FOUND DEAD @ 38 ... APPARENT DRUG OVERDOSE

I am deeply saddened by this and will even admit that I've shed several tears today. I don't want to read anymore stories, look at anymore pictures, watch anymore clips... I want to remember that giddy feeling from my childhood.

Too soon life is taken away from us and too easily temptation befall us. Rest in Peace my dear Corey for you will always hold a special place in my memories...

... a nice surprise....

So, life has been pretty stressful lately. Raising three kids, watching a relationship steadily fail no matter how hard you try, work, the economy, sick baby, etc... you know, life in general. But the other morning I received a nice surprise from my parents... a trip to cancun with my dad for four days!!!

This is where we are staying:




I'm super excited! But have so much to do!!!!

... lost...

I'm lost. So lost. Been searching my soul and praying that the decisions I make that will not only affect myself, but my entire family, are the right decisions. There are a million emotions flowing through my body at this point. I feel alone, I feel angry, I feel sad, I feel desperate, I feel confused. And right now, I'm just tired.

I wish there was a magic wand that I could just wave and make it all okay, but there's not and so the struggle continues..

And on a lighter note and just because seeing this face makes my day. My kids are my life and I love them all!

It's okay to say Merry Christmas!

I hope that each and every one of you have a very Merry Christmas and a blessed 2010!

it's been awhile.....

I'm ashamed, I admit it. I've gotten so terribly lazy. On top of being extremely busy. Who knew that raising three kids while holding down a full time job could be so time consuming??? ha ha... just kidding.

So what has happened since my last visit to the blogosphere????

Hmmm, my sister bought a house and we got her moved in and even had a Housewarming party... See for yourself...





This was quite a journey in itself and it wasn't even me buying the home.



What else?? Oh yea, my oldest turned 17!!! What a way to make a woman feel old.... and want to cry at the same time. Even though she's turning into quite the young lady, she is still my little girl.




and my baby, my sweet angel, celebrated her first birthday 4 days after her sister turned 17!





ohhhh, and we celebrated halloween by going to a relative's house for a bonfire and a good time had by all....






now, just trying to prepare for the upcoming holidays... whoa! this year has really flown by...