Zoey is 2

Zoey turned 2 today!

10-31-11

With her presents.

Mini bacon strips from Poppy, a bone from DJ and Minnie. A yummy 0.90 dinner from Emilee Grace and Pixie and cup cakes from Grandmommy and Granddaddy!

**please pay no mind to me in this picture.

No one is looking at the camera but wanted to show all of our animal love!
Meow, Minnie, Pixie and Zoey at her party.

No more cupcake!



The month is almost gone

I am so glad that the month of October is almost gone but still sad to see it passing by so fast. Yeah, that was a weird sentence...
Anywho! I have so much planned for the month of November it isn't even funny. We plan to go to a Toby Mac concert in Mobile,Al and we are also going for a week to Jacksonville,Fl to visit friends for Thanksgiving. Did I mention Jamie Grace will also be at the concert?! yup...If you don't know who she is take a listen below

She is awesome!!!

We bought her Cd at Simple Goodness for only $8.99!!

Every song on the cd is great!

I espically love track 2,3,4,5,6,7,8!

Track 3 is my JAM!

It's so me!

Next thing on my list-Halloween.

We normally never go house to house. We have once or twice in Magee but thats it.

We mostly go to Fall Festivals. They are always so good.

We have a favorite in River Ridge we love to attend and we went there tonight.

The kids had a blast as usual.

I was a slacker this year with costumes.

Emilee had bought her a candy corn outfit with her birthday money and I thought since DJ has a whole trunk full he would just pick one from there. AND he did! He went as Sherlock Holmes. A funny one!

He is so funny, just like his Daddy.

Kaylee didn't want to dress up until the last minute. We stopped and hse didn't find anything that suited her so she decided to just have fun as a preteen she said!

That girl.....

Till next time~Val

Also....check out these two songs as well

This song above is my THEME song!

Hmmmm......

Well today I am all alone. The kids and my dad are off to school, Granny is at my aunts and Davids at work. What's a girl to do all by her lonesome?
I am planning on making some coffee, relaxing with a book and going to the school for 1:30 but I do have one major thing today I am doing. That's cutting the tags out of my skirts! No lie, I am huge and everytime I look at the sizes I cringe!
Someone gave me this idea and I know its gotta make me feel better to see Nothing that looking at that double didget.

Well off I go- Val

Natchez trip

We are back!

I have been home for about three days now but life has been a little crazy.

School, cleaning, church etc.

We stay busy 24/7!

Tonight is the last night for church until Sunday so I that will give us a little breathing room here in the LeBlanc house. Emilee is wide open on bible quizing. She has learned over 18 scriptures! Thats amazing how little minds can remember all of that and PLUS the word is in her heart forever!!

She has her first meeting on Friday, which we are all looking forward to. Kaylee and DJ had planned on learning and quizing too but they have not wanted to study. I am trying not to force them to quiz but I am making them review the scriptures with Emilee and myself as we try amd learn them.

They have a cd that sings them and it has been super helpful.

Now for details on my trip.
 We had a good time.

Theses are the ones we toured.

Rosalie

**picture to come**

Longwood

Melrose

This above picture is not mine.

Stanton Hall

the above picture is one I found online.

Some of the pictures are not mine. I found them online. I left the camera at my Mom's and I have no idea when I will going over there and I wanted to post what I had before I forgot the details.

Over all we had a good trip. We toured the four homes, went for a buggy ride (which was not as good as last time) I prefer the lady tour guide. We ate at the Eola Hotel for lunch one day which was YUM!

And did alot of shopping and site seeing.

It was nice for the get-a-way!

 But I am sure glad to be home.

Thoughts

These past few posts I've been doing have been on Emilee's iPod. It's a very convenient way of posting instead of having to set down at my home computer and post. I've noticed after reading already posted blogs that there is a bunch of spell errors, words missing! Thanks to good ole spell check. But I wouldn't change it a bit I love it in some ways it's just annoying in others.

Tata for now!

Excited

I extremely excited about our trip. I have yet to put the first thing in a suit case and we leave early Wednesday morning. I still have to wash most of the clothes we are bringing. Not to mention make a menu for my Mom, by the groceries and organize everything so she can find stuff. I am hoping to have so extra funds so she can take the kids to chuckycheese one day and maybe to the zoo or aquarium. We have season passes to the zoo and aquarium but it's $10 to park plus games and extras for the day so it can get pretty pricey if you don't watch your dollars.

I really like sprite! Just saying.

Spring cleaning in the fall

Today o have done so much spring cleaning. I really have an issue with orange you see. It's my favorite color. I have loved it ever since I was an infant...lol I think I have but I so know I have loved it since I was a toddler! I loved being around anything orange and bright. It just made me happy! Well these past few months it's kind of grown yuck to me. I NO, if you know me in person you are think WHAT!!! buy it has. It's everywhere in my home from the rugs to blankets, pots, cooking utensils to towels. It's just a bit much for me now. I think I am aging and I am starting to like calmer colors. Browns, creams, whites. So with that said, I packed up all the orange.
I got rid of my cookie jar monkey, a bunch of cups and plates. I tossed my throw blankets in the containers for when we have extras over. I took down the fun funky orange pink and yellow curtains that led to the game room. Moved my throw pillows to my closet.

With all of that bright orange stuff gone I feel better. I feel a bit more mature if you get me. Not that I wasn't before I just feel I have moved into a different chapter in my life.

Now, tomorrow/today I plan on going threw the rest of my dishes and what knots and box them up and them off to the goodwill we come!!!!!!!

I don't believe In doing my own yard sale. I have been giving so much that I feel the need to GIVE as well. But by know means am I saying that throwing a yard sale is wrong. I love love love to yard sale and it's where I get most of my house hold things and clothes.

Till next time-Val

Wordless Sunday night!!!

Busy busy

We have been so busy these past few days. The kids are finally out for fall break and I am loving it. We get to sleep in. Yay!!!
David and I leave for our anniversary trip Wednesday morning. We are going back to Natchez to tour the homes again. His grandparents will be joining us and we just can't wait to get there. We only stayed two days last year and only toured 3/4 homes I believe. This time we are going to tour all that are available and do a lot more aight seeing. We won't be home till Sunday evening.
The kids are staying with my mom for the week and then Saturday my dad will get them. They are looking forward to Guanny and Poppy time!

I am also so excited for a blogger that I follow. The happily ever afters of the Lancasters. They are on their way to pick there little boy up from Korea. God is so good. I praying daily for my blogs I read and if even though I don't know only two in real life I feel apart of these special times and get just as excited I bet. I can't wait to see photos of them getting their baby boy, Liam.

On another note, I am going to start a diet/ eating better plus working out when I return next week. I went to the store for a new skirt and has to go up a size and it was not a happy time as I thought it would be to go shopping.

Anywho..... Gotta run

Till next time Val

Also I wanted share a photo of Lucky. He is huge!!!

Emilee's birthday picture.

Emilee showing some of her friends her new dance moves!

Sack races!!

They loved playing limbo.

Egg toss.

She got her ipod, finally!!!

and her $100 bill!

She had a blast!
So now she is ready to shop!

Till next time~Val

I really try to update atleast once a week but I am really lacking in this department since I no longer have internet at the house. I guess I just Blogger/ journaled better from my hone computer than on my cell. Thank God for smart phones!

Well Emilee's party and birthday went off without a problem. Everything was perfect. We had about 19 kids running around. On 5 stayed the night.
We played lots of games, limbo, pin the tail on the donkey, egg toss, sack races.
She had the most beautiful cake made by my friend, Melanie.
She really wanted money for her birthday and boy did she rack up!
She also got a Repunzal doll,Clothes,hair stuff, a new purse and wallet. Books etc.
I am hoping to do a threw the years post for her soon and post her party pics but that will be a whole another post since pictures don't cone out right on my phone.

Till next time-Val