SWEET!

Aunt Heather and Jackson! They love each other sooo very much! Heather and Stephen came and got the kids on the weekend of the 4th and kept them 2 days and the kids had a great time!

Batson Grandkids...

LeAnna came and spent the day with us a few weeks ago... The kids love being together! Fun memories! =)

June 28th, 2009

Dawson singing for the first time at church... I'm so very proud of him! =) Keep it up son! This was actually back on June 28... I'm a little behind on posting...

Tornado in Ashland City...

We had a TORNADO in Ashland City a few weeks ago... The kids were outside playing on the trampoline and our electricity went out... I was sitting at my desk and I turned around to look outside and I noticed the trees were doubling in half and they were going back and forth violently... I jumped up and ran to the door and yelled for the kids to get inside and they could hardly stand up... They thought it was sooo funny that they couldn't stand up because the wind was sooo strong.... They rushed inside.... After things calmed down and it seemed whatever was happening was over with, we went to see what was going on and we found lots of damage ... I just snapped a few shots of some of the damage...

AWESOME!!!!

Some friends of ours taught a Bible Study today for 2 girls that has just started coming to church recently... As soon as Stephen and Joy were done teaching, Stephen talked a few minutes more and had prayer with those two young ladies and then he said "Do you want the Holy Ghost?" and one of them responded "yes" and he said "let's go into the Sanctuary and have prayer", within just a minute or two, she was speaking in tongues... Stephen had the great pleasure of getting to baptize her in the Name of JESUS!!! What an AWESOME day!!! This is what it's all about, folks! God is soooo very good to us!

What a great Sunday!!!!

Eli eating pickles with ranch dressing.. He was calling it chicken... Grandma and Ava Grace...

Jackson, Aiden, Chuck and Dawson...

Jackson, Aiden, Chuck and Dawson again...

Miquela, Dawson and Brayden...

Miquela, Dawson and Brayden again...

We went to Cock-of-the-Walk after church to eat... It was wonderful... We came home and took a nap and played with the babies a little bit before Chuck and Jenni had to leave... We had a great weekend...

4th Of July....

Uncle Stephen and Jackson chillin' Eli James... Soooo very cute....

Ava and Aiden eating and Maddy watching....
Aiden Alexander...
Ava Grace...

David and Marty holding the tent so it wouldnt blow away...

We celebrated 4th of July with Chuck, Jenni, Eli, Ava, Aiden, Heather, Stephen, Mom, John, Denise, Brayden, Miquela, Joy, Mason, Maddy, Marty, Amy, Mac, Vovie... We had a cookout at our house.... We usually go to World Baptist Center and watch Fireworks around 9:00 pm, but this year we didn't go because it started storming about an hour before we were suppose to leave... We watched Fireworks on TV instead... We had a great time and we made some great memories!!!!

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After everyone left I sat down with Jenni, Heather, and Mom to work on wedding stuff with Heather....

Our Friday...

Ms. Ava Grace loves her Uncle David... He loves her too!
Chuck and Aiden...

David and I slept in this morning... Oh my, I didn't wake up till 11:00 am and David didn't get up till 1:00 pm... We were wore out from a week of painting and cleaning and everything else that goes along with that... We didn't get in bed until around 3:00 am...

David and I got ready and went to CHICK-FIL-A with Mom, Jenni, Chuck, Eli, Ava, Aidan... We didn't know how to act without kids.... We missed our boys but we really enjoyed having a few days with just each other...

We went over to the mall and walked around a little while and then David and I went to eat with a good friend of ours for her birthday at Demos'.... We had a wonderful time!!!! Happy Birthday, Denise!!!!

Fun Day!!!

Amy, Mac and Vovie came over and we hung out for a while and then we took the kids to the Dam to play in the water... Such a nice day outside just to sit in the sun and relax....

Heather and Stephen came to our house and we went to dinner with them at Strattons and Dawson and Jackson went home with Heather... She will bring them home Saturday afternoon...

Dawson's room gets PAINTED!!!

We started Painting Dawson's room tonight... Dawson and Jackson each painted quite a bit of the first coat and they did a very good job! I was very excited to get his room painted and see the finished result... I started painting on Tuesday night and finished on Thursday afternoon.... I painted 3 walls khaki and David painted one wall Titan Blue (darker blue)... I'm really pleased with the results... Dawson loves his room and that makes me very happy!!!! I've got to go and find a few frames for his Titan's Memorabilia that he wants to display!

Summer Party!

All the kids... Zachary, Dawson and Brayden...

Jackson and Brayden... He wanted to

smile but he was trying hard not to...

I love this pic of Jackson...
We attended a Summer Party at Tammy's house today... The kids had a fun time of playing and wonderful food and the mommies got to sit and talk while the kids were playing...

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**copied the pics from my sister-in-law's blog**

Chick-Fil-A Day...

Denise, Amy, Tammy and I pray every Friday morning for an hour at the church... After prayer we are all ready for some lunch... Chick-Fil-A is usually our choice...

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I copied this picture from my sis-in-law's blog of the kids today... We are missing Miquela and Brayden.. By the time Tammy took the pic - they were already gone...

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I picked up Heather today from her work in Murfreesboro... She is spending the weekend with us!

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We went to dinner with Nate and Tam this evening at Cheddars!

June Bug's Fashion Show!

Wes, June, and Mason...

Joy and I attended June Bug's Fashion Show today! I'm sooo very proud of her! She made her skirt and she made a dress for Abby as well...

School Play!

Daddy and Dawson!

We attended Dawson's school play tonight... He did really well! I'm so proud of him for all his hard work this year! =) He is leaving elementary school behind... boo hoo... On one hand I'm excited for him to move on =), but on the other hand I'm very sad =( ... As his play was going on tonight, I was thinking to myself this is the last play he will ever be a part of in elementary school... Wwwwwaaahhhhh....

We have a great family and wonderful friends who came out to support him tonight! Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedules to come! Thanks to Aunt Tammy for taking pictures and putting them on a disk for me too! My mom was working so she couldn't be there... We ended the night with dinner at Don Pancho's and we really should have went somewhere else... Yuck. =)

Happy 39th Birthday, Tammy!!!

Stacey and Tammy...
Tammy with her cake!
Happy 39th!
Blowing out her candles...

They wiped whip cream on her face...

Opening presents...

Joy, Maddy, Me, Denise, Tammy, LaDessa and Stacey..

Us again with Brayden...

Some friends and I celebrated Tammy's (my sister-in-law) birthday at Tequila's (Tammy's favorite mexican restaurant)... There were a few more girls invited, but they had previous engagements and hated to miss.... It was a surprise party and she was TOTALLY surprised! We had a great time...

Happy Birthday David!!!!!!

Happy Birthday to David!!!! I took off work early today and we had a family birthday dinner at J. Alexanders... Yummo! J. Alexanders is one of David's favorite places to eat! David and I spent the rest of the day together... Aunt Tammy took Dawson and Jackson home with her for the afternoon! Thanks! =)

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David's birthday is actually May 2 but we had so much going on that we waited to celebrate on Sunday... The kids and I took him to eat on his actual birthday...

Happy 12th Birthday, Miquela!

We attended Miquela's birthday party tonight... We had a great time.. This is the only picture I took from Miquela's Birthday Party before my camera died....