February happenings!

Jackson is still a part of AWANA and he LOVES it. I am amazed each week at just how much he is learning and just how great his teachers are!

Jonathan and Jackson decided to play in the mud one Saturday. It was so fun to watch them! Jackson was sort of unsure about it at first but quickly jumped in and had a blast!! It is nice to have concrete floors for easy clean up when they decided to come in!!=)

The Hoggs saw a show in New Orleans and stayed with us for the night. It was SO much fun having them here. Ethan and Jackson were so cute. Jackson still talks about Ethan a lot!

Boyd and Patsy came to visit and just left this morning after a long weekend. It was so nice to have family come and visit. We had loads of fun from eating out, visiting New Orleans, to hiking!





We also had a super bowl party. It was so refreshing to have college students in our home again. I forgot how much I missed having them around!


A weekly event around here is cooking dinner with our neighbors. We love having them over, teaching them how to cook, and investing in them.



Jonathan is AMAZING!! One Saturday I decided it was time to cover our chairs! Now keep in mind the chairs are my grandmothers whom is 94! The chairs are very very old and needed some love! We went to Hobby Lobby and Jonathan picked out the fabric and as soon as we got home he got straight to work and before lunch they were all done! I am so thankful for his work ethic!!

Valentine's Day was so much fun. We have some friends in town that invited us to a Valentine's Party. It was fun to meet new people and to hang out with old ones. Jackson had a blast passing out his valentine's and also playing with his friends. Jackson also made me a music box at Lowe's the week before. It was so cute and I am so thankful for his sweet gifts!!



Can't wait till March!

They arrived.....

So I guess that the weather in Dallas improved because as of yesterday our Valentine's Day cards arrived...=) We really like them and hope you do too!!

Bad News...

So bad news.... We ordered our Valentine's Day cards 8 days ago! And today I tracked them on UPS and they are stuck in Dallas because of "Adverse weather conditions"! What is up with that??!! Oh well, I guess this year the cards will be a Happy "Late" Valentine's Day!

January...

January is almost over and I can't believe that we have been in Hammond for almost 2 months. Some days it seems like we have been here forever and other days it seems like we just moved here. We still miss things about Ruston but we are learning how to make Hammond home. We love discovering new places and making new friends. Jackson is a part of Awana at FBC Hammond on Sunday nights and he is really enjoying being around the same kids each week. We really like it as well because we have always been a fan of the Awana program. We are still on the hunt for a new church. There are so many to choose from and each are so different. We are finding that it is a good thing and a bad thing! We just wish Emmanuel of Ruston would move to Hammond=) Students started back last week and it was so great to be around them! We got to experience our first Free Lunch and Jonathan spoke at the Worship service called Fuse. He did a great job and it made me really excited about this semester and this stage in ministry. We also got our picture taken for our annual Valentine card...

Merry Christmas 2010 in rewind.

So many gifts!!

Jackson loves him some Lelia!

WHITE CHRISTMAS!

Flintstone Christmas


Hopkinsville Christmas

YUMMY ice cream! (I just love this picture:)

We stayed with the Hogg's while we were in Ruston for Mark and Callie's wedding. Fun fun times!!

Fun wedding.. Jonathan's first wedding and he did so great!

Talking about Jesus=)

Happy Birthday Jesus!

Lights at City Park in New Orleans!

Hammond thus far!!

So we have been in Hammond for a little over a week now and we are adjusting. We like our new place a lot and we (well I) really like that Target is 3 exits from my house! I find that if I am having a bad day all I have to do is run to Target and look around. It seems to make all things better!! haha

Things we love about Hammond are:
our ice machine in our refridge
the closeness to New Orleans and shopping
the Walmart lines!! (we counted 6 cashiers waiting to check people out!! It was AMAZING!!)

Things we miss about Ruston:
My phone actually working in my house
Cable!!
Emmanuel!! (we miss it A LOT!!)
Friend!

Here are some pictures of things that have been going on..

Our first meal in our new home..haha

Jackson putting his hand print on our homemade Christmas skirt..=)

Thanks Nana!

Hammond Christmas Parade.. Look at all those beads!

Ready for the parade!

Ready for the Christmas deal that the BCM!! It was a blast!!

The Bidding is Over

Thank you so much for the bids you placed on the print from Robyn Crumby for the adoption. The bidding is over and the print is sold! Thank you much!