Graduates

So...my sister, Alycia, and sister-in-law, Haley, graduated Saturday from LA Tech! I am so proud of both of them for their hard work!

This is Ms. Paige (MIL), Haley, Justin, & Forrest (Uncle in Law??)

We had Haley's Nursing Pinning earlier in the week, and she received the Campus Clinical Award for her  great job while doing clinical rotations. She will soon be moving to Shreveport to start her nursing career there.

On Friday before my family came in....I came down with a stomach virus so needless to say my house was not in shape for my entire family to see it! My sweet mom stayed up Friday night to help get it ready, and I was feeling better Saturday to finish up the rest.

Mom, Alycia, & Dad


I have to say that my sweet hubby worked extra hard getting our yard ready for my family . I will have to post pics soon!

not the best pic of me...maybe I was still sick???

Whew!

It has been a CRAZY few weeks! I have had events almost every night of the week and have traveled home to my mom's for different events also.....so here a recap

One of my best friends from college, Kris, is having a baby girl named Liddy! My sister, Alycia, and I helped host Kris a baby shower in Glenmora. We did the cake (well ordered it) and made the punch. She had such cute decorations and got lots of cute girly things for precious little Liddy. 


That weekend was also mother's day and I got to spend time with my mom and Meme, which was lots of fun. We all went shopping and ate together that Saturday night before Mother's Day...sadly I did not take any pics.

The next weekend was my baby sister, Alexis', prom. She looked beautiful and so grown up! I did her make up and we had lots of fun "primping."

Man...she grew up fast! This week/end has been field with graduation activities for my sister, Alycia, and sister-in-law, Haley. My whole family is up in Ruston! I will update after all the activities are over!

Historic Weekend

On Friday, April 29, 2011, I oohed and awed over the ROYAL WEDDING! My hubby thought it was ridiculous, but I thought that is was so great to see a country celebrate something good in a world where we see mostly bad...

I thought Kate Catherine looked beautiful in her wedding gown! And the way that Prince William looked at her made me feel as if they were truly in love! I must say the "double kiss" was so sweet! Can you tell I'm a hopeless romantic???

I also loved Catherine's second dress...really classy and sheek.

And I must not forget about the hats a.k.a. facilitators....some were great...others were a bit too much for me. Overall, I would love this trend! It's so formal and fun!

And now for the news, we, as Americans received last night....

Osama bin Laden was killed on 4/1/11 in a Navy Seal operation while living in a giant compound (mansion) in Pakistan. I have to document where we were when we heard the news. I was ironing clothes (so memorable! haha!) and Justin was watching ESPN (typical)...then ESPN had a breaking news interruption where they switched to CBS to share the news. Justin called me in the living room and we began watching (of course we then turned to a major network b/c ESPN only covered so much of it! :))

I didn't know what to feel at first because...Yes, he is a man that has caused so much pain and suffering on innocent lives, but he is still a child of God. I know he may be "evil," but I am still uncomfortable celebrating death in such a Loud, Extravagent way???? Anyway, he is dead and now the world waits in fear for a retaliation . I hope this did bring peace to the victims' families of 9/11, and I am so proud of our military men and women. Even though this took almost 10 years....our fighting men and women never gave up. I am proud to be an American. God Bless the USA!

 

**Unfortunately, I did not get an invite to the Royal Wedding so obviously all of these photos were taken from google images.**