Easter Weekend

On Saturday I had an appointment in Greenfield, so I stopped by my moms house. She had been/was spring cleaning and had some stuff for me to take home for a garage sale (Ashlynn's National Pageant Donation). I told them I would be back to get the stuff after the appointment.

Appointment didn't take long, cause they were closed due to the Easter Holiday. Well why didn't they tell me that when they set the appointment. Anyways I went back to moms, (a little pissed off) I found out that Candace and Brian were on there way. They were putting mulch down around the flowers beds. Adrian and Alden rode with Candace and they got there early. Only because she was suppose to wait on Brian at the BP in Brownsburg. Guess she got her gas and left. The guys were waiting on her, then decided to leave.

So the boys decided it was enough time to play for awhile!

Ashlynn rode in the truck with the guys. Candace said her ride was quiet this time. Ashlynn wanted to know if someone was going to take a picture, cause she was helping an old lady and it was part of her service. She has to do community service for her pageants.LOL

When the mulch truck got there everyone was trying to help.

On Sunday, here we go we are on our way to Tabetha and Daniel's house for Easter dinner. I had to change the batteries in the camera and didn't know that it took this picture of us, but oh well. Tabetha has made this her holiday for cooking. She has been doing the Easter Dinner for I think 3 years now. And we always have fun...

Tabetha made Ham, mac/cheese, corn, rolls, salad, and meatballs for subs. Danial doesn't like ham so he made a meatball subs. Everything really looked and tasted good.

She even baked cookies and a cake that she made into a bunny. It was so cute.

I think they are ready to eat. They couldn't hunt for the eggs until they eat their dinner
They all had to line up at the front door to start the egg hunt...Had to hide them indoors this year due to the weather. They were all over the house and some in plain view. Tabetha said she didn't really know how many there was, cause she lost count. At least they were plastic and filled with candy instead of a hard boiled egg that could really get to sticking up the place.
Daniel held Adrian back so the other 2 could get a head start. I guess Adrian had been snooping, trying to look for the eggs.

Jeremy had to do a scavenger hunt instead. There were clues everywhere. He would read one clue and it would give him a hint as to where the next clue was. He was upstairs and downstairs so many times, it was funny.

There was a clue in the pantry, the upstairs, then in the refrigerator, then back upstairs. It took him awhile but he found every clue and got to the giant egg filled with candy and some money...Yeah!
Alden checking out what he got in the bag. Had all sorts of candy from the egg hunt.Adrian, picking through his stuff.

And Ashlynn had already went through hers and was working on other things, like her pageant. Wow even got Scott playing golf on the WII. He said it was different, but it was fun. He needs all the practice in golfing he can get.
Back home and relaxing after an exciting day. Had a really good time, thanks again Tabetha and Daniel for having all of us over.

Well until next time, hope all is well and be safe in your journeys!

Good yard cleaning day!

Well I was out and about today cleaning the yard. My hostas are coming up everywhere...:) I started in the back and sort of worked my way to the front. The weather was great, in the low 80's with gusty winds. The cats even went for a few hours today. Candace and Brian came by today, grandkids too and Adrain took the picture of me and Jazmynn cleaning up. Well she was more like playing in it. They were digging in the dirt and moving it from one planter to another. I have been coughing and sneezing all day and I hope it's not allergies. But whatever it is I hope it goes away soon. Alden finally got papaw off the couch and took him to the park. He always likes to go to the park and today was a great day for that.

Alden and Papaw walking hand-in-hand coming back from the park. We thought maybe he was tired, but no Alden had to go pee. Do you know that little monster came to the yard, Just whipped it right out and peed on my tree, right where everyone could see him if there were someone to drive or walk by. Guess he couldn't hold it long enough to make it to the bathroom and he was ready to go back to the park after that...
I wish we had weather like this all the time, except for the gusty wind. Can't wait til it get nice enough to put the indoor plants outside again.

Well until next time...Hope all is well and be safe in your journeys...

Jazmynn's Birthday Party

Well it was another fun time in Brownsburg with everyone. This trip was for Jazmynn's Birthday. She turned 3 on April 7, same day as Tabetha... We had gotten there a little early so Alden could have some fishin time with Papaw. The were having such a good time. After a while Alden came and tackled me while I was watching them try to fish. The didn't catch any fish, but at least they still had fun. Then it was time for the PARTY! Tabetha and Daniel were running alittle late with the cake. The theme of this party was Dora the Explorer. A Big THANK YOU goes out to Patty Brewster Boothe for making another beautiful and delicious cake. There was no cake left after this party...:) Jazmynn really like her cake, she was ready to eat it before she blew out the 3 little candles. Pin the treasure chest was the first game the kids played. They all had their chances, with blind folds on, spinning in circles they all hit the same spot. Even Tabetha had her turn at it. They all cheated, cause come to find out you could see out the bottom of the blind fold. When we went outside, Jazmynn took her Dora balloon with her and it somehow got loose and stuck in a very tall tree. She was really upset, so Uncle Chad got the chipper truck bucket and got the balloon out of the tree and he got a big hug for doing that for her. Ashlynn and Jazmynn were playing very contently in there little house. The rest of the gang decided to play some kickball. It was Girls against the boys. The girls were sort of out numbers by 1 and they even had Alden on their team. He was so cute trying to run those bases. He would go to first, half way to second and then straight home. Third base was not on his agenda. I want you to know Scott played with a drink in hand... He even ran with the damn thing. Not sure if it got spilt or not, but he wasn't letting go of that drink. I didn't play, I was the picture taker. After the party was over and everyone was winding down and relaxing on the back porch the kids decided they were going to play in the mud puddles. There were 3 puddles and they were first riding their bikes through them and then Miss Ashlynn (Miss Indiana Supreme Queen) decided she was going to run through it, which was okay until someone told her to sit down in it and she eventually layed in the mud puddle. I do believe it was Aunt Patsy that was telling her to do it. Oh well, you hear of people taking a mud bath that it is good for the skin. We arrived back home around 8:00pm. Were suppose to go to another birthday party but we didn't make it to that one, nor did we make it downtown to Tabetha's party at the Cadillac Ranch. That's okay though guess we had a fun filled day and was really wore out by the time we got home. Thanks again to Candace and Brian for inviting us out. Well until next time...Hope all is well and be safe in your journeys.

Columbus, IN Dream Girl USA pageant

This past weekend was Ashlynn's Dream Girl USA pageant. It was in Columbus, IN. at the Holiday Inn... The girls (Candace and Tabetha) said that I should go and I really don't think I had a choice. I went and I think we all had a good time. We arrived around 3:30pm and just hung out in the room until it was time for us to register Ashlynn as Little Miss Brownsburg.

The girls were having a blast... All they wanted to do was eat all the goodies and and go swimming. Which we couldn't do until after the registration.
Tabetha went to get Ice.

Candace got the wardrobe room ready.

Time for registration and Ashlynn is looking her best ever and acting like Little Miss Attitude. Swimming was all that was on her mind at this time.
If you asked her if she was beautiful and ready to WIN it, she would say "Yes I am, so now lets get this show on the road, so I can go swimminnn. Swimming is all she wanted to do first, but she couldn't and had to wait til later. She was a little upset, but she got over it.

Early Saturday morning and we are trying to get ready. Tabetha is fixing hair bows and Candace starting on Ashlynn's hair and I am working on the nails. She is going to look gorgeous... She wouldn't sit still and was very fidgety...All 3 of us were working on her hair at sometime.

After all the fussing and cussing she turned out gorgeous.
A big THANK YOU goes out to Grandma Von Gibson for make this beautiful dress. It is bright pink with a silver sequin overlay, and sequin trim. It was made just for this little Princess...
Then we have a special occasion outfit. Black dress with silver sequins all over and black hat with silver sequin trim also. She had to do a little dance routine in this attire, and she didn't even mess up on anything. She got up there and did what she was suppose to do and she did great.
Then Casual wear. She got up there and did her thing . Made those little ruffles fly...

After all the events on Saturday we hung out in the room for awhile, tried to get the 2 little girls to take a nap before dinner, but that wasn't going to happen. The 2 little ones were sitting on the bed eating candy and watching cartoons, and the 2 big girls took a little nap. I had called Scott earlier and he had told me about a Mexican restaurant just down the street from where we were at (he knew the area because he worked on a house around there). Well, we took his advise and found a Mexican restaurant down the road. Come to find out it wasn't the same Mexican restaurant that he was telling me about, but another one. It worked for us and it was called El Nopel, and let me tell you the Strawberry Margarita's are very, very good. We got a pitcher of it with our meals, which came out to 2 glasses each, what a good idea. Our servers were very nice and polite. They were flirting with Ashlynn and Jasmine. Letting Ashlynn write on their Today's Special Board (which was a dry erase board) and even gave her an extra marker. We really had a good time there. We all left there a little tipsy. but we made it back to the hotel safe and sound. We adults really needed those Margarita's.
Everyone was piling on the bed and had a pillow fight when we got back. We were trying to waste time. Cause we 3 adults were in no shape to go swimming, but we did. Sat in the Hot tub and woke up with a soar back and not really sure why...

Tabetha did her workout each night. On Friday night Candace went down with her and only stayed about 10 min. So on Saturday night she had a new workout partner.

Sunday was the awards day. She received a trophy for participating, got 1st runner up on the Special Occasion Attire/routine and she WON Little Miss Indiana Supreme Queen for her Ball Gown attire. We were all crying at this point. We knew she could do it if she put her own mind to doing it. She did such a great job and she was tickled about everything. Hugs and Kisses and I love you Miss Ashlynn...

BUT... so glad to be home. It's quiet once again.

Well until next time...Hope all is well and be safe in your journeys.