Viv's Jr. Prom

My second oldest granddaughter went to her Jr. Prom on Saturday.

I can't believe that she's that old already.

I remember when her mom and dad went to their Sr. Prom.

 

Anyway,

here are some pictures of my beautiful granddaughter.

 

 

and here's a picture of her with her sister and brother, Liv and Jesse.

 

 

and then Fatima, Vivianna, Jesse and little Jesse

 

 

I think Jesse and Fatima have 3 great kids!!



A Wedding is in Our Family's Future!!

My son Jesse and daughter-in-law Fatima

are officially getting married in Sept.!!

 

Jesse and Fatima have been together for 19 years and have 3 kiddo's.

 

I went to watch her try on dresses,

with not much success,

but I was entertained by my 5 year old grandson Jesse.

 

 

 

Jesse is so darned cute!

He just kept giggling and giggling.

Jesse wants me to wear a rainbow wig, a rainbow dress

a red nose and paint my face white for the wedding.

That would be funny huh?!?!?

 

I also caught him peaking up a maniquins dress.

Hee!  Hee!

 

I had fun with the grandkids and I can't wait to see which dress Fatima picks!!

A Surprise Party for Me!

My sneaky daughter, Lexie planned a surprise party yesterday for my upcoming birthday. She had all the kids (except 1 who was at a wedding) and grandkids there and she definitely did surprise me. I can't believe that all the kids and Earl kept the party a secret. I had so much fun!!!

Me and my girls

My sneaky daughter Lexie

Earl and the two Jesse's being silly!

I'll show some more pictures tomorrow.

Thanks again guys!!!

You made your momma very happy!

Annie Dolls and a Picture of Our New Little Doll

I've never made a doll before, but I have always wanted to, so when I saw Aunt Pitty Pat's Sugar and Spice Annie Doll Swap I thought I'd give it a shot. I'm so glad I did! I found out that Marcel (Aunt Pitty Pat) is from my home town, Wichita, Kansas and I met a wonderful new friend through this swap, my partner, Valerie. Valerie had never made a doll before either so this was a tense but exciting swap for both of us!

This is the cute little doll that Valerie made for me. She is so cute!!! Her dress has beehives on it and then the little apron has a dragonfly button sewn on. Her red hair is pulled back on the top and tied with a ribbon. She is so cute!! I love her big eyes too!



Val also sent me a kit to make a different doll and a pincushion out of my all time favorite cowboy fabric. Val's 14 year old grand daughter has caught the Annie bug and is making her own doll. I can't wait to see it when she's done!

This is the doll that I made for Val. I wasn't to sure about the hair so I decided to put it up in rag curls and then made a nightie and a robe for her. I tea stained her and decided she was to dark so I put her in the washing machine (not really the best idea on retrospect!) and then I had to redo some of the paint on her face and all of her rag curls. Her neck got a little crease in it from washing her, but all in all I was happy with her.

Then my Ezie was home sick one day and I was working on Val's doll. He wanted me to make him a doll and I told him later after I finished this one I would try to make a boy doll. Then Ezie comes out of my craft room with some WWE fabric that I had bought to make him a pillowcase and had an idea for me to make a boy doll for him. He said he would stuff it if I would sew it for him. How could I resist?? So this is not the cutest doll, but Ezie loves it and who am I to discourage creativity?!?!?

I hope Triple H doesn't mind being made into a rag doll!

This is the newest Grand baby, Jesse II with my son, Jesse

I've had my grand daughters since Thursday night. Last night at 9:00 my two, the neighbor girl and my grand daughters had a picnic in the driveway. They were outside or on the computer playing all day yesterday and we only had one or two little spats. Not to bad!

Thanks Marcel for hosting the Annie Swap and encouraging me to join and thanks Val for the cutest little Annie doll!! I really love her!

I've Been a Bad Blogger!

I have been busy with babysitting and crafting. I get tired easily and my legs hurt if I stand to long or if I sit to long. I guess these are my excuses for being such a bad blogger. I am looking forward to school being out and although we need the money I really hope that I don't have to babysit over the summer. Babysitting this little girl has made me appreciate my own kids so much! She is a handleful and a half!

On a happier note we should be having a new grandbaby any day now. Jesse, II is due tomorrow and I think the Dr. will induce Fatima next week if she doesn't go on her own. I'm excited to have grandchild #9 arrive safe and sound. Two of my sons had birthday's last week, Jesse turned 28 and Jeremy turned 32. I can't believe that my boys are getting so old!! When did they grow up??? Anyway, I thought I would share some new pictures of some of my grandbabies.

My oldest grand daughter, Sabrina.

Anthony loving his watermelon!

Austin is 6 months old now and loves that he can sit up by himself now!
He's pulling himself up on the furnisher already.

Slow down Bud!

Chad, Jr. is 4 months old now.

He has the biggest smile and don't

you just want to pinch those cheeks!!

Have a wonderful weekend. We're going to, hopefully, put a piece of equipement together for the kids to play on and have a BBQ tomorrow for who ever wants to come over and help.

The Shower's Over, Now Just Waiting on the Baby!

Yesterday we had a shower for my daughter-in-law, Fatima. It was a family type shower, my kids and some of their friends families. It went well and they received some really nice things for Jesse, II.

The kids LOVED the chocolate fountain and making their own fruit kabobs!!

My daughter, Lexie and her friend Amber, made the little train to put on the cake.

Good Job Lexie and Amber!!

Lexie and Amber also made little trains out of different kinds of chocolate for the party favors.

I made candy cups with little engineers stuck into them.

This is the little engineer we used for the invitations and for some of the decorations.

This is the whole train we used for a decoration. I laminated it gave it to Fatima to use in the baby's room for a decoration.

and this is Jesse and Fatima with baby #3 due in 28 days.

and Baby Makes Three!!!

I just found out that my third son, Jesse, and his wife Fatima are expecting another baby!! Yay!! Congratulations Jesse, Fatima and girls!!!!

My 3rd Son Jesse is 27 Today!

Happy Birthday Jesse!!

This is Jesse on His first Birthday

I think he is about 2 here

5th grade?

Jesse and his family in January 2008

I had these in the computer already but didn't mark the ages on them, silly me. Anyway, Happy Birthday Jesse. Jesse is my third son and and he is 27 years old today! My Jesse has always taken the hard road at life, but he has turned into a good husband, father and man. Jesse will always fight for what he believes in where as I would just sit back and be quiet. I admire this quality about Jesse even if I don't always agree with him. I am very proud of you Jesse and I love you so much!