Mom & Dad's Visit

A few weeks ago my parents came for a visit. I was so happy because I hadn't seen them since December. They arrived Sunday, February 22nd, in the afternoon. We had a great time relaxing and catching up that evening and all day on Monday. Tuesday was actually Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) so we left Addison with the babysitter and took Mom & Dad to Mobile, AL to go to a parade. We have parades in Gulfport (and surrounding areas) but they just aren't as good as the ones in Mobile. We saw a couple, the first one wasn't all that impressive. The second one had really neat floats. Breakfast Cereal was the theme. I'll add a slide show later of all of the floats. Here are a few shots from that day....

Zachary & Dad on the way to Mobile

Sometimes Zachary likes getting his picture taken and sometimes he does not. This day was not a picture friendly Zachary.This was all before the first parade. Just killing time until it started.
I didn't bother posting any pictures from the first parade because it wasn't that exciting. We didn't get many beads because the women in front of us were hogging them all. I did get a picture of mom in action though.
Throw me somethin' Mister!
After the first parade was over we walked around a bit. Zachary walked over to these two police officers. One of them let him press a button. Zach had no idea that it was for the siren. It made him jump when it went off. I'm pretty sure I jumped too.

Before the second parade started we ate a little McDonald's.

This picture made me laugh because Zach and I have the exact same expression on our face.

For the second parade we moved to a better spot. Here we are waiting for it to start.

Here is the slide show of all the floats from the second parade. We lucked out and walked by them before it started so they were all lined up waiting to go.

Another afternoon that week we spent outside in the backyard....

Both Zach and Addie enjoyed having Grandma and Grandpa read stories to them at night.

On their last night here we took them to The Dock. It's a local restaurant that has really yummy burgers. They had a stage set up for a band but it was empty. They did have music playing over the speakers and Addison decided to have a go on the dance floor. If you can tell, she has her hands on her hips and kept them there.
We had a great time while you were here Mom & Dad. Come back soon!!!

Confirmation

Tonight I had my first confirmation class at our church, St. Mark's Episcopal Church. Until recently I had been a little reluctant about converting to the Episcopal faith. Not because I didn't like it but because I felt giving up being a Methodist was giving up part of who I was. Which is really silly because I've never been all that religious. When I was young I would throw a fit about having to get up to go to church. Not because I hated church but because I really loved to sleep in. But now that I'm older and have a family it is important to me that we are all the same religion. St. Mark's has just built a brand new beautifdul church not far from us. The old one was on the beach before Katrina. If you click here and scroll down a bit on the page you can see before and after pictures of the church on the beach. We had Addison baptised at the new church but unfortunately it was in a temporary "double wide" while the new one was being built. Like I said before, I've never been all that religious so I wasn't sure what to expect tonight. I was pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed listening to Father Roberts. He's a very down to earth type of man who has a great sense of humor. Speaking comes very easy to him. Which is not surprising given that he does it so often. I look forward to the rest of my classes. I think there are either five or six in total.

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A wee bit late...

I cannot believe I am just now blogging about our Christmas. Better late than never I suppose. It was a lot of fun this Christmas. Zachary was really in to Santa and putting things on his "list." We put out milk and cookies for the big guy downstairs by the couch so he could sit and rest and enjoy his refreshment. We put the tree upstairs in the game room again this year because I thought it just might be too much of a temptation for Addison. She has a habit of opening gifts before they are suppose to be opened. Besides that we really don't have a good spot in our den for a tree. Here's a picture of the tree, it was prettier in person. We ended up getting it kind of late so it was a little smaller than normal. It was still a good tree though.

On Christmas Eve after Addie had gone to bed Zachary took some pictures of the tree with his digital camera.
He thought it would be funny for the two of us to take a picture of each other taking a picture of each other.

This picture cracks me up. I think he looks like one of Santa's elves.

Zachary & Daddy

He decided to sing us a little song before going to bed.

On Christmas morning Zachary ran into our room around seven a.m. and asked if Santa had come. We went out to open our stockings and Addie woke up around that time. Afterwards we went upstairs to see what Santa had brought.

We had planned on Santa giving Addison her kitchen set but Zachary found the boxes out in the garage. We were afraid he would put two and two together so we said they were from mom and dad. Of course Addie needed her big brother to help her open it. It's not pictured here but Grandmama & Pop gave her the refrigerator.

Lainey wasn't really that impressed with the presents.

Addie's toe just cracks me up.

We went over to Jason's parents for the rest of the day. On the way there I went to take a picture of Zachary and he wanted me to take a pic of Anthony instead.

I didn't really take many pictures inside the house. I was too busy drinking mimosas I guess.

Zachary got a Handy Manny Doll and tools. He walked around the house trying to fix things.
It was actually pretty warm that day. Didn't really feel like Christmas weather but it was still a lot of fun. Grandmama & Pop gave the girls each a wagon. It was a big hit!

I didn't get very many pictures of the adults that day but I thought this picture of Sarah & Sophie turned out a little weird. Look at Sarah's hand. She was obviously moving it.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I really enjoyed getting everyone's cards this year. Hope y'all are having a good new year!!