It's my B*I*R*T*H*D*A*Y WHOOHOO

Yes that's right today I am 25 yrs old ( and 1461 days making me 29). Ha. Yea that's the truth TWENTY NINE. It's the last year I get to say I'm twenty something. But it's like I told my sister in law it beats the alternative. I had a pretty good day. Laura came over and we just chilled out,then I got the kids ready for VBS and we went to that. And I got such a blessing when I got there. All the kids sang to me. Which really made my day. Then Josh comes walking in the Sanctuary while we were all in there and he brought in a gigantic cake ( made by his mom) That was delicious. It was home made with home made icing. So good. And I got a bunch of Happy birthdays and a few gifts. See below



A heart shaped mirror compaque and initial bracelet ( Lindsey) a beautiful saphire and diamond bracelet ( mom - in - law) and it's all on top of my GALz ( GordoAlabamaLadies) shirt ( seceret sister). I love t-shirts. So this was perfect. I wore my inital bracelet all night. I am so thankful to everyone who made my day special.. THANKS






I also took a few more pictures tonight at VBS. The kids had a great time and it was the last night. It was rainy and stormy so we were all couped up inside but it never phased them. We had so much fun this week. I got a blessing from working with them. I was always afraid to step out of my comfort zone and voluteer to help with these things but I am so happy I decided to. I really enjoyed it.



Ace with his S M I L E stickers on his face after we made cafts tonight.













All the grown ups and a few parents waiting upstairs while the tornado warning was in effect.















Downstairs in the Youth room. All the kids joined in just as Tyler and Devin were giving their testamonies. I am SO glad we got to hear them. They are two amazing young men.











Ace in his rain boots. While we waited downstairs.

AliPaige and Summerlyn. I use to have Miss Summerlyn in my daycare class when she was two. That really makes me feel old.

Summerlyn and Tyler Lee. Love em...

Brady was out after we went down stairs. He filled his tummy with some yummy hamburgers and crashed

Tyler harrassing Sam, and Grace laughing about something.

Well once again that is all the VBS pictures for now. But like I said I'm sure there will be more after Sunday so keep checking.

This is Ace as I was uploading the pictures. He just HAD to sit on my lap. But after 2 seconds he said he was " fweepy" sleepy. And this is what happened shortly after. He is such a sweet little man. I am going to miss these days when he no longer wants to sit in mommy's lap and cuddle. So I take advantage of it everytime I get.

I got another little tid bit that I got of the " Wellans blogspot " so here are my ABC's

ABC's Of Me
A - Age: 29 as of TODAY!!! Yes today s my birthday!!

B - Bed size: King. After #2 joined us in the bed it had to grow and it makes okay space since #3 came along. Every now and then we have the family of 5 in one bed

C - Chore you hate:WASHING the dishes. I cannot handle putting my hand in water and touching something soggy. BARF-

D - Dog's name: Scooter. God love him

E - Essential start your day item: TEA to take the meds!!!

F - Favorite color: RED mostly candy apple red

G - Gold or Silver: Gold for wedding rings and silver for the other jewelry

H - Height: 5'3 and a half"

I - Instruments you play: I played the piano for a little bit when I was like 11

J - Job title: Domestic Engineer- great title- mommy, nurse, taxi driver, chef, maid, booboo kisser, counselor, pretty much a do it all"er"

K - Kid(s): 3 Preston (6) AliPaige(3) and Ace (2)

L- Living arrangements: House built in 2000, little over 2100 sq ft. 3 bedrooms 2 bath. perfect for our little family of 5

M - Mom's name: TINA and Nana

N - Nicknames: Mom, Mama,

O - Overnight hospital stay: OKAY where do I start. Endometreosis in 2001 and was told I would have difficulties having kids but 7 months later I was pregnant , Birth of my three kids, surgery to repair the birth of my first ( yeah don't go there) ,sinus surgery, and so many overnight stays for migraines it's not possible to count them

P - Pet Peeve: smacking, slurping, crunching, and noise while eating - whinny kids - bratty kids- and ungrateful people

Q - Quote from a movie: I'm happier than a tornado in a trailer park- Cars.

R - Right or left handed: Right

S - Siblings: 1 sister- Sabrina (31) 1 half-sister Kelley(17) one half brother-Trent (12), one step -sister Wendy(29) and one step brother Will (29). I love them all dearly but unfortunately I don't ever get to see ANY of them. They are scattered all the way from Mobil Al, to Franklin Ky.

T - Time you wake up: Oh I wake up all the time 1, 3, 5 but I get up around 9 if we don't have school, but about 6:30 otherwise

U - Underwear: is a good thing to have. but always clean of course

V - Vegetable you dislike: well use to I would say ALL of them but I have been trying a lot of them the past year and I like pretty much all of them so far.

W - Ways/Reasons you run late: OH no no no no. I don't do LATE. I am always early if I am on time I am late. I hate to be late

X - X-rays you've had: Head, neck, chest, tummy, arm, leg, teeth, Yeah that pretty much covers it

Y - Yummy food you make: That would be my Cheese potato soup. OR chili ( man this makes me wish it was 40 degrees outside)

Z - Zoo animals you like: the baby gorilla's. SO cute and so sweet. But when I was at the San Diego Zoo we got to see a famous Koala that had been name from someone in China ( that's why I can't remember it's name) but it was a World wide contest to name it. It was really the cutest thing there.

Now all of you do it!!!

I hope all of you have a great Saturday.

LeighAnne

I know I know......

Okay I know it's been a while since I posted. Sorry. We have been busy with baseball practice, doctors appointments, and VBS. We have had baseball practice 3 days this week and the team is really shaping up. We practiced at 3:30 pm and YES it was HOTTTTT. Then on Tuesday I had a neurologist appointment and Wednesday Ace had a Asthma appointment. Both went really well no big changes. Ace still has to stay on the nebulizer twice a day and inhaler every time we go outside or play excessively. Okay does anybody know how a 2 yr old doesn't play excessively.
But then we have had VBS since Monday. We have had between 140-160 attendance this week so far. Which is GREAT. But it makes a LOT of kids in every room. I had the 2 and under group. We only had 7 kids so far but we have 4 teachers so it has been really great. Josh has had the 5th and 6th grade with Jimmy Jones. They have had 15-20 a night. He has really enjoyed it. We have had 3 kids get saved so far which if one got saved it makes the whole process worth all the tiredness and stress. We have had supper every night, music by Miss Tina Jones who is doing a great job teaching these kids all the VBS songs, crafts by Lindsey and Leslie, and Missions by Kimberly Posey. So the kids have been very busy while we are there. Now it's Friday night and our class was supposed to play outside in the pool and sprinkler but it's raining. JUST great. You can't really hold 2 year olds attention for more than 5-10 minutes at a time. I'm sure we will manage. Well here are some pictures from this week so far...




Brady was TERRIFIED of the puppets Oscar and Olivia.

Mostly the girls danced.

AliPaige and Grace

AliPaige learning the Boomerang Express song.

Ace going head first down the slide

Brady Jones. He is just like a miniature Jimmy Jones. You just have to know Jimmy.

Ace doing his CHEESE pose.

Miss Emily. She was one of my favorites. I could just eat her up she is so cute.

Ace and Nannie watching Oscar and Olivia.

This is our sweet group. Along with Miss Kimberly, Lauren and Tracey

AHHHH cousinly love

Some of the kids co-operated and some just didn't

Merridith just going along with the program. She was sooo cute

AliPaige and Faith. I just LOVE their faces.

During the closing service. He was a little too excited to stay still

Ace was just peeking out the top of the swing set. Little blurry but he was moving

This was Preston's class. YES ALL 40 of them. Poor Miss Brenda

Meredith pointing to JESUS!!

One of Ace's crafts. It's his little hand with paint. He helped can't you tell.

This is Emily. Isn't she precious. She is tooo cute. And one of the sweetest children.

AliPaige and Meridith trying to figure out what to do.

Kids in motion. AliPaige was doing the choo choo train

Preston paying attention to the song leader.



Well that's about all of VBS for now. But I promise there will be more we have a swimming party Sunday. And I really want a picture of the kids and their shirts. We made shirts with their hands on one side and it said take my hand and... and on the back it said follow me to Jesus and it had their feet. Really cute but it took forever to do. Two year olds don't have much of an attention span. I hope that everyone had a blessed week like I have.


LeighAnne

OHHH YEAH... Almost forgot

And on another note. Awhile back I asked you to pray for this little baby whose button was on the right on my screen. Well the " MOM " of April Rose made the whole story up. She used the " blogging " world to get money and sympathy and notoriety all from a fictitious story. There were many involved that believed her and helped this woman but in the end it just goes to show you got to be care full who you chose to help.