January Highlights

2015 Jan - Kizoa Video Maker

FUN Stuff this month...Claire started Dance/Ballet with her friend (since 7 months old!) Sophie. They are adorable and loving it! We got a visit from Anna Morgan (Friends since freshman year at MSU!) and her 2 daughters (Joy and Mary Katharine) as they came to town for Joy to compete in a gymnastics meet. What a special time to enjoy her and her girls and Claire LOVED getting to play with the big girls and do gymnastics with Joy. The timing was perfect in that they babysat Joel and Claire for us as we went out to dessert fondue at Melting Pot with the Hintons and Stephens to celebrate Jeff turning 40! Handsome as ever! In his birthday card I wrote down the 40 things I loved about him and it took me about 40 seconds to come up with it! We are grateful for these 2 couples and such a rich and real friendship with them and their precious children! We also celebrated my bday since Jeff and I are one day apart...my milestone was 2 years ago :) Later in the month we got the pleasure of having Whitney (friends since my Jr year at MSU/her SR year H.S.) and her son Luke since they were in town for several days! Some friends can stand the test of miles, moves, marriages and mayhem (only M word I had for children!). She and I share the same birthdate - Cool! Along the way you'll see snaps of our morning at the zoo on MLK day with Jack (Jen and Sam were somewhere!) and a trip to the playground (Joel wants to go everyday!!!) and finally a visit from Grandmommy and Granddaddy! They picked quite the weekend to come...little did they know that within 6 hours of their arrival, Claire would come down with stomach bug and 24 hrs later after that, Jeff would have completed his GUT-wrenching experience! I have never prayed so hard to stay healthy! Not sure Joel was ready to take over for us all if I'd taken the dive! PRaise the Lord, I was spared...Poor Grandaddy made it back to Baton Rouge but the next day, had to deal with it. YUCK! Sorry Granddaddy! Memories..some so precious you could burn them on your soul, others, maybe you will laugh about someday :) Sooo blessed!