My Mary Rose

My sweet Mary Rose just turned four! I can't believe that she is so big now and that she is my baby!! It was rough getting her here, but we have been so grateful for every day that we have had with her! She is the only child that I have who I have been privileged to spend so much one on one time. She makes me laugh so much!! She accepts me and loves me for who I am and I do the same for her. I hope we will always share the same bond that we share now and I hope she will always know how much we love her! Love you               SPECIAL!!!!

Turkey day,Christmas Decorating, and Gingerbread houses

Christine's Prize Winning House

Deck the Halls!

                                                           The Cousin Crew

Chad chilling with his dad

Grandma Myers with Mary Rose

WHEW!!! It has been quite a while since I updated my blog!! We have been busy!! I have been dashing around town, trying to finish up Christmas shopping and cooking like a storm, and of course seeing TWILIGHT!! I have been 4 times and counting. YES I am a freak!! Thanksgiving was fun. My sister Anna came with her husband Andrew and the twins. My aunt and my cousins came. My cousin Tony brought a WONDERFUL ham and Turkey. My sister Laura came with her husband, John, and her three boys, Chad's parents came and they brought Chad's niece Emily. All of the kids got along wonderfully well and had a great time together! We Enjoyed seeing Chad's parents and spending time with them. I do indeed have a lot to be thankful for. A few days after Thanksgiving, we decorated for Christmas. A few days after that, I turned a year older and I celebrated by making gingerbread houses with some friends, the George family. Thanks guys for making it a special day!!! I have great memories of making gingerbread houses growing up and this brought them all back. The kids had fun and I think the adults did too. Christine's house won for the prettiest house. She tells me that it didn't make it though, it was eaten!! I hope everyone has a fabulous Holiday season and a very Happy new Year. Enjoy the pictures!! Love to you all, Dawn

Karate Tournament and Turkey cupcakes

Here is the prized trophy!!!



She did great!!!



o.k. I'm nervous!!!



THis is her before her turn, feeling good!!


Emma competed Saturday in a Karate Tournament. She was really nervous, but se did well. I am so proud of her for doing her best!! She got second place and she was thrilled with her trophy! I spent the whole day making Turkey cupcakes. What as moms compels us to do these things so that we can feel like a good mom?? I spent all day and I don't even think they look like turkeys. I hope everyone has a great Turkey Day!! Love to all, Dawn

Tag I'm it

     
1. Do you like blue cheese? No. Blech.
2. Do you own a gun? Heck no. My kids would shoot eachother.
3. What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic? None. It just ruins the taste of the Diet Coke
4. Do you get nervous before doctor Appointments? My own, no. My kids, sometimes.
5. What do you think of hot dogs? Hate them
6. Favorite Christmas movie? ITHe original Miracle on 34th street
7. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Diet Coke
8. Can you do push-ups? No way
9. Age? 33 almost 34
10. What's your favorite piece of jewelry? I have a long silver necklace I got from a flea market. I like that
11. Favorite hobby? Do I have time for a hobby?
12. Favorite Actor? Right now it is the guy who plays Edward in Twilight
13. Do you have A.D.D.? What was the question? I wasn't paying attention
14. What's one trait you hate about yourself? I'm fat
15. Middle name? Marie
16. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment: This takes a long tim, My kids are driving me crazy, I'm hungry
17. Name 3 things you bought yesterday/today? birthday present for Abby's friend, gas, lunch
18. 3 drinks you regularly drink? diet coke, diet coke, diet coke.There are other drinks than that?
19. 3 Current worries? Will Chad get home from work in time to get Abby to her party on time, Where is mom?, I have to get dressed to go out to dinner.
20. Favorite place to be? Home
21. How did you bring in the New Year? I don't remember, I think I slept
22.Where would you like to go? Paris

24. Do you own slippers? Nope.
25. What shirt are you wearing? Red shirt from Old Navy
26. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? Nope
27. Can you whistle? I don't think so
28. favorite color? Pink.
29. Would you be a pirate? No, THey never brush their teeth
30. What songs do you sing in the shower? Whatever song I heard last on the radio. Sometimes Primary Songs
31. Favorite girl's name? boy's name? Girls- Abigail, Emma, nd Mary Rose. I've always liked my name too. For Boys I always liked the name Aaron
32. What is in your pocket?Nothing
33. Last thing that made you laugh? An incident at Abby's school where a boy started looking up body parts in the dictionary. He asked Abby how to spell Virginia. She then sid that it wasn't virginia and she knew because she talked about it all the time at church
34. Best bed sheets as a child? smurfs
35. Worst injury you've ever had? dry socket from wisdom teeth
36. How many TVs do you own? 3
37. Who is your loudest friend? LaLa
38. How many dogs do you have? none. Don't want any
39. Does someone have a crush on you? JI hope not. That's kind of creepy
40. What is your favorite book(S)? Pride and Prejudice. The poisionwood Bible
41. Where were you born? Memphis, in the same hospital Elvis died in, actually.
42. What is your favorite candy? Milky Way
43. Favorite Sports Teams? I hate sports
44. What songs do you want played at your funeral? Don't really want to think about that. Ewww
45.What are you doing at 12 A.M.? Sleeping
46. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up?Are the girls getting ready for school?
47. Do you live away from your home town? nope. Lived here my whole life
48. Do you like to celebrate the holidays? SI like to get gifts and give gifts.
49. Do you own/use exercise equipment, if so what kind? I have a treadmill we never use it.
50. What do you think of this long list of questions? Its long. I need a nap now.

Happy Halloween

                This is my friend Jessica. She is always looking out for me and she's a wonderful friend to have. I think Heavenly Father watches out for us and sends us fabulous friends just when we need them! She always makes me laugh until I cry!!!
                                        I think this is Aliya. Sorry they are identical
                                        Abigail wanted to be a banana :)
                         Mary Rose wanted to be Super Girl for the 3rd time
                                                       Emma wanted to be a bear

I am sick with some kind of weird virus, I have chills and a fever, but I HAVE to update my blog. Yes I am addicted. It was a wild and crazy halloween week. I am the room mom for Mary Rose's Pre school class and everything went fine. I made appearances at Abby's and Emma's parties where I ran up and down the stairs trying to split myself in two trying to be the ever fair mother. We went to the Trunk or Treat where the kids had a great time, but I was frantic the whole time because my mom was two hours late with no phone call. I made her give me the cell phone number of her boss so it won't happen again. My heart can not handle such things. My sister Anna came through town with her precious twins on the way to visit her in laws. We had lunch with them before everything got crazy with the parties.  On Halloween night, my dear friend Jessica invited us to Trick or treat with their family and a few other couples in Collierville. The girls cleaned up on candy and had a wonderful time.  Enjoy the pictures!! Love to you all, Dawn

Roosevelt as Minnie Mouse

We entered a pet halloween costume contest for a local radio station. Our very mellow cat let us dress him up as minnie mouse. It was too cute not to share. Happy Halloween!!

Buckets of Fun!!!

A friend of mine made one of these for me last year. I thought I would "copy" the idea and give them as gifts to the teachers at school. It was fun! You use a plastic paint bucket, fabric, and modge podge. I thought they turned out cute! Love to you all! Dawn

Yellow Belt

Emma has been taking Taekwondo this year and she just earned her yellow belt. She has had so much fun and is really talented in it! Who knew?? She wants to someday be a black belt. I think she secretly likes the yelling part! She takes all of her frustration out that she has with her little sister!! Keep kicking Emma!!!

Pumpkin Patch

Every year we visit the pumpkin patch as a family. Every one had fun picking out their pumpkin, bringing it home, carving it(Chad's job), and eating the seeds that we toasted after. THey turned out very Halloweeny!! I love Halloween! It is the beginning of great weather and fun times!! Love to you all, Dawn

You are Beautiful!!!!

I had something really funny happen today that I had to share. I have been feeling really low lately about my weight and how I look. Today, Mary Rose and I were walking into a store and this little 4 or 5 year old boy pointed at me and said, "mommy, that lady is REALLY beautiful!! She has a really pretty necklace too. The mom and I started laughing and I told him he really made my day. For all those who think they are not beautiful, someone thinks you are!! love to you all, Dawn

My Emma Lou

                                                       Keep Rocking EMMA!!!
                                                  She has always been a goof!!!
                            This was the day we brought her home from the hospital
                                                  This is Emma at about 6 months

My Emma is turning 7. I can not believe how grown up she is. I am so proud of her. She is a beautiful, confident young girl who knows who she is and where she is going. She loves to be her and I love to watch her grow and become who she is. As soon as she was put in my arms, I knew Heavenly Father gave her to me as a precious gift and I have been so grateful for her every day. She makes me laugh and she touches me a great deal with the kindness that is in her heart. She says she is going to buy a house next door to me and live with me forever. I wish that comes true with all of my heart! One of my favorite quotes I have heard is, "Having a child is making the decision to have your heart go walking around outside of your body." That is my EMMA.  We had her birthday party today. It got a little crowded at the end, but I think it went well. She had a great time and LOVED all of her presents. Especially her guitar. She has wanted one for quite awhile.  Dave Sparkman got a lot more pictures than we did. I always forget to take pictures at parties, because I get so busy. When he gives them to us, I will post them. Thank you Dave!!!We love you EMMA LOU!!!!!

My Little Brother's Birthday

Every year, we try to do something positive on my brother's birthday to honor him and the joy he brought to all of our lives. This year, his birthday(Oct.9th) happened to coincide with the girls' fall break. My mom and I took the girls to Lamberts. It is a restaraunt in Sikeston, Missouri. Derrick loved to take dates there and he loved the food. The girls love to catch the rolls. We found a huge park there too for the kids to run around in. We had a little mishap that caused a 5 hour trip to be a 10 hour trip, but I am not confessing to it for the sake of Marital harmony. I am positive Chad gets really tired of the dumb things I do, so this time, I told him I just would leave that part out of it and not tell him what I did. (He reads the blog). We did have a great time. Friday, Chad took the day off and we took the kids to Graceland. I have lived here my whole life and have never been there. Derricks nickname was always Elvis. He looked freakishly like him. We thought it fitting. The girls thought it was really cool Especially the plane. I had them go around the parking lot and look at all the license plates to see how many people from all over the world come and see Graceland. Emma said he must have been really rich and had at least 1000$. I still miss my brother every day, but it helps to do something positive where we laugh and have a good time. I am sure he would want it that way. We took the pictures of Graceland on a disposable camera because we forgot ours. I can't figure out how to download them so use your imagination. It was great! love to you all, Dawn

This Little Piggy Went Where????

I heard Mary Rose yesterday singing to herself, so I sat down beside her to see what she was singing. She was singing, "This little piggy went to TARGET, this little piggy stayed home." I think it is official now, I spend way too much time at Target. :) Love to you all, Dawn

GNO and the lichterman nature center

Emma and I recently had a girls night out just the two of us. We were celebrating a week of homework with no tears. Yeah!!! We got all dressed up and had a great time!! Today we went to the lichterman nature center. I haven't been there since I was a child. It was really fun! They had a lot of crafts to do with the kids and an obstacle course where they pretended to be birds. They had a live animal show where they got to pet a snake, a pigeon, a BIG bullfrog and a possum. YES a possum. I thought that one was gross, but the others were pretty neat. The kids all had to raise their hands when they had a question. Mary Rose figured she had to as well, but she could only think of one question . She kept asking, "does them have teeth?" She asked this about every animal. The man was really nice about it and answered yes each time. She thought she was really big!! On Wednesdays they have raindrop kids for 3-5 year olds where they learn about animals and make a craft. Mary Rose and I will be there Wednesday if anyone wants to join us! Love to you all, Dawn

Oh Deer!!!

We went to the W.C. Johnson Park today in Collierville with some friends. The kids had the day off school. We went walking in the woods  and we got up close and personal with some deer, we rode bikes, we fed the ducks, and had a great time!! We plan to go back really soon! love to you all, Dawn

Spirit Week

        This was too funny not to share. The girls had spirit week at school this week. One of the days, Emma's class had to dress up as a famous person who wears a hat, and Abby had to dress up as a character in Peter Pan. For Family home evening, the family made Emma a Cat in the Hat costume. It was mainly Chad's idea. I thought it was hilarious. Today they had to dress as celebrities. Emma was Johnny Depp from Pirates of the Caribbean and Abby was Miley Cyrus.  Chad thought Emma's missing tooth added a lot to her costume!:)

Girls Just Want To Have Fun!!!

 We just got back from a fun weekend  in Nashville. We had a free weekend, so my mom and I headed out of town with the girls. We went to the Adventure Science Museum, The Rain Forest Cafe and to the Opryland Hotel. The girls had a great time! They loved all of the activities at the museum. Emma was the only one who would try out the moon walk. She said it was fun, but the straps hurt her shoulders. They had an inertia lesson where the kids could pull on some ropes and pulleys to lift a full sized car. It was hilarious watching Mary Rose do it!! I promised them we would go see the dancing waters at the Opryland Hotel, we went there  Sunday Morning only to find out that they only do the dancing waters at night time.  Oh well, I tried!! They still had fun dancing under the gazebo. I loved hanging out with them and watching my mom have so much fun with them too!! Great trip! love to you all! Dawn