Girl's Night Out

Fun night at Monnie's with old friends. 

Thanks Monnie for getting us all together every year. 

Cousins...on the Burlison side...

Moms and Misfitz

So, Ally has a new group of friends that have become inseparable. They are all VERY different in many ways. Some go to Munford, some Rosemark, some Belmont, juniors, seniors, freshmen, tall short, ballers, cheerleaders, scholars, jokesters...they have labeled themselves the "Misfitz" for obvious reasons. They are a sweet group of girls. I am just glad to see her out and about doing many different things and expanding her horizons of friends. You can never have too many friends that is for sure. 

The kids decided the Moms needed to get to know each other. They were having a footed pajama Christmas party and decided they would include us Moms. Of course the moms were honored to spend a Saturday night with their daughters! One catch, we had to wear our footed pajamas. I didn't own a pair but Ally was kind enough to go buy us a MATCHING pair! That was a big deal to me...Ally wanted to match me?! Ha!

Letta, Destiny, Jenna, Ally, Kayla, and Haley

Me and Xan

Can you tell they love having their picture made?

Matching Sassy Santas...Me and Al

Friends,Flowers,Faith

Friends, Flowers and Faith...that pretty much sums up this post. 

I haven't written much on here about Chad and Leigh and their battle with cancer because I want to respect their privacy. They have been at MD Anderson since early fall. He had his surgery and THANKS be to GOD it was a huge success. I was so grateful when Leigh posted this of them finally getting discharged.  

I was really honored when I got this on my Snapchat! 

My mantle was complete this year when I placed the HUMONGOUS poinsettia there that the Smiths delivered to us for a Christmas happy. During the Christmas season, every time I looked at it I said a short prayer for them. 

Keep fighting Chad and stay strong Leigh. We love you two!

James Taylor and Cajun Coon Asses

The Peabody for the night, James Taylor and the Morgans/James'...what more could you ask for?

Pickwick with Kids Friends

The kids have been planning to take friends to the Lake for a weekend this Summer. Believe it or not, the weekends that are free are already becoming scarce. So, we decided to do it early so that we didn't miss out on it.  Ally struck out with her friends - they all either had softball, camp, vacation or something going on.  Abby took Joze and Grace - her others were also busy. Oney took Jeb with him. 

We got there Thursday late afternoon and went to the pool in our neighborhood.  They swam until they were shriveled up! Judson went through Jackson to pick Ally up at camp and they met us at the Lake.  For dinner, we went to Pickwick Pizza.  This has become one of the kids favorite places.  They like to play volleyball or some of their other outdoor games.  They especially love the smores for dessert!

Friday, we spent ALL day on the Lake! The kids friends didn't know how to ski...well, they do now!  We got all three of them up on skis.  It was so much fun seeing their reactions/expressions.  Judson did a great job pulling them. 

The New Skiers...

Ally and Max opted to ride Sea Doos instead!

The experienced ones...

Ally and Britt...Good Times!

Judson took the boys on "the ride of their life" and that is all I will say about that!

We went back to the house and cooked out Friday night.  The kids were all exhausted and we all slept good.  My Mother, Ginny, was kind enough to drive all of the kids back to Covington Saturday mid-morning. It was the perfect amount of time for a visit. We then had the house to our self for Saturday, Saturday night and Sunday.  I will do a separate post about that later.