Happy Easter

Natalie looked beautiful in her Easter dress.


Jennifer's neighbor Holly invited a bunch of friends over for a cookout and an easter egg hunt for the kids.

Daddy helped her get started.

Mommy helped too.

Natalie really seemed to enjoy it and actually picked up on the idea of finding the eggs and putting them in her basket pretty quickly.

Nice day

Jennifer and her babies. Notice Natalie's big girl panties!


Always cheerful!

Cory and friends working hard on the sod for the yard.

This is the awesome fireplace and grill that they had put on their back patio.

Natalie and Brooke playing in the pool.

Weekend Trip

I left first thing this morning and drove straight through to Jennifer and Cory's. It was an ungodly long drive, but well worth it!

Natalie has gotten quite a bit of blonde hair since the last time I was here.

This is their new family dog, Brutus. He is a five month old Great Dane. I love his coloring and he is very well mannered, especially for being so yound.

Playing with beach toys in the dirt.

Natalie kept coming closer while I was trying to take the picture.

Cutie Pies!!! Natalie with her friend Brooke.

Pics from Monday

Before I left Jennifer's house on Monday, we set up the camera and took a few last pics.

I left Jennifer's house and went to RonJon's. Too awesome to get to see my kids and their families in the same day.

Even though the weekend was shorter than it was supposed to be, it was pretty awesome!

Visit with Jennifer

I got to make a quick trip to see Jennifer and her family. I was supposed to head up here Friday night after school, but the snow day we got on Monday screwed all that up and I had class most of the day on Saturday. I headed up here last night and got to spend all day with them today. Natalie is a doll!

Cory made us biscuits and gravy for breakfast.

Natalie loves her sunglasses. What a poser!

For dinner we went to Luigi's. It was SO good!

Natalie getting a ride from daddy.

I had a lovely day with them today. I wish I could stay longer, but I'm just glad I got the chance to come at all. I'm headed back to Ft. Gordon tomorrow. One more week of class and then it's back home again.

Back in Augusta

So, here I am back in Augusta, GA. I got here last night ahead of the weather to attend a training class for the new equipment that our unit is getting. This morning it was all snow covered under a layer of ice and they closed the post. So I got a snow day today. I very carefully drove over to spend some time with Rachael and Maddie.


Chilling out on the couch with Maddie

She is such a cutie!

Becky needed to go out for a walk, so we all went to take her and to play in the snow along the way.

Rachael was making a miniature snowman. Maddie wanted to put it on the back patio. It was hard for Rachael to find decent snow under the ice to make that happen, but Maddie seemed happy with the results.

I'll be up here in school for two weeks. I am hoping to make a trip to see Jennifer and her family this coming weekend and will share pics from that as well.

Quick Trip

Christina and I and the two "little girls" (Tomodachi and Lucky Dog) made a quick trip to South Carolina to see Bryan before he headed off to Iraq. It was a really good visit with him and we are already counting the days until he comes back home safe and sound.

Our trip home took us within 5 minutes of RonJon and Rachael's apartment so we stopped for a very quick visit. Maddie is adorable as ever! I wish we could have stayed longer.

Grandma, Maddie and Lucky Dog.