Many Updates

Since my last post, Bret & I saw Taylor Swift in concert, along with Kim & Olivia. Soooooo much fun!!!!! Taylor is AWESOME!!!!

Hubby celebrated his 41st birthday.

Bret & Lee had their last school dance of the year & Cody went to his 1st school dance.

My brother Jeff & his precious little girls Dakota & Brilee came to visit. While they were here, we also got to spend time with my other niece Jasmine. I love having these kids around!

We went to see a Memphis Redbirds game. So many of our friends & family went with us to witness the 1st performance of Bret & the Nettleton Jr. High Dance Team. I'm very proud of them!!! They were awesome! I'm looking forward to a year full of dance performances.

And last but not least: we have these 3 beautiful Mallard ducks that seem to think they are now pets (or dogs). Jonathan has started feeding them dog food, so now they come up to the garage 3-4 times a day looking for food. The smallest duck even has a duck band around his leg. They're very cute, but are starting to leave a mess all over my garage by pooping everywhere. Now to find a way of keeping them in the pond & not in my grarage. Hmmmm...........

Well, that's all for now. Hopefully I can do a better job of keeping up from now on. I think things are finally gonna slow down for the summer.

Oh yea, I also broke down & joined Twitter!!! Follow me here: http://twitter.com/lolabeal.

New Posts

Wow, so it's been a while since I've updated. I haven't even looked at my blog in a couple months. We have been so busy!! So much has been going on & I have a bunch of updates that hopefully I'll get on here today. I did have a scrapbook night last night at my house with some really great & funny friends over. This is the 1st one I've had at my house, besides w/just Kim & I. I didn't get any scrapbooking done, but I did have lots of fun. I laughed so much, which is so much fun for me. My daughter had a couple friends over & they stayed up all night with us & now all the kids have been swimming today while I took a nap. Going to run some of the kids home & I'll be back in a little while to post some of the happenings going on in our lives.
Ta-ta for now!!

"Race To Witch Mountain"

I took the kids to see "Race To Witch Mountain" today. Our first spring break outing. It was such a good movie. Lots of adventure & I ALWAYS love a movie with The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) in it. I'm a huge fan!! He's just so cute!! Ok, enough about The Rock & back to the movie. Bret was a little skeptical about the movie because she loves the old movie so much. She didn't think the new one could live up to it. (She's a huge fan of old movies.) But about 15 minutes into it, she says "Mom, I'm glad I came now". Yea, I knew she would be.
Highly recommended. Cody, Bret & Lola stamp of approval.

Friday was such a good day. My baby girl, Bret, has been working so hard all week long at a dance clinic getting ready for dance try-outs for her school. They had the actual try-outs Friday morning & we had to wait til 3:30 to find out if she mad the team. Scan to 3:30pm...SHE MADE IT!!!!!!! WOOT-WOOT!!!! She was so nervous & so was I, even though I tried to hide that from her. So get ready cuz I'm sure there's going to be lots of pictures after school starts next year. She is now a NJHS DANCER!!!

Also, another shout out to my sweet online scrapbook & blog friend, Marlene!!! Girlfriend, you come up with the coolest ideas!!! I love visiting her blog cuz she always has something that I want to try. Like my pretty name signature on the bottom? She shared this great website where you can get make one of your own, or two, or three. I LOVE this so much that I had to share with everyone. Thanks Marlene!!! You rock!
You can get it right here:
http://www.mylivesignature.com/

Baby Pictures

Ok folks, don't you just love it when you find old pictures of your kids, like when they were babies? I just ran across a cd that I had made for my dad a few years ago of my kids. I printed a whole picture album full of pictures to give to him for Father's Day. So I've been looking at these pix & their sweet little faces, and boo-hooing like a baby! Brings back so many memories. I miss having my babies, but I am so proud of the awesome young kids they've grown into. Just thought I'd share a few. I have to admit, they were the sweetest, most beautiful babies I've ever seen. (I'm not biased at all...promise. LOL!)

*This is one of my FAVORITES. I actually have this one in a frame sitting on my tv.*

*Bret about 18 months old*

*Cody when he was just a little over a year old*

*Bret about 2 years old*

*Cody after his 1st hair cut, little over a year old*

*My precious babies**

Aren't they beautiful? Of course they are!! Now, please don't tell me if you think they are not. LOL!!

Snow Day 2009

We had a wonderful snow day in Jonesboro this weekend that started out of nowhere on Saturday. The flakes were coming down so hard and they were huge! It started covering the ground pretty quickly. It continued to snow through the night & when we woke up Sunday morning, we had about 5-6 inches. Wow, it was beautiful. But it didn't last very long once the sun came out. It was pretty much melted away by late Sunday afternoon. Cody did get out for a little while Sunday morning & enjoyed playing for just a little while.

A Wonderful Community

Finally....We got our cable back, which is also our internet. WOO-HOO!! I can't complain tho, because we did get our electricity back late Saturday night. There are still tons of people in Jonesboro & surrounding areas that still do not have electricity & even some with no water. All this due to the recent ice storm last week. Boy, you don't really miss the simple things in life till you have to live without them. There's been a lot happening this week & hopefully I'll have a new post up soon. But for now, I'm still praying for all those who are without electricity that they will get it back very soon. I am so thankful to live in such a caring & giving community. People are so kind here, always pulling together in times of crisis to help strangers like they're family, even when they need help for themselves. I could not dream of a better place to live than Jonesboro, AR. Would you please keep our state of Arkansas, also Missouri, Tennessee & Kentuky in your prayers? There are so many people who still need prayers & help.

If anyone who reads this needs a place to stay, please let me know. We have extra bedrooms & bathroom, with lots of extra room. We would love to have you as our guest as long as you need it. Hot showers, tv, kitchen, you can do laundry, use our kitchen & have lots of room for kids to play. I mean that, from the bottom of my heart. PLEASE let me know.
God Bless!