Karlie~Pure Fashion

My girl, Karlie, has been involved in a wonderful program this year called Pure Fashion. It is a faith-based program teaching girls purity in fashion as well as all aspects of life. You can learn more about the program here!
They meet once a month and have learned make-up tips, modest fashion guidelines, and many other wonderful things too many to list. In May, the girls will be in a fashion show fund raiser for Bert's Big Adventure.
Recently, the girls had a hair and make-up session at Siggers, then they had a professional model head shot done. Here's Karlie's! I think they turned out great...however, SIGH, my girl is almost grown, but she'll always be my baby...as all my children will always be my babies...whether they like it or not!


So if you want to see a wonderful fashion show of modestly, yet fashionable young ladies, let me know...we have tickets to sell! The show is in MAY!

She's wearing her China pearls here!

Remember! We've got a ticket with your name on it. Come on out and support these girls and the fundraiser they are working for Bert's Big Adventure!

Sunday Snapshot~We all scream for Ice cream!

Karlie loves ice cream! In fact, just yesterday, she sweet talked her dad into buying her a carton of ice cream at Kroger because her throat hurt and she thought that would make it feel better. She picked out one of her favorites, butter pecan. She got Mayfield because Blue Bell was to pricey this week. lol

We have given Jolie ice cream on several occasions, but she just didn't seem interested. I thought maybe it was too cold for her or something. So today, Karlie wanted an ice cream cone (which she sweet talked out of us yesterday too) we don't usually buy cones! So I was making her an ice cream cone, while Jolie was sitting on the counter. Jolie decided to get a cone out of the box and started eating it. I said, "Let me put some ice cream in there." I put a little ice cream in it.. And this time she liked it. I don't know if she has ever had an ice cream cone before today, but I think it was a hit.

Yummy!

Pretty good stuff!

We decided to take our cone outside and enjoy it on the patio picnic table.

We all scream for ice cream!

Adoption announcements

I've always been one to get a birth announcement either handmade or printed out soon after the birth of each of our children. So, with Jolie it's no different. We created a neat announcement online through Sam's club. They were ready yesterday and we picked them up. I thought they turned out great.

Here's the front of the card!

Here's the back!

Here's  a close-up of the wording.

I think we "did" good! Lol

Here's a cute photo of Daddy and Jolie from yesterday...just too cute not to include!

I got the music in me!

We have discovered early on that Jolie loves music. Which really fits in with our bunch. Karl and Zach were listening to a  new cd rather loudly yesterday before supper...she sits in her little sit at the table and bops her head to the beat with a great big smile on her face. Also, yesterday, while Zach was practicing the piano, Jolie slipped into the study where he was all by herself and played on the piano too. After awhile she led him away from the piano and patted the chair. She wanted him to sit down in the chair and listen to her.

Zach taking a break to 'hear' his sister play on the keyboard.

A budding musician?

I got the music in me!

Such a  ham! Later she found the metronome on the piano and gave it to Zach. I guess her concert was over and it was time for him to get back to practicing.

This is Lightning!

As many  know, our beloved cat, Elvis, died while we were gone to China. Zach said it was one of the worst weeks of his life. He had midterms, 2 chorus concerts, his family was a zillion miles away and Elvis died all in the same week. Elvis never did like Lightning, the kitten that followed me and Melissa home from our walk one day about 6 months ago. So Lightning has lived outside. Lightning, originally named Lisa Marie, turned out to be a boy so he had to have a name change. He has had several names, but Lightning has stuck. He has always wanted to be inside and anytime anyone opens the door he runs in as fast as lightning...So yesterday, he had an appointment to be declawed and de---well, neutured. When I received his paperwork back yesterday, one page said he was a spayed female and the other said he was a neutered male. I called back to see which he was. They said they had typed it in wrong on one of the pages and that he was indeed a male. LOL 

Jolie was sneaking in for a kiss on the forehead from dad. I was not fast enough for the photo and it blurred.

Here we are dressed and ready to go to the doctor. Isn't she the cutest thing you've seen in a long time?

Today, we went to see an old friend, Dr Jattan-Cunningham. She was our pediatrician when the kids were younger. It was good to see her again. She is a wonderful Christian doctor. She thought Jolie was beautiful and had really bonded well with us in the short time we have had her. I told her it was an answer to prayer. I would have gotten a photo of them together, but Jolie had 5 shots today...and was probably not in the mood for a photo op! Maybe next time.