First day of kindergarten!!!

Joshua did so well today. Mom, however, got a little teary eyed at one point. His teacher was fabulous and made me laugh through it. She is fabulous!!! After he got his stuff unpacked and signed in he looked up at me and said, "Bye Mom." Like it was no big deal. *sigh* I guess it really isn't since he has been at the school since he was 7 weeks old. LOL It was hard for me though. He IS my baby. LOL


In my classroom before we walked across the hall.



With his teacher.



Signing in.




Blue hands!

Happy Birthday big guy!!!

Today my baby turns 5 years old! I can't believe it! Where does the time go? Really!! He is so excited to be 5 and to go to school. His first question for me after I told him happy birthday was, "When can I go to school?" LOL He will start kindergarten in August. I get all teary eyed just thinking about it. *sigh*

Happy Birthday Joshua! I love you very much!!!



Here he is as a newborn. Wasn't he a cutie!!


Here he is now. Isn't he still a cutie!!

I love these pictures of the kids!!!

These were taken the weekend of the Bon Jovi concert here in Nashville. My Jovi buddy, Lisa, is a photographer and she took them. We went out to the park for outdoor shots. They turned out great. She took a lot more, but I couldn't put them all on the blog. LOL We got more good ones of Joshua than Ari. She was in a mood that day and didn't want her picture made. Come to think of it that happens often. She definitely doesn't like the camera much. I guess we aren't going to have a model on our hands. ROFLMAO

These are great pictures! Thanks Lisa.

Does it make me a bad mommy?

Joshua tripped and fell on his bookshelf. He comes in the living room crying. My first thought when I see the knot is.............."Where is my camera?" Does that make me a bad mommy?


What a pitiful face. See that knot?


Can you see the tears? That makes me feel bad.


He just looks so sad. Poor little guy.

Did I have fun?

What do you think? We had a BLAST!!! The weather held out and we were able to walk around downtown with no rain. We met up with some other fan club members at Rippy's. We only bought one drink there b/c a very small rum and coke was over $6. Umm, yeah. I'll pass thanks. At around 6:30 we headed over to stand in line where we get our fan club tickets. We got section 3 (on the floor) row N which translates to be 14th row. Not bad at all!!!

Daughtry came on first. When we saw them in Mohegan we really enjoyed it, but here we were just feeling a little impatient. It's not that they aren't good. They are, but we were just ready for Jovi. Both Lisa and I kept looking at our watches. It was pretty funny.

You could just feel the excitement. Once the lights went down the place went wild. The boys came out on stage and went immediately into "Lost Highway." It was great!! They put on a pretty rockin' show. Very few ballads this time. It was pretty mainstream stuff too. I was a little disappointed by that since I wanted to hear a couple of non-mainstream songs myself. LOL I was not, however, disappointed in the show. The audience was into it the entire night. Very few people were sitting. Unlike Mohegan where there were rows and rows of people sitting. Yeah, I don't sit at a Bon Jovi concert!!! It was HOT though. Jon was sweating by the end of the second song and I wasn't far behind. LOL I so wished I had a hair twisty so I could put my hair up. I was burning up. I didn't mind much though. I was watching my man sweat his ass off so it was all good. *sigh*

They had a couple special guests show up too. Big and Rich stopped by to sing "We Got It Goin' On" and Leann Rimes (grrrrr) stopped by to sing "Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore." Can I just say that I did NOT appreciate it at all when he kissed her? I was NOT happy!!! LOL I have a hard enough time dealing with the fact that he is married. He does not need to be kissing up on some blonde chick. Ok, so he can kiss up on this redhead whenever he wants, but not some blonde chick!!! ROFLMAO

It was a fabulous show and of course I am in "post concert depression" mode. *sigh* I sure wish they would announce the Boston summer dates so I'd have something to look forward to. *sigh*

Here are a few pictures. Enjoy!!

I want this look directed towards me!!! Love it!!!


Can I come back in another life as his mic? Please!!!!!


Love that smile!! *sigh*


Okay, so maybe THIS is the look I want directed at me. *sigh*



Gotta get that "butt shot." Can't leave a Jovi concert without it. ;-)


There's that beautiful smile again. *sigh*



Oh yeah.................for an encore they played "I Love This Town." He told us that no matter how many times he plays this song for other towns/cities that we have to know that it is for us (Nashville). Here is a video of his introduction to the song. He may love Nashville, but not as much as Nashville loves Bon Jovi.

Jovi pics.....with some Daughtry thrown in.

I was finally able to upload some pictures. My friend Lisa took these. Her camera was better than mine and I'm sure glad of that. She got some great shots. Go here to get all of them. She took over 300. LOL I'm loving every one of them too. I just don't understand how anyone cannot just melt when they see him. *sigh* I guess it is a sickness for which there is no cure. I'm not complaining though.


He makes the funniest faces when he sings and I love everyone of them.


How can you just not love that face?



*sigh* I really do love that man. Heehee! He makes me act like a teenager again. LOL



Here he is singing Hallelujah.



Jon and Richie with their guitars. Gotta love them both.



Chris Daughtry. He really is a cutie. Fills out a pair of jeans nicely too. ;-)



His songs aren't bad either.

She cracks me up!

You never know what you are going to find when you go into her room when she naps or goes down for the night. The first pic was taken during naptime. She was all wrapped up. The next one was last night. She didn't go to bed with a princess dress and tights on, but when I checked on her that is what I found.

An oldie, but a goodie

Joshua got a long time favorite toy of mine and Michael's and even Christian's for Christmas. It is fast becoming one of his favorites too. All that said, I can see why my mom hated them! Ugh!! I just know that I'm going to end up stepping on one of these dang things in the middle of the night.

Ari got a haircut!

Here she is before.





And here she is after.





Here's one just for good measure!

More pictures of the kids

Cowboy Joshua


Sweet Ari


Does he look older than 4 or what?



A little breezy in Florida.

Did ya miss me?

Or did you even notice I was gone? LOL We went to Florida for Christmas. I love going home, but I sure do hate the drive. Ugh!! We left on Sunday night at midnight. I drove most of the way. Luckily I got to sleep for a few hours before we left. We just got back last night. I drove the entire way. I prefer to drive. LOL I can only blame myself if I get pulled over for driving too fast. It works better that way. ;-)

We had a blast. The kids love going to see their Namma and Aunt Mimi. Joshua wanted to know when Aunt Mimi's house was going to be closer to ours and how we were going to move her house since it was so heavy. He decided that we would need everyone's help, but the problem is that everyone is not always there. LOL

Here are some pics from Christmas.

Joshua waiting patiently for more presents.


Ari's favorite gift. Her blue (Cinderella) princess dress and shoes.


The 4 year old carefully opening a gift.


Ari getting ready to tear into her gifts.

An evening at Opryland Hotel

I took the kids to Opryland tonight to see the Christmas lights. Truthfully I was a little disappointed. The outside lights were nice, but the decorations inside were lacking. The North Pole scene that they usually have on the Magnolia side was not there. The little elves that they usually have hidden in the foliage were nowhere to be found. I did get a couple good pictures of the kids though.

Look what we did today!

It was a lot of fun. The kids had a blast and were so happy to have Aunt Marette's help. Bubba was also here to help. It doesn't look exactly like the picture, but I think we did a great job.