Christmas activities

We did several family fun activities before Christmas. We made good memories with the kids. Quite a few were first time activities for us. The best part is seeing the kids get so excited and the smiles on their faces.

Messenger's Christmas Land

Messenger's is a house in Denham Springs that has 60,000 lights everywhere and these booths with Christmas scenes. This was our first time going, but it's also the last year the family is doing it.

The kids liked the scenes and they were intrigued

Living Nativity

Another first for us was the living nativity. Hudson went once before with Grace, so he was looking forward to going back. They have scenes outside with live actors and animals that tell the birth of Jesus. We had Gianna and Kaden in our car. Gianna was very excited about the animals.

Christmas Caroling

We always look forward to caroling through Port Allen with the church. The last time we went Gianna was only 4 months old. Her and Hudson had a good time singing and waving at people.

She was waving to people saying Merry Christmas.

School Program & Party
Hudson was in a Christmas program at school and he played a shepherd. He wished he had a stick like the big boys. They acted out the Christmas story and then sang a few songs.

Hudson did well and sang the whole time. He wouldn't smile for some reason or look at us.

A video of Go Tell it on the Mountain

Some of Josh's family came to watch Hudson

They had a party in the gym after the program. Hudson with two of his classmates.

a snowman art that Hudson made

Acadian Village

We traveled to Lafayette to see the Acadian Village decorated in lights. The wait to get it in was long because there were only two nights left, but we had fun anyway. It was very pretty with all the lights and decorations.

They had rides for the kids.

Gianna was having fun dancing to the Cajun music

We also went to the Cajun Christmas party at Healing Place Church with Jamie and family.

Gianna was helping decorate brownies and she would say, "sprinkle, sprinkle, sprinkle" every time she put the sprinkles on.

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Recital

Rehearsal was on Friday April 11th. Gianna and Grace went early to help with the littles. We had tickets to Showcase 2 on Saturday The girls in their dressing room. They were in all four showcases that weekend. Tap - "Shake" Jazz - "Take it All Back" Pointe- "O The Blood" Ballet Intense - "My America" Ballet - "Flowers" Hip Hop Gianna celebrated her 10th year with DDA and had a special tribute during the recital. This is proof that Hudson went So proud of Gianna for her hard work. She did a great job! The ballet and pointe dances were so powerful and beautiful this year! I always get teary when I watch and this year was no different. I volunteered on Sunday for the last showcase I was with a class next to Jules and got to watch some of her dances from back stage. Gianna and Jules were both in this showcase, so my parents came to watch on Sunday A long weekend for the big girls, but they love doing it

March 2025

4-H shooting regionals was held the week of March 17th. Hudson had archery on Tuesday. He placed 4th in his category and was going to state! Josh was out there all week since he is a coach Hudson had shot gun events on Friday and Saturday. Coach Mr. Donald and team They pray before they start Kaden made it to state in shotgun This was his first year shooting advanced shot gun and it was tougher, but we are proud of him for trying it. Hudson finished his driver's ed class. He got a 98 on the driving portion. We celebrated Josh's 45th birthday at his parent's house. His mom made lasagna. The beans were an inside joke I made him Granny Lois' lemon pound cake We went to lunch for Jamie and Leilynn's birthdays at Building 5 I gave Jamie a kitchen towel with Granny's pound cake recipe. She loves that cake and I have been wanting to make it for her. She loved it and cried.

February 2025

The girls had dress rehearsal for dance. I went on the Thursday class on the 6th. We got to see a preview of the dances. Hudson had his first driving session on February 10th. He has to do 8 hours of driving with 2 hours being at night. I waited in the parking lot until he left. We did pretty good waiting while he was gone, but we kept checking Life 360. He said it was fine, I thought he was a little nervous. Afterward, he said it was no big deal. I guess we shouldn't be surprised, since he has been driving off road vehicles since he was young. We spent Valentine's Day at home and made pizzas. My birthday was on a Friday and I had work. Josh surprised me with an orchid for my desk. I had lunch with some of my family at Albashas. Dillon was in town for something else and was able to come to lunch. We celebrated our 19th anniversary by going to The little Big Cup in Arnaudville. The food was really good. I had the crab cake and eggplant stack and Josh h...

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