First Week of School

The first day of school was August 8, 2016

Gianna - Kindergarten

Hudson - Second grade

They were up and excited about the first day back

Daddy went with us for the first day to walk them in

We dropped Hudson off first by his class and he sat by a friend. He didn't want me to take his picture.

Then we walked sissy to her class.

She sat down and told us bye like a big girl. After we walked out on the way to the car, I just cried and was emotional all day. It is so hard to believe our baby started school!! I couldn't wait to pick them up that afternoon.

They went to school four days and school was cancelled on Friday due to heavy rains. Then the flooding happened in Baton Rouge, so they were out for a week. Going back was hard for them and they both cried. I guess the week off messed them up, plus things were crazy after the flood.

Josh and some of his family went out and helped rescue people by boat a few days as did my Mom and Doug. It was a scary time for so many around the area, but we were blessed to have not flooded. The pictures and devestation were unbelievable!!

Doug launching a boat in a parking lot

Jennifer's neighborhood came up the driveways, but did not get in the houses

Jamie's new house under construction did get water in it

This house is an employee of my mom

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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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