Wednesday, we loaded up and headed back to our hometown to take Barry’s cousin’s 6 year old daughter home who had been staying with us for almost a month. The kids had SUCH a good visit with her – I swear it was neverending playing, giggling, and messes the entire time LOL :)
During the less-than-24-hours we were in Hattiesburg, we decided to celebrate Father’s Day …

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Even though it’s 3am the morning AFTER our anniversary, I decided to record my thoughts (I may sound a bit delirious and my eyes are rolling around a bit). I love my husband and I am SO proud of where we are… How did we get here?
We loved each other in spite of everything else.

On June 7th, 2001 an 18-year-old, 6 …

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Friday, we packed up and hit the road to travel to Hattiesburg where my husband was playing in our high school’s first ever Alumni football game the following evening. It started out just like every other trip we’ve made with all five of the kids – and the dog – but when we got almost to Jackson, there was a speedbump-sized BUMP in the highway …

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I am so proud of my little brother. His music is amazing. Without any bias involved, he’s one of my absolute favorite artists. So soulful. I listen to his music and it takes me to another place. Outstanding lyrics with such instinctive musical pairings. LOVE IT. :) To listen, click “play” below… Here are a few photos of him. To look up his MySpace Music …

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We spent last week at my mom’s so we did our egg hunt a little early… Doing the Easter egg hunt at my mom’s (which was my grandparent’s house) brought back SO many memories. I love going back home and spending time there. It’s almost surreal how just being there sort of makes all the years go away!

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There are several things that spurred this blog post. I’m not one to let anyone trash my husband, especially when their claims are untrue and I tend to become a bit unsettled when I get online to read things written by my stepsons’ mother like:

… to which I replied …

… to which she replied …

… to which I replied …

Then, of course… like children do, …

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We visited our hometown this week and decided to take the kids to the zoo for the FIRST time! I think I was more excited than they were haha :) Here are a few pictures we took on our adventures through Africa, South America, and all the other exhibits!

Happy Easter! :) I have more photos of our zoo trip which I will post tomorrow
as well …

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