Jennie & Raul's Engagement Party

Saturday, May 9, and Glenn's 29th birthday, we had our engagement party for Jennie and Raul at Jennie's house. Paul and I had a lot of fun and I'm pretty sure Raul and Jennie did as well! It was a great party with kareoke, drinks, and a lot of old friends! Nanny watched all the boys for us...thank you so much Nanny! You're the greatest Nanny in the world!!!
Highlights:
*Jennie's brother Carl gave a wonderful, and for some, a tearful speech about Jennie and
Raul! He did an awesome job!
* Jennie and the bridesmaids did some kareoke....a lot of fun involved there!
* The engagement cake was gorgeous! There was a beautiful picture of Jennie and Raul on it!
* Jennie and Raul danced together and I'm telling you, they looked so completely
in love they were drawing a little crowd! It was so great to see how happy
they are together!

Congratulations Jennie and Raul! I am so happy for you two....you are so deserving of all this happiness you share together! You are two extremely wonderful people and I am blessed to know you both!

Happy birthday Glenn! We missed you at the party, but we hope you had a great day!

Jennie & Raul Jennie's Parents Jennie & her bridesmaids Me & Jennie Jennie & her brother, Carl Me & Paul Us again Raul

Jennie & friends

Sadie, Me, Jenny T, & Kristi

Paul's school birthday celebration

On Friday, May 8, Paul's school celebrated Paul and Nicholas' 4th birthdays with yummy green and blue cupcakes! The each got to celebrate their birthdays early because they have summer birthdays and they won't be in school for them. The school likes to make sure everyone gets a chance to have a little celebration during school. Happy early birthday Paul!

Strawberry Patch

We went to the strawberry patch with Paul's school on Monday, April 27. My wonderful sister met me there to help me with the boys! Especially since I've been so weak and exhausted, there was no way I could help them pick strawberries and hold the baby at the same time! Nanny was a wonderful helper for mommy and the boys loved seeing her there! Thank you so much Nanny! It was a lot of fun, but also a lot of work to get down there and pick the strawberries off the plants! It was a very hot day and Preston was already not feeling well, but after about an hour, Paul started to feel bad as well, so we headed back home. I wish we could have filled our buckets more, but we still ended up with plenty of strawberries to take home!

St. Jude Tirke-a-thon

Paul's school participated in the St. Jude Trike-a-thon on Friday, April 24th. We all went to watch Paul ride his bike with his school to help the kids of St. Jude. I think it is so neat that his school participates in this event to raise money for other children! I explained to Paul that we are doing this to help kids who are sick and since his teacher had been explaining it to his class all week, I really think he understood it! It was a wonderful experience to watch all the kids giving back to those who are less fortunate and they all had fun doing it too! Even Preston joined in on the fun and Peyton had a blast playing outside, his favorite place to be! Thank you to all of you who donated money for the St. Jude children....I can assure you, it is greatly appreciated!

Oh My! I met a few of the Young and the Restless Stars!

Wow! Wow! Wow! Ok, so anyone who knows me, knows that I LOVE the Young and the Restless soap! I've been watching for years, ever since my grandma got me involved in it when I'd go home from school sick, as young as 10 years old, maybe younger! Anyway, when I was in high school, I had already started taping it and watching it when I got home, or on the weekends to catch up! I'd always call grandma to talk about it! Yes, I'm a dork! Then, when Paul and I had to move in with my mom when I was pregnant with little Paul (his work transferred him out there for awhile), I got my sister and my mom into it! We all used to watch it together at the end of the day! So, when we found out that three of the actors, along with a few other actors from other soaps, were going to be in Baton Rouge Sunday, the 19th, for a meet and greet, Amy and I jumped all over it and brought mom for her birthday! How exciting! We did ask grandma to go, but she was worried she wouldn't have a place to sit...I wish she had went! We got the three actors to say something to grandma on video for her....it was so sweet and they all did it! Wow...we met them in person! We got their autographs and got to chat with them one-on-one! It was great!

They had a section where a few "lucky" people got to act out scenes with an actor of their choice. All of our names were put in a hat and that's how the "lucky" people were chosen. I was sitting there praying to be picked! I looked at Amy and said, "I want to do that so bad!" She goes, "I don't!" She thought she'd be too nervous in front of everyone, but I knew deep down she'd want to do it! I, who is usually nervous in front of people, did not care about that though, Iwanted to do a scene with Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin on the Young and the Restless). Anyway, not 3 minutes later, Amy was chosen! Not fair, but I was happy for her! She goes "Do you want to do it?" I was like, "Yeah, but no you do it, you were picked." Lucky for me, she picked Christian LeBlanc and then they said everyone who was chosen got to pick a friend to do it too! Before Amy could even talk, I was up there!!! (Sorry Mom, but I was going!) Oh my gosh! Amy and I got to act out a scene with Christian LeBlanc! Wow! We had to rehearse first and Christian (yes, we're on a first name basis now) was like "You have to be kind of...like a tramp!" Ohhhh, I can do that! Me, act out a scene with him being like a tramp all over him? Yep, I can do that! LOL....Paul, you know I love you! The scene went great and we had a great time!

Here are all the actors that were there for the event(from left): Windor Harmon- "Thorne Forrester" The Bold and the Beautiful; Ronn Moss- "Ridge Forrester" The Bold and the Beautiful; Kim Zimmer- "Reva Shane" Guiding Light; A director man; Michael Park- "Jack Snyder" As the World Turns; And our show's people Christian LeBlanc- "Michael Baldwin" Y&R; Don Diamont- previously "Brad Carlton" Y&R, soon appearing as "Bill Spencer, Jr" The Bold & the Beautiful; Michelle Stafford- "Phyllis Summers" Y&R

Michael Park Don Diamont "Brad" Don Diamont "Brad" Michelle Stafford "Phyllis" Christian LeBlanc "Michael" & I "rehearsing" the sceneAmy & I on stage running lines with Christian LeBlanc! The 3 of us with Christian Me & my favorite... Christian!

Peyton's Christening

Peyton was finally christened 2 Saturdays ago on April 18. His Godparents are Uncle Chris and Aunt Theresa, Mommy's cousin and her husband. We are so glad that we have such wonderful Godparents for Peyton....thank you Chris and Theresa! We had the baptism at the Church and than a little celebration at home after. Peyton was the best baby in Church; we didn't have to go to the cry room once with him! Thank you all for Peyton's christening money and gifts...we LOVED everything! Sinc Mommy has been dragging and feeling so weak, Mimi is really the one who deserves all the credit for bringing everything together for us! Thanks to all our family and friends who came to celebrate Peyton's special day with us! Peyton looked so handsome in his outfit! Here are some pictures for those of you who couldn't make it!

Peyton is 7 months!

A week ago from today, Peyton turned 7 month old! This is one of my favorite ages, between now and about 14 months! We have been having such a good time with our little man! He is a wonderful baby and he makes everything so much easier because of how happy is all the time! Julie, I finally understand what you mean now when you say Jalyn was so easy and such a good baby! Of course, it took 3 tries to find out these babies do actually exist! Not that Paul and Preston were bad, they really weren't, they were just normal babies and we always had a great time with all of our boys, but Peyton is just so happy and not nearly as demanding! Here he is...