Shower Prep is Full of Surprises.

 The dogs are ready. Thank you Adorable and Beautiful for always filling my camera roll with your pup pictures.

I walked into the room to see this. My heart sore. Twin Beautiful is the youngest, she has never had this bonding time with an unborn baby. I love all the teaching and learning that is happening with sisters in this picture.

J and I then headed to the store with or shopping list.  We had plans for big chicken wing dinner but needed supplies for the party the next day. While we were at the store we got a huge surprise. The T family arrived to attend the shower, and actually help like they always do. Larry even helped us prepare dinner.

We are beyond blessed to have the T family as our friends. They go out of their way to constantly love on us. They are part of the family and are always there for the big events. They decided to visit at the very last minute because the kids schools had closed so their trip to Dallas turned into a trip all the way to St. Louis.

So many schools are closing, I can't even think about all those things. We heard from Mary and SLU has closed for a few weeks so we would go get her when she returned. The kids would all be doing online schooling for their college classes. This was all for two weeks. But we idon'thave time tot talk about his because we are preparing for a party and thrilled that Larry, Kat and Troy used the school closings as an opportunity to visit. For now we feast and then prepare for the shower.

I added a ton of pictures because they all show the people I love. I missed Bear. The girls were all here. Their boy friends were there to help, or to eat ( not sure which). We did a huge family rosary at the end of the day to include The T family and the extra friends. You can't get better than that! We prayed for the "storm" that we all could feel was coming but no one could identitfy. We prayed for our health and we prayed for all those that would be effected by the Wuhan Virus. We prayed for those whose schools, especially the colleges that had closed or kicked the students out for the next few weeks. We prayed for those that were not with us, namely Bear and Mary. We prayed for that Grand Baby that got us all together today! 

Trade Show

Today J and I caught an early Mass and then headed to the trade show. Today I helped him, really I just sat with him. It was very quiet. We had a good day talking about the world, current events, our kids and economy and this weird thing that some are taking about - the Wuhan Virus. There are some odd predictions and precautions that they are starting to talk about.

Dinner With Westhoff's

Jim picked Julie and I up from Jans and took us into the city while avoiding the Mardi Gras traffic. 

It was great fun to sit with our friends and swap stories. 

I love these guys, thanks for going to New Orleans to have dinner with us.  Happy Valentine's Day to our dear friends.

Downton Abbey Movie Night

It took us more than one try to get this worked out in our schedule. The TV show was one that we enjoyed together and so J agreed to go to the theater to see the movie. I was so delighted. The movie tied things together and still brought the story forward. All characters were remembered. 

If there are movies in the future know they will not contain Gran! This was my favorite. 

Thank you J for taking me to see this!

Sugar and Sticks

These two were headed out on a date so we grabbed a picture.  They were looking nice!  Have fun guys!

Pooker Has An Introduction

Pooker Introduced her friends to her new boyfriend on facebook - so I guess it is official:  

"Y’all meet JavaJava. This man has come into my life and hasn’t stopped impressing me since our first date. He’s gone out of his way to work around my busy schedule of working nights and having labs all month, and It doesn’t even phase him!
He’s caring, sarcastic, sweet, hilarious, supportive, intelligent and so devoted to our faith, he’s pretty handsome too I guess. 😉 I just am so overjoyed and thankful to have met him. Say a prayer for us and our new relationship. A, you’re the best. Thanks for being mine. "

So Pooker had a very busy week.  These classes were taking lot out of her considering she works overnight shifts at the free standing ER.  

💙

JavaJava sent her a packet of goodies to help her stay focused and motivated.  

Goobers and JavaJava both were there with food and encouragement when she needed it most.

This girl is very cared for by her sister and her boyfriend.  I think she is one blessed young woman. 

Pooker also shared some pictures of the preparations for clinicals:    

"Two weekends of lab in the past month for us. We’ve been practicing and prepping before they release us to Methodist for clinicals. I have an amazing group of hard working classmates that I’m stuck with for two years! "

She looks so cute wearing all her nurses gear.

Welcome to the crowd JavaJava.  We are enjoying getting to know you.  We will pray for the relationship like Pooker requested. We continue to be very proud of Pooker and are also very happy for her.