Sunday, May 1, 2011

Alabama tornados April 27, 2011

I debated on writing about this or not.  The reason I decided to is so people (if any) that read my blog not from North Alabama could get a tiny glimpse of what all we have see the past few days.  On Wednesday, many tornadoes ripped through Alabama leaving, as of now, about 300 people dead.  Here in Limestone county, an F4...almost and F5 tornado came through my hometown of East Limestone leaving pure devastation.  I was in awe of what all I saw.  People's homes totally demolished.
Going East from Mooresville Rd down Hwy 72
 More of Hwy 72
 What used to be channel 48 Doppler Radar
 Bethel Church of Christ
 House beside Bethel Church of Christ
 Heading East on Chapshaw Rd. from Mooresville Rd.

 Capshaw Rd.
 What used to be Treemont subdivision on Capshaw Rd.

 Going East on Pepper Rd. from Jones Rd.
 Magnolia Terrace on Pepper Rd.
 combine...on it's side
 Entrance of Magnolia Terrace

 Heading North on East Limestone Rd. from Pepper Rd.


This is something that I think about every hour.  This is my hometown.  This was my way to school...now my way to and from work.  Trees that I have seen change with seasons....gone.  Homes that I have been in...gone.  Thankful to our dear Lord that nobody we know was killed.  Homes can be rebuilt, not people.  Please continue to pray for our community.

Monday, April 25, 2011

Easter at aunt Holly's and uncle Brandon's house

After church on Sunday, we went over Holly and Brandon's house for lunch and another egg hunt.  This one had about 90 eggs!



Easter morning 2010

Both kids had a wonderful Easter.  All together now...."Thank you Easter Bunny"!!  He found Luke an AWESOME swim trunks/rash guard....SUPERMAN!  Plus a few other things.  Allie racked up, also!  She got books, hairbows, and a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse DVD...and some surprises.  

 Two thumbs up from Luke....





 Allie was a little...ummm...agitated with the whole picture thing this year!




 Our wonderful family....
 My mom keeping my dad in line!

Easter at Grammy and Papaw's

We had a fun filled Easter weekend...FULL of EGGS!!!  Wow, I think total, out kids hunted over 300 of them!  And had a blast doing it!!

We started the festivities with a HUGE egg hunt at mama and daddy's house.  250 eggs there....
We always have a wonderful time letting the kids (all 4 of them, with the help of Brittany and Cody!) hunt all those eggs.  I think they always leave one for grammy to find with the lawnmower!  Here are just a few pictures....

READY, SET, GOOOO!!!!
 Allie gets out first...
 Yes, there were so many eggs hidden, the kids carried the re-usable shopping bags!




 Papaw helpin Luke out....
 Allie finally getting the hang of it....

 Grammy giving Allie a "little" help!

 Count 'em up!
 Cynthia counting Sydney's (while she was out trying to find more!)


 Well, if you are wondering who won the "Great Egg Hunt of 2010"....it was Dawson!

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

yet another event by the famous Allie McElyea...

Allie is officially feeding herself

....and she doesn't want ANY help....at all!
This is her April 1st....

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Sleepy, sleepy Allie...

Thank you, wonderful spring weather, for helping my kids go to sleep.....

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Allie's BIG bo-bo

Should we have gone to the ER???  You take a look.....

Well, we didn't.  I guess as a parent, we always seem to second guess ourselves....right?  She fell while drinking out of her sippy cup.  She was running and playing almost right after it happened.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

just looking at the pictures in my blog....do you find it amusing that a lot, i mean A LOT of pictures in here are of my kids....in their pajamas??