My Chubbles 12th Birthday

Yep....bet most of you know that we call our first baby "CHUBBLES". We have called her that since she was a baby and to me even at 12 I can still see that little chubby baby face looking right at me. Here are pictures from her cool birthday party we gave her.
My cousin Tracy, Jeffery, Cacey and Elyse in the back yard before the guests arrived....air jammin to Elvis.

I am amazed at how many kids I can pack in......I always feel the more the merrier!!!

Worlds best dad and cook.....cant even count the hamburgers and hot dogs he cooked.

Cassidy wanted my friends from work....which are also her friends....wink wink, to come to her birthday party from right....Danny,Michele (husband and wife) I work with Michele and am so glad I do we have fun day's together! Sarah on right, she used to work with me, she led a bible study from our home for our girls over the summer, she Cassidy and Cacey built a neat friendship!! I am so glad they took time out of their day to come over.

Wow....thats a ton of gifts!!!

My cool friend Summer....she has just moved to Texas....YUCK!!!! Texas!!! I miss her, she is such a neat christian woman!!! She and her daughter Autumn came to Cassidy's bash too.

Hurry up every body eat.....clouds are comin.......eat quick......dont want all those drinks and food in my house....hurry up eat!!!!

Well not the greatest picture of myself....AGAIN! But a good one anyway!! Notice how Jeff sneaked that hamburger in.. AAAAHHHH a man after my own heart.......

Me and Michele.....wooooo......I think I had maybe one drink of beer to many.

Elyse!!!! You LIMBO girl!!!

OK...I always try to think of different things for party's....well this was a hit!! CHEETO HEAD.

Need no explanation.....got to cold and rainy outside to do this game outside so we comprimised for the garage!!! How fun!!!

All the cheeto heads!!

One of Jeffery's buddies....Johnny...just the after effects.

Yep.....thats me.....look at that stressed look on my face...dont get any of that shaving creme in my house!!!! Quick clean it up!!!

Then there were still more gifts....they just kept coming!!

EVERYBODY LIMBO!!

Cacey LIMBO!!!

CAKE AND ICE CREAM!!MMMMM

Chubbles I hope all your wishes come true!!

Me and my dear friend Vicki, Cassidy thinks the world of her....they e mail eachother all the time.

Me and Sarah....WOW...I'm looking very tired. Must be the end of the party.

Wow look at all those kids!

Me and my Chubbles.

Cassidy and Autumn. 12 years....it goes way to fast!!!

Not to Proud....to be VERY PROUD!

I am not a "Proud" sort of bragger type person. HOWEVER...this visit to see my Sister bemome an Officer in the Air Guard made me the most proud I have ever felt in my life and made me want to brag about it a little.......well maybe a lot. Enjoy the pics of my visit to Tennessee.
My nephew Louis....I love him so much and he is so cute. I think he resembles Cacey at this age.
Jesse is so big and STRONG!! He is playing football this was a gift they gave Jeannie as a late Birthday celebration....she loved it.
These two birds really....I MEAN REALLY missed eachother.

It was so good to see Jeannie I felt like I coulnt hug tight enough or long enough....She looked so great!!!!!!!

On "Official Open House" Jeannie showed us her room and EVERYTHING that had to be PERFECT! Amazing this was the same girl who drove me CRAZY for being a MESSY MESSY PERSON. WOW....
Everything had to be so many inches apart...from the wall....tucked tight....cleaned off....dried off...what stress! And she did it for 6 LONG weeks.
Everything mostly out of her room this is where she lived for 6....did I mention LONG weeks.
In front of her "dorm" / living quarters. Check out the cool purse she got to carry, wink wink.

This was for Jeannies Award Banquet. Out of 115 candidates 89 were able to graduate. Jeannie was awarded for being able to perform @ 95% of her physical fitness requirements. I think that was about a gazillion push ups, thousands of running miles, and I forget what else. I would probably be in the 1% of that test. She is amazing!
Isnt this a great picture? Jesse and Louis did very well with all the "timed" events. I loved being with them.
Here they are....and Yep she got em'.
Banquet table setting
Talking to my dad...this was such an emotional day. We really wish he could have been there.

After her "State of Oath"....kinda blurry but you get the idea...
So serious
Her Squadron
This was such a neat presentation....everything on this table symbolized our fallen troops from each branch of the military. Very Sad but very heart felt.
RD looked so handsome in a suit. Jeannie was so happy to be together. She had her friends in NC help him pick out....suit, tie, shirt, socks, and I am surprised NOT underwear.

I'm not sure where Jesse was at this moment....he knew alot of people so he was out socializing....who has time for pictures???
This is a great picture....another guy form Jeannies work also graduatedthe tall guy next to her. The other men are her "bosses"....I wish I could remember their names and titles but I was so impressed that they drove from NC to come see her.
Wow thats alot of ribbon.....
OK...Jeannie and I were very excited because a C - 130 was going to do the "fly over". Since she flew in the C-130's when she was a aero med tech.....so I was soooooo excited to get the picture of the "fly over". Well, when you have a sleeping baby in your arms, with his shoe that fell off in one hand, and a camera in another.....sweating, holding a camera to get the picture....WELLL....this is the sort of picture you get.
During the parade ceremony....Jeannie was the Squadron leader...she is the one up front....what perfect posture....just like my dad.

After their name was read for comissioning they were allowed to ring this cool bell...RD was going to video but he was with the "talking" baby outside...he missed the whole thing he was pretty upset about that.
Mad chills go up my spine!!! What an honor!!
I will NEVER forget this image of Jeannie as she passed me by.
VERY proud of those colors!!!!!!!!!!!!! We all should be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After the parade Jeannie chose RD and I to put her stripes on, I was so happy and could not help but cry.....I hope you enjoyed the pics. I was so blessed to be with Jeannie and her family and I did not take a minute of it for granted. I wish the time would have stood still a little longer. I love you J and can not tell you enough how very very proud I am of you!!!!