Playdate with some friends

Today we had a fun playdate with some friends of mine. Ashley Clark on the left is a friend and sorority sister from college and they were on staff with us at Longview Heights in Olive Branch (they still are although we are not). But we got to meet with another friend and sorority sister that now lives in Olive Branch, Rachel Evans Morris. Rachel is actually a nurse and was in the O.R. when Karis was born and was able to take care of her! We met up with them at Chick-Fil-A and they each have 3 kids...so we kept that place rockin'! It was great and we will definitely do it again soon!

Ashley holding her youngest, Mary Taylor and Rachel holding her youngest, Jack

Maggie Clark, Karis, Brayden, and Kendall Morris

Karis, Kendall Morris and Drew Morris

Brayden playing

Karis being a monkey

Beach

OH how I wish we were here....Hurry up August!!!

Toys?

Just a quick thought...why again do we buy toys for our kids??? It is not like they play with them!

Big Projects

Jay and I have spent the past 2 days (and still aren't finished) doing big outside projects. He is putting up a fence in our backyard that is fairly large for our kids (and our dog that we are picking up soon). It will take quite a while to complete. In the mean time, I have been doing some much needed work on our flower beds. As most of you know we live on 100 acre Baptist property in Hernando and we haven't had time in the last few years to do anything to our yard. Two summers ago I had a baby and last summer two small kids who I couldn't trust alone outside without watching their every move (ages 2 and 1 at the time). So this year we are doing alot of work outside and this is what we started with (so we can only go up!). Don't worry I will be sure to show you the after pictures.

Sunday night's Connect Group party at the Potts

Sunday night we had a Memorial Day cookout for our Connect Group at the Potts house and it was quite a party. The kids got to swim and we ended up with alot of visitors which was great. There were even some on-call fire fighters there (with their fire truck) which Brayden thought was really cool!

Karis checking out the water

Brayden was attempting to push this ball that was full of water and bigger than him!

Ellie, Ethan and Mattie

The fire fighters got called in a middle of a horseshoe game and went running...Brayden loved watching it leave. His eyes were bigger than I have ever seen!

Bath time!

Prayer Requests

Please pray for Jay's granddad this morning. As you might remember he has just recently found out he has lung cancer and he is having surgery this morning to remove it. He is elderly and the surgery will be hard on him. He has to be at the hospital at 8:00 a.m. (right now) and the surgery should last from 3.5-5 hours. Jay will be going up tomorrow to see him.

Also pray for my mom, brother Jonathan, and Matt's girlfriend Tiffany as they are in Guatemala on a mission trip. They left Sunday and will be coming home next Monday. They have arrived safely and we don't know any other update at this point. Pray that God will use them with their talents and abilities and that he would bring them back safely! Jonathan has a blogspot he will be updating at http://www.waitinginexpectation.blogspot.com/.

Jessica's 2008 High School Graduation

Jay's sister, Jessica Rose Thomas, graduated from home school yesterday at 6:30 in Corinth, MS. This is her before she walked in the processional.

This is Jessica receiving her diploma from her parents Kevin and Cindy Thomas.

The kids during graduation (2 in one day was too much for them)

What a sweetie!

Another sweetie!

Jessica's table

Jessica and her mom and dad

Jay, his sister Jessica, his mom Cindy and stepdad Kevin

Jay and his sister Jessica

We are proud of you Jessica!

Jonathan's 2008 High School Graduation

My youngest brother, Jonathan Samuel Nason, graduated from Bolton yesterday at 1:00. He is currently the youth intern at Faith Baptist Church and plans on ministry in the future. He will be attending the University of Memphis in the Fall and is spending all summer in Guatemala doing missions.

This is my brother Allen, Tiffany (Matt's girlfriend), Matt, and my dad at Graduation

Lolli and Karis

Jonathan getting his diploma

Brayden and his uncle Matt

Karis carrying her Lolli's purse

My family after graduation

The Nason Family

Jonathan with mom and dad

Me and all my brothers (How am I the oldest AND the shortest???)
Me (28), Allen (19), Jonathan (18), and Matt (26)

The Lemonds' Family

Matt and Tiffany

We are proud of you Jonathan!!!

End of the year party at Lolli's

Friday was the last day that the kids at Lolli's were there before summer break. The kids had a little end of the year party with popsicles and bubbles. They had a blast and were sad when everyone had to go home! :(

This is Neila and Brayden who were born on the same day, same hospital!

The girls (L to R Karis, Miller, Scarlett, Olivia, Marlaina, and Katie)

Scarlett, Olivia, Marlaina, Katie, Miller and Karis

The kids playing bubbles

Karis and her buddy Miller

Karis and her Lolli

Brayden and his Pop

I feel old

Just noticed the date and I graduated high school 11 years ago today...wow...how time flies!