OUR ANNIVERSARY NIGHT!

WE WERE DOCKED IN NASSUA FOR THE NIGHT SO WE ACTUALLY GOT TO GET OFF THE SHIP AND GO TO DINNER BY OURSELVES! WE WENT TO THE MESA GRILL AT THE ATLANTIS RESORT! IT IS THE CHEF, BOBBY FLAY'S RESTARUANT AND OUR FRIENDS JEN AND BRANDON RECOMMENDED IT! THANKS GUYS! IT WAS AWESOME AND I WOULD DEFINETLY RECOMMEND IT TO ANYBODY!

OUR LAST STOP, NASSAU!!

WE ACTUALLY GOT TO NASSAU REAL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND DIDN'T HAVE TO BE BACK ON THE SHIP UNTIL 5:30 THE NEXT MORNING! SO WE GOT TO SEE ALOT WHILE WE WERE THERE! THESE ARE PICTURES FROM THE BIG RESORT, ATLANTIS! THIS PLACE WAS HUGE AND SO PRETTY! WE WERE THERE AWHILE AND DIDN'T EVEN COME CLOSE TO SEEING THE WHOLE THING!

ALL DRESSED UP!

THIS WAS OUR FORMAL NIGHT FOR THE CAPTAIN'S DINNER. THEY HAD ALITTLE PARTY BEFORE DINNER TO MEET THE CAPTAIN SO WE WENT TO IT, BUT SKIPPED OUT ON THE ACTUAL DINNER. IT WAS THE NIGHT OF THE BIG LSU VS OHIO GAME! YOU KNOW RJ COULDN'T MISS THAT AND I REALLY WANTED TO WATCH IT TOO!

OUR FIRST STOP WAS FREEPORT!

WE TOOK A SHUTTLE DOWNTOWN TO CHECK OUT ALL THE SHOPS AND THE BEACH. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND I LOVED THE CLEAR BLUE WATER!

BEING SILLY!

I HATE WHEN WE ARE ON VACATION AND IT'S JUST THE TWO OF US BECAUSE ANY TIME YOU WANT A PICTURE WITH BOTH OF YOU IN IT YOU HAVE TO ASK SOME STRANGER! SO THIS NIGHT WE JUST TOOK THE PICTURE OURSELVES.

CHECKING OUT THE SHIP!

THIS WAS OUR FIRST DAY AND NIGHT ON THE CRUISE! RJ WANTED TO GO UP TO THE VERY TOP DECK ON THE FRONT OF THE BOAT TO SEE WHAT IT WAS LIKE WHILE IT WAS MOVING! AS YOU CAN SEE I WAS FREEZING TO DEATH. IT WAS VERY, VERY WINDY AND I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BLOW RIGHT OFF INTO THE WATER! SO WE DIDN'T STAY UP THERE LONG!

"OUR MOMMY IS CRAZY"

I HAD THE BOYS ALL BUNDLED UP YESTERDAY WHEN WE WENT TO THE MALL. EVEN THOUGH WE ONLY HAD TO WALK A COUPLE OF FEET FROM THE HOUSE TO THE CAR I DIDN'T WANT THEM TO BE COLD! IT WAS A TIGHT SQUEEZE TO GET THEM BUCKLED IN AND THEY LOOKED SO FUNNY RIDING TO THE GALLERIA WITH ALL THEIR STUFF ON, BUT THEY WERE NOT COLD!!

THEY REALLY HATE TO SHOP, BUT I MANAGED TO GET WHAT I NEEDED DONE! WE WILL BE LEAVING ON SUNDAY SO I'VE BEEN BUSY TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING DONE BEFORE WE LEAVE. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT OUR CRUISE, BUT I JUST WORRY ABOUT LEAVING THEM! I KNOW THEY WILL BE JUST FINE AND I WILL TOO ONCE I GET THERE. I'VE NEVER BEEN SCARED OF FLYING OR REALLY ANYTHING, BUT NOW THAT I HAVE MY BOYS I JUST CAN'T HELP TO THINK ABOUT "WHAT IF" SOMETHING HAPPENED! I KNOW THE GOOD LORD IS IN CONTROL OF MY LIFE AND IF IT'S MY TIME TO GO I'M GOING NO MATTER WHERE I AM! SO JUST PRAY FOR OUR SAFETY AND FOR THE BOY'S TO BE GOOD BOYS WHILE WERE GONE! THEY WILL BE WITH RJ'S PARENT'S FOR TWO NIGHTS AND MINE THE OTHER TWO NIGHTS! I'M SURE THEY'LL BE SPOILED AND WANT EVEN MISS US, BUT I KNOW I WILL MISS THEM LIKE CRAZY!

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING TIME WITH MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND ON OUR 3 YEAR ANNIVERSARY! HE'S NEVER BEEN ON A CRUISE AND NEITHER ONE OF US HAVE BEEN TO THE BAHAMAS SO I'M SURE WE WILL BOTH HAVE A GOOD TIME! I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND AND I'LL UPDATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!

MY LITTLE HAM!!

AIDEN IS SO FUNNY THESE DAYS AND IS JUST TALKING UP A STORM. HE SAY'S "CHEESE" NOW EVERYTIME I TAKE HIS PICTURE! YESTERDAY WE WERE AT THE MALL AND EVERYBODY WE PASSED HE WOULD JUST WAVE AND SAY "HEY"! HE DEFINETLY LIKES TO BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION AND WILL ENTERTAIN ANYBODY!

MR. FIESTY!!

I USED TO POST ABOUT HOW FIESTY AUSTIN WAS IN THE HOSPITAL, BUT I NEVER THOUGHT HE WOULD BE AS FIESTY AS HE IS!! HE MAY BE LITTLE, BUT HE'S MEAN! HE'S GOT A TEMPER AND WILL THROW SOME OF THE BIGGEST FITS WHEN AIDEN TICKS HIM OFF!! POOR BABY......HE CAN'T HELP HE GET'S IT FROM HIS MOMMY!

BATH TIME!!!

GUESS WHAT MY LIL AUSTIN DID.........

HE WENT POO POO IN THE POTTY THIS MORNING!! HE HAS BEEN SITTING ON IT ALOT, BUT HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING! THIS MORNING I WAS OUTSIDE WALKING DALLAS AND RJ CAME RUNNING TO THE DOOR TO TELL ME THE BIG NEWS! I CAME RUNNING IN AND SURE ENOUGH HE HAD! OF COURSE WE WERE BOTH CHEERING FOR HIM AND I LET HIM FLUSH IT AND TELL IT BYE BYE! HE WAS JUST A GRINNING AND THEN I LET HIM GET SOME CANDY OUT OF THE CANDY TUB WE HAVE IN THE BATHROOM FOR THEM WHEN THEY POTTY! I'M NOT SURE HE REALLY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE DID, BUT HE DID IT! RJ SAID HE JUST LOOKED LIKE HE NEEDED TO GO SO HE SAT HIM UP THERE AND 2-3 MINUTES LATER HE DID IT!! YEAH AUSTIN, WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR LITTLE BOY! I REALLY HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN TRYING WITH THEM YET, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING ON A CRUISE SUNDAY FOR OUR ANNIVERSARY AND THEY WILL BE HERE WITH THE GRANDPARENTS. I'M REALLY GOING TO START TRAINING WHEN WE GET HOME! I JUST HAD TO SHARE THE BIG NEWS!!

UPDATE FROM PASTOR PAW PAW!!!

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year! Tricia and I are so looking forward to this next year! We believe it’s going to be an exciting year for Mountainview Church and we can hardly wait to get started. I also want to remind everyone that we will begin our core group meetings this coming Sunday, January 6th, 10:45 A.M. at the Chelsea Middle School on Highway 39 in Chelsea. We will be meeting in the band room located behind the school adjacent to the football field. You won’t be able to miss us.

Dress warm and very casual. There is supposed to be heat, but I wouldn’t take any chances! This is a working meeting, not an organized church service, but I still expect God to show up. We will primarily be discussing our plans for the future as well as our short and long term needs. Please come join us and be part of what I promise to be a fun and fulfilling journey. I look forward to seeing you there! And oh yea, bring a friend. This is open to any and all who will come.

P.S. We won’t have an official nursery this week, but please feel free to bring your children. We want them there! They will be fine!

Please pray for the meeting and I’ll see you Sunday!

Pastor Grady Covin
Mountainview Church
P.O. Box 364
Chelsea, Alabama 35043
http://www.mountainview.cc
205-601-6986
205-744-0869

I COULDN'T LEAVE OUT MY OTHER BABY!!

DALLAS IS DOING SO GOOD! HE'S ALREADY SPOILED TO DEATH AND IS A MOMMY'S BOY! WE TOOK HIM OUTSIDE WITH US YESTERDAY AND I LOOKED AROUND AND COULDN'T FIND HIM BECAUSE HE WAS ON THE BACK PORCH STANDING AT THE DOOR! HE LIKES TO BE INSIDE AND WILL JUST LAY AROUND ALL DAY.........HE'S GOT IT MADE! HE'S DOING GOOD WITH HIS POTTY TRAINING TOO! HE HASN'T HAD AN ACCIDENT IN THE LAST TWO DAYS AND WILL GO TO THE DOOR WHEN HE NEEDS TO GO OUT! HE'S REALLY GOOD WITH THE BOYS AND THEY ARE GETTING BETTER WITH HIM! THEY REALLY LIKE TO HANG OUT IN HIS CRATE FOR SOME REASON AND THEY ALWAYS GET HIS LEASH AND TRY TO WALK HIM! I HAVE ALOT OF NEW VIDEO'S THAT I WILL TRY TO GET POSTED SOON!

ALL BUNDLED UP FOR 2008!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR'S TO YOU ALL!! WE WATCHED THE AUBURN GAME LAST NIGHT AND THE COUNT DOWN TO 2008 AND THEN WE WERE IN BED!! WE HAD A FUN DAY TODAY JUST RELAXING AND PLAYING WITH THE BOYS! IT WAS REALLY COLD OUTSIDE, BUT THE BOYS WANTED TO BE OUT THERE ANYWAYS. SO WE BUNDLED THEM UP IN THEIR SNOW SUITS THAT GI GI BOUGHT THEM AND JUST PLAYED OUTSIDE ALL DAY! THEY CAME INSIDE FOR A NAP AND AS SOON AS THEY GOT UP THEY WANTED BACK OUTSIDE! NEEDLESS TO SAY THEY WERE POOPED BY BEDTIME!

HAVING FUN WITH MOMMY AND DADDY!

AND OF COURSE THEY HAD TO RIDE THE FOUR WHEELERS!!

LOOKING GOOD IN THEIR ORANGE AND BLUE!