Four Wonderful Years

Wow! I can't believe that Keith and I have been married for four years! The past four years have been great even though we have had ups and downs, and I am so blessed to share this journey with Keith. Our lives have changed so much over the past four years. I thank God for bringing Keith and me together and blessing us with sweet Ava! I pray that we will have many, many more great years together!

These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things

I found this on another blog and thought I would fill it out since I have a few minutes before feeding Ava!

Favorites:

1. Clothes Shop
*Ann Taylor Loft, Banana Republic, Charlotte Russe, I could keep going but I won't!

2. Furniture Shop:

I love the Great American Home Store in Southaven. We got our whole bedroom and a fabulous chair and a half with an ottoman from there! Not to mention we got REALLY good prices on quality furniture! I really like any furniture store, though. I have a real weakness when it comes to furniture!

3. City

*Boston--We went here when I was in elementary school, and I loved it!

*Kansas City--a really neat place.

*Jackson-haha, never thought I would say that. When we were living in Southaven for the short amount of time we were there, I found myself really missing Jackson. I like it because it has pretty much everything you need, yet it has somewhat of a small feel to it!


4. Sweet

*Love birthday cake! I could eat a whole one by myself. Petit fours are pretty great too!

*Rice Krispy Squares

*Chess Pie, Chocolate Pie.

*Pound Cake

*Cookies

*Okay, I will stop now!!!

5. Drink

*Sweet Tea--enough said

6. Music

*I LOVE music and will listen to pretty much anything. I am really not a huge fan of country, though (unless it's George Strait)

7. TV

*I really don't watch much tv during the day when Keith is not home. However, I love anything on HGTV, Food Network. I have also recently been watching a lot of GSN (Game Show Network). I like any lifetime movie, and I love American Idol. Oh, and I really like The Bachelor too!!!

8. Film

*"Hope Floats" is my all-time favorite. I also like "How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days" too. "We Are Marshall" was really sad, but a great movie!

9. Workout

*Step Aerobics are awesome!!!

10. Pastries

*donuts

11. Coffee

*mocha!

Ramblings and Such

Well, we finally got a picture of Ava for the Christmas card! It took a while to get the "perfect" picture, but it was still a lot of fun!

We have the "Keeton Christmas" tonight! That will be a lot of fun!

I can't believe Ava is 7 months old. Where does the time go?? She is doing so many fun things now, and we are enjoying her so so much!

Stuff about Ava:

*Babbling ALL THE TIME! She says all kinds of things--"dadadada" "mamamama" blablablabla" just to name a few.

*Wanting to crawl, but not quite there.

*She loves our dog, Money. She laughs everytime she sees him.

*She is still a fan of the exersaucer!

*She also loves sill on a pallet on the floor to play with toys.

*Her carrier has officially gotten too heavy for me to carry lots of places, so we keep that in the car most of the time.

*Her hair was really red, but it's changing to more a sandy color.

*She is eating fruits and veggies, and she hasn't tried a food yet that she doesnt like.

*Ava has her first tooth, and I am sure it won't be long before she gets more.

Snow in Brandon!

How fun it was to wake up to snow yesterday!!! It snowed pretty hard for a couple of hours before finally turning to sleet. Even though it was freezing outside, I had to get a picture of Ava in her first snow! How fun!!!

In Memory of Camille

We lost Camille 3 years ago Wednesday. She and two of her friends died in a car accident when they were on their way home from the South Panola State Championship game on December 10th, 2005. She was 19 years old and a freshman at Ole Miss. She is still missed terribly every day. Camille would be 22 now. Brett (the other person in the picture above) died just seven months before Camille in a car accident as well. We miss him so much too. I will make a post for him in May. I just thought I would make a list of things about Camille.

*Camille was a freshman at Ole Miss. She had recently pledged Chi Omega. She LOVED Ole Miss!

*Camille was actually on the news a few weeks before her accident. Ole Miss had just been ranked pretty high as one of the biggest party schools. The news came to campus to interview students about this, and of course they found Camille. She told them: "Ole Miss has some great parties, and you just have to know where to find them!" We thought that was cute.

*Camille had the ability to be the biggest tomboy but also the biggest "girly-girl" all at the same time! She was a FANTASTIC fast pitch softball player. Yet, she also won Most Beautiful at her school and was always a homecoming maid.

*One time when Camille was a tiny girl (probably 3 or 4), she was riding home with her mom and dad from Memphis (I think). They were on hwy 51 and got behind a person going really slow. John and Danielle thought Camille was asleep, but they learned otherwise when Camille yells out, "Why don't you just pass his sorry a** Daddy!"

*Christmas was her favorite time of year.

*Camille loved her friends and family and would do anything for them.

*She ALWAYS had a smile her face and was just a very loving girl. She could always make you feel better.

There are many more memories, but I will stop. We all miss you, Camille, but know we will see you again someday!

"When I'm down when my soul's in need of rest

Come your words of comfort and of hope

I see your face always smiling back at me

A stream of light running straight to the heart

Child of God, child of light

There'll be no more lonely nights

Cause you have brightened up my life

There's a road that leads me to this place

A path of love running straight to the heart

Over the years I've learned one important thing

It's that real friends shall never truly be apart

You were there in my darkest time of need

With a hand reaching straight to the heart

Child of God, child of light

There'll be no more lonely nights

Cause you have brightened up my life

Take this gift, it is all I have to give

A prayer of lover forever straight to the heart"---Michael W. Smith

Cute Stuff!

My friend Emily just started a new Business--Little Punkin Paintings! She paints custom door hangers and pictures for a baby or small child's room! Check out her blog!! She has really cute stuff!!!

littlepunkinpaintings.blogspot.com

New Vehicle

Just an update of what's been going on with us! For those of you who don't know, we have been
desperately trying to sell our horse. We just didn't have time to ride her and keep her in shape, and she really needed to go to a home where she would be shown. Well, we finally sold her last week! I really think she went to a wonderful home! They bought her for a 13 year old girl, and I think she will be very happy with her! yay!! Well, since we sold the horse, we had extra money to buy a new vehicle, so we went car shopping Saturday and bought this:

We love it so far, and it has been so easy getting Ava in and out! It was definately needed! My Jeep had about had it!

I am finally beginning to get this house in semi-order. Just a few more things to do! Well, I am about to go run errands in my fabulous new van!

P.S.--Ava turned 6 months old last week! Pictures and updates on her coming soon!!!

Mistletoe Marketplace!!

I went to Mistletoe tonight and had a blast!!! I bought 2 precious outfits for Ava. I am going back Saturday and can't wait to get more stuff! Mistletoe really gets me in the Christmas spirit. I can't believe that Christmas is JUST right around the corner. It will be such a great Christmas this year having Ava here! I can't wait.

In other news:
We moved to Brandon last week, and we are loving it! We were in Southaven planting a church, but quickly realized that church planting is not for us, and that God wants us to serve in an established church. Keith will be working for the conference office for November and December. In January, he will be serving as the associate at St. Mark's United Methodist Church here in Brandon! We are so glad to be here! :)

What's Going On in Our World!

We have had a pretty boring week, but it looks like we are going to have a busy weekend.
My dad is home from Montana this weekend, so we will be spending lots of time with my parents! We also have a pretty busy weekend. We are going to Pope tomorrow afternoon. Then we are going to Oxford tomorrow night. We have to go to Greenwood Saturday for a meeting. I will probably go to church in Pope Sunday (since my dad is home), then I have to help host a shower that afternoon. We are going to be busy, but I love it!

Ava is doing great! She is growing like a weed! More of her little personality comes out everyday, and we love it!

We Could Get Used to This!

So, we got offered box seats at the Ole Miss game last Saturday! Ava loved it, and so did we!!

Our Sweet Little Girl is 4 Months Today!

Our sweet little Ava is 4 months old today. It is crazy have time flies!!! It seems like just yesterday we found out we were expecting!

Fun Things Ava is Doing:

• Her favorite thing to do is babble! She is quite the little talker, but we just LOVE it!
• She LOVES her bumbo seat. She feels like such a big girl sitting in it!
• She has given us the most precious laughs the last couple of weeks. It just melts our hearts everytime she laughs!
• Not teething yet, but she LOVES to drool!!!
• Sleeping is still fun to her!
• Not rolling all the way over yet, but almost!
• She LOVES to sleep on her side at night, and I know she is so glad we finally got her out of that bassinet. She had definately outgrown it!

Firsts This Month:

• Ava had her first trip to Texas! She was such an angel!! So easy to travel with (I know this won't always be the case!). My mom went with us so that was a huge help!
• She also had her very first trip to Texas de Brazil!
• First laughs!
• First time in the nursery at church!

We just LOVE her, and she is so much fun! We can't wait to see what the next month has in store!

Uncle Kevin and Aunt Nancy come tomorrow. Ava LOVES it because they just love to spoil her! Keith's parents will also be here next weekend, which will be a triple plus to Little Miss Ava! I will try to get some 4 month old pictures up in the next few days!

May 7, 2008

Ava was born May 7th, 2008 at 4:44pm weighing 6 pounds 1 ounce and measuring 22 inches long.

Back to Blogging

Okay, I am going to try this one more time! Keith and I recently had our first daughter May7, 2008. Her name is Ava Camille, and we are crazy about her! Right now, we are living in Desoto County. Keith was sent here by the United Methodist Conference to plant a new church. It can be very stressful at times, but we are staying positive! Prayers would be greatly appreciated as it is hard not having a church home at the moment though!

We just love watching Ava discover new things everyday! She makes us so very happy, and we are so blessed that God allowed her to be our daughter!