Have I stated how much I love my daughter? She is fun and pretty cool. And absolutely, totally in love with the Jonas Brothers (I know, what 'tween girl isn't?) Last night, the Jonas Brother's movie premiered on the Disney Channel. Caroline has been counting down to this night for weeks now. She invited one of her close friends over to have a "Camp Rock" sleep over. Before the movie started we were getting a play-by-play of when the movie would start i.e: "
high pitched scream 25 minutes till it starts........
high pitched scream 15 minutes till it starts......
high pitched scream high pitched scream high pitched scream 1 minute until it starts high pitched screamssssss.
They were allowed to have the bonus room as their 'party pad' (with promises to not let Jack up there to bug them) and all we heard down stairs were more of those extremely high pitched screams (over and over and over again).
Caroline picked out their menu for dinner and she decided they should have party food (ala JUNK food~ pizza rolls, mozzarella sticks, chips ~ you get the idea)
The girls gave the movie 'two thumbs up'. Caroline said, "It was fun and Joe was so cute in it and I loved the movie." Mary Chase stated, "The movie was cool and it had cool music and Joe was cute." (I guess Joe is cute????)
I loved seeing their excitement and it brought back memories of how I must have acted about Shaun Cassidy and Donnie Osmond (wow, am I dating myself). Hopefully we can just keep the crushes to TV stars and not to real boys for awhile....
Edited Sunday morning: I just heard on the news this morning that the Jonas Brothers not only have professed to be strong Christians but have also taken a stand of purity and to remain abstinent. In light of pregnancy packs and unwed TV/Movie stars being the very accepted norm, I thought this was incredible and wonderful! I guess my daughter does have good taste!
We just returned from a restful 6 days at my parents' lake house on Lake Martin. We've been going for 9 years now (I remember because Caroline was a baby). The weather was great. Not too hot, but warm enough to want to jump and swim in the water. Water cool, but not too cold and of course those afternoon showers that cool it all off for spending an evening of talking on the porch.
Our friends, the Nadreau's, (http://www.nadreaufamily.blogspot.com/) joined us for part of our time there. It was a great time of fellowship and James and I really felt like we bonded closely with good friends. Caroline and Jack enjoyed Perry's company as well and they got along really well with each other.
The days were spent, swimming, tubing, and FISHING. Holy Cow, do those kids like to fish. Perry caught one and they were all so excited and Jack wanted to eat all of it (what can I say, the boy LOVES catfish). Caroline ALMOST caught one she will tell you, but it jumped off the line. (already the stories are starting of the "one that got away").
Jack celebrated his 5th birthday while we were there. He thought it was a pretty cool way to spend his birthday.
On Saturday, the weather wasn't so great so we made the annual pilgrimage to Auburn WAR EAGLE!!!~~ We enjoyed visiting all the Auburn gift shops and book stores. I got some pictures of us all (check out our new pictures on our sidebar). I am continuing my quest to brainwash our children into thinking Auburn is the ONLY university out there for them! I think I've got Caroline in the bag... Jack - he's his daddy's boy, and I'm not sure he is convinced.
I also tried my best to get some pictures of the kids to print and frame. Jack was so NOT into posing for pictures, but I did get a few good ones.
Sometimes the simple times away are the best. Although I love a good trip to Disney World or the like, a relaxing trip to the lake is very hard to beat. I liked having the time to slow down, reconnect with my family and my Lord, and engage in great conversations with James and our friends. It is hard not to feel warmed and comforted by the beauty that is around us that God and Mom and Dad so graciously allowed us to enjoy!
