Mrs. Thomas

Disneyland

2009-02-20T18:29:00.000-08:00

We had so much fun at Disneyland. Evie loved all the characters and excitement. Here's a video of Josh, Evie and I on "It's a Small World". Even though you can't tell it on the video, Evie really did enjoy the ride. She just looked back and forth at the scenes on each side of us the whole ride. Towards the end, which is when I recorded this clip, she got sleepy.

7 Months

2009-02-05T13:11:00.000-08:00

On Jan. 25 Evie was 7 months old. She is a very happy and fat baby. She's perfect.

I LOVE MY CAMCORDER

2009-02-05T12:39:00.000-08:00

I just figured out how to get my recorded videos on my computer and edit them. I'm so excited.
This first video is from earlier this week at Mrs. Lori's, my mother-in-law, house. Micah Anne is our niece. She is 1 1/2 years old and Evie LOVES her.

2008-11-06T17:18:00.000-08:00

This is our family picture from the Branson trip in September. I love that cabin. Violet and Evie have already grown so much sense then. Josh's whole family is going up there this week end but we can't go because of a retreat he is doing with the college ministry at church. I wish we were going.

Orlando Trip

2008-10-24T12:37:00.001-07:00

We just got back from our trip to Florida on Sunday. Josh's parents went with us and we had a great time. We only had time for two parks, Universal Studios and EPCOT. Evie was such a good girl. Friday it was a little two hot for her so she wasn't very happy but the rest of the time, including the plane rides, she was great. I can't wait to go back again when she's a little older.

Evie Joyce

2008-08-24T16:37:00.001-07:00

I love being a mom. Evie is so sweet and beautiful. We had a rough start but now we're great. This last week she has started sleeping through the night(6-8 hours). I can't believe it. She sleeps either on my chest or right beside me and when she starts waking I'm almost excited to get up and nurse her. She is crying so I will write more later.

Micah Anne's 1st Birthday

2008-06-03T07:55:00.000-07:00

Micah Anne is Josh's sister's baby. She turned one on May 16th and her party was on the 17th. We got her a baby doll and she loved it. She kept kissing and hugging it which made us think that she will really love Evie once she gets her. Micah really favors her mom, who looks a lot like Josh, so I think there's a good chance her and Evie will look alike. Evie is going to be so lucky. She will have Micah who is only a year older than her and Violet who is about 2 months older than her. She'll also have two big boy cousins, Jackson and Tucker, to protect her and one big girl cousin, Veronika, to teach her all the "girl stuff".

Update

2008-06-03T07:38:00.000-07:00

I went to the doctor yesterday and he said two important things. First of all, Evie has dropped. He said this is good because it is suppose to be the very fist thing that happens in the delivering process. He said it is called engaging. This made sense to me because for the last week or so Evie hasn't been kicking my ribs. Secondly, he told me if he had to guess he would say we will go full term, meaning I have still have a whole month to go. Considering mom went two weeks late with all three of us, this news is probably pretty accurate. I was kinda hoping she would be ready to come a little early due to how bad I feel, but I would rather her come when she is ready even if it's several weeks late than come early and have any problems.

We Have A Name

2008-05-06T08:33:00.000-07:00

We finally decided on a name for the baby. Her name will be
Evie Joyce Thomas

Play Time

2007-11-12T10:40:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago Paul through a shower for one of her friends. I had to bring the dogs because Josh wasn't going to be at home. While Paula finished getting the house ready before the shower Andrea, Steve and I played with the boys(Jackson & Tucker). Jim and Bruno LOVE them. They chased Jackson and Tucker all over the yard. Jackson thought it was fun and exciting but I think Tucker felt a little cornered by the dogs sometimes. Needless to say the dogs slept well that night.

I'M BACK

2007-10-08T14:15:00.000-07:00

I finally figured out my stupid password and ID for my google account so I can blog again!
At first I thought "Oh my, I'm going to have so many things to catch yall up on"; but when I really went through what was worth blogging there was only two events exciting at all. Now I know how boring my life really is.

1st......One Year Anniversary Disney Trip

We had such a great time. We(meaning me) relaxed more on this trip so it felt more like a vacation.

2nd

WE GOT PUPPIES

Their names are Bruno and Jim. I named Bruno and Josh named Jim(I know.....it's weird to have a dog with the name of a family member....sorry Uncle Jim.) They are a "Designer Breed"(two different pure breed dogs intentionally bred together) called Puggles (Pug & Beagle). They were 7 weeks when we got them and they are now almost 11 weeks. They can both already sit and now we are starting to train them to lay down. I love them sooo much.

Free Saturday

2007-03-06T08:36:00.000-08:00

This weekend was the first free Saturday we've had in '07. Our church's Upward Basketball League started the first of January and ended last weekend. Josh and I would referee at least three games every week and I took pictures through out the season for the closing slide show; so about 4 hours of every Saturday was spent at church. It is a great ministry and we love doing it but it's nice to have a little time off.

We spent our whole Saturday cleaning house. It feels so good to have a clean home.

Anniversary Dinner

2007-03-06T08:23:00.000-08:00

Monday night Josh and I had everybody over to celebrate mom and dad's anniversary. We had spaghetti and pineapple cake. The boys entertained us all night while the men watched "Best of Will Ferrel" and the women sat on the floor and talked.

I think all little boys like wearing other people's shoes. I remember the summer Austin stayed a week with us, him and the little boy Andrea was babysitting kept wearing my shoes around the house.

Steve's Birthday Dinner

2007-01-16T07:08:00.000-08:00

Steve's Birthday Dinner

2007-01-16T07:01:00.000-08:00

Christmas Day

2006-12-28T13:46:00.000-08:00

Christmas morning we all went to Dodi and Poppa's. Mom fixed a big delicious breakfast including grits, biscuit, pecan pancakes, and breakfast casserole. After stuffing our faces we sat around the living room and opened gifts. The best part was watching Jackson and Tucker get excited about every gift. They were so cute.

We left mom's around 1:30 and headed to the Starks' gathering(Mrs.Lori's family). Every year all the Aunts, Uncles and cousins draw names for Christmas gifts. It's really nice because everybody gets a gift and nobody has to go broke buying a gifts. Josh's cousin Janet had my name ans she got me a cute little green purse.

The Starks' Christmas was over around 4 so we went home for a rest before the Thomas Christmas which started around 6. Every year it is at Josh's Grandma's house but she got the stomach bug Christmas Eve so it was moved to Josh's Aunt's house. We had a great time but by the end of the night I was extremely tired; but not too tired to play with my new scrapbook caring case. I felt like a little kid. Josh kept yelling at me to help him clean all the gifts and paper off the floor but I just sat on the living room floor playing with my new toys:)

Christmas Eve

2006-12-28T12:57:00.000-08:00

Josh and I spent Christmas Eve at his parents' house. We ate dinner(chili dogs and cheese dip) and opened presents from eachother. Josh's mom got Sarah and I both a heavy duty mixer. I have wanted one for a long time so I was very excited. Josh got Seinfeld season 7 which completes his Seinfeld collection except for the not yet released season 8. We don't get to spend very much time with Sarah and Micah so we really enjoyed getting to see them.

When Josh and I got back to our house we decided to open our presents from eachother to save time in the morning. I got him a surround sound system and he got me a beautiful Pea coat, Shrek 1 & 2, and a coffee maker.

Josh's Birthday

2006-12-21T14:53:00.000-08:00

Josh's 24th Birthday was the 15th so Monday we went to Outback to celebrate. Steve was sick so it was Josh and I, mom, dad, Paula, Brad and the boys. Jackson and Tucker were both a little sick so they didn't have to great of a time but the food was still good and Dodi and Poppa loved taking care of them.

By the way I have never noticed how pretty Paula's profile is. I hope the boys get her cute little nose.

Christmas Time

2006-12-13T12:28:00.000-08:00

I had decided I wasn't going to decorate for Christmas but our trip to Branson got me in the Christmas mood. We don't really have room for a big tree so I made a blue and silver Christmas corner. Our entertainment center is decorated in more natural tones. The snowpeople beside each vase are souvenirs from our trip last weekend.

The Nativity was a wedding present from one of Josh's aunts. I love it. Someday I'll be able to set it up with our kids and tell them how it was the first Christmas Nativity mommy and daddy ever had.

Weekend @ Branson

2006-12-11T08:10:00.000-08:00

Friday after work Josh and I set off to Branson with his parents. Saturday morning we went to the new Branson Landing and then to Silver Dollar City. We got to see a few of the Christmans shows in the park. The last one we saw was the most popular one. It was in the Silver Dollar City Saloon. You had to get in line at least a hour in advance to get a guaranteed seat. There was an overflow line that we got in. They would let people from this line fill in any extra seats after everybody else had gone in. It was really cold and we had been in line for 30 minutes so we really wanted to get in to see the show. We ended up getting a seat but we were the last people who got in. The show was really cute but the best part was the the "snowball". It was hotchocolate with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. The Saloon was the only place in the park that had it; it was soooo good. Sunday we went shopping at some of the outlets. I really enjoyed getting to spend so much time with Josh's parents. They are terrific people. We had a great weekend and a fun mini vacation.

Update on Grandpa

2006-12-04T10:01:00.000-08:00

Josh's grandpa is doing very well. The doctors are pretty sure he will be able to keep his foot. They have it in a pressurized oxygen chamber to help the tissue heal quicker. As it heals they doctors will cut away any of the tissue that isn't getting blood to it, so we're not sure how the complete outcome will be. I just can't imagine how painfull all the scar tissue is going to be. He has a great attitude about the whole thing. The oxygen chamber is making his blood extremley rich in oxygen so he isn't having to wear his glass. The doctors told him his improved eye sight will only last as long as his foot is in the chamber, but it's still pretty cool and I'm sure it's incouraging to him considering he's been in a hospital room for over two weeks. Thanks for your prayers.

Brad's B-Day Dinner

2006-11-28T06:25:00.000-08:00

Do you think Jackson is learning to pose for pictures?

Josh has completely fallen in love with Tucker. He talks about how cute and sweet he is all the time.

We had a great dinner. Paula already wrote all about it so go see her blog for more details.

Josh's Grandfather (Olen Thomas)

2006-11-27T10:45:00.000-08:00

Wednesday afternoon Josh’s grandfather was in an accident. His foot got caught underneath his truck while he was trying to stop it from rolling down a hill. After his first surgery the doctor told us he wouldn’t be surprised if he ended up losing his foot. After his second surgery a few days later we were told that they thought his foot could be saved. He had another surgery yesterday morning. They were expecting to finish cleaning his foot out and then stitching it up, but for some reason they couldn’t get the stitches in. We don’t know what’s going to happen so please keep him in your prayers. He is 78 so this will be a hard recovery.

Wedding weekend

2006-11-21T08:23:00.000-08:00

I had so much fun Saturday. I love sending time with my whole family. We are so lucky to have eachother and even more so to get along so well. I can't wait to see everybody again.

Beautiful Family

2006-11-06T09:01:00.000-08:00

Upward Soccer

2006-10-31T14:11:00.000-08:00

Our church has Upward sports which a ministry to reach families in our community. We have a soccer, basketball & cheerleading league. There is several teams in each age bracket. Each team has a weekly practice with a new Bible verse and devotion every week. All the games are on Saturdays were there is a testimony shared at the half time of every game. Samantha and I coach a soccer team together this year. It was very frustrating at times but we loved our girls and I know I will miss getting to see them every week.

I took this picture at the Upward soccer closing. He is our dentist's son. I just thought yall would like to see another cute baby.

Arkansas State Fair

2006-10-24T12:48:00.000-07:00

Friday night Samantha, two of our friends form church,and I went to the fair. We ended up running into Andrea and Steve while we were there. This picture is of Andrea trying to coerce Veronika to go down the slide which was the only exit to the fun house. After unsuccessfully pleading with her, Andrea had to push her down it.

The food was the main reason we went but we decided to ride one really fun ride before we ate. When we were getting our tickets the lady working the booth made some rude comment to me. I was so mad. All she had to do was count out stupid tickets all day. It's not like she had some high stress job or something. I was so mad I refused to buy any tickets just to show her.....I know she lost sleep over it. So Sam, Trey and Charity were about to get on the ride but there was only room for one more rider. Samantha was infront of Trey and Charity so she told the guy that they were all together. The carney then proceeded to tell sweet, never stick up for herself, Samanthat that she had to get on the ride anyways. So she listened to him and rode it by herself. She looked like she was about to cry. To make things worst the nasty carney was eating a turkey leg like a rabid dog. It's disgusting enough to watch anybody eat one of those but when it's someone who just made your best friend cry...well it's almost too much. I wanted to go slap it out his hand. After that we ate so I felt better.

After the fair we met Josh and Joseph (Josh's best friend who also goes to church with us) at the Rave to watch The Prestige. It is the best movie I've seen in a long time. I recommend it to everybody.

SHOWERS

2006-10-20T11:18:00.000-07:00

Pampered Chef Shower
Thursday, 19th

Andrea ended up getting everything she registered for with Pampered Chef. She was so happy. I hope everyone had a good time. Hosting a shower is a great motive to get your house clean. I didn't realize how dirty our house was until I started cleaning it.

Church Shower
Monday, 16th

Andrea and Steve also got tons of stuff at our church shower. Mom gave them their "big" gift at this shower, a very nice digital camera. One of the best parts of the shower was getting to eat more of Stephanie's cakes.

PICTURES

2006-10-17T12:23:00.000-07:00

Aunt Kay Kay showing some thigh

PICTURES

2006-09-29T13:27:00.000-07:00

Sunday afternoon mom and I took pictures for Samantha's grandparents' 50th anniversary party. They are the sweetest people in the world. They always make me feel like I'm one of their grandkids so I was excited to get to do something for them. I am working on a DVD with all the pictures from their party and a few of their wedding pictures. I love doing stuff like this. I wish I could become a professional photographer/scrapbooker haha.

I am also working on a book for the shop about everything we offer. It is kind of like doing a corporate scrapbook. I've been following my dad around taking pictures of him working on different kinds of stuff. He has been cooperating very well. Tuesday there was an eighteen wheeler at the shop that he was already done working on but I realized I needed pictures for the "Heavy Duty Trucks" page. He took me out to the truck, pulled the hood back and acted like he was working on it so I could get a good shot.

Samantha's cousins

Petit Jean Mountain

2006-09-13T12:21:00.000-07:00

I know this is a super late post considering this is from Labor Day Weekend.

Monday morning we(meaning I) packed a picnic lunch and set out for Petit Jean Mountain. We stopped for a great breakfast at The Crackle Barrel in Conway. We went down a few trails, saw some beautiful scenery and headed to Josh's Parents' house for dinner. We never even ate our picnic lunch because we ate breakfast so late. A bunch of josh's family also came over to his parent's house for dinner. I t was really fun and the food was great. All the women in Josh's family, especially on his mom's side, are amazing cooks so I have a lot to live up to.

First House Guests

2006-09-05T06:51:00.000-07:00

We had our first party/gathering at our new home Saturday night. We had 10 friends over to watch the Razorback game. Josh grilled hamburgers and hotdogs and Samantha and Anna made bean dip and cheesedip. Two of the couples have a kid so all the girls had fun holding and playing with the babies.

(top) Me, Anna, Samantha, Heather & Noah. Noah is Jennilee's 2 week old baby. He looks just like Bill, his daddy. I've never seen a child look so much like one of his parents.

Jeremy and his son Luke. Jeremy was the MBSF (Missionary Baptist Student Fellowship) director so we are all really close to him and his wife. Luke is a month younger than Jackson.

2006-09-01T14:53:00.000-07:00

Don't EVER Leave Cut Onions

After work last Fri. I started cutting up some onions just to have for a time saver( I put onions in just about everything so I like to keep some already chopped up.) Josh got out of the shower and we were going to run to the bank which is about 45 seconds from our house so I just left the onions. The bank ended up taking a lot longer than we thought and it was really aggravating.
Afterwards, frustrated and hungry, Josh wanted to go to his favorite restaurant Moe's. By this time I had forgotten about the onion. When we got home and opened the door the smell hit us like a slap in the face. It was horrific. It seriously burnt my nose. Last night I sprayed Oust until i got a headache from the chemicals. Today, a week later, it has finally stopped smelling. I was getting nervous because we are having some friends over to watch the game Sat. and I was afraid we would end up being the people with the stinky house that no one wants to tell.

2006-09-01T14:43:00.000-07:00

DECORATING

I am having so much fun decorating our new home. We went to JC Penney and got a big mirror and clock for our living room. They are really nice and 50% off. We had $180 in gift cards so we didn't have to spend any money. Wen. night we stayed up late cleaning up our guest/workout room. Our house is really starting to feel and look like a home. It's amazing the difference wall decorations make. We registered and received a bunch of these really cute black wall cubes and shelf. We put all of them in the kitchen.

2006-08-24T12:56:00.000-07:00

Back To Real World

I love being a wife. It still sounds so weird. I've cooked just about every weeknight that we've been home. We still aren't done unpacking all my stuff...that's a big job. Our new king size bed came in earlier this week. It is really comfortable but our room is slightly slanted so the head of the bed is lower than the foot of it. It hasn't really bothered me but Josh has been sleeping upside down with his head at the foot of the bed. I'm afraid he's going to kick me in the face and kill me. It won't be hard to fix it, it's just that we've been getting home late and we haven't felt like taking the time to do it.

2006-08-24T11:03:00.000-07:00

Day 6

We started the day shopping for all our souvenirs at Down Town Disney.
They had the cutest stuff. You can see by the picture above that Josh loved all the shopping.

After we got the shopping done we went back to Magic Kingdom to get a few more rides in before going home. That night when we left the park I seriously felt like crying. I knew it was the last time I would be there for at least a few years and it was really sad. I was excited about seeing everybody back home, but Disney World is just so hard to leave.

This is Josh making himself sick on the Tea Cups at Magic Kingdom.

2006-08-24T09:19:00.000-07:00

Day 5

We decided to go back to Animal Kingdom so Josh could ride Everest and we could both ride a scary dinosaur ride we had forgotten about. Then we went to the Magic Kingdom for a few of there most popular rides. Later on that afternoon we went to Epcot. It was open till 12 that night for Disney resort guests only. We ate at the German restaurant "Biergarten." There was performers in the front of the restaurant singing and playing those weird horns. Epcot used to be kinda boring but they have added several exciting rides....Soar'n, Mission Space, and Test Track. By the end of the day we were both beyond tired. We had left the room that morning at 9AM and got back at12AM.

2006-08-24T08:18:00.000-07:00

Day 4

Universal Studios was Josh's favorite. I think they have more rides than any of the Disney parks but it's not as clean or child/christian friendly. This was the day that I realized Josh had been making ride on the outside (the scary seat) the whole trip. It's like our personalities fit the other one's body size. The best part of the day was getting see Shrek and Feona. Everybody tells us we look like them. Our personalities are a lot like their's to except Josh is nicer and I'm meaner.

2006-08-24T07:28:00.000-07:00

Day 3

We started our day with another character breakfast but this time it was at the Animal Kingdom. The waiters made us stand up and kiss infront of everybody. Josh's favorite character has always been Donald so he was excited about getting to seeing him.

One of the best things at the Animal Kingdom is the Lion King production. It has live music dancing and acrobats.

Another great thing at the Animal Kingdom is Mount Everest. It is Disney World's newest attraction. A boat driver the night before had written us a fast pass for the ride just because we were on our honeymoon. We were so excited because the line for Everest is always at least 1 hour, but when we finally got to the ride Josh said he didn't want to ride it. I wasn't happy but I just got in line by myself. While I was waiting I started to get more upset. Here we were at stink'n Disney World on our stink'n honeymoon and I was riding the most famous ride By My SELF. After I got off I sweetly let him know that it doesn't matter how great the ride is it isn't very much fun if you have to ride it by yourself and that I didn't want to have to ride another ride by my self.
It sounds mean but everything he rode after that he really enjoyed.

That afternoon we went to Epcot for a few rides, took a nap, and then went to the Magic Kingdom for dinner. We had a table for two right by the window in Cinderella's Magic Castle. It was one of the best nights of the whole trip. A couple right next to use got engaged and then the waitress brought us two glass cups for a wedding present. After dinner we got to look straight out the window at the huge firworks display they have every night.

2006-08-23T11:32:00.000-07:00

Day 2

We started the day with a huge breakfast buffet at the Contemporary Resort. Every few minutes there would be a different character walking by for pictures. The food was so good. We both felt sick afterwards we had eaten so much.

After breakfast we headed to Universal’s Island of Adventure. When we got there they told us our tickets that my mom had given us had already been used. I got really upset so Josh said he would bring me back on our one year anniversary and we would go to all the parks. But mom told us to go ahead and buy new tickets so I felt better.

That night we went to The Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue. We had all you can eat fried chicken, ribs, beans, cole slaw, corn bread and strawberry shortcake. The show was really cute. They made everyone on their honeymoon and any anniversaries stand up and dance. We had so much fun....and we ate ourselves to sickness again.

2006-08-23T11:13:00.000-07:00

Day 1

Prelude………The weekend before we left for the honeymoon Josh and I played in a church softball tournament. After sliding three times on the exact same part of my legs, I was sore and bloody. I wasn’t really worried about the trip because I have had more scabbed up legs than I can remember and they usually heal quickly without a lot of pain.

Day 1
Our first day was spent at MGM Studios. This has always been one of my favorite parks. It is home to The Tower of Terror and The Rock’n Rollercoaster. He wanted his picture made with Mr. Incredible. When the workers heard that we were on our honeymoon one of the woman got on her little radio and got Mrs. Incredible to come to us so we could get a picture with both of them. It was so cute.

We were about 3 hours into the day when my leg started throbbing. It felt like it was going to explode. After winning about it for an hour or so we went to the first aid desk. The nurse spayed some thing on it and gave me a wheel chair. Josh made fun of me at first until he realized we got to skip through most of the lines.