More catch-up!

 The picture above cracks me up, it looks like Tad has no font teeth. I just noticed it when I was uploading it!*lol* I still think its a cute picture of my favorite boys :) That outfit that Brayden has on is an outfit that Eli wore when he was little! Its that old *haha* I had to make sure to get a pic of B in it, just because its a special outfit.

The next 2 pics are on B's actual birthday! Tad and I took him to Chuck E Cheese's for his birthday and we all had a blast! I actually have pictures from that day but they are on my mom's camera. I took her camera because I didnt want to load my big camera around all day.. and I have no idea where she put that camera card at her house. Anyway, isn't he the cutest 3 year old :)

 Easter morning before church!

Oki and and I made a shopping trip one day before we had B's birthday party for the rest of the supplies for the party. She was out on Spring Break that week so I decided we would have a girls day :) We both enjoyed it so much! We shopped and had a great lunch at Chili's

 She knows how to get exactly what she wants too, think maybe she gets that from me??? I sure love this pretty girl to the moon and back and she most definitely knows it too! *haha*

Nina finally had Baylie Kate! I was so excited for my bff!She is just the cutest little thing! Of course Brayden and I had to go see her after she was born. I had to sub that day and as soon as I got out of school B and I hurried ourselves over to Dothan to see that precious baby girl.

 Baylie Kate and her Aunt Kay, she just LOVES LOVES LOVES me! I'm telling you, that girl could come live me anytime she wants :) I might just spoil her rotten. I haven't seen her in a month now, and I'm having major withdrawals from holding her :( Nina bring me that baby girl! *lol* You know she misses me, all the cooing she does is about how much she misses me and wants to see me ;)

 We love riding around on the hunting club! B enjoys hanging out the window and looking for deer tracks :)

Well, just to finish catching you up on things, I started 3 weeks ago at Callahan ENT in Enterprise working part time. I was getting a little bored at home, and some friends from church work there and thought that I would like a part time job. I enjoy it so much! I love having something to do, although I do miss my baby boy, just because we get home late. Its helping out with the house fund. This money is mainly for those small things that you want for your house but have to buy here and there.. Well I'm just saving this money for curtains, lamps, wall decor, rugs, pillows and the little costly things like that!We are hoping to be starting on the house in the next month!Our little family has been so blessed within the past year and I thank God for that everyday! I think this pretty much catches ya'll up on things...If I remember anything else, I'll blog about it next time! Brayden and I plan on having a relaxing weekend. I had planned on making a beach trip (just the 2 of us) but I don't think I can handle B all by myself on the beach yet...he's WAY to wild! Have a wonderful weekend folks ;)



We ARE alive! I promise!

Okay, so it's been over a month since I last blogged and SOO much has happened to the Tisdale's. I started substituting at OES and OMS, LOVE IT! But not enough to change my major in August when I start back to school, after my much needed break from schoolwork. Around the middle of March we got word that Tad would be leaving to go back to work on April 10th, so we the set a date for B's birthday party, April 6th which is his actual birthday. I got invites made and printed and they were on their way in the mail. Well about 4 days after we got the first email, they sent another and said he would be leaving on April 6th!!!! Are you kidding me?? Really??? I should have known this though, as soon as we set a date for the party they would make him leave earlier or on that day..and thats exactly what happened! I was SOOOO mad and confused on what to do.. Immediately I called my mom and text my friends April and Toyia for their opinions on what to do. They're moms and I knew they could help me figure out a solution! So with all of their help, I just decided to change the birthday to March 30. That way Tad could be home for his baby boys party. He wasn't happy with me about changing it at all, He knew how hard I had been working on this party and how much I still had to do for it and didnt want me to be rushed. I think he just didn't want me to put him to work!*haha* I tried to tell most of the people that we were inviting to the party that we had to push it up a week because I didn't get the invites until the Saturday before the party... I handed most of them out on Sunday to our friends at church though. So party day got here and April came to help me get food done and decorations done that day. She was a HUGE help! Thanks soo much April! :) I promise to help with "michael" Jackson's party. Anyway, so in the middle of us making chocolate covered marshmellows and other goodies. Tad gets an email, that says your departure date has been moved to leave on April 10.... REALLY???? I was steaming HOTTTTTTT!!!! Did this really happen? YES IT DID! HOT HOT HOT, is not even the words to describe how I felt after he got that email. All Tad could say was, I told you not to change the party... UGH! We made it through the party, barely... It stormed...and then what you ask???? A tornado! Yes, you read that exactly right! A tornado cloud comes right in front on the house. So here we all go into mothers house.... Luckily it didn't last very long, and most of everybody left soon after that, which I completely understand! I was soo tired, my feet were killing me...I had been standing up and going since 6:00 that morning! I have never cleaned up a birthday party so fast in my life..That next day I talked to my mom, and she was like you just cleaned up and got out of here.... I mean I was POOPED and needed to sit down and get off my feet before they fell off.

Of course I have lots more pictures, but my computer is being funny and is taking FOREVER to upload just 1 photo! So I'm glad that I got to catch you up on a few of the things that have happened with us...I do have lots more to tell and will do so in the next post :)

Praying, Listening, and finally Obeying

Well I haven't blogged in awhile, we've been a little busy around here. So I want to catch you up on whats going on with me. Some of you know that I signed up to become a volunteer for Sav-a-Life Pregnancy Crisis Center in Andalusia. I did this in October (i think). First off, Aunt Sam has been talking to me about volunteering there for several years, and I just would brush it off and say "yeah I should" For the past year its really been on my heart to volunteer and help these girls that have unplanned pregnancies. You all know that my major is Psychology and my main focus is on adolescents. I've always been that person to want to "fix" things, well you can't just "fix" things.. There are steps you need to take in order to come to "peace" with things. I've learned in the past couple of years, that God is there for me no matter what, as long as I believe and trust in him, I'm going to be okay. So, these girls that come into Sav-a-Life need to know this too. Well anyway, yesterday was my first day of training to become a client advocate. I enjoyed it so much, I learned alot..not only learned how to talk to the girls but how to conduct myself in the sessions and in my life. I prayed a long time about volunteering, and most of the time when I would feel God pushing me toward it, I would back off. I did that long enough and finally started listening to what he was telling me to do. I am now obeying God by doing what he wants me to do. I would love to oneday have a "job" with Sav-a-Life, but as for right now I'm obeying God by just volunteering and be there for the girls that come into the center. I have my second training this afternoon and I can't wait. I'm not sure what else God has instore for my life, but I know its great whatever it may be. Thanks for reading :)



"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; to grant to those who mourn in Zion to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that they be glorified."  - Isaiah 61:1-3

Is there really a first time for everything???

So, I went to the dentist this morning, and we all know that no one loves going to the dentist. Today was just a little worse than usual... I have my very first cavity :( I am super bummed about it.. I cried on my way home.. I know your thinking its just a cavity, but I have always prided myself on having no cavity's and now I have one.  Tad thought it was funny, my momma wasn't very happy with me, Tiffany tried to comfort me, and Nina said welcome to the club! What a wonderful family and friends I have :) *L* I have to have it filled in April :( I'm pretty sure I'll cry again about getting the shot... In Tadpole's words.. "Theres a first time for everything". UGH! I had lunch with Toyia at Papa G's and boy was my food yummy :) I enjoyed our catch up date. It's church night so of course we went to church. Now we are home, I've washed the dishes, Tad's in bed, and B is sitting on the couch with me watching Shake it Up and twirling my hair. I put him in his bed last night around 9:30 and he woke up around midnight and Tad put him in our bed. As soon as he falls asleep on the couch I'll put him back in his bed for round 2! I love that little bugger but he sure is a bed hog and this mommy hasn't been getting any sleep lately..and KAYLA needs her sleep!!! Tomorrow B is going to school and I'm going to clean house and wash clothes! Tad has to go the dentist tomorrow to have his cavity filled... HAHA to you :)

 Brayden was giving daddy advice on where he thinks the house should be! :)

 These two boys are all into looking for deer tracks... We have to start Brayden early so he'll know what to be looking for! *L* I enjoyed riding around in the woods yesterday with my boys. When I was younger, the days that my daddy picked me up from school we would always go to the hunting club looking for tracks. He would pick me up from school, we'd stop by Onycha Grocery get us a drink and some beef jerky that they used to sell( it was the BEST beef jerky ever). Then we would go ride on the hunting club for awhile just looking around enjoying daddy/daughter time. 

Whats going on with us??

I'm just going to let the pictures tell you whats been going on with us the past 2 weeks :) You'll probably not be so scatter brained if I do it this way!

This was 2 Saturday's ago, Tad, April, Shane and I all went to Dothan that night and ate at Conestoga's. It was GREAT! If you know me, I'm not one to eat a steak out anywhere.We enjoyed it very much. The next two pictures were after we ate :)

Happy Valentine's day! Tad and I had a wonderful day. Brayden went to daycare and he had a Valentine's Day party in his class. Tad and I ate lunch at Rancho Grande and then went to WalMart. We picked up B the Operation game, but instead of the man it was Mater!! :) Of course when we got home that night and gave it to him he HAD to play it.. So you can imagine what all we did that night.

We had a photo session one night on B's new bed! Its so cute, and he loves it...but he doesn't love it enough to sleep in yet*haha*

Tad had hernia surgery on Wednesday of last week, and is doing great! He played golf all day yesterday so you know he must be doing good. Saturday while Tad was at church helping with D-Now stuff, B and I bake some red velvet cupcakes. Brayden enjoyed licking the bowl just a little too much!

While Tad played golf yesterday, Brayden and I laid on the couch pretty much all day and watched tv and movies...We got up a few times to play with some toys in the floor. Pretty much we just stayed on the couch and relaxed. Tad came home and grilled us drumettes and deer sausage. Today, we haven't done much.. I went grocery shopping at my parents house!*L* All of our deer meat is in their freezer and we were out of hamburger meat at our house, so I needed to stock up again. :) Then we went riding around in the woods, it was such a nice day for it too.

So I uploaded these pictures about and hour ago, and I wanted to upload the rest which are the ones from today, and my computer or blogger is messing up and won't upload anymore. UGH! It drives me crazy sometimes. I will upload them tomorrow if it'll let me! Everyone have a great Wednesday tomorrow :)

It's a 4-wheeler/golf cart riding kind of day.

Seems like we have been a busy little bunch today. Tad and I got up first thing this morning and took B to his Papa T's house and we were on a hunt for B a new bed. If you all know, he already has a bed. He has one of those beds that have the drawers up under the bed...I can't think of what they are called at the moment. Wel 2 of the drawers have completely came apart for the THIRD time. I noticed the other day that the wood up under the mattress is coming apart from the side of the bed, I tried pushing it back together but it didn't help. My mother and daddy bought the bed for Brayden, they wanted to buy his bed and of course I couldn't turn that offer down :) It took mother and I a couple of weeks to find a bed we liked for him. When we got the bed in they only sent "some" of the parts and some of what they did send was damaged. Mother called the comany and told them about it and they sent us another bed. Well...when the new bed came in, we were missing a WHOLE other box. Tad and I finally got the bed together,it took us awhile just because we had Brayden home with us and we had to do alittle at a time. The instructions for the bed weren't easy to understand either. Anyway, thats a little background on the bed we have now. In the past week Tad and I have decided that its time for Brayden to start sleeping in his own bed. So, this means we have to get him a new bed. I feel horrible that the bed mother and daddy bought is going to be trashed, but I just don't know what else to do...The drawers are broke and I think the middle is coming apart. I hate that their money is practically being wasted. We have decided to take pictures of the bed to email to the company and let them know whats all happened to the bed. Brayden's new bed will be here tomorrow afternoon, and his new chester drawers. I started a budget yesterday for Tad and I, we each get $300 every 2 weeks. It includes anything we want to do,eat, groceries, play golf...anything but bills and gas. Whatever we have left over each week is our choice what we want to do with it. Tad says he's gonna save his for his hibachi grill he wants when we build a house, I think I'll just save it for a rainy day! :) I really hope we can go by the budget and hopefully save ourselves some money and be able to put back more for a house each month. Today was so nice outside.. Tad,B and played on his swingset for a little while this afternoon. Then while Tadpole and my daddy put the blades on the lawnmower Brayden and I rode the 4-wheeler and the golf cart around in the pasture. We both enjoyed that very much. I haven' done that in a LONG LONG time. Tad and my daddy are grilling pork chops, I've got some quash and eggplant cooking on the stove,YummY and I'm printing coupons :)!!!   We've had a great day and I hope you have too :)

Short Sleeve shirt in February???

Can you believe it February and we're wearing short sleeve shirts? Tad has even been wearing shorts around. It's just crazy how this weather has been lately. We've been a busy little bunch since last week when I blogged. We took Tad's truck back to Enterprise last Wednesday to be fixed. That afternoon Tad had a doctors appointment and found out he has a hernia :( On Thursday, Tadpole went and played golf with some friends and B went to his Granny's house for the day. So I went to Andalusia to do my couponing at Fred's and Family Dollar! I know we have a Fred's and Family Dollar in Opp, but for some reason I like their Fred's better. After I did my couponing I went and visited Tiff at work. We got to catch up and she cleaned my wedding rings for me :) They're all clean now! During our visit I had people calling me from Birmingham from where we bought the truck because Tad and I had been trying to get ahold of them all day. Bondy's in E'prise had called twice since we took the truck over there to be fixed that something else was wrong with the truck. I KINDLY told the manager in B'ham that the truck was practically brand new and should not be having this many problems with it when we've only had it 2 weeks. He of course agreed with me, and I expressed that Tad and I were not going to pay for this truck to be fixed, that if they wouldn't pay for the broken parts then they would be getting that truck back. The manager up there was very nice to me, as I was to him. We got everything straightened out finally, thankfully! Tad and I had already decided to take the lift off the truck, so that meant we would have to pay for that..When Tad picked the truck up Wednesday afternoon, they didn't charge us near as much as they were supposed too. Thank you Bondy's Toyota! Tad had to be at church Thursday night to get meat ready for the Wild Game Banquet on Friday night. B and I ate supper and went to visit Izzy and Papa T since we hadn't seen them in a while. Friday, B went to daycare, Tad was at church all day and I needed to go to the Andalusia Police Department to get fingerprints for substituting. I had to go by the Christian Book store for the church to buy 21 Bibles...Do you know how much Bibles are??? EXPENSIVE! I couldn't believe how much they were. Its absolutely crazy. So whoever won doorprizes at the Wild Game Banquet Friday night got themselves a nice Bible! :) Saturday was great, we actually got to spend time with our Tadpole. We had to go to WalMart for diapers. B is still not potty trained, but we are working on it still. We went to our friends April and Shane's house that night to grill steaks with them and Paul and Tiffany. We had a wonderful time hanging out with all of them. We went to church Sunday morning and after church around 2:30 B's fever spiked up to 104.5, he had been running low fevers around 101-102 since Saturday at lunch. I thought it was his teething because of the fever and some of the diapers he had had that day, plus his gums were white. Anyway, I made my mother come to the house and she put him in the tub and cooled him. It worked for the most part. He still ran fever throughout the day and night. Tad went to church without us..so I missed hearing the Lester's sing on Sunday morning because I had child care and I was going to miss the last night Not a Fan :(. Brayden woke up around 4:50 yesterday morning crying, so I changed his diaper, gave him more juice and he wanted to watch TV. Tad took him in the living room and laid on the couch with him so he could watch TV. I went back to sleep in the bed. Again he ran fever most of yesterday, but a low fever and would break every couple of hours with medicine. We went to the grocery store around 3:30 and came back home about an hour later and his fever spiked back up to 104 and he started constantly crying about his tummy hurting. :( He hasn't had a dirty diaper since Saturday night at Shane and April's house. So I know his tummy must hurt. He finally stopped complaining about his tummy about and hour later and ate some supper and his fever went down. This morning, he has had NO fever all night long! YAY! Today is house cleaning day for Tad and I. We can barely walk in our closet to get something out to wear. So we are going to clean it out today and hopefully tackle B's room too. Tonight we are having supper at the Colquett 5's house. Church tomorrow night, I think we'll eat supper there too! :)

Mommy and B being silly :)

This would be my extreme couponing! 5 things of Tide, 2 Degree Deodorant, 1 pack of Dove soap, 1 bottle Rob-tuss,1 bottle Nyquil, 7 things of toothpaste, 1 thing of bounce dryer sheets, 2 bottles of Scope. :) I saved almost $40! 

B says I'm so cool, I wear my sunglasses at night! 

Miss Sophie! Isn't she the cutest thing :) 

Me and Sophie :)

Sophie had a photoshoot! 

Toyia and KC, Tad and I will just take Sophie off your hands for ya'll :) She would fit right in with our wild child, and she likes to eat just as much as we all do over here at the Tisdale house! HAHA!


I would just like to say that prayers work and God does answer your prayers! I have prayed for a long time now about a few things and in the past couple weeks, God has answered my prayers. I want to thank those that were praying with me about it and I'm grateful for our friendships :) God has a plan and sometimes its not always clear BUT he always has a good reason for everything!!!