Happily Ever After

Happy Fall, Ya’ll

I love fall, and I love my kids! What could possibly be better than fall pictures of my adorable kids? In my opinion – NOTHING! Enjoy!

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I love this series of pictures.

a little lick…

Life is good!

An Afternoon With The Jernigans

My grandma’s baby sister, Aunt Vi, came to visit last week. We had a party at the nursing home where Gram lives. We had lunch and cake and then gathered around the piano and sang.

The Jernigans love to sing. If there’s a piano or keyboard or guitar or anything we can use to make music, we sing when we get together. I have grown up loving the sing-alongs. This was the first opportunity my kids have had to enjoy such a treat! They loved it!

Here are a few pics and videos from the afternoon.

PopPop, MiMi, Claire, Uncle Roy, GiGi, Aunt Vi, Uncle Duie

Two of my most favorite people – Claire and Uncle Roy

Aunt Vi and me

Sisters – My Gram and Aunt Vi

Uncle Duie and PopPop

Claire started off watching Aunt Vi play the piano…

Then she started singing…

Then she started playing the piano with Aunt Vi. Claire had the best time!

Uncle Duie (GiGi’s brother), Uncle Roy (GiGi’s brother-in-law) and PopPop (GiGi’s son) – Their mouths are open because they’re singing.

We attracted quite the crowd – most of whom knew all of the words to the old hymns.

I had the opportunity to hear and record my grandmother singing. I haven’t heard her sing in so long. I love that beautiful soprano voice! It’s so sweet and so comforting! I will treasure this video forever.

More singing – I love this!!

I used to the be the little girl who snuggled up in Uncle Roy’s strong, loving arms. I am so very glad that my little girl is getting to know her Uncle Roy and that she is his “Dandy Girl” too!

And my son is the newest “Hot Dog” in the bunch. Here’s a pic of his getting some love from Aunt Vi.

My dad also played. Such a talented family we have! I hope my kids will learn to play.

After the sing-along, my kids loved “playing” the piano and hanging out with GiGi.

What a perfectly wonderful day! I am so glad that we live close to GiGi, and that we were here to spend time with Uncle Duie, Uncle Roy and Aunt Vi. What precious days these are! I love my wonderful family! How very blessed I am!

Happy Birthday, Babe!

We celebrated Steve’s 33rd birthday last Saturday! We had so much fun!

On Saturday, Steve wanted to go to the Tulsa State Fair.

The funniest line of the day came from Claire while we were walking down the midway: “So WHY are we not riding the Ferris wheel?” Needless to say, her daddy laughed then headed straight for the line to ride the Ferris wheel.

It was Claire’s first Ferris wheel ride, and she LOVED it! After that, Claire and Steve rode a roller coaster.

Claire had her first solo ride at the fair and followed it up with a few more solo rides. The first was on a bumble bee (similar to the Dumbo ride at Disney).

Next she rode the balloons.

Then the pink roller coaster

While at the fair we ate fresh-cut curly fries with chili and cheese, fried pickles and a funnel cake. Yummy!

On Sunday we celebrated Steve’s birthday at our house with gourmet cheeseburgers, french fries, fried okra, fried zucchini, baked beans and corn on the cob. Delish!

A picture of the stuffed party-goers enjoying the opening of presents