We started off the summer having a "Gender Reveal" for Patrick and Kelley! And...guess what color we will be using come November! BLUE!!!! Patrick and Kelley are welcoming a new baby boy in November....Jase! We are so excited for them and Ryder, too! We will then have 10 grands! All ours (no yours, mine or ours, lol). Six boys and Four girls! We all got together at Vestavia Bowl for Carter/Ryder's combined b'day party in May and that was a hoot. The cousins had a blast. (and the adult "kids" enjoyed bowling as well!)! we also enjoyed Blakely's dancing recital/ Ella Kate's Dancing Recital and Daisy's piano recitals!
Would you believe the Cullens talked me into going back to WDW at the end of June? And I said "YES"! Also we took Daisy! Jon's dad/step mom went to and met us there. We had a blast, as usual! WHAT A FUN "SPUR OF THE MOMENT" VACA!
Terry and I went to Cancun to celebrate my birthday for July 17th. We had a ball. We stayed at the Le Blanc Hotel, an all inclusive resort and we never left the premises until we left to go to the airport and home. It's a beautiful place , we have stayed there before, and we love it. So quiet (NO children under age 18) and so clean and beautiful. Each floor has it's own Butler and ours was fantastic. Terry told him it was my birthday so he and his crew decorated my room full of balloons/rose petals/champagne and even had "happy Birthday Janice" on the screen on the T.V. ! It was a great day!!! We had dinner on the beach and it was just perfect!!! We also had some professional pictures made, like we did when we went to Hawaii. This guy was fantastic! he kept us laughing and made us feel young again! He even got me to climb up a huge rock on the beach with Terry for a photo shot. I'm used to being on the other side of the lens so this was hard, to be the subjects!
The grands are all doing great. Lily has been gone all summer so I haven't seen her but once! Powell and Blakely have been doing soccer/ Bible School/ etc. and Kemp/Daisy(and mom and dad, lol) MOVED to their new townhome that overlooks Ross Bridge Proper and the pool there. They LOVE it. Some really exciting things for them this summer, but that will have to be another blog post!!! It's pretty special!!! Her band has also started playing around town and she is enjoying that, too!
The Hornes aren't the only ones who moved, so did the Cullens! For now, apartment living in Ross Bridge across the street and down some, from the Hornes! They will do like Nat/Brad did---decide
where they want to live. For sure, Katie/jon wanted Carter to go to Deer Valley so that is where he will be! He and Ryder both will be in K-5. Carter at DVS and Ryder at Calera Elementary. Ella Kate will be going to Hunter Street Baptist Kindergarten and only Beckett will be not going anywhere the coming Fall!
So, that's a quick update! I'm getting some ideas from Pinterest for my Sunday School Class at
Christ the King Anglican church (we meet at Samford). I have some "newbies" coming up this year, too! I have to keep them on their toes as they are smart/sweet and very knowledgable about the Bible! I should say I have to stay on MY toes!
Terry and I still are tossing around the idea of 1. a boat or 2. a small house at the beach. He would
love to retire and that is where he wants to go. So, if we get a boat, we can stay on it for a couple of weeks at a time or if we find a little house, stay there for several weeks at a time. His dream is to move there permanently but I haven't totally agreed to that one yet!!!
Here's some pictures (surprise/surprise) of the past fews months since I'm so behind! Until next time!
P.S. this blog drives me nuts loading pix! (one reason it's taken me so long to post again. It won't let me move them in order, so just figure out when these were made! SOME may be even in there twice!
