Coast-it, Roast-it, Post-it

Well, the ladies definitely left their mark. The night before they left, they schemed.....And when Ben and I awoke, we found our tiny little house covered in these!

Filled with love, advice, and some observances.


One that was quite prevalent...
Yeah, we get the hint. We love y'all! I wish I could post a photo of every single post-it note but I fear I have already gone a bit overboard. But every time we find a leftover note (which, coincidentally was just YESTERDAY!!) we think of our Spring Break Beauties 2011!!!

SuperMoon on Dauphin Island

I'm sure you've already heard, on March 19, 2011 we experienced a SuperMoon. The moon passed the earth at the closest distance in 18 years. Ben and took the "Spring Break Beauties" on a late night field trip to Dauphin Island to see the moon in all it's glory :-) Jillian and I experimented with a bit of night photography. Here are the fruits of Jillian's efforts (mine left a lot to be desired).

Gosh, I love him....
Ben was trying to show me "Ryan's Arrow" as he has been trying to do for 5 years now....As you can see below, I'm still not getting 'it' and continuing to find other interesting things :-)


Man, sisters are a wonderful thing:-)

Spring Break Beauties Making Appearences on the AL Gulf Coast

Well they came and went. They 'rested' from their spring break week at PCB .....


They were properly fed and quite literally shopped till they dropped with Mimi :-)


They had it rough didn't they?
They got a little more play time at the beach:-)

They visited our 93 year old grandmother, Murrs :-)
Mimi and Da (our grandparents) treated us all to breakfast downtown at a sidewalk cafe, "Spot of Tea" so the girls could have a true taste of Mobile.



And we were able to take a moment to step into the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception.



They didn't exactly destroy my house but they did indeed leave their mark....More on this later...Jill and Kelci, I love you both SO much! Kelci, I'm sorry you didn't have anywhere to sit because Mr. Cooper kept stealing the only seat in the house and your spot in the CAR!!! I'll have him under control next time you visit.

More to come on our trip to the beach for an incredible view of the full moon on the Gulf coast waters and what the "Spring Break Beauties" decided to leave behind...

Spring Break Beauties

TWO of these PCB Spring Break '11 Beauties are headed to my house tonight!!! (Insert Lee's Happy Dance in the kitchen! Lee doesn't get a SB anymore so she can live vicariously through them.)
While their visit is quite unexpected and on SUPER SHORT notice I am SO excited that they will be fast asleep, curled up like a bunch of squirrels in my office/guest bedroom by the time I wake up in the morning!! In preparation, I am feverishly typing away to finish a first draft prospectus for my Research and Design class....BLAH! Then I will SHOVE all the clean clothes in the closet, set out some pre-baked cookies and spray some Febreeze in the air to complete the illusion that I am indeed Betty Crocker, Martha Stewart, and future Dr. Awesome all rolled into one! Hmmm, I wonder if I could vacuum all the carpets before they get here too??? Ok, that is pushing it overboard for a bunch of teenagers.
Don't they just look BAD!? Eh... You decide! I will say that they each have hearts of gold and I am so happy to have a bit of sister time. One thing I have been reminded of this week (gosh! this whole month!) is that we aren't all perfect. We screw up. One WORD document couldn't hold all the times that I have "flubbed up". I would need a website devoted to this task, with a MASSIVE server. (My friend Titus, where are you!?) Well, DUH! Ok, so we are all idiots in some form or fashion. We know there was only one perfect soul who walked the face of this earth.

In the "How TO Live Life" manual (A.K.A. The Bible) you'll find, "So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her."- John 8:7

So there we go! There is our release from reacting harshly and dropping your judgment on others. God totally just let us off the hook. It is really exhausting and God would rather us expend our energy serving HIM. So maybe the next time someone in your world makes a less-than-thoughtful-choice/mistake instead of beating them to death, teach them and support them in making more informed decisions using His love and strength, which we were given as His people. Still want to 'decide' how bad they look? (I'll let you know if they trash my house worse than me on Monday)

Ok, I'll hop off the soap box by tomorrow with more fun thoughts and ideas. Until then! Party at the L.A. Gooch house!! WOOOOOHHHHHOOOOO! Jill and Kelci are coming to town :-)