Precious Leah

On our recent vacation Andy lost his wedding ring. I was hopeful that possibly it really didn't fall in the sand, but in a friends bag. Ok so pretty unrealistic! Anyway we left Hilton Head minus one wedding band. When Andy and I bought our bands I thought we had orderd them through a website that Mitch and Leah had bought/found theirs. So I called Leah (after going to a local jeweler and founding out how much the same ring he had cost...wow!) and I was hoping she would remember the website so I could start my hunt for Andys new band. Now the story gets so sweet...Leah said "L.A. I still have Mitch's wedding band, do you want it?" As I stood there on the other end of the phone I was silent. I was thinking...Bubby's wedding band? Leah said she would love it if we would want it. So she sent it to me and I decided I would suprise Andy and let him decide if he was ok wearing it.

When it arrived in the mail a few days later I kept it in my pocket the whole day (in the jewelry box) all excited like I was about to propose. I was so excited Andy barely got a foot in the door after work and I said "I have a suprise, hold out your hand." So I tried the ring on Andy and it fit PERFECTLY!!! Andy said "What is this?" So I got to cry (just a little) :-) and tell him the story. He was silent and just looked at it. I told him to think about it and let me know if he would want to wear it. I think it was the next day we were in the kitchen and he told me he would be honored to wear bubby's ring. I really think I stared at his hand for a couple days! I loved the note Leah sent...it said Mitch was so excited when he learned that Andy was planning on asking me to marry him and she knows that Mitch would be proud for Andy to wear the ring in honor of our love for each other.

THANK YOU LEAH!!! THANK YOU FOR BEING A LOVING SISTER AND KEEPING BUBBY'S MEMORIES WITH US!

Funny Jill

Kent and Mabry

Ok Jill has started her blog (www.thepopefamilytallahassee.com) and I am going to copy what she wrote from our yesterday excursion...

"Our activities for the day included a bon voyage visit to Best(Breast) Beginnings, Lunch at Hopkins, Grammy and Gee (my favorite kids boutique), and house hunting with L.A. As we were riding in the car we pulled up next to a big car with a man who was eyeballing L.A. and I. All we could think was that, here are these two All-American, stepford wives riding around in a mini van with their two babies strapped in side by side. The icing on the cake was that L.A. was reading a cookbook in the passenger seat. The thought of how we must have looked makes me chuckle. I absolutely love being a stay-at-home mom."

I have been "milking" this last week before school starts. I cannot believe the summer is already over....and so is my time as a stay at home mom. I have enjoyed the past 6 months so much! Mabry is going to have so much fun in the nursery at school. She is a busy body, so she will love all the other kids. Please pray for me next week as I adjust to a new schedule and being away from my little pumpkin.

Until later...

:-) L.A.

Little Mover

OK...right now I am watching little Mae scoot/crawl her way around our wood floors! One day I will know how to attach a video so all can see! We have had a fun day. We ran some errands this morning and then went to a playgroup for about an hour. Mabry got to swim for a little while...she loves water!!! Then our friends Jill and Kent came over and we had a PB & J and talked about sewing projects. Later when Andy comes home we plan to go on a family "run"...we will see. Our sprint triathlon is in about 2 weeks, we have decided this will definitely be for fun, not competition. I'm going to try to "blog" everyday this week just to get used to it...until then :-)

Vacation on Hilton Head Island!

First Blog Entry

I'm trying to start a blog and have NO clue what I am doing. Thought this would be an easy way to keep friends and family updated...we'll see :-) Here is a picture of our little Mabry on her 5 month birthday!!!