Happy 4th Anniversary!

It so seems like yesterday that all our family was coming into New Orleans for our big wedding. We have been so blessed with wonderful family and friends. In 4 years, we have 2 dogs and 2 amazing kids. My anniversary gift to Tory this year was pictures of the kids and myself. Kelsey Call Photography did an amazing job like always.

Morgan's Modeling

Morgan is signed with a group called Ellie Bean and Models. Photographers and Boutique owners use the models to model their clothes and accessories. Morgan got her first assignment a few weeks ago from http://www.girlygirlbows.net/ and I made shirts to match the bows so I could also use the pictures. Our pageant friend Wendy took some amazing pictures of Morgan. She has gotten so big the last few weeks and she took some amazing pictures. She also just got another assignment to model shoes. Morgan LOVES shoes!

Sept 11.... 9 years ago!

Its so hard to believe that 9 years have passed and I still remember that day like it was yesterday. I got a call from my BFF Nicole to turn on the tv. I was socked that she was calling and that she was awake before me. We both sat and watch the news, The World Trade Center buildings were on fire. Shortly after the towels fell, I would receive the news that would forever rock my family... Donnie had CANCER. He was only 2 1/2! How, why, what did he do wrong? I was mad at God and really question my faith. Looking back on it now, I understand that God had a reason, and he choice Donnie and my family for a reason. My mom started a festival/fundraiser 3 year ago in my home town of Zwolle, La. Each year it has grown and they have raised $10,000+ each year, not bad for a small town of 3,000 people. The St. Jude Fall Fest is always held the second weeekend in September and this year it fell on Sept 11. It was nice to see the town come out and support such a great cause and all the St. Jude patients/families from the area.

Stars Over The USA Pageant

Morgan competed in the Stars Over the USA pageant this past weekend. It was an all natural pageant (no pageant dresses) and it was alot of fun. She started the day out in her casual wear outfit and was all smiles for the judges.

Morgan was in the best of mood for the pageant

After casual wear was the BFF section. Morgan and her little friend Chloe dressed up in Yellow polka dot bikinis and they had beach balls and a small pool. I did not get pictures of them together but did get 1 of Morgan

Next was RWB (Red, White, & Blue). Morgan was still all smiles for the judges even though it was getting close to nap time.

The last section of the pageant was Beauty. Morgan was still all smiles even w. her 15 minute nap. After beauty, we did a quick change in the car and was off to see Courtney play in her last high school softball tournament.

St. Charles did not win their final game but it was still amazing to see the heart this team has. Courtney tore her ACL a few weeks ago and has not been on the pitchers mound since. When the coach gave her the ball during the middle of the game, I think we were all cring. Even though her team did not win, they were amazing and we were all proud of the girls!

Sunday morning I was back to the pageant w. Tanner and Morgan this time for crowing and also with plans to do a practice Cinderalla pageant. Tanner was a handful and we did not stick around to do the second pageant. Morgan was the only baby in her age group so we were hoping to pull a higher title. One by one, all our friends were getting called up. Morgan and another girl (Maci) tied for the highest title... Ultimate Grand Face of 2010. Yes she won and she won big. Since there was a tie and the judges did not want to pick, they had to split the money and their big crowns would have to be mailed to them. Way to go Morgan

Texas Bluebonnets

Texas Bluebonnets are amazing. These pictures were taken by Kelsey Call Photography and boy were the kids a handful. They were both in a playful mood and getting them to both look at the camera was a job. Morgan did not like the flowers to much so she liked the bench the best. These too are a pair of hams!

Blue Bell Factory

Last summer while my cousins were in from Baltimore, we went up to Brenham for the Blue Bell Tour. Tory had work that day and was not able to go. Friday was an off day for Tory so we finally got to go. Tanner woke up so cute and the first words was... "we go eat ice cream?" The kids really enjoyed it and it was neat to hear how the ice cream started.

Disney On Ice

Disney On Ice was a ton of fun. The Calls rode w/ us down there and that was a lot of fun! 3 toddlers in the back row cutting up. Morgan chimed in some too. We ordered our tickets presale and Tory was able to get us some amazing tickets, 8 rows up from the ice. The only problem was the bathrooms were 10 minutes away and Tanner took 3 trips up.