Destination: Canada

Anthony has a veterinary conference in Toronto this week! It is Johnathan's turn for the "special trip" and one on one time with Mommy and Daddy. We will rotate turns with the kids for the major conferences and special alone time! Although, Joseph and Jayne Elizabeth had no problem with their planned "special time" at the farm!

Johnathan at Nashville airport, taking care of his luggage! What a big boy!

 This was the tiny plane, that was very turbulent, and resulting in my motion sickness!! At one point as I was using the nice little provided bag as a fan Johnathan asked "are we going to crash Mommy?" Anthony was on the other side of the aisle, concerned too! The storm clouds were BIG!

 As we descended the view was completely white, and barely visible was the Toronto traffic stopped on the roads! The winter storm was noted as we walked down the stairs off the airplane and proceeded  through the blizzard to the terminal....did I say how small this plane was??? Johnathan's first words as we entered the airport "my not like this place Daddy, next time I will pick!" ha!! He is better now :)

 WELCOME TO TORONTO!

 Johnathan still wasnt convinced this was a vacation! ha~

H.O.C.K.E.Y.

This I now know. Toronto loves hockey! Also, I know that one day my sons will appreciate that on the first day of vacation we went to eat at Wayne Gretzky's restaurant, and then we went to the Hockey Hall of Fame! This would not be my first choice, but it was for Johnathan! Anthony will not be out of the conference until tonight, so it was H.O.C.K.E.Y. for us!

Wayne Gretzky's had great food, Johnathan loved the chicken mac-n-cheese!

 They gave him a "hockey stick" in his drink, and the tables were made to look like ice!

 At the Hockey Hall of Fame, we spent most of the time at the interactive hockey areas~

 In the "locker room" of the Toronto Maple Leafs...

 Johnathan's hockey coach, Mr. Howie! I am glad hockey isnt available in Crossville :)

 Johnathan preferred not to be goalie, thank you Jesus.

 After all the hard work on the ice, it was time for fresh raspberry lemonade...ahhhh.

Johnathan desperately wants to bring Joseph back a puck, please let me find something else that would satisfy him! ha!

Who is that girl???

Etta with her Dad today!

 The above picture is our neice Etta when she was two! Anthony's identical twin brother (yes, he is a twin too!) and wife have two boys and a girl. We have two boys and a girl. Etta is their first born, and this happened the day before we were married! Etta has always been a very special little girl to us! Since she was born we thought she was so pretty, smart, and kind! Fast forward seven years, and now we have a little girl that the families agree favors Etta a whole bunch! Secretly, we couldnt be happier!!! Take a look, what do you think??!! Etta is above picture, and Jayne Elizabeth is the following picture!

Below is a picture with Etta and her Daddy when she was Jayne Elizabeth's age....I think there is a resemblance between the fathers and daughters!

My girl, she is my girl......

God is so good. I am so thankful for my family. Sincerely thankful to Him for these precious gifts. Jayne Elizabeth will aways be our baby girl.....

 I think her Daddy may see a veterinarian here..... we love Jubal McKinney. Thanks Lacey!

We LOVE our Uncles!!

Anthony's brothers Kent and Ross came to stay with us over their spring break at Auburn. I think it is so neat that in college they would choose to visit our wild little family in Tennessee over starting spring break! Uncle Kent and Uncle Ross's character and personalities are admirable! My little guys have great role models! The night they left while eating dinner Johnathan said "my miss them already."  Not only did Uncle Ross and Uncle Kent play soccer and baseball continuously, they also babysat Saturday morning while I helped throw a baby shower and Anthony worked! But---it gets even more impressive! On Sunday after church they painted my entire kitchen! These young men are so apprecited at our house!!!

Uncle Kent was the painter, and Uncle Ross maintained the extension ladder!

The weather was gorgeous, and the kids enjoyed riding bikes through the neighborhood with their Uncles!

Mr. Ronnie and Lacey gave the boys a tee, this weekend it was broken in!

Uncle Ross and Uncle Kent brought a present, it was wrapped in  "The Auburn Plains" newspaper!!

It was a new release book "The War Eagle Story"

Just to make sure the kids could fully apprecaite the Auburn legacy they watched the eagle fly at the stadium and also the Auburn fight song!

Now, we have a constant battle between the Auburn Tigers and the Florida Gators when the twins pick "teams" while playing sports in the house! ha! Yay! Dont tell their Daddy that we are planning future colleges in the SEC! I am so thankful for the blessing of family. Praying for these two "uncles" as the continue their college career!

Our Girl goes to the farm

Jayne Elizabeth woke up from her nap asking to go the farm!! We called Papa and he tried to talk to her about starting ballet classes, but she kept repeating "my go to farm." So Papa came from the livestock market to pick-up this cute little girl for the afternoon. She was beyond excited!! Her brothers were still napping, so the explaination was postponed for them. Jayne Elizabeth would say "no boys, just me." She quickly had me help her pack a bag (just like a girl, a big bag just for the afternoon!) and then began to wait on Papa. She was so excited! She even was able to wear her "high maintenance" camo from Uncle Clay! It was the cutest thing ever to watch her!

Ready!!!

Still holding tight to her bag!!

 She moved to the carseat while waiting....still holding tight! So cute!

 She RAN to Papa, and she was very excited to see the truck AND trailer!!

 Papa and Jayne Elizabeth headed to see Granna and the farm!

and then Granna sent this video.....take a deep breath~

It's Raining, It's Pouring

Oh my, we have had the rain! Instead of staying inside another afternoon I decided to "enjoy" the weather and allow the kids to go outside and play. There were large puddles and rain drops after the down pour on Monday! Jayne Elizabeth loved the water the most! She had no problem splashing around! Joseph was not thrilled with the water pouring into his boots, and Johnathan enjoyed the umbrella the most!