Date Night!

Last Friday night Maclaine went to a Birthday party so Ty and I had a few hours to sneak away alone for a date. We went to Tia Rosa's for dinner and then we went to the mall to walk around. We didn't have time for a movie AND dinner so since we like food more than movies we chose dinner. :)

Our photographer Maclaine took these photos of us...



"Kiss me, and act like you like it dang it!"



"EWW, you have on lip stuff!"



And off we go!

Aubrey & Clainey

My niece Aubrey spent the night with us last Saturday so I snapped a couple pictures of her and Clainey.

Aren't they beauties? Barnaby seriously sneaks into every picture I take anymore...he's pretty cute too!


We took these pictures at the park...

Who's that?

No, Maclaine isn't wearing brown contacts....

No, Maclaine's hair hasn't grown really quickly....

Yep, that would be Tanner (my nephew) wearing his sisters wig!



Don't hate me Tanner, your Aunt Lyssa loves you and thinks you're pretty cute!

Off to the Ball!

A couple Friday's ago my niece Mallory and my brother-in-law went to a purity ball at their church. Mallory was so excited to have that special time with her dad.

We couldn't wait to go over to their house to see them off. I wasn't expecting to get emotional but when we walked in their door my eyes got very teary. Mallory looked BEAUTIFUL and all I could think of is, "oh my gosh, where has the time gone."

Mallory was born the year I got married and although all my nieces and nephews are special to me in their own way, Mallory was the first born so she got smothered. I couldn't get enough of her nor could any of the other family members.

I remember the day she was born, I was working at Applebee's and I got the call that my sister was heading to the hospital and I couldn't get out of there quick enough. I went home and got Ty and we headed to the hospital and she was born shortly after. It was a little bit stressful because she came about 4 weeks early (I think) and she was TINY. When we walked in my sister's hospital room, all you could see were Mallory's big eyes. She still has the most beautiful sparkly brown eyes.



I would talk to her when she was in my sister's belly and would tell her over and over that her Aunt Lyssa loved her and that I was going to be her favorite aunt :)



I even went as far as making her a onesie. Hey, I'm not shameless...



Now, I'm not sure if I'm Mallory's favorite aunt. She has many, many people who love and adore her. But, either way I think she's a very special little girl with a very big heart. She's beautiful inside and out! I love you Mallory girl and am very proud of you!

Here's some pictures before they headed off to the ball...

Mallory and her date...



Here's my sister DeAyn with her kiddos Mallory, Aubrey, and Tanner...



My mom and Mallory...



Me and Mallory...



Mallory and her sis Aubrey...



Maclaine (my girly) and Mallory...



Cousins....



More cousins...



Off to the ball they go...

"Curly-Sue"

These pictures were taken the morning of school pictures. Maclaine wanted her hair curly and it definitely started out that way but when I picked her up from school the curls were gone. Unfortunately, they took their pictures close to the end of the day. Why would they do that? I'm sure she looked gorgeous regardless!

"Goose"

Meet our new little girl "goose".



We had a little scare on Saturday. Maclaine and I went shopping for some flowers to plant and as we were putting them in the back of the van we had a little "issue" with the seat. As Maclaine was trying to adjust the seat, it flew back and hit her on the head...HARD! It flew back SO fast and SO hard I didn't have any time to stop it. I was trying not to freak out but on the inside I was shaking and having an anxiety attack. Her head automatically turned purple and she had a HUGE goose-egg. I rushed home not knowing if I should take her to Urgent Care or not but Ty reassured me that she was fine. Apparently, he had many a goose-egg in his time.

These pictures were taken about 20 minutes after the fact and it had started going down by that time.


She was trying to hide from the camera....


Gotcha!


After we knew she was going to be alright we decided her new nickname was going to be "Goose." It hasn't grown on her yet so it may not stick :)

Just Clownin' Around!

My mom made my sister and I matching clown costumes in 1978 and Maclaine found this one at my mom's and decided to add it to her dress-up collection.

When you have a clown costume on you just have to "act" like a clown! There's just no way around it!

I love these pictures!





My mom dug through her pictures and found these. This one is me, I actually cropped my sister out of this one (sorry DeeDee)....



This one is me, my "Mimi" which is my great-grandmother, and my sister DeAyn. I'm 4 in this picture and my sister is 7...



Have some fun today, clown around with someone you love!