Friday, August 24, 2007

Colorado - Butter Braid Conference

Wow!! The beautiful Colorado Rocky Mountains.

God is good isn't he!
The view is breath-taking (literally). If you don't believe me ask Sheila. Due to the thin air she and I found ourselves stopping to catch our breath quiet often.


We drove over the Loveland pass to get to our resort. One side was mountain and the other side was a cliff with a huge drop off. Adam, not being too fond of heights, held his breath most of the way up.

Mom, Bailey, and Dad enjoying a photo opportunity on the way home.



Bailey, Uncle Adam, and Aunt Amber waiting to go on the scenic wagon ride.


Mom & Bailey at the beautiful Keystone Resort.



Mom & Bailey


Aunt Amber, Uncle Adam, Alesha, Bailey, Austin, Sheila during the break on our Wagon ride. The horses, Rocky and Randy, were gorgeous as was the scenery.




The 17 hour drive was exhausting on a 1 1/2 year old baby girl. Nana was gracious enough to share her pillow. These times were the most peaceful times of our ride. We stopped and spent the night on the way there and back so we didn't drive 17 hours straight. She really did very well considering the long drive. She never really cried. Toward the end of the day should would fuss about getting back into the car seat, but would calm down when we would get going again.





All - Star Fundraising had the fifth highest sales volume for the fall 2006 - spring 2007 season. I was very proud of our team and their accomplishments. Austin has put in a lot of hard work to build this business to what it is today. We started the fundraising business about five years ago. My sister Amanda and brother-in-law Tim were with us in the beginning until his football career took them else where. The first few years were busy. Things were tight for a while, but the business is really taking off now. Our sales grew almost 100% from last season to this season. Adam, Amber, and Sheila have done an awesome job this past year. Thanks guys for all the hard work! For those who don't know, about a year and a half ago my brother Adam and his wife Amber began working with us in the northeast Texas and north Louisianna area and Austin's mom, Sheila, started working with us in the Arkansas area. Austin is now concentraiting on north west Mississippi and the Memphis metro area. Bringing them on board has been rewarding for everyone involved. We won a $1,000 vacation package. We need to decide soon where we are going to go. We'll be sure to take lots of pictures and fill everyone in on the trip. We love you all.

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Mammie Visits







A few weeks ago my mom got to come for a visit. She stayed four nights. We really enjoyed our time together. We did lots of shopping. We also took a trip to Graceland. Mom has always been a big Elvis fan so we decided it would be fun. We saw the house, graves, cars, and airplanes. We had a good time, but I don't recommend taking a 1 1/2 year old. The time went by too fast. We can't wait to see her again. Maybe next time we'll get to see Poppa too.

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Bailey's Photo Session


A few weeks ago we had Bailey's picture made. I ordered this picture as our package. When I went to pick them up they told me that the negative had been destroyed so I had to pick another pose. There was another one that I liked almost as much so it wasn't a big deal, but I thought that at least this way everyone could see this picture. I thought it was adorable. Hope you enjoy it.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Fun at the Beach










It has been way too long since I have posted in this blog. Our summer has been so busy. I have lots of things to post, but haven't taken the time to do it. This was our most recent trip. I thought I would begin there and work my way back. We spent the week last week in Gulf Shores, Alabama with Austin's family. We had a blast at the beach and playing games at the beach house. We rented a four bedroom beach house. The gang included Austin's mom and dad, sister Ericka, brother-in-law Nathan, niece Bethany, nephew Micah, Aunt Lee Ann, Uncle Bill, little cousins Madison, and William. The picture of the handsome young man is William. He's a sweetie. Of coarse, they all are but he is the one I happen to have a picture of. There is also a picture of Bailey and Papaw and Bailey at Fort Morgan. It was a hot week, but it felt great at the beach. Bailey enjoyed playing in the sand mostly. Towards the end of the week she got brave enough to play in the water. I hope to post several new blogs in the upcoming weeks to catch up on our summer activities. Until then God bless you all. Alesha