Birthday Luau

A few years ago, my parents prepared this unbelievable seafood meal for supper one night, when our whole crew was together.  We got the biggest kick out of Nana, because for whatever reason she said she felt like she was at a "luau."  So now we refer to this particular meal as our "luau" meal and when my birthday rolls around each year, it's the meal that I request.

Grandaddy White's house is just around the corner from my parent's house, both on Grandaddy's farmland.  My Uncle Kevin's family also built a home on the farm, several years ago.  All three of Daddy's other siblings have seriously discussed building a home on the farm at some point or another.  We say it will become the White commune, but it's neat to have family so close together. 

I really can't believe that I am 35 and deep in the throes of my mid-thirties.  I used to think that was ancient!  I guess you're only as old as you feel.  I hope that bodes well for me ;)

Canaan loves to be close to food....my little grazer.  Grandaddy was so proud to get to hold Canaan, but he had a hard time preparing his baked potato with one hand.  I had to pry Canaan away from him.

We totally did not plan this, but when we arrived at my parent's house, we realized that Addison and Hadley were wearing matching outfits.  Hadley's outfit was a Christmas gift from Aunt Tiffany and I like to try to let the kids wear things that people give them when we are around them.  I know it always makes me feel good when someone does that for me.  The kiddos played in the garage and ran off some of their energy.

My birthday dessert was a hot banana pudding with super thick meringue.  As much as I enjoyed ALL the food for my birthday meal, having my family together was the best treat of all.  Here's hoping that 35 will be a blessed year!

Snow Day

The morning after our Regional All A win, we awoke to a beautiful snow-covered ground.  Even the road was covered, which made being stuck at home even more exciting.  We couldn't leave the house even if we HAD to, right?  Hadley was beside herself with excitement and couldn't wait to head outside to play in the snow.

I finally settled on three layers of pants, three pairs of socks, and three layers of shirts before I felt like she would be comfortable.  I just wasn't quite ready to send Canaan out in our unbelievably frigid temps.  Luckily, he didn't even notice that Sissy and Daddy were gone. 

 Justin's big win the night before put him in an extra-good mood. Although, he's always more than willing to have fun with our kiddos.  Don't know what I'd do without him.

 

 We had to explain to Hadley what a snow angel was and then she and Justin practiced making them.  She was wearing so many layers, though, that she had a hard time moving very easily.

 "Do you want to build a snowman?"  Oh, how we love the movie Frozen at our house.  Justin and Hadley built a child-size snowman and we just had to put a Lady Scotties t-shirt on it.  Hadley was so proud.

 Then came the best part of all:  making snow cream.  Justin has always told me that he would concoct recipes like mountain dew or root beer snow cream, when he was a kid.  I like to just stick to old faithful:  sugar and vanilla.  Eating this sweet treat was the perfect ending to our snow day!

All A Regional Title

  

 January, February, and the first week of March we were up to our eyeballs in ballgames.  We have recently wrapped up a record breaking basketball season and couldn't be prouder of Justin's girls.  On this particular night, they won the All A Regional Title.  In Kentucky, schools are "classed," meaning they are put in categories based on the enrollment of the school.  The smallest schools are considered Class A...the category that we fall in.  It's nice that a separate tournament is offered for these schools to level the playing field a bit. 

 This group of senior girls are especially special to us because they are the first group we have had all four years.  Watching these girls blossom from freshmen to seniors has been so special to us.  We love these girls.  

 This was our first set of nets to cut down this year, and Canaan's very first set ever.  Hadley had the privilege of cutting down a couple of sets when she was the ripe old age of two.  Now it's Canaan's turn!  



Justin could seriously have gotten the big head over the past few months with how much he has been on the news.  Seems the reporters love my man.



Hadley continues to enjoy doing the post-game radio show with Justin.  This time she even got to wear a set of headphones and listen to the show going live.  Justin was presented with the "game ball" and Hadley is clinging to it for dear life.

Now it's off to the STATE All A Tournament for our girls.  We are so proud of them!  Go Lady Scotties!