4 generations

Bryan's mother and grandmother are in town visiting for Morgan's birthday and Mother's Day, so we took the opportunity to get a few pictures of the generations-you just can't pass up an opportunity like that. Here are three generations.

And four generations! Isn't that amazing!? WOW! More amazing is the fact that both of my children are smiling at the camera...at the same time. Yes, I did tie their hands behind their backs and tell them their feet were next, but hey, whatever it takes to get a good photo-sign me up!

Four generations of women-truly a Mother's Day gift! See, it can't hurt that bad...they are still smiling.And the Louisiana Applewhite's on a beautiful Louisiana Saturday Night! See what happens when you untie them-they lose sight of the goal...and the camera. Lesson learned.

Night of Champions

Getting all dressed up in the name of ULM

Turned out to be a great evening and lots of $$ raised for our student athletes.

Warhawk Weekend

The weather was amazing, the scrimmage was fun, the crawfish were boiling and the baseball game was great! All in all it was a jam-packed, rootin' tootin' Louisiana Saturday night!

The girls were all ready and geared up in their new ULM dresses to cheer on the Warhawks.

Bryan gettin' his game on.

Rock on Soul sister!

Not interested in the paparazzi...hmm...that's unusual.

There's Baby Gaga loving the camera!

After the scrimmage...thought we may as well take advantage of our coordinating outfits. Cheese!

And after all was said and done the girls had seen all that they could see.

Monroe Zoo Boat Ride

Skylar and Morgan LOVE the new Disney movie The Princess and the Frog. They have only watched it a few times but the music is fantastic and extremely catchy. We went to the zoo the other day while Bryan had a spring vacation day and they have a little boat ride you can take at the zoo. The girls absolutely love it and Skylar sang, "Going down the Bayou" from the movie for at least the first 5 minutes. Just that line...over and over...and over.While it doesn't look as though she is having any fun at all I asure you she is. She is just thinking about what she is going to sing, say, shout, or whisper next. Chances are it won't be a whisper. Not with Skylar. And I am pretty sure after 5 minutes of "Going down the Bayou" it was 5 minutes of her own rendition of "Puff the Magic Dragon."And Morgan loves the island monkeys that put on a show for you if you clap and hoot and hollar for them! They are pretty cute!

Easter

New Orleans

Last week we took at trip to NOLA with my Dad, Mo and Jana and had a great time touring The French Quarter, took a boat ride down the Mighty Mississippi and our family friend Gaynell was kind enough to give us a tour of the city and give us a glimpse of all of the regrowth and past devastation in NOLA. We also stayed in Ann's cousin Teri's condo and it was fabulous. We had a great view of the Bayou right behind us and a great park that the girls enjoyed one day. We had a wonderful time!

Our new Crib!

Hey Y'all! Well, I am happy to report that we have a stylin' new crib! It has been a crazy month for the Applewhites, but we are happy to say that Bryan got a new job coaching for ULM (U. of Louisiana at Monroe), we found a new house, put it under contract, and are happily packing for our cross country move down south. I have never lived outside of the Rocky Mountains and I really have never been to the south (I don't count Florida as the south and 24 hours for a football game doesn't really count either). I spent the last week in Monroe and I am totally impressed! Our realtor was amazing, the area is fantastic and we are so excited to get good and settled. Here are a few pictures of the new house.

Here is the outside of the house-front and back. And it has a screened in porch in the back-woot woot!! Killer bugs and gators can't get us in there-LOL! There are lots of trees in the back to block that HOT afternoon sun.

The living space-kitchen, nook, dining room, butler pantry and family room. I love that we have a fireplace. It kinda makes me laugh. We live in Montana where it didn't get about freezing for over a month (or above -10 for a week) and we didn't have a fireplace. Ever single house we looked at in Monroe had a fireplace.

The bedrooms. The master is nice and BIG and we will have a bathroom all to ourselves again-woot woot! Sharing a bathroom with 2 toddler girls kinda cramped my style. The girls will share a bedroom again and may even graduate to some bigger beds. We are going to have the 2 blue bedrooms painted before we get there.