Crawford Arrived!!!

We are so excited to announce that Crawford Shell Jones arrived on August 31, 2010 at 12:20 p.m. She was 7 lbs, 7.5 ounces and 19 inches long. The girls are in LOVE with their new little baby sister!

Crawford right after she was born

Crawford and Mommy

Emerson holding Crawford for the first time

Palmer holding Crawford for the first time

Hudson holding Crawford, she doesn't know what to think.

Gigi holding Crawford for the first time

Mimi holding Crawford for the first time

Grandma holding Crawford for the first time

Grandpa holding Crawford for the first time


PaPaw holding Crawford for the first time

Daddy and Crawford

Sweet Crawford

Crawford and Mommy

My four precious girls!!!

Heading home from the hospital

Aunt Kelley and Crawford

The six cousins

Cousins Noah and Crawford

Cousin Savannah and Crawford

Playing on her blanket

Crawford's first bow!

Palmer Turns Three!

My sweet Palmer turned three. She begged for months to have an ice cream party. That girl loves some ice cream! So we decided to have her party at Ben and Jerry's. She invited a bunch of friends and they had so much fun.

The Birthday Girl

Blowing out her candles

All the kids

Hudson enjoying cake with Grandpa Jones

Mimi and Palmer

Chloe, Julia, and Emerson loving being in the freezer with the ice cream

Opening presents

Having fun with the ice cream favors

Shangri-La 2010

Shangri-La is a family tradition for our family. We go to Lake Ouchita every summer for a week with my family and friends from back home. It's great! So relaxing! We just swim, go out in the boat, eat, and relax all week. Here are some pictures:

As soon as we got to our cabin, Hudson immediately found this cabinet she could climb in.

Sweet Cousin Noah

Emerson, Savannah, and Palmer playing Leapster


Savannah, Lorrie, and Emerson ready to go out on the boat.

Hudson in her shades

Palmer and Hudson ready for the sun

Little Noah

Hudson playing in Gigi's room

Savannah and Emerson in the pool

Emerson holding Noah

Palmer holding Noah

Savannah taking a break from swimming for a snack

Palmer playing with the water

Palmer chilling in her boat

CAN'T WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR!!!

My Crazy Girls

My girls are so much fun and just full of life. Here's a little glimpse of some crazy times and fun around here:

Hudson enjoying some cake

Exhausted Hudson

Palmer after sneaking a brownie to nap time

Sweet Palmer

Emerson putting on her own play makeup

Emerson enjoying some king cake

Swim Lessons

Emerson and Palmer took swim lessons from Kristi and Chuck Trisdale. I was amazed at how much they learned. Before lessons Emerson wouldn't put her face in the water and Palmer was scared of the water. By the end of the week they were both swimming as you can see in the videos below. I now have two little fish.

The swim group

Ms. Kristi and Palmer

Palmer "monkey crawling"

Here is a video of Palmer floating on her back and monkey crawling on the side

Here is a video of Palmer swimming from Ms. Kristi to Mr. Chuck

Emerson swimming underwater to Ms. Kristi

Emerson swimming through the hoop

Emerson swimming on her back with Ms. Kristi

Emerson jumping in

Emerson swimming to Mr. Chuck

Emerson floating on her back and monkey crawling on the wall

Emerson swimming from Ms. Kristi to Mr. Chuck