How we named our kid's!

I was reading Kelly's post about baby names and how we came up with the names and couldn't help but tell our story. :)

I have three kid's...........two boy's and a girl. When Craig and I first started to date I had actually said that I really wasn't interested in having children. Well, that all changed when Craig and I were seriously dating.

When I was pregnant with our oldest I was teaching middle school. I loved being pregnant with him. My student's were so good and they actually helped us with naming the kid's even though they may not know it. LOL As a teacher there are names of students that you just KNOW that you can't name your own. These names stick in your mind because of one reason or another. Just ask any teacher and they can tell you about a name or two. LOL Well, when we started thinking names we really like Colby. Colby James or Colby Jameson. Well, when the kid's were asking me about names and I said Colby James I couldn't believe their response. They were telling me NO not that name. And I was shocked. Why?? They said he'd be forever called 'cheesehead' in school. I was confused and asked why. They said Colby James sounds too much like Colby Jack. ROFL So we decided against having our precious little boy go thru life being known as cheesehead. Plan 2. We loved, no LOVED, watching Beverly Hills 90210. The original is awesome and so while watching we really liked the name Dylan. It was different and one name that I had not heard in my years of teaching. So we went with Dylan. And then decided to have his middle name be Biblical, so it is Matthew. I love it! He is our gift from God! :)

When we found out I was pregnant with our second and it was a boy, we actually had a name right away. Kennedy Tyler. I mean for months and months that was his name. When he was born, two weeks late, he didn't look like a Kennedy. Does that make sense? I don't know what it was but Craig and I were like he's not a Kennedy. Then Craig said how about Brandon. We started to laugh because he is also a character on 90210! LOL So our little boy is named Brandon Tyler. :)

Six years later we were blessed to learn that we were again pregnant and this time it was a girl!! We love our boys but we had always wanted a girl, so we were beyond thrilled. Everyone automatically thought her name was going to be Donna, Brenda, or Kelly. Or even Andrea. Nothing wrong with those names, but they weren't 'it'. I actually had some that I liked and one in particular I liked from when I was in college. I love the name Grace and Grayson, but with our last name those weren't an option. So then I thought about the name from college. It was from my favorite movie, Steel Magnolias. A true southern film if there was one. I am still in awe of the whole Louisana thing and have yet to visit, but one day I will! :) Anyway, we decided to name our daughter Shelby. But the task of a middle name was hard because this being our last baby we wanted to make sure that we really decided on all the name choices. We thought about Lynn and Lynne. We thought about Grace. We thought about Ann. Even Elizabeth after my grandmother. Then we thought about our little girl being a true gift from God and it was right in front of us..............Hannah! Shelby Hannah. That's it! :)

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Easter Bunny? No, make that Easter Alligator!

Easter morning we woke up to a cute little Easter bunny in the backyard. Shelby thought that was the Easter bunny that brought their Easter baskets. :) So cute! Then we headed out to Cornerstone Church for a fabulous Easter service. We got home a little after noon and my parents came over, so did my brother and his family.

As I was getting everything out for our Easter lunch, my nephew came in and said that there was an alligator in our backyard. I have to admit, I thought he was joking. I mean who ever thinks there will be a gator in your backyard? Seriously! But nope, the gator was there on the side of the creek in our backyard sunning itself!

We called Animal Control, who was closed. Then we called the Sheriff's office and a patrolman came out to check things out. He couldn't reach anyone at Fish & Game or any of the state certified trappers. He gave Craig the phone number of a local guy and later that afternoon, we finally reached the guy. He came out but the gator wasn't budging. We had too many people in the backyard...........kid's playing, kid's swimming, music on...........too much noise for it to come out.

So the next afternoon, the trapper came out and ended up having to shoot it and then capture it. I'm still grateful that it stayed in the creek area and not up near the house!

Amazing isn't it?

Hope your Easter was blessed with much happiness!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to everyone!

We have a winner~

Hey there! I'm excited to share that we have a winner for the Pillsbury gift set! I used the random number generator to see who won and here are the results:

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Sooooooooooooooo the winner is: Beth!

Beth congrats!!! Email me your address and I'll have this shipped out to you! Thanks for entering! :)

Sweet Sunday Morning Sweetness giftpack giveaway!

I'm SO excited to bring this great give-a-way to you! Our family loves Pillsbury sweet rolls. It's a favorite every time we have guests over and sometimes as an evening snack! Yummy!!

Have you tried the sweet rolls from Pillsbury?

For this giveaway, please leave a comment and let me know if you've tried the sweet rolls before and what you think of them? Did you know there were different flavors? If so, which is your favorite?

You have till Friday, March 12th at 6 p.m. to leave a comment. I will do the drawing and post to the blog. Please make sure I have contact information for you as well!

This giveaway is provided by the folks over at Pillsbury and MyBlogSpark!

We have some winners!

I totally forgot to post the winners yesterday, I'm sorry! I used the Random Number Generator and had two winners!

Old El Paso green chili set:

Ansbaugh Mom

Chocolate Cheerios set:

Carol G.

Please email me your mailing address and I'll have these shipped out to you ladies! Thanks again for playing along! :)

Old El Paso Green Chili's

Super Bowl 2010~ What a night, wasn't it folks? The Saints won and with that start a bunch of celebrations in New Orleans!

Well, that weekend also happened to be my son's 12th birthday. So we celebrated in style with the help of Blog Spark! I was asked to do a little review of the product and was given this great assortment of wonderful additions to add to the festivities! Perfect timing really. When the box arrived, I opened it up and loved looking at all the football festive stuff. My son's party was decorated with these goodies and we were able to taste test the Old El Paso green chilis too. Our friend Holly made some tasty chili that afternoon so we topped the chili with grated cheese and green chilis! Yummo! It was a crowd pleaser for sure. I was thinking these would also be great for home made nachos or even Velvetta Queso. So tasty for sure!

Thank you Old El Paso and Blog Spark for the opportunity to try out the Old El Paso green chilis and the wonderful football assortment of party supplies!! Y'all made my son's party!

If you would like to WIN one of these gift sets, then here's your chance! To be in the drawing, please leave a comment about whether or not you've tried this item before and if so, what did you think. Please also include your email address so if you win, I can contact you. :) I will leave the comments open till 9 a.m. on Monday, February 22. I will do the drawing on Monday around noon. Good Luck!!