Extreme Week!

This week was an "Extreme" week for our crew, literally. Extreme Makeover Home Edition was in Hattiesburg and did an unbelievable job on a new house for a family on 18th Ave. A couple of friends and I volunteered to help and it was a really great experience, they are very organized and VERY fast. The extent of the work site is just a lot to take in when you get there, it was very cool, house looked great and it will air sometime in February.

The next day we left for a mini-vacay and headed to Mobile to stay the night with my brother's family, Dean, Ashley, Lucy and Grayson. Lucy had her own marching band and they learned "jingle bells" marching around the house with their band, Hudson on xylophone, Harrison on drums and Lucy on bells. The boys love their dog Lolli, and follow her around, she is like a person and VERY patient with these two. Harrison calls her "yahyee".

Lucy and Grayson have an elf from the North Pole that comes to watch and play with them every year right before Christmas, his name is Sparky. This year he brought a friend, her name is Pippy. They feed them crackers and water and sprinkle some special snowflake sprinkles on them every night and they get up and play around the house while everyone sleeps. Sometimes they can be a little mischievous! The next morning we woke up to this mess!! They emptied Hudson and Harrison's bag and threw the clothes everywhere!! They always leave a note and they said they were a little upset that the boys kept eating the crackers that Gray was trying to leave out for them so they wanted to play a joke on them! It was all in fun they said. It was funny and mommy had to re-fold and pack their bags all over again.... :).

Despite two boys that didn't adjust so well to their first night of sleep on vacation....We really enjoyed our quick visit with them, lots of fun. More of the family vacation details coming soon!!