Say A Prayer

Please say a prayer for our family this weekend, but mostly for my Lil Bubba. These are his last few days at home before he leaves on Sunday for the marines. We support him 110% but will miss him greatly, especially since he will be gone during the holidays. We had a great time last Sunday with my whole family going to church together and then at the end of the service Pastor Maddoux prayed over him. It was so neat to see everyone come up to Lil Bubba after church and shake his hand and thank him for his service to our country. Brian and I will spend Friday night at my grandparents so that we can be there when Aaron comes to trick or treat at his Gigi's and great Granny's house. Aaron is also excited to trick or treat at his Pops and Meme's house so that Uncle Matt can see him in his Tigger costume. Saturday we will spend the day hanging out with my brother and then Sunday is the day...the day we take my lil bubba to officially join the marines!

Lil Bubba I am so proud of you and support you 110%!! I will miss you more than you know and can't wait to see you in San Diego!!

Thank you all for keeping my brother and all of our troops in your prayers!!

10 Facts About Me

I have read several people's posts on this and think this is a neat idea, so here goes...

1. I am 23 years old and still scared of extreme darkness. It is silly I know, but yes to an extent I am scared of the dark.
2. I always have to leave for things at certain specific times. For example when I leave for work I always have to leave my house at 6:05 am or when I have class I always have to leave my house at 7:15 am or I feel like my day is all messed up and start to feel stressed.
3. I do not like tomatoes but will eat ketchup, the same goes for hot dogs I will never eat hot dogs, but will eat a corn dog.
4. My car has to be clean at all times, this includes the inside and outside. It really bothers me if my car is dirty.
5. I can remember alot of random numbers: codes for work, birthdays, cell phone numbers, etc. but can't seem to memorize stuff for math!
6. I feel like I always have to change my status on myspace or facebook to match whatever I am doing.
7. I have to be completely covered up when I sleep, I do not like my feet or arms exposed at all, this includes during the summer.
8. I have this irrational fear that someone will be hiding under my car and will grab my feet when I go to get in. Yes it is irrational and weird, but oh well. Often times my friend Matt likes to tell me that he's going to do this to me.
9. I can not stand clowns whatsoever, especially if they are in a haunted house.
10. I can not watch scary movies or I start to think that the things that happen in those movies can happen to me, this may be why I am think someone will grab my feet and why I am scared of clowns.

I tag Denise and Maranda.

This is what makes me proud to be a marine sister!

This is a bulletin that my lil bubba posted on myspace, and this is what makes me proud to be a marine sister! I love you lil bubba and will miss you like crazy, but can't wait to see you in San Diego!! **Ignore the spelling he writes everything like a text message**

SO IN 10 SHORT DAYS, I WILL BE LEAVING EVERYTING I HAVE EVER KNOWN AND HEADING TO SAN DIEGO FOR MARINE CORPS BOOTCAMP, WITH MY BOY ROB!!!!

I WILL GET INTO SAN DIEGO ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 3 DAYS BEFORE MY 19TH BIRTHDAY, I WILL BE THEIR FOR 13 WEEKS, I WILL MISS THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS, AND NEW YEARS WITH MY FAMILY.


AFTER MY 13 WEEKS OF TRAINING I WILL GRADUATE, WHERE MY DAD STEPMOM, MOM, AND SISTERS WILL COME C ME GRADUATE, AFTER GRADUTAION I WILL BE HEADING BACK HOME FOR ROUGHLY 10 DAYS, THAN BACK TO SAN DIEGO FOR INFANTRY SCHOOL.


I WILL MISS MY FAMILY ALOT, I WILL MISS HANGN OUT WITH THE BOYS, AND JUST THE EVERYDAY THINGS OF LIFE.


BUT I AM EXTREMELY EXCITED AND CAN NOT WAIT TO GO, I DONT EXPECT FOR ANY OF YALL TO FORGET ABOUT ME WHILE IM GONE, CUZ I WILL BE BACK.


MATT>>>

I saw both of these today and they are so true! In 19 days my baby brother (aka lil bubba) will leave for marine bootcamp! I will miss him more than he will ever know, but I am proud beyond words! I have friends that serve in the Army and Navy and I love them all and are so proud of each of them, but having your baby brother join is a totally different feeling. Lil Bubba we will miss you more than you know, but you are always in our thoughts and prayers and we will write to all the time!! Get ready San Diego because our crazy, loud family will be there cheering the loudest when he graduates! My lil bubba is not only my brother but also one of my best friends and Kim and I will be lost without him while he's gone.
Thank you to all of my friends who are serving our country in the military, and a very special thank you to my baby brother who is my hero! I love you lil bubba!

Other than that Brian and I have just been working and finalizing wedding plans!! I recently found out that I made the dean's list for last semester, which I was really excited about, because this is the first time I have ever done that!!

We also celebrated my dad's birthday last Thursday with a surprise birthday dinner for him and he was truly surprised! We are always excited to celebrate birthdays in our family, but this birthday was extra special, because we were reminded that had God not had his hand on my dad this summer that he may not have been here to celebrate this birthday with us. We are so thankful for all that God has done for our family and for my dad, because like I told him in his birthday card, I can't begin to imagine my life without him.

Aaron's 1st Birthday

A picture w/Aunt Kelly before the party!




He probably thinks Aunt Kelly help me I look silly!




The cake!!




He wasn't so sure at first!




Am I suppose to eat this?!




Bring that back mom!




Am I going to get in trouble for this?!




Wait I wasn't done!



Please bring me more!!





Yes I eat EVERYTHING!


How can this sweet face be 1 already?!



He LOVED his slide!


A picture w/Uncle Matt before he leaves us for the marines!

Happy 1st Birthday Aaron Baron!!

Aaron Barker October 2, 2007
2:37 am
Today my sweet, adorable nephew turns a year old!! I am writing this post in orange because Tigger is his favorite thing ever!! I can't believe that he's been in our lives for a year already, it seems like he's been here forever!! I remember us all waiting anxiously for him to get here and then I remember Guy coming out to tell us that he was here. I am still pretty sure that the nurses on duty that night and Kim's doctor probably thought we were all crazy, they couldn't believe the whole waiting room was filled with so many people waiting for one baby!! I remember Lil Bubba being asleep on the floor in the waiting room and me waking him up to tell him that we finally had a nephew. Aaron Baron makes me smile everday whether I see him or not. He is so funny and makes us laugh so much. Aaron I love you more than you'll ever know and will always be here for you. I remember the first time I held you, your first halloween dressed up as a monkey you looked so cute..even if you were asleep the whole time, taking you swimming at Granny's was so much fun, watching you chase after the puppies, watching you make your funny faces and every other minute that we've spent with you, I can't wait for a million more!! I can't wait to watch you try to eat your cake this weekend and I can't wait to see what you will think of all the presents and decorations. Thank you Kim and Guy for giving me the cutest, best nephew in the whole world...ya'll never cease to amaze me as parent's!! I love the three of you very much!!

A Year Ago Today

A year ago today I was getting ready to go to my night class and take a test. Little did I know that after that test I would come home and watch the Bachelor anxiously wanting to know who he (Bachelor Brad) would narrow it down to in the final 2 when my phone rings and it is Guy. Mind you everytime our phone rang around this time last year and it was Kim or Guy we wondered if today was the day...well I answer anxiously wanting to know what Guy will say and he tells me that they're at the hospital waiting to see what will happen!! By this time my phone is ringing off the wall and my whole family is running around trying to get ready to go to the hospital!! Brian and I hurry and get ready and meet my Lil Bubba in the parking lot of the hospital...Lil Bubba and I were determined to be the first ones there to see our sweet nephew make his way into this world!! My family sat in the waiting room for what seemed like forever and finally at 2:37 am (so technically October 2nd) my sweet nephew made his presence known in this world!! I can't believe that tomorrow my sweet Aaron Baron will be a year old!!

We are getting ready for a busy weekend. We are going to a concert with my friend Alicia on Friday night in Huntsville and then Saturday is the big party day (as Kim calls it Aaron's Birthday Extravaganza) and then Sunday I am sure we'll go to church with my dad and step mom. Other than that we're just busy working like crazy and me going to school. I will post more after our fun weekend.