Avery's Cheerleading Scrapbook

I hope you enjoy this scrapbook of Avery and her cheerleading experiences. Please pause the music player at the top right of blog before you open the SmileBox presentation. Thanks and ENJOY!

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Avery celebrated her 10th birthday with a Hollywood Red Carpet party. Her friends were asked to dress up like their favorite movie/tv star or singer. As Avery's friends arrived, I gathered them around the kitchen table for hair styling and makeup. After the makeover session, the girls walked the red carpet for photo shoots.

Avery and her friends enjoyed pizza and snacks/drinks along with lots of drama talk. After a while, I gathered them around and took off their makeup and applied a bright blue (blueberry) face mask. The girls soaked their feet in warm water and scented foot fizz will waiting for their face mask to dry. While some of the girls were being pampered, the other girls feasted on ice cream sundaes until it was their turn for the spa treatment. When all this was finished, I painted toe nails with bright colors and applied nail art. I was doing "toesey's" until 2:30 a.m. It was a busy night, but it was very fun for Avery and her friends. We are gearing up for her 11th birthday soon in June if she will make a decision on the theme!

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Baby Avery

Avery is 1 1/2 years of age in this photo. I didn't know then how fast she would grow up to become a beautiful young lady. She will be 11 on June 12th. I got to spend the first 3 years of her life at home with her and then I went back to college and work in 2001. The years have flown by since then and I wish that I could go back in time and slow everything down. I have always wanted another child, but it was not in God's master plan for my life. I was really grieved for a while, but I have moved on to accept the things that I cannot change. Prayer changes things and I have faith, but you can't dwell and let it control your life. I am blessed with good family and friends. I am very thankful for God's blessings.

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When Joe and I were dating, back in 2002, he talked about owning a Boxer dog. That is all he talked about, besides deer hunting and fishing. I told him that he could get a dog and keep it at my house since I had a fenced in back yard. So, we went and got his Boxer in November 2002. We named her Brandy and she is dark brown/Brendle. She was cute, even when she chewed up my bathroom door frame trying to escape while I was at school. I basically raised her and he would come see me...her...and occasionally take her to his house in Rome, GA. I am sure his mother loved that. Then we got married in 2004 and pretty much got another Boxer dog named Sadie. She is tan/fawn colored. We didn't really want her at the time, but we didn't act responsible and ended up getting her. She was a cutie, but what were we thinking?
Around Christmas 2006, we were looking in the pet store and I fell in love with this little Boston Terrier, but it was way overpriced and we didn't need 3 dogs. We heard a couple talking about the Boston Terrier and they said that they had 2 BT puppies at their house and they were not as expensive as the one in the pet store. After talking with the couple a few minutes, we discovered that they were our neighbors and lived a couple of houses down from us. Of course, we had to go by and see the puppies and that led to us getting one. We named her Ruby.
When we moved to our new house in 2007, we decided that 3 dogs were too much. Joe loved his Brandy and I wasn't letting go of Ruby Dooby, so we gave Sadie to one of our friends. They kept her for a while, but really didn't have a great place for her to run around a be free, so they were going to give her away, so we took her back. We realize that 3 dogs are still too much, so hopefully we will find a good home for her and we will be back to 3 dogs minus 1. Sadie is a very sweet and loving dog. She needs a good family to love her.