Disney

The hoover band got to march in Disney at the end of the last school year so of course Anni and I went to help out!

We got to march in Disney! Fun!

Guitar

Josh is enjoying playing guitar. He loves to play all kinds of music on it including classical. In this picture he was invited up on stage to play in front of lots of people. He jumped right up there and had a great time.

Spring Break

Another annual trip but this time family and friends! We had a blast together.

Hoover Jam

Josh made the Hoover Jam Jazz Band this year, he has loved it and wants to try for Hoover First Edition Jazz Band next year. Cross your fingers for him! Click here to see the Hoover Jam play, scroll down on this link for more videos.

University of Alabama Honor Band 2013

Wow, what a great experience for Josh. This kind of interested him in the University of Alabama! :) He places 1st chair in his band and 3rd tenor sax out of all of the high school students in Alabama that participated. So proud of my boy. See Them play here.

A Hoover Jam Jazzy Christmas 2012

Lebanese Christmas Breakfast

My sweet husband invited family over and cooked a wonderful Lebanese breakfast before Christmas. Yum!

Sparks in the Park

Josh loves being in the band. They competed at Spain Park, received 1's in all categories, and also won best overall band! Here is there competition show entitled Angles of Reflection.

Girls Trip September 2012

What has become our annual girl's trip in September was so much fun! Nothing like getting some r and r with your girlfriends!!

Josh and Music

My boy loves music. He has taught himself to play the guitar, he is still playing the piano and his tenor sax and he has added the berry, alto and soprano saxes to his repertoire. He plays with the Hoover High School football band, Hoover Competition Band,  Hoover Symphonic Band and the Hoover Jam, which is a Jazz band.

Anni Moves In to Montevallo

Josh's First Day of High School

Anni dropped Josh off for his first day of 9th grade and Hoover High School/

Gus Gus

Another new addition to the family!

Hawaii

We took Anni to Kauai for her graduation present. My Naji was not able to go but he made sure his family had a good trip. We headed to catch our plane in Atlanta on July 4th and celebrated there. Then caught our plane on the 5th.

Party!!

Graduation pool party for my girl. She was happy to get her money lei from my buddies, Sue, Martha, Tricia,Belinda, and Jodi, thanks my sweet friends! And thanks to all of our other family and friends who celebrated with us!

My Baby Graduates Class of 2012

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Snow Boarding

Last year Josh mastered snow skiing, and this year we went to Beech Mountain and he learned how to snow board and was up on the black diamond trails within an hour. To be young and learn things so quickly!!

Our new addition to the family in 2012...This is Jacks.

Our little girl is growing up

Anni is a senior...hard to believe. We are so proud of her, she is growing up to be a nice young lady. She was accepted to Montevallo which is where she wants to go. She loves photography and so far is planning to study that. She is also interested in psychology. Please pray for her as she begins her journey as, uuhhh, hard to even type...a woman.

Wrestling-Josh's new found love.

Josh has always loved watching the wrestling on TV, this year he has decided to get in on the action and he is really enjoying it.

Holiday Concert

Merry Christmas from Josh, his holiday concert at his school.

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UAB Honor Band

Josh made the UAB Honor band. Out of 600 that tried out, 300 made it. Of those he made gold band, 1st chair. So proud of our boy!

Class of 2012

Can you believe she is a senior, I'm so proud of my little girl who is not so little to anyone but me anymore. Anni is still loving photography. She has a Facebook page where she posts some of her work, she definitely has a good eye for pictures. If you have jobs for her, let her know!!  :)  She wants to go to Montevallo and study photography and something else?? Maybe education or psychology. The jury is still out. Help me pray for her that she has nothing but happiness on her venture into the world.

Mid life crises!

Nough said...

Sax

Josh is still loving the saxophone, he made the jazz band again this year, is sitting 1st chair, and won awards at the end of last school year for football and jazz band. He also made the UAB Honor band. He's growing up into a nice young man! I'm so proud of him!

We're a 2 link chain! :)

My hard working husband opened our 2nd restaurant this year, I'm so proud of him! family and friends celebrated with us before the doors officially opened.

Fishin

With the help of his Uncle Kirk and lots of patience, Josh finally catches his first Bass at Lay Lake, we spent most of the summer at the lake this year and loved every minute of it!

Spring Break 2011

I went on what's become an annual trip with my best girlfriends and two of my brothers to Fort Walton. The main event was Andy winning the grand prize at the Pub Crawl! Life is definitely good spending time with people I love!

Anni Prom

Anni went with a boy named Brendon to her 2011 Prom. They had a wonderful time and she looked beautiful. We went to Morris Avenue in Birmingham to take pictures before the big night!