Monday, May 17, 2021

May Days!

 Well May is getting away from me, and I have tons to blog about!  So here I am on a rainy May afternoon 20 minutes before I go and pick the kids up trying to get you all caught up on the Tidwell activities! 

Prom for Caedmon!  He is a sophomore, but his girlfriend Rachel is a junior, so he was able to attend prom this year.

I have to admit, being a boy prom mom is pretty easy - buy a tux, buy a corsage.  Done.

Caedmon, Rachel, Shumara, and Maggie

Caedmon & Shumara - they are great friends and he has taught her so much Tonga that she loves practicing! :)

Good friends taking pics in downtown Brownwood!





Supper at the Runaway Train and then on to prom!  They ended the night with 4 couples around our campfire until 2am! (Cason chaperoned... ;)

Meanwhile, the rest of us got dressed up as well for Landon and Camille's wedding!

We laughed and laughed during pictures...apparently, I'm pretty funny... ;)

Ready to go!  He's 16 days away from getting his driver's license, so we let him drive!

Cute bro & sis pic!

He did not appreciate all the "getting ready" pictures I tried to take of him!

Acting out a scene from Nacho Libre

The rest of us danced the night away at Landon & Camille's wedding!  (Landon is our Associate Pastor of Youth & Media - Camille is a 1st grade teacher and awesome youth worker!)

Daddy & Cambree, Mama & Cason

Kesi and me with the bride!

Us, the Prescotts, and the bride & groom!

We sure do love us some Kenny & Kesi!

She's the best.  For real.

How low can you go?

Cason doing the cha-cha slide!

Two stepping with Daddy!

We had such a fun night together!

These two are a MESS together, but I love them together!

Heath, our youth intern, is back home in Houston for the summer but drove up for the wedding, and then back!

That handsome preacher belongs to me. ;)

Dad explaining to Blu that no, you don't button the bottom button of your suit...

Awww...

My boys!

Love them!  

Daddy & his girl!


One of my fave family pics!





I think he was a little nervous...

If you know Blu, you know he's pretty cheap.  He was not about to buy a new suit for this wedding, even though I insisted.  So he went to Goodwill and bought an $8 suit jacket and wore some old black pants....

The rehearsal the night before


In other news, I started grad school today!  I'm getting my Master of Arts in Human Services Counseling with a focus on children/adolescents!  I'm doing Liberty University's online program and am super excited to use what I learn with all the girls I work with at the church!  Blu insisted on a first day of school picture....

And I woke up to flowers and a card...

True love - changing our very tall light bulbs!

Chilling with Cason watching Black Panther!

Some pre-wedding rehearsal pics!

I love this man so much!




The pool is about ready, but the weather hasn't been cooperating thus far!

Happy Mother's Day to Mama with some hummingbird wind chimes!

Rylie & Cambree at church

One of my youth girls, Kirsten

Another one of Caedmon's "parenting" talks to Cambree!

Some 7 on 7 football action...Blu took a nap!

Paw & Bmaw left on a 6 month rv trip all over America!


We will miss them!!

The final community performance of The Sweet Science of Bruising!

Rachel & Caed (Gabriel & Anna Lamb in the show)

Sara, Shumara, Rachel, Caed

Cam & Caed

These two...

Cason's math teacher (and HS baseball coach) showed up for his baseball game after his own practice and it meant THE WORLD to Cason!!

Dad being cute!

Reglazing windows for our flip house!

Some Sunday evening basketball action (Cambree won!)


One last baseball pic of Caedmon!

Me & Camille at her wedding shower!

Paw & Bmaw heading out with their RV!

Dad being cute...again! :) He's the biggest servant ever around here!!