New Blog

Well what can I say?  We have a new blog that includes the latest addition to the Banks family.  Go to: www.banksfamilytrust.blogspot.com for updates on the many adventures of the Banks boys and pictures of the Bank family.  Love you all- Laurie

Happies House?

This week has been so exciting. I am going to spend the night with Boo Boo and Dae Dae and my Happie! Uncle Jim will be there too and I hope I get to see my Brookie and Aylexx. Momma loves the way I say Alex's name. Do you know what Happie has? She has a HuHuge! It is a bean bag that is big enough for me, Momma, Daddy, both girls and Sissy to sit on. I love the HuHuge. Momma and Daddy are going on a trip by themselves because my little brother or sister is coming soon and they said they haven't been on a trip just by themselves since they got married. Daddy seems very excited and Momma says she's excited but her eyes are always a give away. I think she is going to miss me. I will miss her to but I will be very busy. Then in two weekends I get to go to the farm to see my Papa and Nana! I hope Uncle Chase and My Kiki are not working so we can play together. And Momma said that we were going to try and see my cousin Raegan. She is so cute. She is fixing to turn one and I need to give her some advice on how to be spoiled rotten by 18 months. I am also very excited about seeing my Uncle Butster, (I know that is how he says it) and my Aunt Jansice. Momma says I will have to becareful with My Aunt Janice and we are saying prayers for her every night. I am quite busy lately with making biscuits with Grangraddy and going on my first picnic tailgating trip to Aunt Evelyns. You wouldn't believe the rounds this 2 year old makes. Whew! Just typing this wore me out. TTFN! Oh and a swecet for you. Come real close and I will tell you a swecwet. Ubb boo mah much! I haven't figured out the whisper part yet lol!

Well Now!.........

So there is a big discussion going on all around me and I think Momma is having a baby! She asked me if I wanted a brother or a sister and I quickly told her, "Noo! Puppy!" Now I am telling everyone that I have a puppy or baby in my tummy. I am being sweet and patting Momma's belly and sharing my juice with Momma's belly. She says I'm being so sweet. I think I am always sweet! I get a little upset when I don't get what I think I need but I get happy again pretty quick. I have found a new toy. Momma's camera! I like to make everyone say Cheese and then I laugh when they blink a lot because the flash is to close to their face. I have taken so many pictures that Momma has to buy another battery so that she can get the pictures off of the camera to put on her to show all of you. I will let you know how that goes.

I did something so fun this weekend! Momma surprised me and Daddy with tickets to see the bullriders at the BJCC! We all got dressed up in our Wranglers and boots and headed out to see them. Daddy got special passes because he delivered something to the cowboys on Friday night. This was great because we got to see all of the cowboys and meet the bull fighters, and pet a horse before the show. There was one place that we got to go that I could run and run and I loved it most! We didn't make it all of the way through the show before I fell asleep, but I LOVED IT! Thank you Momma you are the best!

Valentine's Day

First let me say, Ubb booo muu muuch! That is I love you much much. Second let me say that my creative assistant has been falling down on the job. So I fired her. Now we will see if we can get a little reaction out of my other one. Hahahaha! (evil laugh) Really, I am learning so much these days. I know that today Unkie Chase and My Kiki are in the Hammies (Jamaica) and that my Nana and Papa are coming this weekend to see me. I can repeat anything ( and my mom said to say anything again here) that I hear. Things I've been caught saying lately: God's great, God's Good, ank Him, for da food- AMEN!, Dang-it!, Shoot, Go away, PWEASE!!!, Licks?, No-Way, Toy Storiey, Pickel (Despicable Me), iPad, no yater!, and much, much more. I can tell you several objects, animals, there sounds, match them up, and I am starting to go to the bathroom like Daddy. I am the center of attention wherever I go and I will let my Momma tell you about the licks. I am a handful. Happy Valentine's Day!

Christmas 2010!

I am so lucky! I have seen it snow more in my lifetime than my Momma has in her long life! It snowed at my house for Christmas. I loved it! Daddy found his old snow board and let me slide down my hill for a long time. I smiled and would holler WHHEEEEEE! My Papa and Nana, and Kiki and Chase came to see me. I was so excited to see my Uncle Chase. Momma was glad to have him home for good but she said that she wasn't as happy as Aunt Kiki. I got lots of stuff too. A basketball goal, a tricycle, a Bullseye from Toy Story that I can ride, a remote control tractor (because my Daddy got a RC Truck and I took it away from him and cried when they had to let it charge back up.) Clothes and food for my kitchen so much stuff I can't even remember it all. I hope I play with everything all the time! Here are a few pictures of the snow and my family at Christmas. I even got to see my family from Atlanta!! They came and ate Gumbo with us and brought my GG-ma over to see us.

What a lovely Blessing!

This post is written by Mommy.  I just wanted to take the time and say what a wonderful woman Mrs. Phylis May was.  Not only was she talented as a photographer but she was a special woman with a sweet spirit about her.  She loved the Lord, her husband, and her friends and family.  The latter so much that you really didn't notice a difference in her friends or family, they seemed interchangeable.  Me and Sandy were looking through pictures that Sandy had developed recently and noticed that in the pictures of JJ's birthday party Mrs. Phylis had taken over Sandy's camera.  There are the sweetest, unique pictures that could have been taken.  It hurts to see such a jewel taken but as Dwayne and I were thinking of the wonderful relationship that Richard and her shared we couldn't help but wonder if Richard didn't ask God to bring her back to him.  The pictures below were taken by Mrs. Phylis.  A surprise for me given to me in honor of JJ's 2nd birthday.  If you look closely you will see some really special things that JJ does.  I have only seen one other person catch those special JJ moments and Mrs. Meg does a wonderful job as well.  So in honor of life, family and talents that God Gives.  Thank you God for putting Phylis in our path. --Laurie

Pictures with Gigi