KMS Dance Team Performance

Here’s the YouTube link if they haven’t taken it down yet. (Copyright violation for background music)

https://youtu.be/ukPzNSBdNDg

Days to remember...

I was looking at my old website, http://alevron.tripod.com There are a bunch of pop ups so I'm going to move the content here for safe keeping. :)

Our Precious Little Girl, Phoebe Jean, arrived on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 at 8:51am.

She was 19" long and weighed 6lbs 11oz.

Milestones...
July 23, 2006	Phoebe was baptized at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church
November 2006	Phoebe Started Walking!
February 11, 2008	Phoebe is potty trained! (after 3 days! such a big girl! congrats sweetie!)
May 2008	Phoebe knows her alphabet, numbers 1-10, she knows her basic shapes and several songs and rhymes! She's so smart!
June 2008	Bye Bye Nuk! (she only took them at night, but now they're all gone!)
October 2008	Not that it's a "milestone" but something we'd like to remember... Phoebe stopped attending daycare. She started Mother's Day Out this month and has Ms. Jude as a full time sitter. She loves it!
January 2009	Phoebe can spell and type her name! She also sat down in the tub for the first time... she lays on her belly in the tub and says she's swimming like a froggy!
February 2009	Phoebe can spell and type Phoebe, Momma, Dadda. She can also write the letters P, H and O. She can now count to 40 =)

September 2016    Phoebe started Gh shots.

January 2019    Phoebe stopped Gh shots.
July 20, 2019    Phoebe got on the scale and weighs 88lbs! 

Our Relationship...
June 17, 2001	Our first date... we went to Cappacino's and talked for 3 hours before he had to leave for work. Love at first sight!!!!
February 11, 2002	Mikey took me on a cruise and proposed to me in front of everyone. It was the night of the captain's dinner when everyone is dressed up. It was very romantic and surprising! And I accepted of course!!!
May 8, 2003	We closed on our house! And moved in a week later! :)
January 17, 2004	Michael and I were united in marriage.
May 1, 2005	We found out that we're going to have a little one! Due Dec 27th! (Due date later moved to Dec 24th)
December 20, 2005	Our little girl, Phoebe Jean was born at 8:51am!
July 23, 2006	Phoebe was baptized at Our Lady of Prompt Succor
November 10, 2006	We closed on our new home in Kingwood, Texas!
March 4, 2008	Our family is together, Michael found a job and moved home!

Updated to include the following: 

July 16, 2018                                 We had "the talk" and decided to part ways. 

October 17, 2018                           Divorce finalized.

November 17, 2018                       Mikey moved out. Our story ended here. 

She’s growing up y’all...

Phoebe will be a teenager in 7 days!!!
Since going back to school after Thanksgiving break she hasn’t fallen back to sleep after I get her up in the mornings. And this week she began to ask that the tv be off when she was going to bed. It is all so bittersweet! 💕😩🤪🙃

Seasons change...

And so does life, people, feelings... it all changes whether we want it to or not. In case you haven’t already heard, Michael and I were divorced on October 17, 2018. It broke my heart but I understood the reasoning behind it. And as I have told everyone else, I have nothing bad to say about him. I believe with all my heart that he was faithful throughout our marriage. I will always respect him for leaving the right way. It is definitely an adjustment without him here, but I know we will all be okay. Phoebe misses her dad but she stays busy and the days fly by. So she’ll see him soon enough. I just really truly hope that he finds, or has found, what makes him happy. Life is too short to be unhappy. I’ve gone through every emotion and at the end of the day, I am just happy knowing and feeling that there is someone that loves me for me, unconditionally. As long as I have that in my life, I have my happy. Phoebe is my constant, she is my heart, my world. We’ve got this and we will get through this. I am so thankful and blessed for the support offered and received. You think you’re alone, and then something like this happens and you see who you’ve actually had by your side all along. Life is good y’all, you just need to get through the storms and count your blessings. 🙏🏻💕 And realize that You are Enough, You are Loved, You do Matter.

My Jackie Boy...

We had the echo and ultrasound done on Jack Tuesday. Dr Meschler called with the results today and they found Pancreatitis and Heart Disease. 😢😔

He’s sick on top of that, with vomiting and diarrhea the past few days. So we need to drop him off in the morning, they’ll keep him all day to keep an eye on him and give him IV fluids.

He seems fine, until he eats. 😔 But they had me bring him in today and gave him 2 shots for the vomiting and diarrhea.

Jack has a heart murmur. 😔

We found out today that Jack has a heart murmur. A 3 of 6. He’ll need an echo so they can confirm the issue and treat with medication if necessary. We had asked about getting his teeth cleaned but they said the heart murmur needs to be addressed first so they’ll know if he can handle the sedation for teeth cleaning. 😢😔

Phoe up on a school morning!

So this thing didn’t sit down when first waking up. She went straight into the kitchen and made her own breakfast. She made the plan last night. 💕 I’m sure it won’t be a daily thing but I’m so proud that she made a plan and stuck with it!

2018 Cruise - Carnival Triumph

Me, Phoebe & Payton went with my family on a cruise this summer. We went swimming with the dolphins and that had to be one of the best experiences ever! We had a suite this time and it was much roomier. The girls took "Debra" on elevator rides to spook fellow passengers, lol. Phoebe ended up getting sick one night. She was up all night. :( But was fine the next day! We departed New Orleans on August 4th, had a day at sea August 5th, arrived in Cozumel on August 6th, Yukatan on August 7th,  a day at sea August 8th then arrived back in New Orleans on August 9th. The girls enjoyed ordering room service daily, sometimes twice in a day. They loved the endless supply of soft serve ice cream too! It was a great time and I can't wait until the next cruise!

Phoebe's Growth

Today was Phoebe's follow up with Dr. Lyons at TX Children's.

She is now 4'7" and 73lbs!!
Before starting gH she was expected to be 4'10" as an adult and was below all percentiles on the growth chart.

Now she is within the 4% for weight and 1% for height! She's growing an average 4" per year.

She was excited and said it makes the daily doses worth it. Nothing can stop this girl!

Rest in Peace Uncle Steve :-/

My mom's brother, Steve Asher, passed away today from a stroke. He lived in Kentucky and was recently admitted into the hospital. We were so sad to hear the news, we had some fond memories of him. Rest in peace Uncle Steve. Love you...

Phoebe has real glasses now!

Phoebe had her vision checkup on June 9th and it turns out she's becoming near sighted. That's when you can see up close but can't see as well far away. She was super excited to get "Phoebe" brand glasses. Her name is already displayed on her glasses and the case! :)

We have a cheerleader in the house!

Phoebe made the squad! She'll be a KMS Cheerleader in 7th Grade, for the 2018-19 school year. She's super excited! Congrats Phoe, we're proud of you!!

Kudos award for Phoebe!

I received an email from KMS last week stating Phoebe will be given a Kudos award on Feb 7th. This award is given by teachers selecting a student that shows outstanding character, consistent positive attitude each day and puts effort into their work, etc... Congrats Phoebe, you continue to make us so proud! Keep being YOU! We love you!

Phoebe was baptized today :)

Phoebe was originally baptized when she was 6 months old. She made the decision to get baptized at her new church Kingwood Church of Christ.

Payton's Grandfather Royce performed the baptism. We joined them for lunch afterwards. Such a great day! Congrats Phoebe Jean!

Thanksgiving, Surprise Party & 2 Weddings in 4 days! 🤪

This trip in was packed but it went smoother than most of the previous trips! We had a great time at each gathering, got to spend time with friends and family. Then got back home on Monday an hour before Phoebe’s dentist appt, woot woot!! It was hard leaving Jack and Rolo at home, but they survived and all is back to normal. I’m now sitting at cheer practice then heading home to get things ready for work and school tomorrow! Thanks everyone for a great time!! Love you all! 😘

Thursday - Thanksgiving by Angel’s in Metairie 

Friday - Surprise Party for Mikey’s 40th & Christian’s 35th in Slidell

Saturday - Dixie Lee Brown’s wedding in Pearl River

Sunday - Matt & Britney’s wedding in Harahan

Phoebe has joined cheer again!

But this time it’s a year round program. She is excited and loved her first practice! 

Snapchat Fun!!

with MIL

with Mom

with Mom 2

Which ears??

Get on Snapchat sis!

Phoebe did you take your medicine out??

Tools to help make better choices

Things are getting really scary with so many people that I know being diagnosed with cancer the past few years. My thought is that there are most likely hidden carcinogens in all that we purchase these days. I didn't even hear the word carcinogen until 2 years ago, when my brother was diagnosed with cancer.


2 apps that I've recently found useful! Both are free, if you want to know about products you're using and food you're consuming.
The "Think Dirty" app is for bathroom and cleaning products. You scan the product and it will score it based on the ingredients. Then it provides info on why it's good or bad. Also gives recommendations on clean products.
My eye makeup remover scored a 10, mostly as being carcinogenic, which is bad! The health impact is "mutagenic". Who would've thought?!
The "Fooducate" app is for food. There's also features similar to MyFitnessPal with calorie counting, food diary, ability to scan food, recipes for healthy eating, and it highlights the bad ingredients and provides explanations.
My coffee creamer is bad for cancer prevention and has an ingredient known to cause intestinal inflammation and so on. I've lived with stomach bloating and pain for as long as I can remember. Dropping the diet cokes helped tremendously! I used to come home curled up in a fetal position in so much pain. I dropped the diet cokes, after finding out how toxic aspartame is, and I don't experience that daily pain anymore. Granted, I'm not a scientist by any means, but it was something that I cut out and something that seemed to make a difference for me.
With this new app, I learned that FDA has a loop hole. The FDA allows for label rounding, so if a serving has less than half a gram per serving, they're allowed to label it as 0. So if you're trying to avoid trans fat, for example, check the ingredients for partially hydrogenated oils and fats.
Many of us take the most convenient way out to save time, since we lead busy lives. But we don't realize the price we're paying to save a few dollars, or a few minutes of time. I'm trying to take a step in the direction of knowing what I'm consuming. Granted, it may take time to restructure my lifestyle and diet, but if I know that it has bad in it, I'll be hesitant to consume it.
Article on cancer toxic foods.
Cancer Toxic Foods

Summer vacay in Picayune, MS 😍

MawMaw and PawPaw came in this past Sunday to pick Phoebe up to go stay with them for a week. They picked Kinleigh up on the way back so the girls could spend some time together. And they have been busy and making every day count! Check out some of the things they've done so far this week! 

Taste food challenge, talent show, colored PawPaw's beard, stayed at a resort in Biloxi, went in the lazy river... oh and Phoebe tried to jump rope with slime they made and got it all in her hair! They thought they'd have to shave her head, lol! 😱

Wonder Woman!

Carrie and Aaron took the girls to see Wonder Woman today, then went to Skeeters and back to their house to hang out.