Catching up...............

Wow! Has it really been over a month since my last post? Time is flying! I want to introduce you to Moe. We got him about a month ago and he has grown a good bit since these pictures. He's a good dog, but he is a puppy and like to dig, chew, and tear up anything he can get a hold of!




Luke's seventh birthday was on Oct. 18. He chose how he wanted to celebrate. We went to "city" pumpkin patch. And of course dinner at McDonalds and yogurt at Chill.






He also wanted bug and snake cupcakes for his class and a cookie cake to have at home.







We had a good time at Trunk or Treat this year. They got way too much candy! Luke and Sam were the dynamic duo Mario and Luigi. SK was Tinkerbell and Anleigh was a cute little ragdoll.





Doug and I went with Luke on a fieldtrip to the Wiregrass Museum of Art. I have never been there, it was nice. The kids really enjoyed the play area. Here's Luke as living art!





This past weekend we visited my parents. On veteran's day we went down to Pensacola to see the Blue Angels. We walked and walked and walked and......... you get the picture! We parked about a mile from the air field and had to walk it. The kids held up good. The show was awesome! I felt so proud of our military!





Two other things to tell you about.... Anleigh got her ears pierced.



.........................And Sam lost his first tooth! ( and he has a dirty face in this pic!)

My babies are growning up!

Hello Blog Friends!

I wish I could pull off a hairdo like that and look that cute! Yes folks, we're still here. Sorry for the long delay in post. I plan on LOTS of picture this post to catch you up! I never realized how demanding it is to have homework. Do homework and read for 20 minutes, I dread it more that Luke does! I don't know what I'll do when I have four with homework! But I have seen the good side of it. He loves to read book about animals, especially snakes. We went to the library the other day and checked out twenty-one books mostly on animals! His reading is getting better and better I'm so proud of him!
I've been admiring the pretty grassy fields we pass on the way to church lately. I love seeing rolling hill of green grass with a beautiful blue sky behind it. I scored this sweet ladder back chair with a cane seat at the rescue mission the other day. So I just took the boys on a little photo outing............




They were so sweet, but scared to death of stepping on a snake! We had a good time.
We had quite a tragic day last Saturday, our beloved swingset had to be condemned and demolished. I didn't get pics of the demolition , but I did get a few of some last happy moments we had with it. We will miss you Swingset! You were so good to us! We hope to get a new one for Christmas ( HINT, HINT, Granna & Papa!)










I've had the fall itch, and had no money to scratch it with! I have really wanted one of these for the last two seasons. But didn't want to spend the dough for it. So I came up with this for less than $10........................



Thank you Hobby Lobby and your 40% off Coupon!
We had a little family campfire/camp out last Friday night. We ate out by the fire, roasted marshmallows. The kids had a blast! Doug set up the (two) man tents for him, Luke, Sam, and SK to sleep in. They weren't out there twenty minutes before SK was knocking on the back door wanting in her bed! Maybe she's not a "Roughing it" kind of girl!





If you are a Southern Baptist I hope you are filling up your rice bowls this month.
Anleigh is.................




SK has trained Ani how to push her around in the shopping cart. They are so funny doing this. Ani is pushing with all her might and laughing her head off at the same time!


I had a little special time with Sammy yesterday. He had his first fieldtrip to the pumpkin patch. He has twenty-six kids in his K5 class! It was neat seeing him interact with all his little friends he tells me about at home.



Milking the cow!


The best part of the trip, riding the bus! His teacher's aid Ms. Cawly (aka Carly) was the driver.


His little buddies are SO cute!







This is his best friend. They were in the same class last year. They were inseparable!

Happy Weekend!

Landmark Park

Hello! It's been a few weeks, I thought it was about time to catch all of you up on things. Life has been busy as usual. School, homework, piano lessons, choir rehearsals, doctor's appointments, grocery shopping, laundry, housework, mission friends..... just to give you an idea! And on top of it all I have been sewing and making custom t-shirt for friends on the side. I know, I'll stop all my whining and get on with the pictures!
My parents came for a visit a few weeks ago. It happen to workout that Sam had grandparent's day at school while they were here. So we went and I forgot the camera! He was so cute! And proud that his Granna and Papa were there!
We checked the boys out of school early and took them on a little fieldtrip to Landmark Park. If you have never been there you should check it out. But do it when it's not 90 degrees! This place is right up my Dad's ally. He is a small farmer, raised in the country and loves it! We always had cows, gardens, corn, hay, tractors, chickens and even a bunch of pigs at one time or another while I was growing up. We stayed a few hours ( in 90 degree heat!) so that tells you how much we all enjoyed it.





We all thought this tree was pretty neat, it was over 900 years old! But we read closer and realized it was a redwood ship in from somewhere out west.


My Dad is scratching it's belly and putting it to sleep!



Anleigh really liked all the animals.







We were able to get up close and personal with some wildlife. ( fortunately, they were either stuffed or behind glass!)









Not sure why SK insisted on kissing Sam in every picture they are in together? But it's cute and I can't wait to pull it out when they are teenagers!



Papa's girl!