Party Animals

Oops! I lied! Stacy just sent me these pictures from the big boys' Christmas Party we had last Saturday night.

The boys said they had fun - and I think they really did. I mean what boy doesn't like running wild and playing with fire?

Roasting hot dogs......

I'm sure someone (I hope it wasn't either of the Boy Scouts) threw something in the fire to make this awful black smoke.

Playing dirty Santa....
Austin took a Bop-it as his gift and was really excited when he found out someone brought the same thing because he really wanted one but when playing dirty Santa you can't pick your own gift.
Austin did pick the other Bop-it, but someone stole it. That's just the chance you take when playing this game.
So instead of a Bop-it, Austin went home with a Wal-Mart gift card.
And don't tell him, but Santa is bringing him a Bop-it!


Time for S'mores!

Now y'all can all have a Merry Christmas!!!

Party Time!

Jake has been pretty sick over the past 10 days, but he is beginning to finally act/feel much better. Terry and I have been having to use our lunch breaks to go give him breathing treatments at school. He didn't need one today, but I used the possibility that he might need one as an excuse to go for his 1st Christmas Party.

They were all still napping when I got there. I hate their naps had to be cut short but they were so excited to see the special snacks waiting on them.

Here's Carter, Reeves and Jake enjoying some cheese puffs.....

I know, they don't look too excited in the pictures but I promise they were having fun.

The girls - Kimberly, Serenity, Addison and Grace....

Jake knew I would be leaving soon (and not taking him with me) so he was keeping a close eye on me the whole time.

Finally digging into the cupcake.....

Yummy!

I think Grace and Carter enjoyed their cupcakes too!

Last night, my friend Stacy and I took all the boys to see Santa at Bass Pro Shops. Jake, however, didn't care too much for him so Mama got to sit in Santa's lap while holding Jake! I'll try to get that picture scanned and posted soon....

I doubt I'll post again before Christmas so I hope everyone has a safe and Merry Christmas!

Boy, oh boy!

IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!

Woohoo!!! Really, a healthy baby is all I ever cared about....but a healthy baby girl just makes it that much better!

And here she is....... waving at the world. Aren't those just the cutest little fingers you've ever seen?!?!?!

Mrs. Jennifer (the ultrasound tech and also a long time friend of mine) said she has big feet!

Bye-Bye! See y'all in about 22 weeks!!

We have a few names and one that we're really leaning towards but nothing is set in stone yet. We'll let y'all know when you van start spoiling her with monogrammed everything! Ha!

Veterans and Archologists

Austin's Boy Scout Troop has been quite busy lately. I sometimes feel that our whole life is planned around their schedule.

Most recently, they were asked to do the flag ceremony for Clinton's Veterans Program. Of the four troops in Clinton, ours was picked. I guess that says something about our boys and their "Scout Spirit".

Here are a few pictures from that night.....


Two weekends ago, the boys were joined by real life archeologists in Olde Towne Clinton for an archeological dig.

Among the items found were: glass, charcoal, tile and pigs teeth - three to be exact. The boys were divided into three groups and Austin's group was apparently digging in an old fire pit. They found the three pigs teeth but were only able to dig up two because one was in the wall of their dig area. Their group also had the largest amount of charcoal.
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AusSPAN>tin, Tyler and Archeologist Chick digging up the first tooth.

Pig Tooth!

Making the borders of their "feature". I'm not sure, but I think once they think they've found something, they make a border around it and call it the "feature", then only dig in that spot.

Of course, Jake and I hung out for the morning.

They were actually digging in someone's yard for this - and yes, they had permission.

Jake loved the man's dogs. He climbed on them most of the morning.

When he wasn't climbing on the dogs, he was doing his own digging. By the time we got home there was dirt in places that I didn't know dirt could get! I didn't complain too much because he was very well behaved and didn't make me chase him too much.

The only time I really had to correct/discipline him in any way was when he wanted to continue eating his apple after playing soccer with it.

But a little dirt never hurt anyone, right?

No, he's not waving. He's piling the dirt on his legs. Yay!

Family Pictures

On Halloween day, we met a friend at the Ag Museum for a shot at some decent family pictures. My friend and I didn't think about the Halloween decorations that would be everywhere - they so limited our background possibilities. Despite the decorations, we were able to get some pretty good pictures.
Jake was a handful - he did NOT want to sit still. It didn't help that we did this during his nap time, but that's all we could work out.

We WILL have to go back to the Ag Museum soon with our "play clothes" on and when the ground is dry. Jake would really enjoy it if he could run and do his own thing.





This could have been one of my favorites if we had remembered Terry had his glasses on.
Again, this could have been a really good shot and one of my favorites, but.....

Terry doesn't know how to take a picture while looking into the sun and he acts like it's quite a chore to sit this close to me.



My sweet little big boy who, by the way, went to the potty 9 times yesterday and kept his big boy undies dry for the entire 95 minutes that he had them on last night!!

knock, knock!

"Awe-sin" or "brudder", he answers to either....
Quite handsome in my opinion.......



These were some of the "bloopers"......

My toad, turned Prince.....
We put Jake on this pile of hay and he thought it was a hayride! He had the most fun throwing it in the air!

If he could have gotten his front legs though, I think Billy Goat Gruff would have escaped!

Of course, we had to stop and pick up all the acorns.

Firetrucks and Hayrides

Halloween Fun - Round Three

We skipped Trick-or-Treating, but instead went to another carnival. Thanks again to Stacy (Peyton's mom), I have a pictures from the night - but we didn't get any of the big boys.

It has been confirmed that Jake is slightly obsessed with hayrides and firetrucks. The Firemen at the carnival Saturday are the same ones from Wednesday night and, surprisingly, they remembered Peyton and Jake. I wonder if it has anything to do with us having to pry the boys off the truck Wednesday night?

Jake and Peyton both enjoyed getting (and eating) candy, but they would have been just fine checking out the firetruck and riding the hayride all night. I think the only thing that would have made it better would have been a hayride ON the firetruck.

Here's Peyton, Mr. Fireman, Jake and Terry on the front of the truck. I know you can't tell it by this picture but Jake really does love the firetruck - he just didn't want Terry to leave him up there by himself.

Jake trying to figure out the switches......

Mamas and babies on the hayride. Again, you can't tell from this picture but the hayride was a BIG hit! But for some reason, Jake only wanted to face me while on it.

The Haunting of Olde Towne

Last night was Part Two of our Halloween festivities and I have to say that I'm quite pooped! But the boys had fun and I guess that's all that matters.

*Side note - Santa, if you're reading this, I NEED a new camera for Christmas.....please.

Again, none of these pictures were taken with our camera. The ones with Jake were with Austin's and the others are from Peyton and Joshua's mom.

This was at the house before we left. I have a similar picture of Austin in this same costume.

No- not another Super Man costume, but this exact one. I figure I'd better "recycle" these things now while Jake doesn't know the difference.

Jake would climb on this box himself f he could, but he did not like it when Terry put him up there and stepped away. He kept saying he was going to fall. I guess he doesn't know that Super Man can fly......
I was not trying to be artistic with this picture - this is just how it turned out. (And I think it's kinda neat looking)

It was dark and we were standing under a street light.

We were doing yet another bean bag toss to get more candy.

Joshua and Austin chillin' with Frankenstein.

Watch out Favre! You may not have a choice but to retire once the scouts have a look at this kid! Ha!