Fall of 2009 - catching up!

SO I HAVEN'T BLOGGED IN A LOOOOONNNNGGG TIME! BUT I LOVE READING EVERYONE ELSES BLOG SO I'LL BLOG TOO.

THESE ARE SOME PICTURES OF SEPTEMBER. FUN TIMES HAD BY ALL!

HELLO LADY!

CALEB NEARLY WET HIS PANTS WHEN THE BAND AND DRUMMERS CAME OUT!

MIMI CAME TO THE GAME WITH ME. CALEB HAD FUN!

A DAY BY THE LAKE

EVERY TIME AMY WOULD GO UP TO BAT HE WOULD CALL OUT TO HER!

A FAMILY PICTURE WITH THE PANTHER!

HE JUST LOVES THE PANTHERS!

WAITING FOR THE PEP RALLEY TO START!

MOMMY AND BOY AT A FOOTBALL GAME.

CALEB FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PANTHER

CALEB, DADDY AND I HAD A GREAT TIME!

CALEB LIKES TO DRAW IN THE CAR.

GMOMMY AND CALEB GO TO CHEER ON MIMI AT HER GAME.

A LITTLE SUMMER FUN WITH MY BABIES.

GRANDMOMMY AND GRANDADDY TAKING CARE OF THE BOY THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!

MIMI, CALEB AND I WENT TO WATER TOWN.

IT WAS SO WARM THAT MORNING!

CALEB WITH THE CROSS COUNTRY BOYS!

TOUR DE AGUA-PARKS - 09 AUG.

THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST CAME AROUND AND CHRISPY WAS IN BLOOMINGTON INDIANA AN I WAS ALL ALONE COPEING WITH NOT BEING INVOLVED IN VOLLEYBALL.
SO BEGAN THE TOUR DE AGUA.
THIS WEEK I WENT TO SWIM AT MIMI'S, TO THE SPRINKLE PARK AND THEN I STARTED TO DIVE INTO THE AGUA PARKS...

TRIP #3 - HURRACAIN HARBOR

WE MET UP WITH THE PRUITT'S AND NORTON'S. HERE'S COOPER AND CALEB GETTING A MID AFTERNOON SNACK

THE KIDS WAITING TO GET ICE-CREAM!!

HERE ARE THE PRUITT'S AND I AT THE END OF THE DAY- WE WERE ALL WATER WORN.

CALEB LOOKS ALL COOL HERE BUT HE WAS ASLEEP FOR THE NIGHT BEFORE WE LEFT THE PARKING LOT AT 6pm!

THE WAS AN AWESOME END TO OUR SUMMER!

#1 - WATER TOWN - SHREVEPORT, LA.

CALEB AND I HAD TO GET OUT OF TOWN, SO WE WENT TO THE WATER PARK TO FORGET ALL OUR SORROWS (-:

CALEB LIKED WATCHING THE KIDS COME DOWN THE BIG SLIDES.

HE ATE CHEESE AND DRANK CAPRISUNS. HE WAS A HAPPY CAMPER ALL DAY!

#2 - SPLASH KINGDOM - CANTON, TX.

THIS WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES. THE KIDS WATER PARK WAS THE BEST AROUND. CALEB LOVED IT!

CALEB AND I HAD AN AWESOME DAY TOGETHER!

I WASHED ALL MY TROUBLES AWAY AT THE WATER PARKS! WITH MY BOY.

HERE CALEB IS SINGING HIS ORIGINAL SONG ABOUT TRUCKS! ENJOY!

THE PRUITT'S GO TO ABELINE, TX -AUG. 09

WE SPENT THE DAY AT THE ZOO WHILE WE WERE THERE. YOU CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE HOW HOT IT WAS! YIKES!

HERE ARE THE BOYS: RICHARD, COOPER AND CALEB.
HERE'S THE GROUP IN FRONT OF THE GIRAFFE. WE WERE TWO ANIMALS AWAY FROM A MELT DOWN!

MOM PLAYED WITH THE BOYS OUTSIDE WHILE AUBREY, LOLO AND I TOURED THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

MORE PICS OF THE ZOO. THAT DOUBLE STROLLER WAS AWESOME BABY!

AFTER WE SAW THE ZOO WE HAD A PIC NIC.

AUNT BACKY TOURING THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE GIRLS.

COOPER IS WORKING UP TO A BIKE.

ON OUR WAY TO ABELINE, LOLO DREW A PICTURE OF THE FAMILY. IT'S AWESOME CHECK IT OUT!

CALEB LOVES HIS BEBE AND DODO.

HE WAS IN HEAVEN RIDING NEXT TO DODO FOR 5 HOURS!

BEBE WOULD TURN AROUND AND ENTERTAIN US EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

THIS IS A VIDEO OF THE BOYS. THEY ARE SOOOO CUTE TOGETHER.

More More Summer Fun - Mid July - Chrispy's b-day

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BELLA!

THIS YEAR STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE CAME TO VISIT AT BELLA'S BIRTHDAY! SHE'S 3 AND SOOOO CUTE. MARY AND WAYNE HAD A WONDERFUL PARTY FOR THEIR SWEETGIRL.
CALEB GOT TO MEET STAWBERRY HERSELF!

MIMI CAME TO THE PARTY WITH US! LOOK HOW HAPPY BELLA IS!

POP POP AND GAGA WERE THERE TO CELEBRATE TOO.

MIMI WAS GREAT ON THE TRAMPOLIN!

MAMA EVEN GOT A HUG AT THE PARTY

FUN TIMES HAD BY ALL.

ALL THE AUNTS WERE THERE, PATRICK WAS THERE TO REPRESENT FOR THE UNCLES.

MIMI'S POOL

AMY'S POOL WAS SO FUN ALL SUMMER. THIS WAS ONE OF THE RARE TIMES THAT WE GOT THAT BOY TO FALL ASLEEP FOR A SHORT NAP. YAY!

SCI-PORT IN SHREVEPORT.

WE WANTED TODO SOMETHING FUN WITH LACY SEARS AND HER KIDS, SO WE WENT TO SHREVPORT, LA. FIRST STOP WAS SCI-PORT. CHRISPY LOST HIS HEAD.

THERE WAS MUSIC

A NAIL BED FOR A NAP

MAMA NEEDED A NAP ON A BED OF NAILS TOO!

WE HAD TIME TO RELAX ON THE POT AND IN THE TUB! ON THE WAY THERE HE DISCOVERED HEADPHONES. FUNNY BOY.

OUR NEXT STOP WAS THE BOARDWALK. LACY, LIBBY, JAKE, CALEB AND CHRIS AND I HAD FUN JUST SHOPPING AROUND. HERE'S DAD AND CALEB SHOOTING FOR THE MOON.

HE DISCOVERED THIS WATER TABLE AND LOVED IT. THAT DAY HE ALSO MADE CONNECTION TO THE WORD: WATER! WHEN WE GOT TO SCI-PORT WE WENT TO THE IMAX MOVIE AND WATCHED A MOVIE OVER THE GRAND CANYON AND THE RIVER IN IT. HE YELLED OUT WATER WATER WATER THE WHOLE TIME!

WHILE WE WERE THERE WE GOT TO MAKE PLAY DOUGH. I LOVED IT, I WILL PROBABLY USE THIS IN MY CLASSROOM TO TEACH SEQUENCING WORDS LIKE FIRST, SECOND...ETC.

THE SWEETBOY TURNS 34. I MADE THIS PLATE TO HELP US CELEBRATE OUR B-DAYS.

WE WENT TO SHO-GUNS TO CELEBRATE THE BIG DAY. GAGA POP POP & MIMI, GMOMMY & DANNY CAME TO HELP CELEBRATE.

OUR COOK WAS AWESOME! OH WHAT TO ORDER! EVERYTHING IS SO GOOD!

CALEB LIKED THE FIRE AND THROWING THE EGGS.

THE SPRINKLE PARK IN WO

WE BROUGHT KINZIE & JACKSON W/ US. WE ALL HAD A GOOD TIME. THEY HAD FUN GETTING WET.

WATER, WATER, WATER.

SNACKS!

THE COKE WAS MINE. LOOK AT CALEB WITH HIS BABY!

More summer fun! July 4th - 11th

4th of July weekend
The Pruitt's came into town to celebrate the 4th at the church pic-nic.
Cooper and Caleb are instant friends every time they meet. Look how tall Coopie is!
Mimi watched the boys being crazy!

The girls had a blast making those hook lach pillow tops. I remember making one years ago, I was their age.

Chrispy got back from boyscout camp in time for lunch!

What a full table. We sure do miss the Pruitt's being in town.

Oh! this is on a train (choo choo) at the pic nic. Caleb loved it!

Here are the Farrell's next to us at the pic nic. The reason you don't see any guys is that they are setting off the fireworks! And the took my husband with them!

Caleb slept through the fireworks last year, but this year he was terrified! We had to go inside.

Here are the Pruitt's. Everyone having a good time, except the boy!

WE had a good picture last year, but it didn't work out this year. Too many shadows.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY!! THE BIG 4-0 40!

FOR AMY'S BIRTHDAY I PLANNED A TEA PARTY. I HAD HER GO REGISTER FOR NEW DISHES AND KITCHEN ITEMS AND SENT OUT INVITATIONS TO HER FRIENDS HERE IN TOWN. I ASKED SOME FRIENDS TO BRING FRUIT, BROWNIES AND SANDWICHES. THEN I HELD MY BREATH... WHAT IF NO ONE CAME? BUT...

LOOK AT ALL OF AMY'S FRIENDS THAT CAME! SHE IS SOOO LOVED AROUND HERE. SHE'S TOUCHED OTHERS LIVES THROUGH THE DIFFERENT MINISTRIES SHE'S INVOLVED IN.

I ENJOYED MAKING THE CAKE.

WE PLAYED A GAME WHERE EVERYONE GOT TO SHARE HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE AMY.

SHE MADE EVERYONE LAUGH WITH HER FUNNY COMMENTS.

MOM SAID SHE PROBABLY NEW HER THE LONGEST... 40 YEARS AND THEN TOLD HOW PROUD SHE WAS TO BE AMY'S MOTHER.

CALEB LOVED THE PRESENTS!

SHE DOESN'T LOOK 40, DOES SHE?

SHE GOT A NEW SET OF DISHES, SERVING PLATERS, PLACE MATS, GLASSES... TONS OF STUFF! SHE WAS SOOOOO EXCITED!

MRS. JEANIE PACE TOLD SOME FUNNY STORIES ABOUT AMY.

MOM ENJOYED BEING BY HER SIDE.

THE PRESENTS WERE AWESOME AND THEY KEPT ON COMING!

CALEB DROVE AROUND IN A MINI-COUP FUN HUH?

LONGVIEW BALLOON RACE.

EVERY YEAR WE TRY TO GET TO THE BALLOON RACES. THIS YEAR IT WAS COOLER THAN LAST YEAR, TEMPERATURE WISE. CHRISPY WAS AT A BOYSCOUT CAMP OUT SO HE DIDN'T GET TO GO.

GRANDADDY JUST GOT BACK FROM HIS DEEP SEA FISHING TRIP AND HE WAS SUPER EXCITED TO SEE HIS BOY.

THE FAMILY AT THE BALLOON RACE. THE BALLOON GLOW IS OUR FAVORITE PART OF THE EVENING. CALEB DID A LOT OF MARCHING WITH HIS FLAG.

LOOK HOW COOL THE BALLOONS ARE!

GRANDADDY AND CALEB RIGHT BEFORE THE FLAG WENT UP.

SUMMER FUN ALSO INCLUDES POOL TIME AT AMY'S,

DISC GOLF WITH DAD,

PLAYING IN THE PARK, ESPECIALLY SWINGING. THIS PART IS HALLARIOUS! CALEB TOOK MIMI'S HIGH HEALS FOR A SPIN. HE WAS GOOD AT IT TOO.

SCHOOL STARTS BACK ON AUGUST 17TH. I CAN'T BELIEVE OUR SUMMER IS ALMOST OVER! YIKES!

The Rest of June 2009

CAMPING WITH THE SIMS
WE HAD A GREAT TIME THE JEFF & KRISTINA & THEIR 3 KIDOS. WE WENT TO TYLER STATE PARK AND CAMPED OUT IN THE POP-UP. IT WAS INCREDIBLY HOT!

WE COOKED OUT HOTDOGS FOR NOAH.
HE LOVED IT!

KRISTINA AND I HAD A GREAT TIME FIXIN' DINNER!

HERE'S OUR NEWEST CAMPER...

THEY INTRODUCED US TO LETTERBOXING. A WONDERFUL FAMILY ACTIVITY.

HERE THEY ARE AT ALPINE COC. WHAT A CUTE FAMILY!

JULIANA HAS A WONDERFUL PERSONALITY. SHE SAYS SOME OF THE FUNNIST THINGS.

JEFF, CHRIS AND NOAH WENT TO PLAY DISC GOLF AND IT WAS HOT!

WE ALSO WENT TO THE BROOKSHIRES' MUSEUM FOR WILD ANIMALS.

WE SET UP A POOL AT THE CAMPSITE TO LET THE KIDS SWIM AND COOL OFF. THEY WENT CRAZY!

COOKOUT WITH THE HAYES!

HERE'S MARY AND CALEB.

OUR HOSTS... BRENT AND ASHLEY

ASHLEY AND PATRICK

LARRY, BEAU, DEBBIE AND CHRIS

GAGA, CHRISPY AND CALEB.

OOPS!! THIS IS IN THE WRONG PLACE FOR THIS PICTURE!

SUNDAY SCHOOL AT ALPINE COC.

CHRISPY WITH CALEB AND CANYON PHILLIPS

HERE IS KIM AND STEPHANIE DRIVING BELLA AND CALEB AROUND.

DEBBIE AND I SPOILING THE BOY. LOOK AT GAGA AND POP POP WITH THEIR GRANDKIDS! WHO'S HAPPIER?

ONE OF THE FUNNIEST THINGS I'VE SEEN!

CALEB WAS QUIET, SO THAT LET ME KNOW THAT SOMETHING WAS UP! I LOOKED OUTSIDE AND CALEB'S FOOT WAS IN THE DOG'S WATER BOWL

LOOK AT HIS CRAZY FACE!

THEN HE DECIDED TO GO SWIMING! HE PUT HIS FACE IN THE WATER AND... CAME UP SMILING!

HE HAD A BLAST! THIS WAS BEFORE WE HAD A POOL!

MAMA GOES TO A WORKSHOP

I TOOK THIS PICTURE WITH ME... MY SWEETBOYS.

THE WORKSHOP WAS FLIP FLIPPEN'S CAPTURING KIDS HEARTS.

I TRAVELED WITH SOME AWESOME TEACHERS FROM SPRING HILL: MISSY, DEEANN, STACY, & ALLISON

WE HAD A LOT OF FUN!

OUR INSTRUCTOR WAS AWESOME. SPRINKLE PARK FUN!!

IN WHITE OAK THEY HAVE AN AWESOME LITTLE WATER PARK. CALEB TOOK HIS BABY AND GAVE HER A BATH.

THE FIRST FEW TIMES WE WENT HE WOULDN'T GO IN THE WATER, BUT THIS TIME HE WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE!

GRANDMOMMY CAME TO THE PARK WITH US AND WE HAD A BLAST! MOMMY IS VERY PROUD OF HER BOY!

CALEB HELPED DADDY PUT THE TARP DOWN SO WE CAN PUT DOWN HIS NEW POOL. (-:

BOYSCOUT CAMP - CHRISPY WENT TO BE A SCOUTMASTER FOR A TROUP AT CAMP PIRTLE. WE MISSED HIM BUT HE HAD A LOT OF FUN! HOW DO YOU LIKE MY PINK HAIR? I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN JUST TO DO SOMETHING CRAZY WITH MY HAIR. THE HAIRDRESSER SAID IT WOULD WASH OUT IN 4 TO 6 WEEKS... THAT WAS A MONTH AGO!

DANNY AND CALEB ARE GOOD FRIENDS. WE PLAN TO GO FISHING SOON.

GRANDMOMMY LET'S THE BOY HELP HER COOK.

CALEB SWIMMING AT G'MOMMY'S AND DANNY'S PLACE.

WE ARE HAVING SUCH A WONDERFUL SUMMER! ONE MONTH FROM TODAY WE START BACK TO SCHOOL. BUT LET'S NOT THINK ABOUT THAT.

FLORIDA VACATION - JUNE 1 - 13 2009

THE MONDAY AFTER SCHOOL WAS OUT WE PACKED UP AND GOT ON THE ROAD WITH OUR POP UP. POOR KATY AND JILLY STAYED AT HOME WITH AUNT AMY, BUT WE WERE ON OUR WAY.
WE LEFT AT 4:30 AM AND CHRIS DROVE US TO JACKSON, MS. CALEB WOKE UP AROUND 7:30 AND SO DID I.

WE STOPPED AT CRACKER BARRELL AND ATE A WONDERFUL B-FAST. RE-ENERGIZED READY TO GO AGAIN.

IN JACKSON, WE CAMPED OUT AT THE STATE PARK. CHRIS PLAYED DISK GOLF AND I TRIED TO PUT CALEB TO SLEEP. TRIED IS THE KEY WORD.

HERE IS OUR HAPPY FAMILY AFTER CALEB HAD 12 HOURS OF SLEEP. I WAS ALMOST READY TO TURN AROUND IF HE DIDN'T CHILL OUT.

FRIENDS WE SAW ON OUR TRIP.

WE STOPPED IN MOBILE, AL. AND WE HAD THE AWESOME OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK UP A FEW FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

I ATE LUNCH WITH MY AUNT GAIL AND MY COUSIN JOY. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THEM.

THE FARMERS WERE THE HIGH LIGHT OF OR TRIP. LYNDELL & RACHEL ARE WEARING RED. LINDA IS ON THE FLOOR IN WHITE. I SURE DO MISS THIS FAMILY. RACHEL LIVES IN CHICAGO AND WAS DOWN TO CELEBRATE RORI'S B-DAY AND SARA'S BABY'S BIRTH-ELLA.

THIS IS JOHN AND CALEB. HIS DAUGHTER RORI WAS HAVING HER 2ND BIRTHDAY WHILE WE WERE THERE.

WE GOT TO MEET SARAH AND TODD'S BABY: ELLA. SHE WAS SO BRAND NEW THAT SHE WASN'T OUT OF THE HOSPITAL YET. SHE'S PRECIOUS!

THE BRYANT'S: I PLAYED V-BALL WITH KELLI AND FOR PHILLIP WITH THE FLORA-BAMA TEAM. WE WENT TO NATIONALS 3 TIMES TOGETHER AND THE BEST WE DID WAS 3RD PLACE. (THE YEAR AFTER I MOVED THEY WON THE WHOLE THING!) THEY HAVE 2 WONDERFUL KIDS, MICHAEL AND COPELAND. PHILLIP AND KELLI SEEM LIKE WONDERFUL PARENTS AND WE HAD SO MUCH FUN CATCHING UP.

DISC GOLF - OUR FAMILY HAD ONE OUTTING TOGETHER THE REST WAS EITHER CHRIS OR THE BOYS. IT WAS FUN, BUT HOT!

I LOVE THIS PICTURE OF CHRIS AND CALEB ON THE BRIDGE IN FRONT OF THE BEACH. CALEB WOULD START CHANTING BEACH WHEN HE WOULD SEE THE BRIDGES.

HERE IS OUR HOME AWAY FROM HOME. WE FELT LIKE OUR PART OF THE CAMP SITE WAS A LITTLE TRASH. OH WELL, THERE JUST WASN'T ROOM FOR EVERYTHING INSIDE.

HERE WE ARE IN FRONT OF THE PIER AT GULF BREEZE, ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES IN THE WHOLE WORLD!

FUN TIMES IN THE POP-UP

WE HAD SO MUCH FUN! THE SUN WOULD POP UP BEFORE 6:00 AND SO WOULD THE BOY! WE WOULD PLAY WITH OUR DADDY IN BED.

THIS IS THE POOL AT THE CAMP GROUND.

CHRISPY DROPED ME OFF AT THE BEACH AND HE AND CALEB WENT TO PLAY DISC GOLF.

CALEB DIDN'T LIKE THE STRONG SUN AT 10:30 AM. HE WAS HIDDING FROM THE SUN.

THIS IS OUR CRAZY BOY AT NIGHT, WHEN THE SUN WAS DOWN AND IT WAS STILL LIGHT. HE LOVED TO RUN ON THE BEACH!

HERE WE ARE AT THE BASS-PRO SHOP IN FT. WALTON. WATCH OUT FOR THE SHARK!

THE BLUE ANGELS PRACTICE AND MUSEUM.

IT WAS AWESOME! WE WENT TWO MORNINGS IN A ROW. THE MUSEUM WAS FREE AND INCREDIBLE! IT'S REALLY COOL!

MAYBE CALEB CAN BE A PILOT ONE DAY!

THIS WAS CALEB'S FAVORITE PART! MARCH MARCH MARCH!

THESE PLANES WERE 12 TO 18 INCHES APART.

IT SURE WAS HOT EVEN AT 7:30 AM.

CALEB LOVES SESAME STREET AND FUNIONS. THIS WAS ONE OF OUR LAST RESOURSES WHEN WE WERE ON THE ROAD FOR 6 HOURS.

THE GULF BREEZE ZOO W/ THE BRYANT'S

KELLI, MICHAEL, COPELAND, CHRISPY AND CALEB LOOKING AT THE BABY HIPPO.

CALEB ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE TRAIN.

FAMILY PICTURES AT THE BEACH.

CHRISPY AND HIS DISC GOLF HABIT. THIS GUY HAD A COURSE IN HIS YARD!

WE STAYED AT A RV PARK THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A CASINO, WE GOT A FREE BREAKFAST OUT OF IT. CALEB WAS A FEW YEARS TO YOUNG.

WATERMELON - WANT SOME?

A PREPARED A QUICK PIC NIC ON THE WAY HOME. I'M SO GLAD CHRISPY DROVE FOR US.

CALEB WAS WORN OUT WHEN WE WERE HEADED HOME.

CALEB WENT CRAZY WHEN WE GOT HOME. MIMI, G-MOMMY AND DANNY CAME OVER AND CALEB DANCED AND RAN AND SQUEELED. HE WAS SO FUNNY!