SUMMER FUN JUNE & JULY 2008

CAPTURING KIDS HEARTS - CHRISPY WENT TO THE TRAINING THAT HIS "TEEN LEADERSHIP" CLASS WILL BE BASED ON. HE TRAVELED WITH MIKE LEE, STACEY EDWARDS, AMY MCFADDEN, D'LEE REAGH. HE CAME BACK PUMPED UP. GETTING THIS JOB WAS A GOD THING! THANK YOU LORD!
THE GIRLS D'LEE & AMY PLAYED CARDS WITH CHRISPY.
CHRISPY GOT A CHANCE TO PLAY PING PONG. HE REALLY CAME BACK PUMPED UP!
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HOW CHRISPY WILL INSPIRE THE SPRING HILL KIDS. HE'S INSPIRED ME BY SEEKING OUT HIS DREAMS. CLOSED UP IN AN OFFICE WITH NO WINDOWS IN 2005 HE HAD A DREAM TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. GO TO SCHOOL, GET A DEGREE TO BE A TEACHER. THIS MAY HE REACHED HIS GOAL.

WAY TO GO CHRISPY! I'M SO PROUD OF YOU!

THE BIG BIRTHDAY! AMY- 39, AUBREY - 8, & LOLO - 6

RICKY AND HIS BOY COOPER ARE TAKING A NAP. COOPER IS GROWING UP SOO MUCH. HE'S 7 MONTHS OLD NOW!

CALEB IS ACTING CRAZY SITTING IN COOPY'S CHAIR. LOLO IS WEARING HER 9TH OF JULY DRESS (HER BIRTHDAY & ARGENTINA'S INDEPENDENCE DAY FYI)
THE PARTY WAS AWESOME! AMY RENTED THE CLUB HOUSE AT HER APARTMENT AND WE HAD A HAWAIAN PARTY.
GRANDADDY AND CALEB WERE READY TO LIMBO.
HERE ARE THE BIRTHDAY GIRLS. FELIZ CUMPLEANOS!
I LOVE THIS PICTURE! YOU CAN SEE ALL FOUR KIDS IN THIS PICTURE.
HERE'S G-MOMMY WITH THE BOYS. SHE'S BEEN OUT OF THE HOSPITAL FOR 2 DAYS AFTER HER HISTERECTAMY (WHO KNOWS HOW TO SPELL THAT?!) & BLADDER TACK. I DON'T HAVE ANY PICTURES OF HER IN THE HOSPITAL BUT A DO HAVE A FUNNY STORY ABOUT A "IT'S A BOY" SIGN THAT WOUND UP ON HER HOSPITAL DOOR.
THESE WOMEN ARE VISITING AND ADORING BLAZE NORTON. HE IS SO LITTLE AND PRECIOUS.

AFTER DINNER WE WENT SWIMMING. IT WAS AWESOME! LOOK BEHIND US AND YOU CAN SEE ADAM ABOUT TO THROW JACKSON IN THE AIR WITH CHRISPY. HE SPLATED A COUPLE OF TIMES.
COOPY AND CALEB BOTH ENJOYED THE POOL.
LOLO GOT A CAN OF CORN FROM HER AUNTS. IT WAS ON HER GIFT LIST AND WELL WHAT SHE WANTS SHE GETS. FUNNY HUH?
EAST TEXAS BALOON RACE

THIS WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS OF THE WHOLE SUMMER!

LARRY AND DEBBIE CAME UP TO LONGVIEW AND WE WENT TO THE AIRPORT WHERE THEY HAD OVER 50 HOT AIR BALOONS. THERE WAS A BAND PLAYING, PARACHUTERS, FOOD SHOPS AND LOTS OF JUNK SHOPS.

WHAT WE SAVED ON DRINKS WE SPENT ON THE AWESOME FOOD. CORN DOGS, CORN ON THE COB, CHICKEN ON A STICK AND SNOW CONES. WHAT CAN I SAY WE LOOOOOVVVVEEEE TO EAT! AMY CAME WITH US AND WE MET UP WITH THE SILVERTHORNS, CORY PHILLIPS AND THE RICKY PRUITT'S.

CALEB HAD A GOOD TIME WITH HIS GRANDADDY LARRY.
GRANDMOMMY DEBBIE HAS THE MAGIC TOUCH AND PUT THE BOY DOWN FOR A LITTLE NAP.
THE BALOONS WERE BEAUTIFUL... I GUESS YOU'LL HAVE TO TRUST ME SINCE YOU CAN'T SEE THEM.
BATHTIME IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ACTIVITIES WITH CALEB. I KNOW HIS IS 13 MONTHS OLD, BUT THIS MONTH WAS THE FIRST TIME I LET HIM LOOSE IN OUR BATHTUB, HE'S BEEN IN A BABY BATH ALL THE OTHER TIMES (-: IT'S JUST EASIER.
A TRIP TO VISIT GRANDMA STELLA & G-MA MARILYN AND G-PA LARRY.

THIS LAST WEEK WE DROP EVERYTHING AND WENT TO GLEN ROSE TO SEE THE PEURIFOY'S.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE GRANDMA STELLA LOOKS GREAT. WE ENJOYED OUR VISITS WITH HER.


SHE HAD BOUGHT A WOOPIE CUSHION AND WE TRIED IT OUT ON CALEB SEVERAL TIMES. IT WAS FUNNY!
LARRY AND MARILYN TOOK US TO THE RIVER AND HE OF COURSE LOVED THE WATER.
THE GUYS SAT ON A WATER FALL AND CALEB ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT. THE WATER WAS A WARM AS BATH WATER, I WOULD LOVE TO GO TO BROKEN BOW, OK. AND SWIM IN THAT LITTLE RIVER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DAMM.
YAY! ROCKS!
HERE'S THE PEURIFOY CLAN. I HAVE A PICTURE SIMILAR TO THIS THAT WAS TAKEN 5 YEARS AGO AT BROKEN BOW, OK. WE'VE ADDED A BOY SINCE THEN.

IN GLEN ROSE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE FOUND DINOSAUR TRACKS. SO WE WENT TO VISIT THE EXPO WHERE THEY HAVE OVER 100 LIFE SIZE DINOS.

CHECK US OUT RUNNING FROM THIS GUY.

THIS IS A FUN PICTURE. LOOK AT CALEB'S FACE!
THIS IS OVERLOOKING THE WILD LIFE RESERVATION WERE THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF ANIMALS RIGHT THERE IN GLEN ROSE. FOSSIL RIM IS THE NAME OF IS. ONE DAY WHEN CALEB IS OLD ENOUGH WE'LL ACTUALLY DRIVE THROUGH IT.
CALEB LOVED HIS GRANDADDY LARRY.

THAT WAS A LOT OF PICTURES AND I LEFT OUT A FEW SLEEPOVERS I'VE HAD WITH AUBREY & LOLO, CORE CAMP, & LOCKER ROOM STUFF.

I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE HAVING AS GOOD A SUMMER AS WE ARE. DROP ME A LINE AND LET ME KNOW HOW EVERYONE IS.

THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ MY STUFF.



I THINK THIS IS SO CUTE AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT SUMMER. CALEB GETS TO READ AND SING WITH HIS DAD.

CAMP POSSIBLE 1, 2, & 3

WHAT AN AWESOME TO START OUT OUR SUMMER. WE HAD A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING OF THIS POSSITIVE PROGRAM "CAMP POSSIBLE"

"WE" INCLUDES: CHARLIE, ADAM, CHRISPY, DAD, LESLIE, AMANDA, LEVESHA, TERESA, CINDY P & F, TRE, LISA & WRAYMAN, MYSELF AND CHARLITA SOME DAYS. MOM AND CALEB WERE ALSO THERE IN THEIR OWN CABIN DOING THEIR OWN THING. ( THAT WAS A REAL BLESSING FOR CHRISPY AND I---THANKS AGAIN MOM)

THE PROGRAM INCLUDED:
DAY 0 - REGISTRATION, LOW ROPES, SWIMING AND CAMPFIRE.
DAY 1 - ARIC BOSTIC "DREAM BIG" & A LOW ROPES PROGRAM.
DAY 2 - ERIC CUPP NOW THAT YOU HAVE SOME DREAMS... WHAT'S STANDING IN YOUR WAY? AND HIGH ROPES PROGRAM.
DAY 3 - KELLY KINSEY SPOKE ABOUT GOING TO COLLEGE OR GETTING A TRADE AND IN THE AFTERNOON WE HAD A COLLEGE FAIR, CLOSING CAMPFIRE
DAY 4 - SWIMMING, CLEAN UP AND GO HOME!

WE HAD A GREAT TIME EACH WEEK AND EACH WEEK WAS TOTALLY DIFERENT THAN THE OTHER ONES. THE SECOND WEEK IS WHEN WRAYMAN, LISA, CINDY P. AND TREY JOINED US. THEY WERE AN AWESOME BOOST OF ENERGY IN OUR CAMP. THE STAFF BECAME LIKE FAMILY AND WE OURSELVES BEGAN TO DREAM OF HOW WE COULD DO THIS BETTER NEXT YEAR. ARIC AND ERIC BOTH INSPIRED US ALL.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CINDY FARRELL WHO IS THE BRAIN CHILD OF THIS AWESOME PROJECT. SHE GIVES A LOT OF CREDIT TO THE PEOPLE IN HER OFFICE WHO WORK ON THE BUDGETS BUT SHE'S THE HEART AND SOUL OF THIS CAMP. AND I THANK HER FOR LETTING MY FAMILY PARTICIPATE IN IT.

HERE ARE A FEW PICTURES FROM CAMP. WE TOOK ABOUT 1000 BUT THEY ARE ALL ON CINDY F'S CAMARA.
THIS IS MOM IN HER CABIN WITH MR. MILKEY FACE. THESE WERE THE FIRST NITES I SPENT AWAY FROM CALEB AND IT WASN'T THAT BAD, BECAUSE HE WAS IN THE NEXT CABIN OVER. (-:
HERE'S CALEB ONE SUNDAY MORNING BETWEEN CAMPS. I LOVE THIS CUTE OUTFIT.

THE PRUITT MERMAIDS CAME OUT TO SPEND A FEW DAYS IN GRANDMOMMY'S CABIN. THEY CAN REALLY SWIM! AUBREY HAS JUST TURNED 8 & LOLO 6. I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M SO SUPRISED THAT MY LITTLE BABY NIECES ARE GROWING UP.
EVEN THOUGH DAD WAS THE CAMP DIRECTOR HE TOOK SOME TIME OUT TO SWIM WITH THE BOY. CALEB LOVES HIS "UN-DAH"
THIS WAS ONE MORNING WHEN THE KIDS WERE GETTING UP.
DAD FOUND A FISHING POND AND CONVINCED THE KIDS THAT THERE WERE BIG FISH THERE... THE BELIEVED HIM!
LEVESHA IS ON THE FAR LEFT, ADAM, CHRISPY AND AMANDA. I DON'T HAVE A GOOD PICTURE OF LESLIE.

HERE ARE THE GREAT FISHERMEN, RICHARD AND CHARLIE, OFF TO CATCH A BUNCH OF 2 INCH FISH.
DURING THE DAY WE WOULD HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS AND MOM WOULD COME VISIT WITH CALEB. HE WOULD WEAR HIMSELF OUT AND FALL ASLEEP IN MOM'S LAP.
I WOULD DROP BY EARLY IN THE MORNING AND FIND CALEB ATTACKING GRANDMA OR SLEEPING WITH HER.
ADAM HELPING THE FISHERMAN. WE HAD A GREAT WEEK WITH ADAM, NEXT YEAR WE HOPE CHRISTY CAN COME TO CAMP TOO. I GUESS HAVING A BABY TOOK PRIORITY THIS YEAR.

I LOOK FOWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY SOON. WE'RE GOING TO PLAN A GET TOGETHER AT THE FARRELL'S VERY SOON. I BELIEVE ALL OF THE ADULTS ARE GOING TO HEAR HARRY WONG THE MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER JULY 24TH.

ASK ANY OF US ABOUT CAMP POSSIBLE WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE GOT TO DO THIS SUMMER.

MY SWEETBOY - CALEB

LOOK HOW CUTE THIS SWEETBOY IS. HE HAS BEEN WALKING EVERYWHERE FOR 2 WEEKS NOW. WE HAVE MORE VIDEOS, BUT HE LOOKS REALLY CUTE HERE.

BENJAMIN BLAZE NORTON

WELCOME BENJAMIN BLAZE NORTON!
JUNE 19TH - 2:30pm - 8 lbs

THIS IS A LITTLE SHOWER WE THROUGH CHRISTY TO CELEBRATE BLAZE'S COMING. WE HAD A GOOD TIME TALKING ABOUT WHAT BLAZE MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND BE LIKE.
THESE GIRLS WERE EXCITED TO CELEBRATE BLAZE.
THIS IS THE DAY BEFORE BLAZE WAS BORN. CHRISTY HAD HAD A DRS. APOINTMENT AND THE DR. SAID SHE WASN'T NEAR BEING READY TO HAVE BLAZE. LESS THAN 24 HOURS LATER BLAZE WAS HERE.

SWEET BOY IS HERE! HE WAS BRAND NEW IN THIS PICTURE.

AFTER SCHOOL KINZIE & JACKSON CAME TO MEET THEIR BABY BROTHER.
MAMA WAS EXCITED ABOUT THEM MEETING BLAZE TOO. IN THE BACKGROUND YOU CAN SEE OKEY AND NANA.
WE ARE SOOOOO HAPPY YOU ARE HERE BLAZE!

WELCOME BLAZE!

JUNE 19TH - 2:30pm - 8 lbs 1 oz