Thanksgiving 08

Madison's Dance

Madison is involved in the dance program at our church. At our fall festival yesterday, they preformed. She is all the way on the left until her center stage moment! :) We were so proud of her!

"Ladies First..."

Matt and I have both been teaching Braylon to be a gentleman (we are starting early). Whenever we are out running errands and a lady walks up to the store entrance at the same time we do, we will stop Braylon and say "Ladies first", open the door - and allow the lady to walk in before us. He loves it and learning to be a gentleman seems to be catching on!
Tonight as I was giving the kids a bath I said "Ok, time to wash hair, ladies first", and Madison and I washed her hair. After she was all clean I then made a production about "the gentlemen's time". Again, Braylon proudly stepped up and loved the attention. Wanting to help out, Madison said "Ladies always go first before gentlemen."
I will never forget this...Braylon sweetly looked up at me and said "Mom can you teach me how to be a lady, I want to go first sometime!" :)
They both continue to make me laugh everyday!!

On the Farm...

Today the kids and I went with our friends, Mrs. Leslie and Melissa to the "Old Barn Festival". (Matt couldn't go with us because he was doing the responsible thing...working!) :) We sure missed him!
At the festival they had hay rides, pony rides, over 100 craft booths, funnel cakes (although I refrained), door prizes, fresh hot kettle corn and lots of people buzzing everywhere!

Madison was thrilled to be able to ride the pony!

I LOVE this shot of them hugging...too cute!

Getting covered in hay...

In for the ride...

Braylon giving the cows their "treats", right before she completely licked Braylon's hand.
He jumped back and loudly said, "Mom, this cow bit my pingers!" (He replaced all his "f's" with "p's") Madison and I were cracking up at his response!

It was so cool, as soon as the wagon stopped, all the cows came straight over to us - it was so much fun to see the kid's excitement!

Celebrating the Fall Season

Last night we tool the kids to a Fall Festival where they had “trunk or treating”. The church people had a contest to see who could be most creative with their trunks. Some had LSU decor, one had Ohio State, others had pirate theme, country farms, Charlie Brown, a couple had sandy beaches…the kids loved it! They both came home with TONS of candy! Madison dressed as Ahsoka from Star Wars and Braylon could be none other than Thomas the Train!

Family Day!!

This past Saturday we went to a Fall Festival at a church not to far from our house. The kids had a blast! They had hayrides, train rides, indoor and outdoor games, contests, concerts, petting zoo, funnel cakes, balloons and lots of candy!

Braylon had no desire to touch any of the animals, he just wanted to throw the hay on top of them!

Matt is such an amazing dad!

Waiting for the train...

Girls on the train...

Boys on the train. Braylon looks fristrated here because this was the third picture I took. He was more concerned with making a whistle sound than he was with me and my "perfect picture"!

These were sponges that you soaked in a pool of water then threw them at people who were sticking their heads out from behind a board...the kids just LOVED picking up these dripping wet sponges and whirling them. It didn't matter that they soaked themselves in the process as they lifted above their shoulders to toss! :)

The coolest little boy in the world!

Braylon loves his Diego Big Wheel! His legs have just now gotten long enough where he can successfully pedal. There's no stopping him now!

The open road....

Dad is always there to help with pit stops!

Whew....it's tiring being a little kid, sometimes you just need to rest and enjoy a little TV (with your sunglasses still on)!!

Kylene's Wedding

One of my dear friends that I have worked with for almost 4 years now got married last weekend. I flew back up to Ohio and was honored to be in the wedding. Congratulations Mr. & Mrs. Edward Myers!!

Kylene made a BEAUTIFUL bride...

The picture above was taken at the reception. These are other ladies that are in my department.

I would be the only one facing the wrong way!!

Movie Night

Last Thursday night a group of our friends (our life group and another group) all went to see the movie "Fireproof" together. It was a great movie, everyone loved it!

Our friends Jay & Ivette

Sean & Abi

Story time...

Samson and Delilah is a favorite bed time story! We read it probably three times a week. It's so cute, each time we read it, they act as if it's their first time ever hearing it!

Homework Time

Our nightly routine... dinner, play time, showers, homework then bed....

2nd Grade School Picture

We just got these today and are so proud!! It's our little professional!

What a week...

Wow, what a week!

Wednesday I went and had my last wisdom tooth pulled...I was not expecting it to be a big ordeal... I was wrong. I spent Thursday and Friday doing nothing but crying and sleeping, it was awful! The funny thing is, it really wasn't my tooth that was hurting, it was the medication they had me on...Loritab. I was having a reaction to the medicine but thought it was pain from the procedure. Once I stopped taking it and switched to Tylenol (basically candy compared to the prescription), the migraine went away instantly and I feel 100% better. Crazy! Matt did a great job of holding things down while I was not functioning!

Friends and family, please be praying. My aunt Tracy (my mom's sister) suffered a stroke today. It hit the left side of her brain. Chelsea, her daughter who lives down in Pensacola with us is flying home in the morning to be with her mom. I don't really know many more details tonight, we have just been dealing with the shocking news this evening. It's times like that it's really hard being so far away from family. Please just be praying with us! We KNOW that God heals and we can trust Him!