"Boys in the Hood"

Daddy and his "bud"...aren't they cute??

Pictures form the weekend,,,

This weekend we attended our friend Amanda's, bridal shower. Below are some snap shots taken at the shower.

Hannah, Mom and Me...

My little sister and I.

All the girls of our family....

Abigail and Braylon, in their coats they look like little marshmellows walking around!

Braylon LOVES to try on shoes!

Stylin' and Profilin'!

Field Trip to the Hobert Farm

On Thursday, Madison's class went on a field trip to Hobert's Farm. The kids had a great time! It was so cold (39 degrees) and the day before it was in the 60's! Wouldn't you know!

Above is Madison's entire class sitting in the hay barn!

The little boy sitting next to Madison ALWAYS runs to Madison when she gets to school to say hi! :)

Taking a tour through the barn.

Running through the hay maze...

Madison and her signature pose. Whenever I try to take her picture and say "Smile Madison", her arm goes up and she immediately takes this pose!

On the hay ride, the kids would crack up laughing everytime they saw a tree with a face. It was hilarious!!

She searched and searched for the right pumpkin!

Us on the hayride...

Friends... it was a great afternoon!

Communication....Kid's Style

A couple of nights ago we were eating at Wendy's. As we were sitting at our table, this little boy slowly walks by and was staring at Madison. I looked at him...then I looked at Madison, only to find that she was staring back! She loudly said, "Wanna know my name? It's Madison, M-a-d-i-s-o-n". The little boy said, "I'm Taylor, T-a-y-l-o-r". I felt as if I were trapped in a spelling bee. Madison then said, "I'm 5" and the little boy didn't skip a beat, he said "Well I'm 6". Taylor then proudly proclaim that the letter of the week was "B" and that he knew how to write it. You would have thought Madison was going into pure shock, she looked at me and then at him with this look of amazement and said " That's MY letter of the week!!" Taylor then went on to enjoy his kid's meal!
It was too cute!!

The Vols Game

Over Labor Day Weekend, we traveled down to see the Tennessee Vols play the California Bears. With 107,000 people in one stadium all screaming and singing, it made for a great game! I now can sing "Rocky Top" and not miss a word! :)

Cheerleader

Ever since Matt took Madison to the high school football game, she has LOVED cheerleading. We were driving in the car the other day and Madison started a cheer that she wanted us to repeat:
Give me an "E"... (we repeated)
Give me an "A"... (we repeated)
Give me a "R" ... (we repeated)
Give me a "N"... (we repeated)
Give me a "Q" ... (we repeated)
Give me an "O" ... (we repeated)
"Whatda you got?" Matt and I looked at each other and he said "I don't know, what is that Madison?" With irritation rising in her voice she said..."I don't know, you are the ones who know how to spell, not me!"

"Guess what I am?"

Friday, when I picked Madison up from school she looked at me and said "Mom, you know what I am?" When I responded, she held her shoulders back proudly and proclaimed, "I am a safety violation!" I asked her to repeat herself and tried not to laugh. She said it bold and proud, "A safety violation!" All of a sudden you could see it on her face, realizing that was not was she was trying to say. Without hesitation she corrected herself, "Patrol, patrol, Mom, I meant safety patrol!"
She constantly makes us laugh!!

A Visit to Ripley's Aquarium ~ Gatlinburg, TN

Swimming at the Hotel...

First time Braylon was ever in a pool. He LOVED it! No fear at all!

Madison kept Uncle Trent occupied! ;-)

Bea and Braylon....

"The Big Day!!"

Can you believe that I am sending my little baby to the halls of this school everyday? OK, so maybe she's not a little baby , but the question is, is she really ready for this?
I assure you that the answer is yes!! :) As Matt and I took her and showed here where everything was, she said "OK, I love you, bye!" We looked at each other as if to say "What just happened?" We were thinking that she would cry and beg us not to leave her, maybe hold on to my leg not wanting me to go, at least well up with tears in her eyes....there was none of that! Matt and I walked out of the school with our shoulders low and not talking... we were on the verge of losing it. (Pretty funny, I guess!)

This is the little bench that the kids have to sit on to wait for the teacher to tell them to come in the classroom. Madison knew this little girl from preschool. I overheard Madison say to her, "Can you believe that we are in Kindergarten?"

On her way...

Look how much bigger the book bag is than her!

Too Cool!!

Finishing up school shopping

Saturday we finished up getting all of Madison's school supplies. I can't believe Kindergarten starts tomorrow. I am going to be a nervous wreck! :)

Here is Madison resting from all the hardwork of letting your parents buy for you!

Matt and Madison both got new school shoes!

Braylon was just enjoying the ride!

Walking into the mall...

School Clothes Shopping

It's official, our little girl is growing up. Today we went school clothes shopping. Madison starts kindergarten on the 28th. How is this even possible?
We were at the Children's Place and all Madison wanted to try on was pajama's, I inconvenienced her when I asked her to try on jeans and long sleeve shirts! :)
After we bought her clothes, we then took our school supplies list and went to Target. She wanted to start using all of her supplies when we got home, what can I say, our daughter is eager to learn! :)

Our Friend's Wedding

This past Saturday, Matt and I went to our friend's wedding. It was the first time that we had hired a sitter for both kids and actually went somewhere alone, imagine that?

Helping with the laundry