3 years and "Tanks-gibben"

Reid turned 3 and boy did we celebrate! Three parties to be exact. I'm not really sure how it happened...but it did. On his actual birthday (Nov. 11) we had the grandparents over for celebration number 1...and of course they came bearing gifts. Since his birthday is on a holiday we decided to take cupcakes to school the day after, and he celebrated with all of his buddies. Then of course, planning around football season, the actual party was on Nov. 20th. Unfortunately Reid and Georgia were both recovering from upper respiratory infections, so we had to cancel the party, but Francie and Foster still came over the celebrate...yet again!

Pop and Reid celebrating after Reid's cupcake party at school.

Reid and Sweet Carrelline

Reid, Tucker, and Britt

The "Berf-day" Boy!

Sissy celebrated with us.

We love anything with wheels, propellers, or wings!

This year we celebrated "Tanks-gibben" with the Joneses and Hawthornes. Good food and sweet family make for a good time. Pop and Uncle Wayne even rode up in a mule drawn buggy...and of course the kids had to check it out.

God provided for our family in an extra special way this year. I accepted a job offer with the American Cancer Society the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. I will be over Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe and Covington Counties' fund raising efforts. I have been ever so blessed to stay home and watch my children grow and change during their first 2 and 3 years of life, and now God has blessed me with a job, driven by great passion, to help provide for our family of four. I'm excited and challenged by these new changes and opportunities! Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

Happy Halloween!

On Friday, Reid and Georgia had their Halloween parties at school. Reid wanted to be a cowboy, and Georgia has a turtle costume (that Reid would not wear last year). Well, them being at school all day, I decided Sissy could be a cowgirl to match Reid...that way she could wear "real clothes" and not be in a stuffy costume. Reid, who cried hysterically last year when we tried to dress him up, wanted to be a cowboy, and I immediately agreed, because we could use clothes he has in his closet, and he wouldn't really be "dressing up." I guess the thought of dressing up terrified him. He kept saying, "Me be a cowboy at Mommy home!" He didn't want to wear it to school. He cried the entire way there, cried when we went in his room, cried when he sat down at his chair (even after he saw that everyone else was dressed up!) I finally calmed him down enough by taking off his vest and hat...then he was just wearing a button up shirt and jeans! He even cried when I left!!! In his defense, I never liked dressing up when I was little...and he was having an asthma flare-up. He ended up getting a steroid shot later that day.

ANYWAY...here are the pictures I was able to take before we left. Yes...Reid is crying in them...

We have our Fall Festival (Trunk-or-Treat) Sunday at church...I guess we'll try this all again. I'll post pictures later!

Jack-O-Lantern

Here are the pumpkin carving picture I promised! Reid and Georgia were not very interested in the actual carving...Reid thought it was gross. However, they were mesmerized (as always) with the finished product. Just thought you would enjoy these sweet smiles!

"I don't want my picture taken, Mommy!"

"What is it, Bubba?"

Home Again, Home Again...

When Cory and I got home from Boston, we decided to go ahead and do our yearly pumpkin patch run. The kids had a blast. We took tractor rides, train rides, and of course, picked pumpkins. Expect some jack-o-lantern carving pics soon! Here are the pictures we took. Yes, I went along too...but of course, I'm behind the camera! = )

Reidster riding the train with Mommy.

Sweet Sissy. She's finally growing hair, and the longest eyelashes to frame those HUGE brown eyes!

Trying to find just the right one...


Imagine her grunting and straining...she wanted to pick this pumpkin up so badly!

My three favorite people...this picture makes my heart smile.

Before the pumpkin patch, Cory and I made our way to Boston (pronounced Bah-ston by locals) and back. We had a good time, but I missed my babies terribly. We ate the BEST Lobster Roll at Neptune Oyster (found out while we were there that Ben Affleck filmed a scene for "The Town" there...they are eating oysters), we walked around the campus of Harvard, we ate our first cannoli and lobster tail (pastries), we had a drink at the Hand and Bell the oldest bar in Boston , and we walked the Freedom Trail. Here are a few of the highlights from our trip.

Paul Revere's house. The oldest standing building in Boston.

Cory and I standing at Paul Revere's front door. Pretty cool!

The Indian made famous on "Cheers." We visited the original bar, and the replica. We even got to meet Tom the lawyer from the show and got his autograph...not Norm, but he had to do. = )

This is the sign outside of the original "Cheers." The show was based and designed around this bar. Some footage was taped outside the entrance, but the actual show was filmed in L.A.

The BEST part of the trip. Cory and I standing outside of Fenway Park. We left at 2:00 am on Sunday so that we could make it to the last Red Sox game of the season. They played the Yankees and won!

Yankees' dugout at Fenway...the oldest baseball stadium in the US. AWESOME...I could have come home after this! = )

Right before Cory and I left for Boston, Cory said, "I am leaving for this trip expecting to come home and appreciate my small town life." It's so true. It is a completely different lifestyle in a huge city. Babies cannot run barefoot in the back yard. You can barely drive a car for the traffic and lack of parking...It take at least an hour to get most anywhere. I couldn't imagine sacrificing that much "face time" with my family. Thankful for "trips" but even more thankful for "HOME!"

Everything's Just Fine

This has been the PERFECT birthday week. Reid and Georgia stayed home from school (just because) and it has been so much fun. We have been soaking up every minute of this perfect weather and getting in as many hugs and kisses as we can before Cory and I leave for Boston this weekend. Here are some pictures of our fun!

This morning I woke up to this sweet face and thought, "Wow! He's getting to be SO HANDSOME!" He's growing up too fast...and I am so proud of the little man he is growing up to be.

We've gone crazy...

Germs, screaming kids, horrible food, and the most fun two kiddos can have...yes, Chuck E. Cheese. Cory and I wanted to do something abnoxiously fun for the kids this past weekend, so our genius-selves piled up a 1-year-old and a 2-year-old and headed to Dothan for a little Kiddy-Vegas. I went...expecting to need a Xanax...but instead of sheer chaos...we actually had a wonderful time!

$20 worth of pizza (I now know that people do NOT go to Chuck E. Cheese for the food. HA!) and $10 worth of tokens resulted into hours of fun for Reid and Georgia. I took pictures, but neither of them would stop long enough to look in my direction...you'll get the idea though! Oh, and these posted in reverse order. Sissy was POOPED and Reido was ALL SMILES!

PHEW!

We've been BUSY! Tonsillectomy, starting school, sewing, painting, sewing, painting some more...did I mention school? Gosh...things have yet to slow down.

Reid is officially tonsil free. Better sleep, better eating, better mood. I give the whole ordeal an A+++. Definitely worth it.

Sissy recovered from a minor ear infection. (Thank you Lord for tubes!) Really, had her ear not been draining...we would have never known...such a pleasant baby...did I say baby? Forgive me, she reminds me daily that she is indeed growing up. She is officially a toddler.

School has been going well (for me and the babies). It is actually a refreshing switch from Dickinson and Frost to Molecules and Elements. So far so good.

THANK YOU to all the people who have placed orders for t-shirts. I have been pleasantly overwhelmed...not to mention thoroughly enjoying myself.

Here are some pictures of absolutely nothing in particular. I mean isn't that the whole point to a blog? = )

The oreo-crumb beard...

In the Mean Time...

Well, I am starting Bachelor's Degree number 2! I don't want to go to grad school and teach with my English degree, so I have decided to (be a forever student according to my husband) get my BS in Diagnostic Sonography. This semester I begin my associates at LBWCC, and then I'll finish my last two years online. Luckily, this is a program where I will be able to start working after my first two years.
IN THE MEAN TIME...

I am sewing, painting, monogramming, and the like for a little extra money! I'm attaching some photos of some of my latest projects. I can do most anything. The tshirts can be customized with any team, color, size (infant-Adult 4X) or design...they don't have to be sports related.




Barn, Flower Shop, Crooked House, Store, and Church Collage in Kid's bathroom. "Places We Love"

Farm Collage/Family Tree in Reid's Room.

Dogwood Branch and Initials over Georgia's Bed.

Topiary on Rusted Barn Tin.

Wild Red Fern on Antique Window.

Gerbera Daisy.

Floral Collage.

Floral Still Life.

Country Landscape Collage.