Family Picture

Lord, you have blessed me so richly beyond measure.  Thank you for everything--the good days, the bad ones, the in between--that I get to share with these precious men of God.  Please guide my path that it would light the way for these little ones and please remind me daily of your Divine plan for Jeff and my life.

Vacay in Pictures

I realize this is picture overload....but I figured you all would rather see pictures than read commentary....so here they are :)  We had a great trip!  Many thanks to Miss Shelby and Miss Paige for helping out so Mommy and Daddy could have a little fun too!!

Greetings from Perdido!

Had to make a quick stop at the Orange Beach public Library to see our family beach pictures so I thought I'd blog really quickly!  Having a great time and boys are doing great.  Our family pics we took yesterday morning at 6AM (YIKES!) turned out wonderfully and I can't wait to share. We made a trip to the Gulf Shores Zoo yesterday that was a lot of fun. This morning we took P on his first parasail adventure and can't wait to see what more the week has in store.  More later.....

PS--HAPPY BIRTHDAY KK!  Hope it was a great one!

Dog Days

Whew it's HOT!  If you have never lived South of the Mason-Dixon line in August (and September for that matter!) you don't know what the dog days of Summer are!  So, we are making the best of it and coming up with other (indoor) things to do :)

Certainly not just for amusement was our trip down to Ball Wednesday to see the boys great-grandparents.  I am so glad we made the trip because it was so good just to spend time with them. Nana came with us to and although it was a short stay I really feel like they got to see a lot of the boys and we all got a chance to visit.

Yesterday, I got a text from a friend who said a group of moms were going to rent out the indoor jumpy place in town and split the cost and she wanted to know if I was interested....YES PLEASE!  P is a little ball of energy and it's just about to hot even to go to the pool!  So, he went all out for 2 hours--his hair was DRIPPING WET when we left--and John Cole even got in on the action.  John Cole woke up this morning with a runny nose, so letting him get on the jumpys may not have been my best parenting move, but it was hard for me not to because he wants to PLAY!  In the last day, he has started to want to stand up ON HIS OWN!  Of course, he falls flat on his bottom after a few seconds but he is certainly TRYING.  Whew...we really are going to have a walker soon...

I digress.  So after the jumpy playdate we headed to Outback to celebrate Daddy's 35th birthday!  It was, of course, not a relaxing meal but to see Jeff surrounded by his two boys made my heart so full.  We made a quick trip to Academy for soccer shorts and some UnderArmour (I guess I'm getting on the bandwagon :) , hit up the Orange Leaf, then headed home. 

Today is a day of getting ready for THE BEACH!  We leave in the morning.  Please pray for our safe travels and sanity for me in the car....

Hope you are staying cool!

Bike Riding

I realize the pictures for this post are not terribly interesting--but since I kind of use this blog as my scrapbook I just wanted to take a second and post about my BIG BOY Preston!  Jeff took his bike to the bike shop today to have the chain fixed, and after some tweaking it is riding MUCH better.  Preston has been out riding it for an hour at least...some kind of record...and I think he has finally "gotten it."  But it may not be just the chain that has made him want to ride.  You see, my little boy has really turned into a big boy this Summer.  He can do all kinds of things by himself, has finally stopped the running away and really can be trusted to play just where he is supposed to.  However, even though he is really growing up he still needs to be carried down the stairs sometimes and tells me he loves me from the backseat at least once a day.  I guess I just wanted to write down how much he has changed over the Summer, and I really think he is ready for his Pre-K4 experience next year :)  Hope you are having a good one and staying cool!

Willy Wonka Playdate

Just got home from a VERY fun night with two VERY sweet boys!  Preston invited Alex to go with us tonight and we went ALL out : Lion King in the car,Chick-fil-A, Willy Wonka at the Strauss and a "Willy Wonka" (HERSHEY) bar at intermission.  The first half of the show was a little slow and I was proud of them both for sitting through it.  The second half had a little more action and they were enthralled!  They were both ALL ABOUT getting their picture made with Willy Wonka AND the little "squirrels" who as youcan tell are about their age.  (Actually, it was Alex's idea to get a picture with the squirrels................)

Happy Weekend!

Pigskins and Pearls

Has it really been a year since my last Pigskins and Pearls post?  Seems like just yesterday that I was posing for the same pic with sweet little John Cole in my tummy :)  Although the football jargon goes predictably WAY over my head--think it did everyone's--it was fun to get together and enjoy lunch and some laughs.  Thanks, girls, for joining me!  (We missed you Jessie!)  I'm super pumped for football season now...GO DAWGS!