Monday, December 31, 2012

Halloween and the Pumpkin Patch

My silly halloween boys! Riley insisted on being a doctor again this year. We are encouraging this desire! Brock wanted to be a pirate. I got the outfit at the store but all the extras came from a timely birthday party of one of Brock's classmates.
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Class parties
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Trick or treating
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Pumpkin Patch for pre-school!
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The corn box is always a huge hit with the kids
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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Still catching up

Soccer time! Riley moved up to 6 year old soccer this year and did amazing. The difference a year made was huge. And he had a great coach. I'm even considering signing him up for Spring season. He's really good! Four year old soccer, on the other hand, was a joke. It was complete chaos from start to finish with lots of screaming and tears from the kids. Total insanity! Photobucket
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Riley working hard on worksheets
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Brock "fixing his hair" in the car pool line at his school
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Hanging out with Daddy
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Brock's birthday. 2nd year in a row he's asked for a chocolate cake train. Photobucket
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Next up--Halloween and Pumpkin patch!

Playing Catch-Up

Ok, I'm just going to hit a few highlights here and hopefully get back to blogging on some kind of normal schedule!
The brothers--
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Our visit to Aunt Sudie in Atlanta. It was quick but it was awesome! Photobucket
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Sillies
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My Sudie!
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Riley's first day of school. He's now a big kindergartner. How is my baby in "real" school now? Photobucket
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He was so excited and ready for me to leave!
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I walked away and SOBBED on the way back to van. My BABY!!!!!!! Playing next door with our neighbor Ethan on his birthday. They wanted to live on this thing. Photobucket
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Brock's self portrait
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I'll be back with more shortly!

Friday, September 14, 2012

The reason I've been sucking at blogging lately

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We're having a baby!

And it's a GIRL.

Will I have to rename my blog? Or will she just be my sidekick on this land of Mars? She's due December 6, 2012. And now that we're over the SHOCK of producing a girl child, we're getting excited about her getting here. We're even going to paint and decorate the nursery for her. And it's all The Guy's design. Blue skies and green hills with flowers and a neat tree decal and plenty of pink accents.

Less than 3 months to go!

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Building

Grandma and Grandpa got the boys Lincoln Logs last Christmas and they love to play with them. One Father's Day, the boys begged Daddy to build the building on the "map".Photobucket

Figuring it out.
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He did it!
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Not to be outdone, Riley creates his own buildings.
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Bronco likes it.
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Saturday, September 8, 2012

Putt Putt at Pirate's Island

A Gulf Shores tradition that my brother and I grew up doing. We had to make a little trip to play putt putt at the pirate ship place.
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ARG....
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Time to play!
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We were not so lucky to actually play on the ship when we were little, but now they have a hole on there!
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 It was a blast!

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Gulf Shores

It didn't take too long before we were joined by my brother, Dan, my nephew, Alex, and my sister-in-law, Nakissa. They had flown in from Dallas to Pensacola and then were stranded in Pensacola because of flooding. But they finally found a route out and made it.
 They boys pretty much idolize Alex. They think he is the coolest ever. Which they should!
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Every morning the adults would go out and look for dolphins and drink coffee. Granddaddy had a sidekick one morning.
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The children begged and begged to head down to the water as soon as they woke up each morning. Daddy only joined us in the water once but he made it memorable, staying out with the boys for hours.
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The boys were naturals in the water. They had tons of fun! Photobucket
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Aunt Nakissa and Brock building castles.
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A shot of Uncle Dan riding the waves.
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More coming!