Tagged

I’ve been tagged by Stephanie to do the following:

1) Choose the 4th picture folder on my computer

2) Choose the 4th picture

3) Explain the picture

4) Tag 4 other people

In this tiny (I have apparently at some point resized this picture and can't get it back to normal size.) picture is my Papa and Rhett, the day he was born. We called everyone very early in the morning to let them know that Rhett would be making his debut. My mom called Papa and he came and surprised us! I was so thrilled he came all this way to be here for Rhett's special day! Now, I tag: Mitzi, Kathy, Laura, and Erin.

Happy Boo Day!

We had a great Halloween! My little Superheroes really got the hang of Halloween this year. We made an early stop at Mom Tom and Big Mac's house~I mean we stopped at the fortune teller's house. It was quite spooky. The boys weren't quite sure what to think. We had our cards read, our futures read in the crystal bowl and our palms read. Mom Tom always has something up her Halloween sleeve.

The boys couldn't get enough trick~or~treating. Every time we would leave one house, Rhett would say, "I want to trick~or~treat again." We made several stops to friends houses and made the circle of "teacher row" over by the high school. We also made a stop to Hattie's Haunted House (which was so cute, by the way) and got to see some of the boys buddies in costume. We are now overloaded with candy. Grant can't eat enough suckers.

The Halloween party and Ms. Linda's is always a crowd favorite around here too. We partied on Thursday. They always make a pinata for the party and have a blast busting it. Grant really got into that this year. Rhett ate up all the junk he could get his hands on (takes after his mom and dad). Ms. Linda has made the boys a new trick~or~treat bag every year that they have been there and this year was no exception. She really outdid herself this year. Check them out in the boys pictures. They are sooooo cute! I hope you all had a great Halloween too!

Me and My Brother/Husband/Son/Dad

We had a special visitor last week that the kids in my class were convinced was a relative of some sort to me. I put this picture as the backgound on my computer at school and they get the biggest kick out of it. Wow! I can't believe I got my picture taken with someone so famous!

Are the Terrible Twos Headed Our Way???

Happy Birthday to Grant! He turned two last week. It is really hard to believe that he is growing up so fast. It really does seem like just the other day he was born. I wish there were some way to slow things down a bit.
We celebrated by having Matt's family over for dinner and cake~cakes on his actual birthday. We got him a little barn with some horses and a little cabin/house for the back yard. He just loves to play in things like that. Now Rhett has asked for one too. We are trying to convince him that we really don't need two of those in our yard, and that they can share. We'll see if he drops it. Grant got a Batman car from Mom Tom and Big Mac. He also loves to push cars around. He does the cutest thing with his fingers when you ask him how old he is. He crosses his first two fingers on both hands holds them out to you and says, "two." It is precious.

Just of the 8 of us immediate family on Matt's side, 5 people have their birthdays right here around eachother (Larua and Alex, mother and daughter, on the same day even), so Tommie also has a family birthday dinner for the special birthday people. Then in addition to that we will have the boys birthday party for their friends to come to. We will also have a birthday dinner on Rhett's actual birthday as well. So, as you can tell, we get birthday'd out around this time of year. It's always exciting around here. Here are a couple pics from Grant's birthday.

Soccer Season

Rhett's first soccer season is in full swing. Although we don't "keep score" I can tell you our team is dominating! Matt is coaching Rhett's team this year and is really having fun (and also gaining a newfound respect for my job). Rhett is having a ball going to practices and games. He loves that his dad is the coach. He especially loves drink time! We have a lot of friends on our team this year, which worked out really well. Anyone looking for some good/free entertainment on Saturdays through November let me know and I will get you our schedule. Until then... Go Chargers!

Horsing Around

Every now and then, Mom Tom breaks out the big ones. Grant really likes horses these days, so Mom Tom saddled up the horses and let the kids go for a ride. Both boys had a great time, but Grant was just elated to be riding a horse. Sometimes he wants nothing to do with them, luckily not this day. However, from this day forward, no riding without helmets.

Labor Day Weekend

Sara, my sister, and I decided spur of the moment Saturday morning to load up and go visit our parents over the holiday weekend. For those of you who know me well, you know that there is this place I LOVE, Chet's~Home of the BEST hot dog in the world. If you ever have a hankering to try it out, give me a call. I am up for a road trip. Anyway, I figured if we were going to make it that far with no plan and no one knowing we were coming, we were not going without hot dogs and lots of them. Sara agreed, and off we went. We loaded up our three kids in her mother in-law's mini van and headed that way. We stopped by both of our parents house to surprise them. We sat the kids on the porch, ran around the corner and let them knock on the door. They were so thrilled! They had NO idea we were coming. I am always about surprises, so that was right up my alley. We headed on to Muskogee for our hot dogs. When I told the girl that we had driven 4 hours just to eat there, she couldn't believe me. Aside from the 15 or so hot dogs we ordered she threw a few in for free on top of that. There is only seating for about 5 or 6 in Chets so we have always taken our hot dogs to Honor Heights Park, about a mile away and eaten there our whole lives, so we introduced our children to the experience. I love tradition and this fit right in. We had a blast at the park, but before long it got dark so we were off to our next stop~ Papa's house.

We were there for a short stay. The boys' Gigi and Bobo came and spent the night too. The next day we went for an early morning boat ride. And, off we went again. This time we met Pepaw, Carla, and Lindsey at Creekmore Park in Fort Smith for a picnic lunch and train ride around the park. Or should I say train rides. Each trip (2 times around the park) is 25 cents. I rode once around, but Rhett and Grant got to ride about 6 or 7 times with Pepaw and Carla. It was really a lot of fun!

Gotta Love It!

White River Water Carnival

OK~ So the Water Carnival is one of my favorite things about living in Batesville. From the first year I lived here to present day, I have been to some aspect of the event (river activities, parade, etc...). More recently, like the past 5 years, I have been working with the White River Pageant Association. This was my lucky year-HAHA!!! Somehow, I ended up chairing the WRPA. I leaned a lot on a new great friend of mine, Mark Sparks. But there is just something about being the one ultimately in charge. Especially if the ship is going down. Don't get me wrong, I do love the pageant and when it gets to the week of, I really do enjoy working and watching, but the preparation is unreal. I guess that is true with any production. My main qualm is that people are under the assumption that if they can't or just don't want to complete their duty that the chairman will either find someone to complete the task or do it HERSELF (in my case). Matt has been a trooper through the whole ordeal, although he kept asking where the perks were. This sort of thing is not really his "cup of tea." It's kind of been my tradition to "take off" on Saturday and spend the day with my kids. That was really a lifesaver this year because I don't think I could have done one more consecutive day. So, we went to the parade and down to the river to check out the festivities going on down there. It is kind of a tradition now that we watch the parade at our good friends (watch out, here comes a hyperlink), the Brisseys, so we just spent the entire day with them. The two "queens" are our last years Miss White River and White River's Outstanding Teen, who is now Arkansas' Outstanding Teen. It was a scorcher, but we had fun!

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AFTER

I figured, as hot as it is outside, now was as good a time as any to try it. Although some of you really thought they needed a good haircut, I just can't get used to it. It is growing back out.