Happy Turkey Day

Just wanted to take a moment and wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving.

Its Like Magic

As many of you know our family just went through the grueling process of building a house. Our daughter was asked recently what her favorite thing about her new house was, and this was her reply. "Well, we have this tube upstairs and you put your dirty clothes down it and then they come back to your room clean."

I bet ya'll didn't know that Michael and I had installed a magic laundry chute.

Pow Wow

This past Friday I went to our son's school for their Thanksgiving Pow Wow. The kindergarten really put on a great show. I was so proud. Below is a video of one of the songs they performed for us. The quality is not that great (I was using a regular digital camera) hope you enjoy as much as I did.

Chicken Pop

"Mama you have a chicken pop". This is what I was told by my five year old as I was brushing his teeth this morning. "That is not a chicken pop baby, it is a pimple" was my reply. I guess if I am gonna have my flaws pointed out that was a sweet innocent way of hearing it. Gotta love him.



Can you see the chicken pop?

The Big Green Monster

What is the brig green monster you ask? The answer is jealousy.

As most of you know I am a working mother. Sometimes I question if it is the right decision. Are my children missing out? Am I missing out? Am I a good mother?

I should not complain I have been very fortunate. I was able to stay home for the first year of our daughters life, and then when Colin was born I was able to bring him to work with me the entire first year (yes I have an awesome boss) and with my third I was even able to bring him with me for the first six months (again same awesome boss).

I am very grateful for that fact. But there are those days when I am jealous. There are days that I long to be a stay at home mom, to have that much time to devote to my family.

Get your game on

Can you say proud Mama, that would be me. Our daughter plays many different sports, but she seems to love soccer the most and over the past couple of years has played both in the spring and the fall. The fall season just ended and last night they had their end of season party. At the party her coach handed out awards and pictured above is Cathy's "Best All Around Player". Way to go Cat!!!

The Sweetest Sound

Yesterday was Sunday and thus we went to church. While the church has a nursery up to age four, I choose to keep all three children with me and yes while most Sundays I am constantly saying shhh we have to be quiet yesterday that was not the case and I experienced something wonderful.

During the opening hymn as I was standing and singing I looked down at Cody to make sure he was behaving and there he was sitting in the pew holding his hymnal in his lap (upside down and on the wrong page) singing the most beautiful song. I have no idea what he was singing as he was making up the words as he went, but I do know that it touched my heart. I know that it made me take a step back and remember all that I have been blessed with in my life, how thankful I am for my children and how very much I love them.

Vacation Family Style

We recently went on a vacation with my parents to Myrtle Beach, SC. We had such a good time; it was wonderful to get away from reality for a few days and to get to spend some quality time with family. While we were there we visited the Ripley Aquarium, the NASCAR Speed Park, The Carolina Opry, and The Dixie Stampede, went to the beach for a walk, and went to the “Boardwalk” which was really fun. There were all kinds of shops and restaurants and carnival rides. In the middle of it all was a huge pond full of fish and ducks for the kids to feed. Below are some of my favorite pictures from the trip. Thanks Mama and Daddy for inviting us, we had a great time.

Today is a Day...

To sit back and pay respect to all those who have lost their lives for us to enjoy our many freedoms. Thank you to all of the men and women who have served and are currently in harms way. God Bless You.

Holy Schmoly

Have you ever come face to face with someone or something that terrifies you? Well I did, yesterday evening I was on my backporch picking up the kids toys, there was a towel laying on the ground, the one we use to dry our dogs paws in the morning. I lifted the towel to hang it over the back of the chair and there he was, a baby RATTLESNAKE.





I like to had a heart attack, I dropped the towel screaming and ran inside locking the door behind me (as if the snake could open the door). The kids were in a panic "Mama, what's wrong", "There's a snake" I said "We have to go get daddy". The kids and I loaded up in the van (leaving the house through the front door) and headed down the street to get my husband (who was doing some survey work). Michael followed us home and went straight to the garage to get the hoe. By this time the snake had moved and was up on the brick on the side of the house. My husband pinned him to the wall with the hoe in one hand and preceded to chop off his head with the shovel in the other. Ahhh my hero! Thank you baby.



P.S. The rattlesnake pictured is not the one from yesterday, I was much to afraid to go back outside and take a picture. I found this one on the internet and added it for visual impact.