A Weekend Away.

Tom and I got a weekend getaway thanks to Meme and Grandad this weekend. It was much needed. We went to the mountains of Virginia. Tom's Grandmother use to live there and he has always wanted to take me there so we were off... just the 2 of us...well 3 of us. It was beautiful and so relaxing, even if Tom did have to stop on the side of the moutain to play in the snow and ice! He also insisted on a picture of my huge belly! Thanks honey.

Christmas Cards

Well as you can see making pictures of my three is not as easy as it use to be. Everyone will be very lucky if they get a card with their picture this year. Carleigh wants to pose and the boys just want to aggrevate her. Especially Hunter, I think he may take after his Uncle Marc!

HELP US!!!

Ok so you have not been very helpful with the name thing. We need Baby Cole a name. Aunt Julie is the only one who has even given her input...thank you Aunt Julie. Oh and sign your name on the comments because I have no idea who some of these comments are coming from.Love you all!!!

And now the NAME GAME!!!

Ok so we are totally lost for a name for this little guy! Please give us some ideas before Tom decides to name it DALE! Please give us some comments.

IT"S A BOY!!!!!!!

Tom and I are so excited we cannot stand it!!! It is boy all the way and everything is healthy and good. I guess Tom is going to have to take up a new sport besides hunting unless him and Uncle Marc can build a really big deer stand!

Today is the Day

Ok so at about 9 this morning we will be finding out what the baby is. Tom and I are so excited. It feels like our first baby again. Everybody comment and tell me what you think it is so I can see who is right when I get home! Chase says...boy and I say boy. Carleigh says a "Sisiter" and Tom says a girl. Hunter will not comment so we will see............. All I know is all of you who have baby stuff better send it on over because I have NOTHING baby anymore.

Carleigh did dress up nicely today after the cooking mess. She and her cousin Reese played so hard today that they passed out on the bean bags.... too cute! Still no pictures of the boys. They are just too busy and not interested in picture taking.

Thanksgiving Cooking!

This morning I really saw the meaning of having a daughter. I started my Thanksgiving cooking and Carleigh had to help.... well she thought she was. She had a nice mixture of flour, sugar, chocolate chips and pecans. She had so much fun and so did I . She said she was cooking a pie for Daddy and Grandad. How sweet is that!

Fun in the Leaves

Today was such a beautiful day and we all enjoyed a day outside playing. The kids really loved playing in the leaves. What cheap entertainment! Carleigh loved her cousin Reece playing "Weaves" with her.

Veterans Day

Today Hunter invited Grandad to his school for a Veterans luncheon. It was a real treat for Grandad and Meme who went along. They ate a huge lunch with Hunter's principal and then got to go to Hunter's class for Grandad to answer questions about the war. All the children had written a article about " What a Veteran is to them". It really touched Daddy.... especially Hunter's. It was very special for them.

Diamond are a Girls Best Friend

I guess you could say I am teaching Carleigh early about her jewlry... that or she is just following in her Aunt Bobbi's footsteps! I told her Aunt Bobbi sure would be proud....she is really living up to her namesake. Oh and yes Aunt Stephanie she likes diamonds the best in her dress up stuff.. maybe you taught her that!

Little Princess

Carleigh is such a little princess and she knows it too! She now loves her "Pidtails" and always wants me to put them in. Today when I fixed her hair she told me she wanted to
"Cheese", meaning she wanted her picture taken. She doesn't know she is cute at all!!

Happy Halloween!

As you can see I had the "Pirate Crew" this year for Halloween. The boys wanted to be pirates so bad and then Carleigh decided that she wanted to be one also. So we had 2 pirates and a pirate " princess". They really did look cute. As always I dressed up but there is not much to fit a pregnant person at Halloween so I had to make up a costume. The kids loved it though and Carleigh would not let me take off the green hair at all. As for Tom he was just Daddy again this year!

A campfire on the deck

I bought Tom a fire pit for the deck which we finally used tonight. The kids thought it was great because we cooked smores. Tom just found out that he needs a little more than twigs and leaves for this fire pit. Next time we will be a little more prepared!

Go Gamecocks!!!

Carleigh had to wear her new USC outfit... which her Daddy loved. He didn't even ask how much this outfit was!

Carleigh is such a little ham with the camera. Everytime she does anything funny she wants me to take a picture. This morning she decided to take the toys out of the basket and put herself in... laughing the whole time.

Fall Festival

Hunter had Fall Festival at his school last week and it was so much fun. So much like when I was a kid. We had the cake walk, fishing game, lots of candy, popcorn, cotton candy, and lots of fun. The kids really enjoyed themselves. We love our new school and being out here in the country!!!

Miss Attitude

Carleigh has finally decided she loves to dress up. Today she found an old bathing suit... with her beads... bedroom shoes... and sun visor. She told Meme to take her to the pool. When Meme said it was too cold to go to the pool then she said, "Ok take me to the beach". She is no dummy!

You know your a Redneck if.....

The entertainment at your child's birthday party is a pile of dirt!! Ok so that is not how it was intended to be. I am not that bad but boys will be boys and that was all they seemed to care about, the nieghbors dirt pile! Oh well it was fun for them. Of course Hunter looked really good for his party... Dirt and ALL!!!

Happy 7th Birthday Hunter!

I cannot beleive that Hunter turned 7 on Monday. It seems like yesterday he was a baby. He got a trampoline for his birthday from mom , dad, meme and grandad which has loved. He and Chase are so tired from it they barely can move at night... good for me! He had a great party on Saturday. Happy Birthday sweet boy!!!

Amazing picture

I had to share this with everyone. This is a deer camera that Tom has in the woods and it just happened to get such an amazing picture of a doe with her fawn. I just loved it. Maybe it is my mother instinct but I thought is just great.

We lost our first tooth!!

Well Hunter lost his first tooth yesterday at school. I tried to get him to pull it that morning because I knew it was coming out but he wouldn't.. so he got to school and it came out. He was very excited. The tooth has been hanging for about a week so finally! Now if they tooth fairy gets the going rate my child thinks I will be broke after all of these teeth coming out!!!

First day of School

Today was Chase and Carleigh's first day of school. I still cannot believe that Carleigh is old enough to go. She started K2 and Chase is in K4. I am not having an easy time with this. Of course they loved it epecially when they told Carleigh she got to play on the playground. I think they were still very happy to see me.

Mr. Bullfroggy!

I had to laugh today to find the boys outstide with a complete obstacle course for the bullfrog they found. They love bullfrogs and now that we have them here they are constantly catching them... especially Chase. They fill the sand box with dirt and water and whatever else they could find. The baseball helmet was the bullfrogs house! Poor bullfrog. All was good until Chase decided to hold the bullfrog by his "leggies" and then Mr Bullfroggy was no more!

What Cuties!

I just had to share this picture because I thought it was so cute. Too bad I didn't take it...Hunter did. I guess we have another photographer in the family!

A Mud Bath

As you can see the boys absolutely love the creek and Chase cannot seem to stay out of it. When their cousin Riley came over to check it out he and Chase decided to take a "Mud bath".. needless to say we never thought we would get them clean but they had fun so that is what matters.

The Boys are loving it!

They boys are loving the new house and all they have to do here. They especially love that they have so many places to ride their four wheeler including a nature trail, fields and ALOT OF DIRT!! They are so happy and I have to admit so am I.
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