My Husband....the things he finds to do with his time....

Davy will be meeting up with some friends in TN to ride dirt bikes at Loretta Lynn's Ranch. A group of guys get together every year to ride. They usually stay at my parent's river house to cut down on the drive time. Well...Davy was beginning to get a little stressed out about getting his bike "ready" for the ride -- I didn't know you had to get a dirt bike ready to ride in the dirt and mud!! Anyway, Saturday Davy decided that he would work on his bike while Beverly and I had the kids. I walked outside only to find this....


Well, before I thought - I made the statement..."You might be a Red-Neck if you...." and I was corrected by Barrett real quick. He told me that we do not call people"Red-Necks" and that was not very nice at all (read previous post to understand Barrett's Red Neck story).

Proud Davy with his bike!!!

A Visit from the Grimes Family...

Our 1st "friends" company from TN was the Grimes family. They were on Fall Break this week, so Friday they came up for the weekend!!! They went to church and school with us back in Jackson...and I taught with Beverly. They got here about 6:30 on Friday night, and the boys were SOOOOO EXCITED to see them!! Caleb and Carson were together all the time when we lived in Jackson, so it has been really hard on Carson to not be with Caleb since the move. The kids played and played Friday night. The boys all piled in our bed to sleep that night. I think they finally went to sleep around mid-night that night. Only to get up at 7:00AM the next morning!!!

The Gang on Friday night...playing Play Station!!!


Best Buds...Carson and Caleb!!



Beverly and I had decided that we would get up on Saturday and show them around the area...we didn't want to waste the time while they were here. Well.....that didn't happen!! We didn't leave to go "sight-seeing" until maybe 12:30ish!! We just lost track of time...between letting the kids enjoy hanging out together and Bev. and I catching up on stuff - we just lost track of time.

We took the Grimes around the area and then to Keehner Park for the Pumpkin Festival. It was like a Harvest Festival with all kinds of blow-up things,a petting zoo, pony rides, crafts, food, carnival type games, and a haunted (kid friendly) trail). The kids had a blast!!! We stayed there for a couple of hours...then took them to the KFC (Kids for Christ...Carson's church group) cook-out. After Beverly and I dropped the kids off with Davy - we left and went to Cheese Cake Factory for dinner and then to Starbucks for coffee...we had a great time too!!!

Here is a slide show from the Keehner Park Festival...

Make a Smilebox slideshow

The Grimes family headed out early Sunday morning to make that fun drive back to TN...after church...we had to hit the ball field for Carson's ballgame!! He was 3 for 3 today...we were very proud of him!!!

This is what we do when it is Rainy outside...What do you do?

Wednesday (I think...can't remember) it was a yucky day outside, so Barrett and I had to find something fun to do inside. For those who know my little one...that isn't always the easiest of things to do!!! But...we decided that we would play with play-doh in the house!!! We put mates down (why...I don't know - we had it EVERYWHERE!!!)and we played for maybe 5 minutes with that. It took me longer to set up than it did for us to play!! We had fun though!!!



After we had run out of things to do...we decided to call some of our friends to meet us at Chick-fil-A. Our Chick-fil-A has an indoor playground, so I thought that would be PERFECT....WRONG - everyone had the same idea!! The kids did have a great time, but there were A LOT of kids there. Barrett's little buddy - Kyle - is the same age. Kyle's sister in in Kindergarten (they only go 1/2 days for Kindergarten here). They enjoyed playing together!!! And we (moms) enjoyed sitting around and talking (adult conversations!!).

I Could Have DIED!!!! Oh...what the kids will say!!!

This story could take a long time to really re-tell, so I am going to tell the shorten version. This summer Davy would go outside with this crocs and socks. And JOKINGLY I would say, "You are a Red Neck wearing you crocs with socks and shorts!" Well....well....well - it backfired on me!!! I was talking to Barrett's pre-school teacher yesterday, and she said she needed to tell me something. I stood there for a minute while the rest of the kids left, and she begin to tell me that the other day they were in the Reading circle, and a little boy came in late...and Barrett said,"He is a Red Neck". She said she kindof did a double take, and asked him again -- and he told her that that little boy was a Red Neck because he had on crocs with socks!!! So, I had to explain why my son would say something like that....and no we don't think people are Red Necks for wearing crocs with socks -- it was just a (well what I thought) funny joke between me and Davy. Boy I learned my lesson fast!!!

A fun afternoon ......

Tuesday, the boys had some little friends over from the complex (they ride to school together). Mason (the little boy)is in Kindergarten and Maddie (the little girl) is in 2nd grade (maybe?). Anyway, Carson and Barrett had a blast playing X-box, Playstation, Race Cars, and the list could go on forever!! I love listening to kids play and talk to each other -- it is kindof like they are in their own little world!! Yesterday, if Carson said "Dude" - once......he said it A MILLION times!!! I guess that is the "cool word" for the day or something. I am so glad that they came over to play - I think it will be neat for there to be someone in the complex that the kids can play with anytime.

Here is a picture of the boys with Mason and Maddie.




After the kids did all their normal "before bedtime" routine, Barrett wanted us all to come to his room to say prayers....well - it was Carson's night, so I went in his room to get him.....and this is what I found. He was just sitting there waiting for us --- I guess because we read Star Wars Clone War - he decided to be a clone for bedtime. I busted out laughing....and Barrett (just a serious as can be) said, "What....I am waiting to say my prayers?" --- with his mask and all on!!!

MYO Baseball....Carson's fall league

Well,this weekend - we played ball on Saturday and Sunday!! We are still trying to get all the dust off of our clothes!! Carson did pretty good yesterday - he got a pretty good hit both times and ran 2 runs in....but today WOWOWOWOW he was AMAZING!!! He did great!! He fielded great and hit great!! I was so glad to see this, because he really needed that extra boost in his self-confidence. He is playing on a league with 7-9 year olds, so he feels a little intimidated at times. We were all so proud of him today!!

Decorating for Halloween.....Barrett style

When I picked up Barrett from pre-school he was pumped up about decorating for Halloween...they must have talked about it in school that morning. I couldn't begin to tell you where all my decorating stuff is...and for that matter - I don't even think I had any Halloween (house) decorating items! Well, trying to explain that to a 3 year old was just not working - so off to Big Lots we went! I thought I might go ahead and get some cute fall decorations - and let that be it....WRONG!!! Barrett only wanted to decorate with Halloween stuff. We got a couple of things to put out front...and he had a ball decorating the area.

This picture was after we got home..he had to dump every thing out of the bag and sort it all out!



He picked out some window clings to put on his window...and he enjoyed placing those exactly where he wanted them to go...he thought he was just SO BIG!!!



He had to dig holes (so he thought) to put the things in the ground. I wish everyone could have been there while we were doing this...I laughed until I hurt! He is just so funny about everything he does. He had to have everything it "just the right spot"....his words for EVERYTHING!!! After Carson got home from school we went and got some pumpkins to put out front too. I love the fact that Barrett is old enough to want to decorate for holidays...that was always fun for me too!!! Carson never really took much interest in it, but maybe Barrett will be more like I am!!