Granger's Idea of a Field Goal, Lips, and Feeling Young Again

If you can't kick it and make it in...

Just throw it over!

If you like big lips, then how about big, red ones after eating a strawberry snow cone.

If Zetta Grace won't eat it, then Daddy will.

If you want to feel young again, then be a Momma and slide down the hill with your children on the cardboard box. We were so fast that Daddy had to get a picture of us coming up the hill again.

Talking Tidbits

Zetta Grace is really talking a lot and we have loved hearing all of her funny sentences. On Saturday we attended the Wofford/Samford football game. Zetta Grace made a friend and played the entire second half of the game with her. Here are the girls...After playing for about 10 minutes, Zetta Grace bent down and started rubbing the girl's shoes saying, "I like YOU shoes! I like YOU shoes!"The little girl said thank you politely and told me that Zetta Grace needed a pair too.

Home of the Free Because of the Brave

On Veteran's Day, I would like to personally thank all of our veterans. We are Home of the Free because of THE BRAVE! I know what it is like to be married to a man serving and fighting for our country. 2004 and part of 2005 was probably the hardest and most stressful time of my life and his while he served in Iraq. He served his country 9 long years and now is serving our family instead. I am extremely proud of my husband and his service to our country but I am also thankful for others continuing to serve.

Thanks Matt aka "Big Palm"!

Thanks Cousin Michael and Uncle Fran!

Neighborhood Parade

Our neighborhood hosts an annual Halloween parade with the local fire station leading the way in their truck. All of the children follow the firetruck, while trick or treating along the way to finally end with a huge pizza party in the cul-de-sac. Granger, Grant, and Zetta Grace waited for the parade to come by our end of the street so that they didn't have to walk as far. All of the neighbors stand out at the end of their driveways and pass huge amounts of candy to the children as they walk by. Granger wasn't too sure of the whole trick-or-treating thing but Zetta Grace ate it up literally. This is the chaos for pizza and juice boxes at the end of the route. It took a while to see if anyone was under that hat.
He was focused on his pizza but he finally showed me his face. Don't you love how he just leaned back to show me he was in fact under there.This little pig was all about her apple juice and could have cared less about the pizza.

Halloween Party with the Redwines

This year we hosted a Halloween party for kids in our backyard with our neighbors, the Redwines. We had 7 families with 15 kids plus one in the womb (not mine of course) for pizza, bouncing, face-painting, and pumpkin painting. The party was a huge success and we plan to make it an annual event. The kids all seemed to have a ton of fun and the adults enjoyed some quality time and cold beverages.The bouncy house provided everyone a chance to release a whole lot of energy. I sure do like having parents with fun toys. Thanks Khaki and Granddaddy for letting us borrow the "jumpy thing" as Zetta Grace calls it.Granger, Grant, and Zetta Grace helped Kathy and I make cookies and cupcakes before the party. I am not sure who ate more sprinkles but we did manage to get some on the cookies.That is one serious look and I must have told her to stop eating the sprinkles.
I will be in trouble for including this picture but I had to show that Zetta Grace wasn't the only one smacking down on sprinkles. Kathy must have been disgusted with something I said. Kathy was the cutest pregnant witch and I personally loved her tights.
Lake and Zetta Grace loved painting and decided to paint everything including themselves. Oh, how I love washable paint.As usual Zetta Grace chose to sit by her favorite guy, Lawrence who was a knight in shining armor.
Bailey tried to be the master face painter and made Liam smile when batman was painted on his cheek.Can we talk about a mouth full of food? We barely got him to sit down while he ate because he thought he was going to miss out on something.

Pumpkin Patch

We were a little late getting our pumpkins this year and actually didn't go to our favorite pumpkin patch. Instead we opted for a quick stop pumpkin picking and then dinner at Moe's. This was definitely not a pumpkin patch as you can tell from the asphalt but the kids didn't mind because they got to eat chips and salsa that they had asked for all day long.

Did You Want to Fall in Love with a Cowboy?

Well I did this morning!

My little cowboy with his Daddy helping get him ready.

But I never thought I would love a pig too.

I couldn't resist this little ham!

Happy Halloween a little early from Granger and Zetta Grace!

Have You Ever Taken a Ride on One of These...

Well, we did this weekend thanks to Wells Fargo Advisors. Wells Fargo Advisors hosted a client event and brought the stagecoach to town along with barbecue and a bluegrass band. When we told Granger and Zetta Grace what we were going to do that morning, Granger was a little hesitant about the idea of a stagecoach. We carefully explained to him that it was similar to the stagecoach in his new favorite movie "The Apple Dumpling Gang" and showed him a picture. He was then very sure of the idea and the chance he might see some real live cowboys. Only one real live cowboy was driving the stagecoach but who else arrived in their cowboy gear?
This guy was the main attraction at the event besides the stagecoach. Everybody loved the real cowboy Granger but he was very shy. Lots of people asked to take his picture which was very hard when you hide under this big hat.
We had fun and the kids enjoyed riding the stagecoach even though you can't find Granger in the picture and Zetta Grace looks a little pouty faced. Look closely and you will see Granger's big hat in the background behind Zetta Grace. We should check out the skills of the random person first before we ask them to take pictures huh?

After the event was over, the kids went to spend the night with GerWindy and GrandTed. So what did the parents do since we had the night off? We served a missions dinner at the church for some homeless women and watched football. We also slept in until 9:00 am on Sunday morning and then made it to Sunday school and church without much rushing. Bailey and I both admitted after being without the kids for one hour on Saturday that we already missed them.

What joy and stress kids bring to your life! We enjoyed our adult time but we sure were glad to see our kiddos on Sunday.