Callaway Garden Lights

CC's first year..She's a BIG fan of cotton candy! We'll have to get the jumbo size next time...
Be sure and go on value days...its 1/2 price :)

Thanksgiving

Can you tell we live in the south...we celebrate with fishing and guns...
I promise you, we have LOTS of fun!

T.Tom gave us all a super fun gift! He stocked the lake with a few Trout...its amazing!
G taught me how to use a fly rod and I caught my first trout...I was impressed with myself..its so fun!

the matchy matchiness of my children's clothing is OUT OF CONTROL... I love it and I'm getting dang good on ebay finding good deals...seriously, how long can I talk them into matching.
And, man..I can't believe its time to start thinking about those clothing shows again :) I'm so sorry honey...I'll try and do better.

I "learned" so many funny things about Indians this year from AnnieBoo. Did you know why Indians use a bow and arrow? "The Indians are really good at shooting arrows! They see animals and want to know what their fur feels like...so they use their arrow and shoot the animal..then run fast and feel how good the fur feels!" You can't change her mind...if you ask her today about Indians...that is what she'll tell you :)

Alice and the white rabbit

my favorite

this is totally my favorite picture to date...all ready and happy with our pumpkins!

baptism

We finally joined a local church after all the moving we have done :) Soon after our decision, Catherine was baptized. Her dress was the same one her big sister and myself wore. She was the 12th person to be baptized in that same spot and the 15 th person in our family to wear that dress. What a special tradition and heritage to pass along!

We had a family brunch afterwords. I had fun pulling out all my china and silver and putting it to good use. Mom was so sweet to help me with flowers and food. Cheese grits, breakfast casserole, cinnamon rolls, fruit...Everything was great!

She was named after those 2 sweet ones above!
I was prepared for lots of screaming when she was sprinkled....She did great and it was just a special time of thanking God for her and reminding us of his promises.

visit to see A.Love

A.Love has been rockin the soccer field. She even scored 2 headers.

she has a pretty big cheering section :)

more pest problems

"Mam, are you sure you don't just have dry skin?" Seriously, the pest control service thinks I'm bonkers. I have been complaining about little bug bites here and there for about 2 months. This month I've started getting super itchy bug bites on my tummy and arms. I get them everytime I go to bed. G thinks I'm crazy, but it wont cost him any money because its under our coverage...I call bug man to come spray again. I make sure he doesn't add too much water and ask a million questions.

The following week, still getting bit, Bug guy comes again. "Mam, I think you might be feeling static, allergic to something, washing clothing in something new"...you know, all the duh questions.
They check for gross things like bed bugs and take a few samples.

G starts getting bit too so I'm not looking so crazy anymore.

Today, new bug guy shows up with briefcase. Pulls everything from wall, puts glue traps out over everything and takes lots more samples of little black things that look like dirt to me.
We now are sleeping in the pull out sofa upstairs and hoping the criters don't find me there :)

All of this is going on while I'm having to have 2 grown up parties.
Yucky gross, I know...please still be my friend and please still come visit me :)
I promise its really not super dirty and nasty in my house...i mean we have the cheerios mashed in carpet sometimes, but seriously...what is up with all these attacking pest issues!