Christmas Day!

On Christmas morning, we opened our gifts at home. Santa brought Cooper a bike, an easel, and a play-doh set. From us, he got a Fisher-Price computer system, clothes and other little things. Carter gave him a book about a big and little brother. Santa brought Carter a TV (since that's the ONLY thing he asked for, Santa decided to go for it!), motorcycles, and Battleship game. From us, he got clothes, shoes, and other little things. Mommy got clothes and jewelry and Daddy got clothes and a photo calendar. Even Raleigh got new bones and treats!

At Grandmommy & DD's, we opened even more gifts! Carter got a scooter, helmet, gameboy game, playstation game, wolfpack stuff, clothes, etc... Cooper got the Noah's Ark playmobil set, those cute camo/dinosaur rain boots, clothes, those adorable camo pj's with a little Raleigh on them, etc... Mommy got more clothes, boots, house stuff, etc... Daddy got clothes, wolfpack stuff, playstation game, etc... Our family gift was an original numbered Bob Timberlake framed print called "Carter's Quilt." It was given to us with instructions to give it to Carter when he marries. So, of course, I boo-hooed!

At dinner, we were each surprised with one last gift...MONEY! Grandmommy & DD decided to carry on Gran's tradition of the money giving each year! When I politely informed the boys that they would be putting theirs into their college accounts (because this is what we always did with Gran's money!), we were surprised with yet another gift...they told us that they had set up college accounts for each of the grandkids on their first birthdays! WOW!

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with all of the people that we love the most!

Christmas Eve!

My family came to our house on Christmas Eve. The boys got lots of Cars stuff, playstation and board games, and all kinds of other stuff! Cooper is in to Diego so he got some of those toys and he got a scooter that lights up and makes sounds!

We had a wonderful lunch together. It's tradition that I always read the Christmas story from the bible before we open presents, but somehow we forgot this year. I think it's because we've always had to travel before so I've had to pack my bible and being at home this year, everything was different!

Christmas Eve is also my mom's birthday so we always have a double celebration! The blue tickets she's holding are to see Karen Kingsbury, who's coming to a church in Kernersville in January. I gave them to her, but I'm so disappointed that I'm going to have to miss it because I'll be at the beach scrapbooking!

That evening, we went to church. Then, it's always been a tradition that we open 1 gift before bed. Carter's was Mack and Lightning McQueen (Cars) from Cooper and Cooper's was a wolfpack shirt from us. The boys scattered reindeer food on the lawn and left cookies for Santa.

The end of my rope!

Here's a picture of the boys before we went to the church service. How can someone so cute act so ugly???


Ok.......I've always heard that when you get to the end of your rope, you tie a knot and hang on, but I'm hanging on by a thread here!

Cooper and I went out to eat with Grandmommy, Laurie, and Elizabeth tonight after the Family Christmas Service at their church. Cooper was absolutely TERRIBLE and I was MORTIFIED! He wouldn't eat, wouldn't sit in a regular chair or highchair and finally decided to get down and crawl around on the floor before taking off running from me around the restaurant! NO pops, warnings, or threats worked.

I remember watching people, like myself, before I had kids, and thinking "I would not allow my child to act like that!" Well, now I'm one of them and I totally feel their pain! I don't think that it's my parenting skills, it's just Cooper's personality traits. The reason I think this is because we have raised him no different than we've been raising Carter and he did NOT act like this!

We were supposed to go to Laurie's house afterwards so Cooper and Elizabeth could play, but instead I took him straight home. When we got here, I immediately took all his clothes off and wore his cute little butt out and very firmly explained how he would not ever run from me, hit at me, or tell me no again. He said "yes, m'am." Hmmm, we'll see how long this lasts...

Anyway, if anyone else out there has a little Cooper and has any ideas for me, please send them my way! I will gladly take advice!

Cookie Party

Decorating the cookies


Cooper, Ellie, Skyler, Carter & Aiden


We had a cookie decorating party with our friends and neighbors, the Shewcows! We ordered pizza for dinner and then the kids decorated cookies that they had cut out and baked earlier. They used all different colors of icing and all kinds of sprinkles and M&M's. It was so much fun! Santa will LOVE them!

More Cooper Stories

I have to update everyone on Cooper's latest antics! The last time we were at my sister's house, he took a pen and wrote all over the soft screen of their fairly new flat-screen computer! I was so afraid we were going to have to buy them a new computer! Luckily, they got it all off. Don't you ever wonder why your kids do things like this at other people's houses, but that he never once tried to write on our ancient computer that I would have been more than happy to throw out??? Thank goodness, we have a new one now anyway!

Also, he was watching Toy Story one evening and when Buzz and Woody started fighting and Woody told Buzz to "shut up," I heard him say, "No, Woody, you shut up!" Ok...that's one complaint that I have about the Disney movies! I thought about it and decided not to say anything b/c I didn't want to draw attention to it. Well, that was a big mistake! When I picked him up at preschool the next day, Ms. Becky said that he was telling everyone to shut up all day long! So, we had the talk about it. That same afternoon, he got in trouble for something and I spanked him. He looked at me and said, "You shut up, you shut your mouth!" Oh, no...needless to say, he got yet another spanking, a time-out, AND a little soap in his mouth! He hasn't said it since! Carter asked him if the soap tasted good and Cooper said no so Carter said, "Well, I guess you won't say shut-up anymore!" This, coming from our child who is 6 years old and whom I have never heard the words "shut-up" come out of his mouth!

Toothless Grin

Carter finally lost his first tooth! He's been dying to lose one for the longest time. It was very loose anyway, but Carter and Cooper were "rough-housing" and when they bumped heads, it fell out! Leave it to Cooper to knock Carter's teeth out! Carter would've cried had his tooth not fallen out! He was so excited that he couldn't go to sleep and then he woke up at 6:30 am! You would've thought it was Christmas! The tooth fairy left him $5 (only because it was his FIRST tooth and Daddy said that makes it special!) along with a trail of gold magic dust on his pillow! She also left him a note telling him that since he took good care of his tooth, she would turn it into a beautiful star in the sky!

Our Little Patient

Well, we thought we had our 1st broken bone and still aren't too sure yet! On Thursday night, Carter was playing playstation and Cooper jumped on top of him. Carter rolled him off of his back, but he rolled right off of the bed. He cried ALL night long and wouldn't use his right arm. We thought it was just a nurse maid's elbow like he's had once before, right after we moved here, so we decided to wait and see how he was in the morning. He was still screaming about it on Friday morning, so I took him to the doctor. She tried popping it back into place, but he still wasn't better, so she sent us to the hospital for x-rays. They were all negative, so she wanted us to come back to the office to put him in a sling. She said it doesn't matter what the x-rays say, if he's not better by Monday, she's sending us to an orthopedic anyway. At this point, he's still not using his arm and still crying if you get near it. So, we'll see what happens in the next day or so. We all know that it is highly unusual for Cooper to just lay around and do nothing. When he hurt his arm before, he was using it and playing that same night. So, please say a little prayer for him. Here's a picture of our little patient with his dinosaur sling and the puppy they gave him at the hospital.

Christmas Activities

Here's some pictures of the boys trimming the tree, decorating cookies, and painting their handprints on wrapping paper. Cooper's handprints are green and Carter's are red. I had already washed his hand (for obvious reasons!).

My Little Gingerbread Men

Aren't they cute in their gingerbread men pj's? Those who know me know how much I LOVE gingerbread men. But, these 2 are my favorites of them all!

Flag Football

Carter has been playing flag football for the first time this fall. He has loved it! He's actually becoming quite the little athlete. He even made a touchdown! It's amazing to me how fast they learn the techniques. He already tries to be tricky and dodge the other players and stuff. His team is the Chargers and his colors are yellow and navy, which is ironic because that was our high school colors when David played football (way back when...!). His friends, Aiden and Skyler, are also on his team. I've been so proud of him for being such a team player. He cheers the others on and tells the other team, "Good game" even when his own team loses!

Archdale Christmas Parade

We rode one of the old YMCA buses in the Archdale Christmas Parade on Sunday. Carter's friend, Aiden, went with us. They had a great time waving and telling people "Merry Christmas!". Santa Claus is on the fire truck, although you probably can't even see him in the photo.

It's a GIRL!

We're getting another niece! David's sister, Laurie and her husband, Nathan, are having another girl! How ironic for David to have 2 boys and for Laurie to have 2 girls! We were sort of hoping that they would have a boy so they could experience some of the adventures that we go through on a daily basis! We all know how different girls and boys are and they're used to having a sweet, innocent little girl. Who knows, maybe this one will be a little "Cooper!" Not that we would wish that on them or anything--Ha! Ha! Seriously, CONGRATULATIONS to them! This will be our 5th niece and we also have 3 nephews. How exciting!

Thanksgiving

Believe it or not, I didn't take a single picture at Thanksgiving this year! We went to Reidsville and I took my camera, but I totally forgot to even get it out and use it! We did something new this year that I want to make an annual tradition. DD, Carter, and I delivered meals to the needy on Thanksgiving morning. What a wonderful feeling to help others. I was truly hoping Carter would get that feeling, too and I think he did. He wasn't really looking forward to going, but he actually enjoyed it. He even made cards to give to people. He was so excited to hand them their meals and told them "Happy Thanksgiving." I always take the boys to pick out stuff for the shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child every year, but I've been looking for other ways to help show them how to give back throughout the year. This is one we will definitely adopt! We got done just in time to eat lunch at David's parents. My mom even joined us! Then, we had dinner with my family. Our story to remember this year is that my sister, Sandra, put the sweet potato casserole that I made in the oven WITH the PLASTIC lid still on it! Needless to say, it tasted like plastic and we had to throw it out! We all got a good laugh!

Christmas Siggy

Go Wolfpack!

The boys are, of course, in the Jr. Wolpack Club--have been since birth, and I'm sure, will be forever! Some of the perks of their membership is that they get to attend 1 football game and 2 basketball games per year. This is special to them since their Daddy and DD attend EVERY single game. I have zero interest in watching football games, but truly enjoy basketball. So, we all decided to go to a basketball game together. Cooper wasn't a very good spectator, though. He was only interested in finding Mr. and Mrs. Wuf, occasionally clapping or dancing to the music, but most of all, running up and down the stairs.

Carter, on the other hand, has turned into our little Sports Buff! He lives, eats, and breathes sports! He is constantly playing sports on playstation or reading sports magazines. On Saturday mornings when most kids are getting up to watch cartoons, he turns the tv to ESPN! He rambles on and on about scores and statistics. One day, he was going on and on about who knows what to me. When he finished, I said, "Do you realize that I have no idea what you're talking about? (since I'm clueless about this stuff!) He just looked at me and kept on talking!

Career Day

Carter had to complete a Career Project for school. When I asked him what he wanted to be when he grows up, he said a basketball player. So, I looked at the questions he had to answer, which were like "How does this job contribute to your community?" Ok...a basketball player doesn't exactly fit into most categories of this nature! So, I went through the spill of all the different careers and then again asked him what he'd like to be. His response was that he wants to work at the YMCA like Daddy! Ok, good choice...I guess! It turned out cute because Daddy was able to help him answer the questions and he posted sports and exercise pictures on his poster. He wore a YMCA shirt with a character trait chain around his neck. He even had YMCA balloons and had tattoos to hand out! By the way, his answer to the question of what would be negative about his job was that he'd have to work about 20 hours a day and weekends! How true it is!!!!!!!!!!

Fun at Grandmommy & DD's!

The kids always have a great time at Grandmommy & DD's house. You know...."What happens at Grandma's, stays at Grandma's!" This time, we all enjoyed roasting marshmallows and Cooper and Elizabeth had fun in the straw in the back of the truck!

It's Official!

Well, in case you don't know, for the past year, David has been running programs for a YMCA that doesn't physically exist. He was hired to be the Executive Director of what will be the Archdale-Trinity YMCA. But, in the meantime, he supervised 3 people at the Hartley Y in High Point, also. I went to the luncheon with David on Monday where the big announcement was made that someone donated a MILLION dollars to the A-T fundraising campaign! Needless to say, they get naming rights! Therefore, the new Y will be named The Carl and Linda Grubb Family YMCA! Construction is supposed to start no later than July 2008! We're so excited! Congratulations and good luck to David!

Honors Assembly

Carter just had an Honors Assembly to end the 1st 9 weeks of school. He got a Good Citizen award for the month of September, which was for Responsibility. He also got Perfect Attendance, which he calls "Special Attistance!" They can get 1's, 2's, or 3's on their report cards and he got all 3's except for 2- 2's on retelling and making predictions! He's so smart!

Trick or Treat!

Happy Halloween! Cooper's preschool had trick-or-treating on Tuesday. Holly, Brandy, and I shared tables to pass out candy. They were the cutest things! On Wednesday, we went back to Fairgrove church for Trunk or Treat. Then, we walked around our neigborhood. We were all so excited to be able to trick-or-treat and pass out candy in our own neighborhood because we've never been able to do that before! All the kids had so much fun running around together. I'm having computer issues right now and it won't let me load any pictures on here. But, Carter was a Wolfpack football player and Cooper was Thomas the Tank Engine. I'll hopefully be able to post pictures sometime soon.

Happy Birthday, Ivan!

My nephew, Ivan, is 15 years old! It's hard to believe that it's been 15 years since I was starting college and he was born! See, my sister, Sandra, is 7 years older than me so we weren't that close back then. She had already been married for 4 years and having a baby and I was just graduating from high school. I went off to Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory and was so homesick I couldn't stand it! I felt like I was missing out on so much at home. I couldn't wait for Christmas because I knew I wasn't going back! I came home and commuted to UNC-G instead. Through the years, we became the best of friends!

Anyway, my little Ivan is taking Drivers Ed. and I can't even imagine it! It seems like yesterday when he was 2 years old and we were laughing hysterically about him saying cute little things like "cyclopedic books" (encyclopedias), "umbelllllla" (umbrella), and "we-v on, we-v off" (tv)! Guess you had to be there, huh?

My, they do grow up fast! And let me tell you, he has grown up to be one of the best teens I've ever known (and I'm not just being biased!) He is such a wonderful Christian who's not afraid to stand up for his faith. That's rare in today's world for a boy his age. He does well in school and he plays baseball and golf. We're so proud of him!

By the way, my sister's family are all Carolina fans, but, as you can see, David converted Ivan early on! They keep saying they're going to pay us back someday! Let's hope not!

Whirlwind Weekend!

Wow! We had a very busy, but fun weekend! First, we went to Collin's birthday party at Laser X in Archdale. He had a Thomas the tank engine theme. The kids had fun playing arcade games.
Next, we went to Elizabeth's birthday party in High Point. She had a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme. Isn't she the cutest little Mouseketeer?

After her party, the boys and I went to Shelby to visit friends. We went to the Cleveland County Fair with the Webbers. We enjoyed the food most of all........cotton candy, sno-cones, candy apples, deep fried oreos, vinegar fries, mmmmmmmmmm....
On Sunday, we stopped in Spencer at the NC Transportation Museum to see Thomas the tank engine and Bob the Builder with the Burgesses. The kids had a blast seeing Thomas & Sir Topham Hat, watching Bob perform, sliding on the hay bale slides, jumping in the moonwalk toys, getting tattoos, playing w/bubbles, chalk, & trains. I can't believe Cooper wasn't scared of Bob! He walked right up to him and hugged him, gave him 5, and smiled for a picture!


If you're interested in seeing the rest of the pictures from our adventures over the weekend, go to www.pollockfamily.snapfish.com!

Little Stinker

Yesterday, Cooper thought our pumpkin on the porch looked like a ball, so he rolled it right off the porch and all the way to the road! Thank goodness it didn't bust!

Today, he got in trouble at preschool for the 1st time. I'm sorry to say that I can't believe it has taken this long! For one thing, he has learned how to tackle from watching Carter and all the other bigger boys in the neighborhood play football. So, he thinks it's just playing. But, at preschool today, Mrs. Christy said he would start on one side of the room and run all the way across the room to tackle somebody. He made the other kids cry all day!

As for Carter, he never ceases to amaze me. He is sooooooooo smart that it's almost unbelievable. The only thing I can really relate to is my teaching experience and let me tell you, the 1st graders I taught couldn't do half the stuff that Carter can do. He can read like nobody's business! David took him to the Y with him on Sunday to count some money from concessions to deposit. Carter was helping him count first ones, then fives. So, when he got to the fives, it wasn't numbers like 25, 30, 35, it was like 227, 232, 237, etc.. and he counted up into the hundreds like that without missing a beat! He didn't even have to pause to think about it! I can't do that myself!

Cooper Stories

For those of you who get a kick out of hearing about our daily adventures with our wild child, Cooper, this is for you. I wish I had been writing down all of the things he has done all along, because it would end up being a novel for him to read someday! Boy, is he his daddy's son!!!

One day last week, he decided to pull out ALL of Carter's games and throw every single little piece all over Carter's room. You literally could not walk on the floor! That was loads of fun to clean up. That same day, he got some yogurt out of the fridge while I was cooking so I told him I'd open it in a minute. He couldn't wait, so he took it into the living room and tried to open it himself. In the process, it squirted out all over my curtains, carpet, floor, wall, and Cooper.

The other day, he threw one of my flower pots off of the porch and smashed it into a million pieces--this after already breaking one in the backyard recently. Afterwards, he came inside to drink some milk, but decided to spit it out on the front door instead so he could watch it run down the glass.

Yes, this is what daily life is like with Cooper! There is never a dull moment. He is so energetic and full of life and so tough. He rarely gets hurt or cries and if he does, it's not for long. The only time he is still is when he's sleeping or when I'm reading him a story (thank goodness he loves to read-that's 1 thing he gets from me!) He cracks us up most of the time. He learns a lot from Carter. It's so funny to see his 2 year old self running around saying "yeah, baby!" It's so hard to get mad at him for doing anything. He's lucky he's so darn cute! Cooper is living proof that God has a sense of humor because He created him to make us laugh daily!

Updates

Well, I'm happy to report that it only took 3 or 4 nights of locking Cooper's door for him to stay in his bed! He now falls asleep and stays in his own bed with his door open all night!!!!!!!! Although, he occasionally gets up and gets in the bed with Carter!

Carter is being an excellent student, as usual! He has started riding the bus home in the afternoons so I can put Cooper down for a nap. He enjoys that and has informed me that he no longer needs me to stand outside and wait for him to come in!

Cooper only cried for about the 1st week of going into preschool and now, he loves it! He puts his backpack on and walks in like a big boy every day! When I picked him up the other day, he hugged me and I noticed his pants were wet. Mrs. Christy said, "Oh, he just went to the potty." I said, "Are you sure you're talking about Cooper????????" Our son, who has had NO interest in going to the potty at home?!? She said that he has been going at preschool the whole time. Hmmmmmmm..........news to us! The only problem is that they teach him to use it sitting down, which I hate! I didn't train Carter that way and I've never understood why people do that b/c that's not what boys do-----they stand up! Oh, well...at least he's going!

As for my job, I am enjoying getting out of the house and feeling important again. Not that being a full-time mother is not important, because that's the most important job I will ever have. But, this gives me a different feeling. I really do like my job, but it is incredibly intense and involved. I go to work everyday, trying to fit an 8 hour day into just 4 hours and it doesn't work. I always end up going early, staying late, and bringing work home. I think it may get better after I've gotten the hang of things. At least, I hope so. I'm keeping an open mind because I still view this job as such a blessing and I'm so thankful for it. And, we all know that God never gives us more than we can handle.

Anyway, I had my 1st emotional breakdown the other day b/c I was feeling incredibly overwhelmed with all of the work that I need to do and I left work in tears. Of all days, Cooper decided he wasn't going to take a nap that day. And, as if things couldn't get any worse, the bus drove right by our house and didn't even stop which means Carter didn't get off! I was freaking out! I called the school and David, once again in tears, and had called a neighbor who works close by to come and stay at the house in case Carter came home while I went to look for him. While I was waiting for her, the bus came back and dropped him off. She said that she just forgot b/c she's not used to stopping at our house. Gee, thanks!

So, that's the story of our lives at the moment!

Look out world.......

Here I come!


Our baby started preschool today at Fairgrove United Methodist Church! His teachers are Ms. Christy and Ms. Judy. We went to open house on Thursday and since then, he's seemed excited and has talked about going to play at his "cool." He cried when we left him today, but was ok within minutes. We know this because our neighbor got there after we left so she told us he was fine and playing. When I picked him up, his comments were so cute: Did you have a good day? "Yeah." What did you do? "I pay wif Ellie." (our friend and neighbor) Did you play with any new friends? "I pay wif Joshua. I pay nice." Which tells me that he probably heard that a time or two today! Notice that he's holding his pacifier in his hand because big boys don't take them to school, but.............not quite ready to give it up!

Go Wolfpack!

Win or lose, we still "Back the Pack!" Here's our annual Wolfpack family picture. We all went to the opening game on Saturday, although it seemed like the football players didn't show up for awhile. Other than that, we enjoyed tailgating, as usual. The food was great, complete with football shaped doughnuts from Krispy Kreme. The kids were very good. They had a little football game of their own out in the parking lot. Carter has become our little analytical child who is obsessed with numbers. He is very interested in watching the game now and actually understands what's going on. He gets into it and cheers on the team. Cooper was more interested in watching the fans than the game. He was so curious about all of the kids who had their faces painted red and black and wearing crazy red wigs! He would clap every now and then, though. I used to go to every game with David until Carter was born and then I found a way out! I enjoy the socialization and being with family, but I don't care too much about football, probably because the only part I understand is when they make a touchdown! So, now it's Carter's time to be with his Daddy and Granddaddy doing what they love most. Granddaddy George has always said that when he dies, he wants part of his ashes spread under his seats in the stadium because he knows that's where his family will be!

1st Grader!

WOW! It's hard to believe our FIRST born is in FIRST grade already! We had a fun summer, but it was back to the daily grind today. Carter is in Mrs. O'Neal and Mrs. Mallard's class at Fair Grove Elementary. It is a large school so he only has about 3 friends from last year in his class, but I'm sure he'll make lots of new friends. He was very excited and had a great day.

I, too, had a nice day at work! I think I'm going to like my job very much. Right now, there's lots of paperwork and I won't actually start teaching for a couple of weeks. I'm anxious to get started!

God Bless Macy!

Macy was dedicated at church on Sunday. She is such a cute little butterball! What a blessing to add another little girl as one of God's children.

Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho........

It's off to work I go!

Well, for those that may not know, I have taken a part-time job as a Title I Reading Specialist at Silver Valley Elementary School, working Mon. thru Fri. from 8-12. This job is such a blessing and the story of how it came about will explain why:

I had high hopes of working at Cooper's preschool so we'd be on the same schedule and it's very convenient to home. I had already talked to the director (Blair) and she was supposed to call in June. In the meantime, I went for the Title I interview with Gail and left not wanting the job b/c I didn't really want to work 20 hrs. a week, the location/distance was unknown, and there seemed to be a lot of extra staff development hrs., too. After a week or so, I prayed all day long on a Thurs. for God to show me what gift he had given me to help support our family but still be here for the kids. On Friday, Gail called to tell me I had the job and that she'd call next week w/details. I said "Ok, God, that's not the answer I was looking for so let me see what else I can do" and hung up and called preschool. Blair had gone home. I called back Mon. morning and she had stepped out. I left a message and she never called back. Gail called back on Tues. morning w/the details and said she needed an answer by Wed. afternoon. I called the preschool a 3rd time and was told that Blair was at the beach and would be back next week. So, I said, "Ok, God, I get it! This is the job you want me to have." I got on the phone and worked out preschool, school, and childcare issues and immediately everything just fell into place. I talked to Gail again and she answered all of my questions and relieved all of my fears. I still didn't feel absolutely certain about it so after many emotions, tears, and prayers, I woke up on Wed. morning w/a peace and knew I was making the right decision! I called Gail w/my answer and told her that I felt like this is what God wants me to do. The best part is when she told me that she lifts each candidate up to God and there was just something about me in my interview that told her I'd be perfect for this job. This was obviously already in God's plan, although it wasn't in mine at the time. Yes, I'm a little stubborn and it took Him 3 tries to get through to me! Now, I feel really good about it and I'm excited about what's to come. I hope I love it and if I do or don't, I plan on working as if I'm working for the Lord and doing so to the best of my ability!

Now, about the job......
I've had 2 workdays and I really like the full-time Title I Reading Specialist that I'm working with. We seem to have a lot in common. We share a trailer. But, surprise, I went in today to discover that the school may be getting a new teacher, who will inherit the trailer and we'll be moved to a room that already houses 2 teachers and will need to find room for 2 more!!!!!!! Any of you in Education knows that this is how it goes! You don't get too comfortable in 1 spot b/c you can be moved at any time on a moment's notice. It will all work out for the good. I'm sure there will be many stressful days and tears, but all in all, I'm excited and ready to get started! I'm up for the challenge and ready for this new chapter in my life. Keep me in your prayers as our family adjusts to all of our new schedules and routines.

Happy Birthday, Alexis!

My niece, Alexis, had a pool party for her 6th birthday. She had a cute Hawaiian Luau theme. Jamie going down the slide
Cooper in the baby pool
Abigail, Chase, & Alexis
Even Macy stuck her little toes in!
Abigail lounging on the raft
What a cute (and delicious) cake!
Birthday Girl