How to play in cold weather?

Bring the riding toys inside! That is how we are surviving blast of cold air that has come our way! Mommy is in survival mode!

Big Kid, Big Brother

Well, our sweet baby boy is growing up too fast! He is almost 19mos and changing daily!!! Thomas loves life and doesn't want to miss a beat- especially if it has anything to do with Tucker, Daddy, or Kitty!! Life is definitely busy with our two big boys. And it will only get busier come May!! We will go from family of four to family of five!! Thomas will get to claim big brother status!!

Dinnertime

This is how dinner time goes at our house these days...

Up up and Away

Tucker finally made it into the air! Harris, Poppy and Tucker went to Tucker's first Ole Miss game in style. Kind Auburn friends from church were flying over for the game and asked Tucker to come along! Great quick trip and must say flying was the best part of the trip. Thank you, Mr. Dan and Mr. Anthony!
Tucker has a few more years before he starts really enjoying football games. And don't even ask him who he wants to cheer for! Never thought I would have a child to say roll tide! We are working on this one!

Clean Hands

Our new favorite past time! Washing hands!

Hello October! We love Fall!

Pumpkin painting after school!

Welcome to the World, Rhodes!

Aunt Rebecca and Uncle Matt welcomed sweet baby Rhodes into the world on Tuesday, Sept. 18th! He is a cutie! Unfortunately our house has been hit by nasty germs this week- can you say Hand,Foot and Mouth? We only got to meet Rhodes briefly but can't wait to love on him!!

Fair

Can we just say THANK GOODNESS the fair only comes once a year!!!???? After a long week of wanting to go every day and a long day of dove hunting with Harris, Tucker was treated to a night at the fair! And this is what he came home with!!! Madness! But he loves it!

Open Season

Well the evenings are starting to cool off and that means one thing for Tucker...he can camp out!!! This past Sunday afternoon he informed us that he was camping out that night. We proceeded to tell him it was a school night so he would have to wait. Next thing you know, Tucker had his toy tent outside and was running across the front yard in his pjs. He ate dinner in his camp and then came in for the night. He was promised a camp out this weekend. Well, as I post, Thomas is hollering for brother and Daddy from the screen porch! Let the camping by the creek season begin! Bring on the roasted hot dogs, camp fire and yummy s'mores!!

Daddy's Boy

Most definitely a Daddy's boy! His face says it all when Daddy comes home or enters a room! Here he is watching Daddy cut the grass!

How we spend our days

Tucker has informed me that while he is at Kindergarten I can go home and clean as well as play with Thomas! Does this count as both?

Tucker's Night

Tucker has had a great start to Kindergarten. As part of his teacher's classroom discipline, the students set goals to work on in class. The parents then are encouraged to reward the students for reaching their goal! This system is right up Tucker's alley!!! He sexr his reward to be a visit to Yogurt Mountain! It wasn't an easy road but Tucker reached his goal! Tucker and Mommy had a "date" night of target and yogurt mountain while Daddy stayed home with fever stricken Thomas! Now on to the next goal!

Mommy's Helper

Home sick with a yucky nose his first week of school! Don't worry, Mommy put him to work!

First Day of Mother's Day Out

Today was Thomas' first day of school! He had a great day of playing and was super excited to use his lunchbox!

The Time of Our Lives

Can you tell we have a 15 month old who is into everything? And we mean EVERYTHING!

Kindergarten At Last

Tucker has been waiting for quite sometime for Kindergarten to start!! Well, yesterday was the day!! He only there for an hour and a half, but he had a great time! Today is his first full day and he can't wait to buy his school lunch! Fingers crossed for a great day!!!

Just a few

Crazy moments on the deck. We love spending our mornings eating breakfast on our back screened in porch. Thinking that is all about to change as Kindergarten starts come Monday.

Canning

I can remember my mom canning pickles as a child. I don't remember eating them (as a child wasn't a fan of the sweet pickles) but I can remember the large pot on the stove and jars all around! Two summers ago upon moving to Jasper, my dear sweet friend, Jennifer, and I attempted our first canning expierence. We pickled tons of cucumbers from their garden! Great fun while our kids played! Then last summer, my mom helped me can pepper jelly and I attempted pickled okra on my own! I was hooked! So this summer, with our plenty of zucchini and squash (although most of that was frozen) and cucumbers, I started the canning process! So far, I have canned sweet dill pickles (didn't think they would be sweet), dill pickles (still waiting to see how they turn out), zucchini relish (yummy on hot dogs, brauts and pork sandwiches) and sweet peach preserves! Tomatoes and okra are next on the list as well as if our pepper plants make it, lots of pepper jelly!!!

My first attempt at peach preserves!! Super yummy! Looks all nice and neat. Little do you know, right after taking the first pic, the peaches bubbled over (too small off a pot) and I had a nice sticky goo all over my stove! Then as I was processing, sweet Thomas decided to wake up from his nap! But I got it done finally after 3 days of wanting to do make them and fretting over if my peaches were going bad! 

Happy Fourth of July!

A few pictures from our holiday birthday week!

 Thomas feeding the fish.

 Brothers when they are sweet...

And brothers when they are crazy! (notice the hair pulling? this is how they are most of the time!)

Beyond happy to be five!! He has been waiting so long to be five!

 Happy birthday to our sweet boy, Tucker!

Back again?

Well, we are testing our blog out again! It seemed to have been taken over by some photo thing or a while which then made me not blog (well, that and a few other things that seem to distract me these days). So, upon my decision to come of facebook, I thought I might try the blog again! We shall see...