Catching Up

Goodness Gracious! I've been very busy and have been not so good at posting! However, I HAVE still been taking pictures so in this post I will try to update on what we've been up to!



As promised after the last post, here's Logan showing off his "bobblehead" soccer trophy! To celebrate their season the team went to McDonalds to let the kids play and eat ice cream! They had a blast! He told his coach that he would be playing baseball in the Spring....we shall see! :)


How many people throw out their Christmas Tree and forget about that teeny, tiny detail??? At least one...Roger went up in the attic to get everything down so me and the boys could decorate our tree Wednesday night while he was at work to find (drum roll.....) decorations and NO tree. THEN, I remembered that I got rid of our other one because it was really too small for our tall ceilings! So, the boys and I went and bought another one. I must say, it looks MUCH better than our other one! We've never had our tree up before Thanksgiving, but since we were doing Thanksgiving Day at Gam-ma and Granddaddy's and the day after at Grandmother and Pa-paw's it was better for us to do it Wednesday. Might turn into "the" day we do it! :)



My Pecan Pie...I have never been one to like pecan pie, but I saw one cooked on the cooking channel and it looked so good! So good, that I had to find the recipe and try it out! It was very easy to make and VERY good! I should have taken a picture if it before we ate it...sliced with the vanilla ice cream on top and MY homemade caramel sauce drizzled over the top too! It was really good, and the first pie to be completely gone! :) I also made cummin roasted carrots, corn with fresh herbs, and cheddar and chive filled crescent twists...it was all very good!

Mom made all the rest of the food, and Dad carved the turkey! It was all good!

I finished off Thanksgiving with a night of shopping (beginning about 10:30 and ending about 7 Friday morning!)! Got almost EVERYTHING we needed! Now, got to wrap it all!!! The excitment of each morning for the boys is finding where "Fred" (our Elf on the Shelf) is hiding!!! Until the next post....I hope everyone is enjoys the month of December!!! Christmas will be here before we know it!

SO Proud Of OUR Wolverine!!!

Here's a picture of Austin with Coach Wooten today! They had their end of season team party at the gym this morning, and I must say that Coach Wooten (and his son) gave Austin such a nice compliment today! Their team had an awesome season and ended up coming in 2nd place! And, today at the party Coach Wooten shared a conversation that he had with his own son... He had asked Woods who he thought was the best player on the team, and he said AUSTIN. When Coach Wooten asked him why he said that, his response was because Austin always has a good attitude, he's always smiling, and he always plays his best (then Coach added that when HE makes Austin mad he plays even harder...LOL!)!!! He didn't give a big speech about each child on the team, but the fact that he shared that with everyone about OUR Wolverine made us VERY PROUD parents! I had no idea that he'd bring me to tears at a football party! It is awesome to hear such kind words about your own child come from someone else, and that it isn't just pure talent that gets you recognized!!! Way to go Austin, and THANKS Coach Wooten (and Woods!)!!! We love you, Austin!!!


Here's a picture of Austin with a couple of his friends, Aidan and Austin B.! They played each other Thursday night in the Championship game. They got 1st place, and we got 2nd place! Not too shabby.....glad they can all joke around with each other and still be friends afterwards!


Here's a picture of Austin, Parker, and Christian! Parker was on the team last year, and Christian joined us this year! What great boys!


Austin's showing off his cupcake (with his number on it....go #56!)! Then, he was a nice big brother and gave it to Logan to eat! What a sweetie (when he wants to be!!!)

I can't believe he's in 4th grade already, and I can't believe that two years into the football season has converted me over to a "real" football fan! I have been learning the game as he plays, and I look forward to watching him even at practices! He is a sweetie! He's funny, he's smart (just got straight A's AGAIN on his report card), and I love him more than I can put into words!!! He'll always be my "Snoodle!"

A Busy Halloween Weekend...

We started off our busy weekend at White Knoll's last home football game. We've enjoyed going to lots of them this season! We manage to sit near the Scholl's every game! The boys thought they were hot stuff tonight because we let them stand at the fence for part of the game! We're going to Lexington to watch them play each other this week!


Then, early Saturday morning Austin's team had their first playoff game, and of course, we had to play Avery's team right away! It was a great game for both teams, but Austin's team won. The score was 32-26! You can see how excited Austin was!


I know this picture doesn't show any action, but something about seeing his name on his jersey makes me like it! Our next game is Tuesday.


Austin and Avery at Aliza Grace's birthday party...still friends after the game! ;)


Logan dressed up as the Red Power Ranger for Aliza Grace's bowling costume party!


Then, Saturday night we had a Halloween party for all of us to go to! The Young's threw a great party! The highlight of the night was the haunted hay ride in the back yard and the toilet paper mummy game (aka toilet paper fight)! We all had fun!


We ended our weekend on Sunday by celebrating "real" Halloween with our neighbors! Here's a glimpse of our two little ninjas before we headed out...


Here's a view from I saw most of the night...


And, this is a group photo of most of our neighborhood kids gathered together for a quick picture. The funny part about this house is when they all knocked on the door, they opened and said, "TRICK!" and shut the door really quick! Of course they opened it right back up and gave out candy. The kids didn't know what to do at first! ;)


So, as you can see, we had a very fun-filled, BUSY weekend! But, I loved every minute of it because we were ALL together! Roger is still working days for a couple more weeks, and I can tell you it's long enough for us to all get used to it!!! I have a feeling the weeks ahead will continue to fly by, and before you know it I will be posting about Thanksgiving and Christmas! Wow....better start my shopping!