Finally...a picture of all 3!

It is not that often I get a picture of all 3 of my kiddos to post. Austin was not at all excited about the picture but finally got tickled in the last picture, I think and I got a smile. We were ready to go to church services Sunday morning and I just noticed that somehow they had all ended up with blue. So...Kodak moment! I was going to take them outside and we headed out but........it was raining. So we opted for the front porch instead. Just my normal stair-step picture. They

are all getting so big!

Sunflowers, Sunflowers, and More Sunflowers!!!

Leanne beat me to it by getting to the sunflowers. Mama had told me about them but you know me...I put things off. Anyway...we finally made it. They were beautiful!!!! There is the patch on 127 and there is another patch on Myers Road. There are fields and fields at both places. They are definitely worth the trip over there. The ones on Myers Road seemed to be "hanging their heads" and were not as easy to walk right up to as the ones on 127 that had been mowed right up to. It was much easier for Carmen to get beside them on 127. Here are a few of the "near 40" pictures that I took! Yes..."near 40" pictures...and I had a hard time picking out my favorites. But here are some of them.

These are Carmen on 127.

These were also on 127.

One of the fields.



There was one drawback......bees!!!! Carmen didn't like them the bees at all!
I think this picture shows her reaction!

These next pictures are from Myers Road. We were facing the sun, so the pictures really have too much light in them, but oh well....

Only one of the fields on Myers Road...

One final picture at Myers Road.

I would definitely recommend everyone "checking" them out. They are beautiful!!!

One fall too many!!!!

Concrete + Cell Phone = DISASTER

Well...my poor little phone hit the concrete too many times. The last time I dropped it.....well......this is what it looked like....

So...this is the new one.

Out with the old and in with the new! This seems to be a trend with me and usually it is because I have dropped it...AGAIN! Oh well....that is what keeps them in business, I guess.

Birthday Party then...Back to School

My mama had a birthday this past weekend. Here is a picture of mama and daddy with the grandkids. Happy birthday, Meemaw!

Well...farewell summer...hello school days! Carmen started preschool today and the rest of us had to go back also. My baby is old enough to start preschool. She was so excited and loved it! Braden ended up being excited too! Austin...well...I don't think excited is the correct word as you can see in the picture. Plus he wasn't thrilled at the idea at all of me making him take the picture. Notice I didn't even put my picture on there of my reaction.....need I say more? You might could say excited was not really the word for my return either!!!! Oh well...back to the rat-race!!!!

Okay...now maybe I am caught up on my posts!

Beach Trip 2009--Farewell to Summer Break

We had a wonderful time while we were at the beach. We enjoyed spending time together and did alot of family things together while we were there. I had put our family beach pictures off until the last part of our trip. I had planned for us to do the "khaki and white" family pictures on Saturday or Sunday but since we returned early as stated in the other post, we didn't get to do them. (But I will give those up anyday in exchange for the opportunity of us getting back to see Granny before she passed away.) As most of you know, I put things off, so that is what I get for putting it off to the latter part of the week. Most of my family didn't want to do them anyway, but I did. I had just told them to not give me a problem about it. It was just something that we were going to do. Needless to say...they weren't too disappointed that we didn't get to take them. I do have a "few" other pictures of while we were there. :0) This was Carmen's first trip to the beach. I was pregnant with her the last time we went to the beach.

We stopped at Peach Park for the "traditional" pics with the horse! It is amazing to see how the kids have grown each time.


Carmen striking a pose on the beach.

A little souvenier picture with Braden.


Austin enjoying the ocean!

Yes....she was able to walk again after we left!!!

Ahhhhh....breakfast on the balcony!

A little pool fun for all 3 of them.

A couple of my favorites...God has blessed us with these three and a beautiful sunset!!!!

They got a "little" wet on the bumper boats at The Track!

Okay...so maybe she was a little tired!!!!!!

Terry had to try to make the best shot any way he could!

A couple of last shots from the balcony before we head home!

The good....and the bad.....

It has been a whirlwind these past 2 weeks! We were ending the summer break with a wonderful trip to the beach! We had a great time until, as some of you know, returned home a little early because of the very saddening news that my mother-in-law wasn't well at all. We left a couple of days early and returned home Saturday night between 9:30 and 10:00, went straight to the nursing home, and then she passed away at about 3:00 that next morning. I am glad we got back. She is much better off but selfishly, we are going to miss her. Here is a picture of Granny and my kids just last November around Thanksgiving. She really went down this past year. I am proud of the time we had with her and that all 3 of my kids got to know their Granny. She was 88. So what started out as a happy time at the beach ended up as a sad time when we returned.

Water Fun!!!!

Well...maybe this part is not "water fun"...washing the van but earlier this week the boys took on washing it and removing the window paint from the recent ballgames. (Finally got another picture of Austin when I opened the door and took this from our house while they were washing!)











Then today we headed over to Decatur to the Splash Pad for some "water fun." They had a ball. It was very nice. My kind of fun---free!!! Here are a few pictures of Braden, Carmen, and a friend of Braden's--Alec. Meemaw also rode over with us to watch them.



Carmen as the boys took her through. She had to warm up to going through the middle of it. So they were helping her.










Braden sitting right in the middle of it.




Braden gave Carmen a ride....




Then Alec gave Braden a ride!





Then we went to the playground right beside it. It was a very nice playground.
They had pretty pictures placed throughout the playground so we made our own little "photo shoot".



Meemaw and Carmen....





Braden with his "prized possession!"





Carmen with the pretty butterfly.



My clown...Braden acting as if the bee stung him.


Braden and Alec have the squirrel "by the ears!"



We got hot at the playground, so then back to the Splash Pad to cool off. We had a fun day!