Random Pictures of Kids

Sometimes you just have to find someone close by to sit down and smile with....in case you were wondering.

This was going to be our Christmas Card picture this year but I could not get Charlie's eyes to cooperate and not look so wild!

An & her favorite babysitter!

Potentially the first time Eric & I have taken a picture together since our wedding!!

Pumpkin Patch 2013

An's best buddy from our neighborhood & school

Neighborhood Parade

I have to catch up the blog to our lives!!  Back in September there was a parade in our neighborhood; we go every year and this year AC1 & Eric walked in it as part of their Cub Scout group while AC2 and I watched from the rainy sidelines!!

We ran into some friends while we were there, so we all piled in the back of our car and watched as everyone walked by getting soaked!!

 

Hopefully it will be sunnier this year!!

Austin's 7th Birthday

This is clearly not done chronologically, as Austin turned 7 in JUNE 2013!!!!  But I would be a big failure as a mom if I did not record his birthday for our digital baby book :)

This picture pretty much sums up your world AC1 right now....you are Legocentric, and if given the chance you will play with Legos and do nothing else.

You have changed so much this past year and we are so proud of how well you are doing...

 This is your second favorite thing to do....swim anywhere, anytime, any temperature of the water or air!!

 You were nice enough to share your carrot cake with your dad & grandpa for Father's Day as we combined the celebration.....and look more Legos......noticing a trend?!?

 Then there is the new found love of Nerf Guns, and the sheer joy on your face speaks volumes to the love you have for additional weaponry when fighting your mom or dad or sister or neighbor!

 This year you have also gotten a real taste for fishing, which of course makes your Dad, Grandpa, Granddad and Nanny so happy!!  That is your very own tackle box in the big box in front of you....you have worn out some of the lures in that box already!!!

And finally, some more Legos....noticing a trend here!?!  At least you are consistent!!!

We love you!!

Catch Up 101 - First Day of School 2013!!

I never posted Ansley's first day of school picture like I did for Austin a few years ago....so here it is :) the Ansley photo that will just melt your heart ... or at least her mom's....

 and then she grew up.....and went off to Kindergarten....with her big brother off to 2nd grade....and their daddy off to work......we all have had quite an adjustment this fall.....which is what I will blame my absence upon :)

What I wouldn't do for some shorts weather today!!!

Fall

We love this time of year in GA; this is from our church's pumpkin patch. 

AC1 and Eric went camping yesterday, so AC2 and I are staying home having a girl's weekend, which of course meant we needed to carve a pumpkin!! 

Happy post-Halloween Weekend!

Boys Will Be Boys

Our lovely school district, and most of those in our state believe in starting school the first week of August and then giving our fair headed children a week long break after just 9 weeks of school....not exactly the best fit for working families, but we are trying to make the best of it........

We went to the lake to play......and boys being boys and all.....some found their way into the water.....AC1 is walking towards me after a slip in the water .... please take slip lightly....he full well went into the water as he wanted to go into the water and had been wanting to go into the water for quite some time.

But, then along came Eric with the 4 wheeler and some really good mud ...

which was just asking to be driven through......

Of course AC1 could not help but put himself in the trail of the 4 wheeler....all the while AC2 and I are just standing back and watching in awe!!  How could someone enjoy this?!?

As you can see from the back of AC1; he got covered .... and on the front side he was smiling and laughing from ear to ear....oh wait....he looked like this:

literally, he could not have been any happier!  The picture above was not from the same shot, it was after the fact when he decided since he was already muddy he should continue to play in the mud to see just how much mud he could get caked onto his little body!  Needless to say, he was brown from neck to toes.

So he then took it upon himself to get clean in the lake.....clean is such a relative term when you started out SO filthy!  But I cannot even begin to tell you how much fun he had!  

Of course AC2 and I just sat back and watched....she was so happy to find a feather and hung with me until it was time to drag AC1 back out of the lake and to get a really, really good bath!

Horse Camp

Ansley seems to be fixated on horses lately, so she and her friend Megan went to Horse Camp for the last week of July before she went back to school.

Of course, all good horses must be cared for ... AC2 is the little one on the right side of the picture...not really sure what they are doing, but she called it "work"

 On Friday of the week of camp they had a "show" for the families and the kids showed off their "skills" ... note how small the horse really is in the picture!!!

 But she had SO much FUN!!  She absolutely loved the riding and she talks on and on about the horses, but now, when we have taken her back to ride again, she will not even get back on a horse again.

 She loved doing the jumps and keeps talking our ears off!  You know Ansley :)