Roasting Marshmallows

One of our first cool nights and Daddy built a fire outside. We loaded up some sticks with the sticky round white things and toasted them to perfection. Ashton had a good time and loaded up on the fun sugar.

Carvin Time

Never fear... Pampered chef kid's safety knife to the rescue. Greatest thing for those do it yourself kid style projects. Ashton's pumkin looks great this year. Last year's was a bit frightening and this year all of the features are very distinct. The pumkin has one triangle eye and one round eye for interest. And it has a smile so that it won't scare Bently. What a sweet big brother.

Oh, and I threw in the picture of Bently when I wouldn't let her be in the middle of the pumkin fun. Ha... she loves to do whatever brother is doing.

Degutin the Punkin

I carved out the top of the pumpkin... set up a little area for Ashton to dig out the seeds and for Bently to take it all in. Well, she (as I should have known) wanted to be in the middle of it all. Bless her sweet little self... she was picking up the gunk and looking at it and right as I was snapping a picture... in went a hand full. And the funny part was that she kept going back for me... she loved it. Ashton dug out all of the seeds and we have them ready for toasting.

Country Club Dinner

Ashton has had a Super behavior report for every day in October. So to celebrate we went to the country club for dinner for his favorite- Fried Crawfish Salad.... oh, and don't forget the sprite with cherries. This was Bently's first Country Club dinner and she was very well behaved. I like being able to go nice places with my children and not expect a scene. Now, call me in another year and we will see if I can still say the same. Bently really enjoyed the bread sticks and Ashton had our server dig up a Sponge Bob ice cream bar, with licorice gum eye balls, left over from this summer. Yum... Yum!!!!!!!! Mommie had a fabulous pork chop with a crushed pineapple sauce and Daddy had Blackened Catfish Angie (crawfish sauce). Then Mommie took home a piece of bread pudding. It was a fun evening. I love my sweet family.

My first, first birthday present

My friend Linda can't come to Bently's birthday party so she sent her gift home with Me. Bently had so much fun with the pretty princess bag and tissue paper. It had the most beautiful hand carved wooden cross with a puter little girl kneeled to pray in the center. And had "God Bless Benlty" carved into the wood. And Bently's favorite part of the gift were the animal crackers. We had to open them as you can see the mouth full.

Just a hangin

Diaper.... hanging out on the bed.... crazy hair.... My super cute Bently.... always a cutie no mater what.

Sling that head, girlfriend

This captures one of Bently's less than fine moments. On this particular day there was no afternoon nap and then a short late evening power nap. Ahhh... did that make for a fun dinner time. Anyway, see for yourself little Miss "tude"

OK... The blog is updated

A couple of months of blogs, updated in an evening. ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fall Fun!!!

A little fall air has found its way to Southwest Mississippi. It is our seasonal cool in the mornings... hot by noon... then nice by evening. Our Sunday School class had a party this evening. We ate chicken and homemade cake... jumped on the trampoline... rode in wagons... and went on a hay ride. We had a big time. Bently thought she was so big sitting on that trailor stuffed with hay. And Ashton met a new friend. This was Bently's first time to wear blue jeans. She had forgotten all about long sleeves and pants until this week. She looks at them like something foreign has landed on her body. Too cute. And you know what I say... Bow Big, or Bow Home!!!!!!

Art for Sale

During Bently and Daddy's nap... Ashton and I visited our creative sides. He said that he wants to try to sell his art again. Last year, I think around this time, he put his pictures on sale for 25 cents a piece. He said that he wanted two dollars for each picture and I told him that times were tight right now with money and people were looking for deals... so he told me the second one would be half price. He also painted picture frames onto his art so that people would not have to pay for frames... making the purchase of his art even more of a deal. I posted a few of his cutest ones... but the entire collection/exhibit is on display for public viewing at Harmony St. Come on by... or for aunts and uncles far away, we do have shipping and an IOU will be fine. He was quite tickled to learn that his art would be on the internet.

Memorial Day at the Club

Joey, Shane, Hugh, and Big Jim played golf and Granny, me, Addie, Paige and the kiddos enjoyed the pool.

Ashton

Ashton

Ashton is loving second grade. He loves his teacher and he loves his gifted class on Fridays. He is reading on a 5th grade level but we love how he cant remember what he went to his room for. Ha. He is giggles and smiles. He loves his Nintendo DS, still loves his cartoons, and loves his art.

Rocker chick

You should see this little diva rock on the drums. She hold those sticks and alternates arms and doesn't miss a beat. We are not big music folks... so we will have to look into this in the future. She loves to dance to music and we just can't get over how much she likes those drums... nor how good she really is at it.

I finally turn Seben

I met Ashton when he was about 18 months old. By his second birthday, he had stolen my heart. When he was turning 2 and the next year when he was turning 3, he would say I'm gunna be seben. Well, this year it happened... out little man actually turned seven. Time flies and I am so glad that he is part of what makes my life whole.

He wanted a Poke Mon birthday this year. Unlike his usually strange request... last year he originally wanted a summer santa clause party and changed his mind to sharks at the last minute. Then when he was three, he wanted a Doctor Phil birthday party... might explain, well I won't go there. But this year it was Poke Mon or bust. You can see his cool PokeMon swim suit that Granny got for him and you can see the back yard of the house we are buying. And my favorite is the pic of those sweet cheeks blowing out the candles for his sebenth birthday wish... don't you wish you knew what he wished for.... shhhhhh, I do!