Christmas

Well... our decorations are down, and it's time for a recap. Althought I have NO pictures! We started Christmas 2009 with a visit to Scottsboro. We drove up on Saturday the 19th, and had dinner with Dad and Sandra. We went to church with my grandparents on Sunday, then had lunch and opened presents at Dad's house. That night we went over to Huntsville to visit Sandra's daughter, her husband and their child. We headed back to Auburn on Monday.

After several days of laundry, cleaning, and Drew working, it was Christmas Eve. Drew had to work that night, so I went to church with his aunt and uncle and he joined us for dinner at their house. Bright & early the next morning, we headed south to Opp. We enjoyed Christmas morning in Opp (my first) and then joined the family that evening for dinner and family gifts.

The 26th was spent driving to Birmingham and opening presents with mom and grandparents. We stopped by Drew's dad's parents on Sunday and then headed back home. Now several days later, I've finally caught up on laundry and cleaning up and we're heading back to Scottsboro tomorrow! Happy New Year Everyone!

Graduation

Most people who know me, know that my brother runs track for Auburn. He is supposed to graduate in May 2010 with a degree in Chemical Engineering and also a Buisness Minor. This summer I was putting dates on my new calendar (yes- I'm a dork) and I realized that his SEC Track Meet and Graduation were scheduled for the same day! YIKES!

We started talking about it, and since he starts his job in Houston in July, he could not come back and walk in August. So, Jager took the lead and got in touch with several different people on campus. He, and several other athletes, got permission from the Graduation Committee and the Dean of their respective colleges to go ahead and walk early. Obviously, he didn't get his diploma, but he did walk on Friday. We had the family over for lunch before the graduation ceremony. It was a fun day for all!

Long Time, No Blog

Since the last time I blogged, a lot has gone on, but I don't necessarily have pictures to show for it! We had some people over to watch the Auburn-Georgia game...

Kate had fun hanging out with Dad

Tucker fell asleep on the carpet

We had Thanksgiving with Drew's family at Mike and Susan's farm. (I don't have any pictures from that day...Missy took them all). We enjoyed the Iron Bowl, though we didn't necessarily enjoy the outcome. We decorated the house for Christmas. I'll put those pictures in another post.
I've been to Sips-N-Strokes multiple times, all with different friends, and had a great time each time. I had a fun few weeks with my class as well. We made tons of Christmas ornaments, watched tons of Christmas movies, had pajama day and a party! Plus, we took some cute pictures, but I left those at school!
Then on Friday, my brother walked at Graduation. That'll be another post! It's been a busy, but fun few weeks. For now, I'm enjoying my time off from work and getting ready to celebrate Christmas with our families!

Homecoming

Tom, Amanda and John came down for the game this weekend. John was so excited to see Drew in his uniform. He even got a ride with on the T3. Anyone who tailgates with or near us knows what a big deal this is!

My Two Favorite Boys

We spent last weekend in Birmingham for John's 2nd birthday. It's hard to believe that this little one is already 2!

John absolutely adores Drew. He only wanted to play with Drew and the first thing out of his mouth on Sunday was "Dwoo"!

"Come on Dwoo!"

This picture just melts my heart!

What a stinker!
By the way... Amanda called me tonight. They went to the doctor for John's 2 year appointment today. While they were in the waiting room, John tooted.
He looked at Amanda and said "What dat noise Mama?"
Before she could answer he said "Dat my butt makin' stinky"

Amanda said the lady sitting next to them was rolling on the floor!

Did you see this?

Five Year Old Photographers

Many of you know that the teacher who works beside me was out on maternity leave from August to last week. While she was out, she had a wonderful sub Miss Smith ("Miss Smif" as the kids called her.) Last week, Leah took the camera to the playground to take pictures of her and the kids. While we were up there, we decided to try to get the kids to take a picture of us. Here's what we got...

(These are HORRIBLE pictures by the way!)

We would look at a picture, start laughing and pick another child to try... eventually we just gave up!

One of those days...

My shoes broke at 9:30 this morning. I've hot glued them together twice. They broke for a third time as I left the car circle and I decided that since the kids were gone I wasn't worrying about it.

I jammed my finger on a chair.... don't ask me how!

But this weather has been fantastic!!

G-ed again

The rest of the classroom had been cleaned up from center time. G was in homeliving... where I thought he was putting up the last few toys (since it was clean up time)... and what do I find, but G emptying out the cabinets. This was the 3rd time we had helped him clean up home living center on this day. And this picture was after some of his friends had helped him pick up the food that was ALL over the floor!

Notice the doors are no longer on the furniture and he really wanted to be in the picture!!!!

Lunch?

"My mom and my dad are bring my lunchbox"

*Do you really think mom &/or dad packed this one???

Game

Okay y'all... we were at the game on Saturday in all that rainy mess. When the rain slacked up, I was looking around and this is what I saw...Yeah... gross. I know. If only I could have gotten a video of this guy. Y'all he was dancing around like the students. The fat was jiggling. It was disgusting!!!!

Do people not have any limits any more???

Not an artist...

I was helping one of my children today... I was trying to get him to draw a person with a body, not just a head with arms and legs. We were drawing a little girl with braids. This was my picture and he said "She looks like a clown!" I laughed and laughed!

I found this on my desk this afternoon:

Tailgating

Saturday marked the start of college football season...
I can't say that I was 100% excited about it this year. I don't know if it's the four home games in a row. Or the fact that I hardly see my husband because of his "required" overtime. We did have a great time on Saturday.

I've tailgated with the Wachs/Bryant Families for 7 years now! WOW! I can't believe it's been that long. They took me in when I was a freshman and my family did not come down every week.

Here are some pictures from Saturday:

Jager stopped by for a few minutes.

Ashley and I have a picture together almost every year from the first game!

Drew was able to stop by and eat. Last year he wouldn't let anyone near the T3. This year... I got a picture on it!

It's Here...

RVs, Traffic, A Full House, Orange & Blue at School...

WAR EAGLE!

Overheard

"My mom had some cold slob for dinner."

Oh What A Night!

I had was priviledged to go to chapter last night as an advisor. It was different being in the new chapter room with a new set up. It definitely was an interesting night. I was sitting in the front with the officers. The Tiger Splashers came in to make an announcement, and when they were finished the male freshman swimmers came running in...in their speedos...with their butt cracks hanging out. I have not laughed so hard in a long time! I only wish I had a camera to get a snapshot of the view :).

Sips-N-Strokes

Some of the girls in our Sunday School class went to Sips-N-Strokes last night. We've been trying to find a date forever to get together to do this. We painted a cross and had a great time! The class was packed and the teacher got a little fast at times. It amazes me how different everyone's picture turned out.

We missed everyone who wasn't able to come.

Shealy's Work in Progress:

Shealy's Completed Art:

Ashley's Work in Progress:

Ashley's Completed Project:

Laura Ann's Work in Progress:

Laura Ann's Completed Project:

G-ed

The works of G:

Every day. Never fails.

Overheard

"Guys, that's a big daddy long head"

(ignore the reflection)

Is it bad....

that after only a week of school I was a little happy ecstatic that my friend G was not at school today? I mean it was so nice not to have to use broken English to repeat things...all. day. long.

Happy Birthday!

(Can you tell who didn't want to take pictures?)

Happy Birthday Drew and Mallory!!!

We celebrated both Drew and Mallory's birthdays over the weekend. Mallory's birthday was August 13th and Drew's is today. After bid day, we had lunch at the house and celebrated with some delicious cake. We're going to celebrate Drew's birthday again on Wednesday night because he has to work on his birthday tonight.

Can you spot him?

Can you spot my friend G?

Bid Day 2009

Congratulations to one of the new baby squirrels!