Veterns Day

This year Aaron decided to come to work with me so we could go watch the parade. It was very emotional for me. I am proud that I live in the United States of America. I am proud that we are FREE. The parade lasted 2 hours. Aaron asked me why I had tears coming down my face. I told him that because of these great men and women that we can continue to live FREE.

Count Your Blessings

Count your blessings. That is something that is easily said and sometimes hard to do. I have been in an organized funk for several months now. As most of you know, we started a small home fix it problem that turned into totally rebuilding half of my house. I am beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Hopefully we are in the end stages of this fix it yourself project. I am so ready to get my house back in order so that I can get ready for the holidays. We have had lots of wonderful help on this project. So thanks are in order:
Darry (bonus-dad) is our contractor.
Pat lots of hard labor even when he was exhausted.
Mom for helping me with kids and food.
Dad for the loan.
Alana & Josh for paint and ceiling fans.
Mike for tile work.
David Turner, Gruder, Mike Huff, Joey Hill, Steve Hambright, Mr. Sapp, Chad Fikes, John Hodgens, Mike Forbes, Matt Hill for coming over and doing more work in 2 nights than we could have done in 2 months.
Mike Forbes for cooking dinner
Jenna Manners for painting
Ashley Hodgens for babysitting
Granny for the use of your travel trailer
Anthony Smith for helping pull up floors
Mr. Smith for doing our yard work while Pat was busy with the house.
I hope that I am not leaving anyone out.

You see I have a lot to be thankful for. Sometimes it is easy to get wrapped up in things like this. But we are so fortunate that we have 3 healthy children. Both of us have good jobs. We have a nice house and cars. We have food on our table. We have a wonderful church family. AND We have a Great and Mighty God who watches over us.

Pumpkin Patch 2009

Halloween updates

The weekend before Halloween we went to a Halloween Party at David and Shannon Turner's house. It was a lot of fun.

Aaron's Birthday

I neglected to post about Aaron's 12th birthday. I was September 23. I can't believe that he is so grown already. He is the best son a mother could ask for. He is a great big brother and does very well in school. He loves going to church and participating in the youth group and is an excellent pitcher in baseball. He is learning to play the trumpet. I am very proud of him.

A House Divided

Poor Anna Kate, everyone argues over whether or not she will pull for the Crimson Tide or Auburn. So until she is old enough to make her own decision, She will just have to wear both. She loves wearing her tutu that Shannon Turner made, although she just couldn't quite figure out what do to with her hands.

Aaron's Room

This was Aaron's Room last week.
This is Aaron's Room now. Hopefully by the time tomorrow ends all my floors will be back in place. All these home improvement are no fun at all. We are borrowing Granny's travel trailer for a shower and potty. Aaron is having a blast staying in there and calls it his Pimpin Palace. He was very excited when Tyler got to come over a night early last night. Both boys spent the night in there playing PlayStation until bed time. They are using walkie talkies to communicate with us in the house.

Alabama won last week against Va Tech. We are now off to a great 2009 football season. Oh and Auburn won against La Tech.(I put that in there for you Pat). My goal for the weekend is to get pictures of the kids in their football outfits so I can share next week. Have a good weekend and ROLL TIDE ROLL