Celebrate Veterans Day

We would like to thank all of the men and woman who have served or are serving our country. The boys learned about Veterans Day @ school today. The each had great stories to tell about they learned and they got little American Flags to show their support. Owen stuck his flag in between the couch cushions and had his little Army figures in each hand as if they were standing in front of the flag saying the Pledge of Allegiance. He knew the entire pledge.

Jamie, Ashley, Meegan & Jane

Today the ladies and I headed out to the Greene shopping center to walk around and have lunch. It was a lot of fun. We laughed so hard and had a great lunch. Thanks to Meegs for the invite. I had a great time and look forward to scrapbooking on Friday. Hope everyone has a great week!

Parent Teacher Conferences

So this week we had conferences with the boys teachers. I am happy to report that they both are well behaved, model students. They have a wonderful work ethic and are progressing well. Ashton is strong in math but struggles a bit with his sight words. So we will continue to work on those at home. His title I teacher said that once he gets his sight words down that his reading will improve ten fold. Owen has drastically improved in his Speech therapy as well as in the classroom. Both their teachers and us are very proud of them.

Watching Canni B

Justin & Cannin playing
I love this face

Monday I watched Cannin while Ashley went to the ER for her finger. I love this little guy just like he was one of my own. He is such a great baby and just a barrel of laughs. All of the funny face he makes and some of things he does just makes me laugh. Justin & Cannin had fun in the afternoon when Justin got up. He had Canni laughing so hard and they played pretty hard together until the boys got home from the bus.

Costume Party

Justin, Ashley, Cannin, Dustin, Me, Ashton & Owen
Halloween Costume Party 2009


This weekend we also went to a Halloween Costume Party at our neighbors house. (Yes I know it is after Halloween but the party was rescheduled) We had a wonderful time. The kids ran around and played all night until about midnight. The adults drank, played pool, and danced. We want to Thank Meegan and Zane for inviting us. We all had a wonderful time.

Sunday-- First Photo Shoot

Justin and I are thinking about starting our own photography business so this weekend we did a small job for some friends of ours. Jane had always some pictures of her family outdoors so since Sunday was the warmest day this fall we headed to John Bryan State Park to shoot some for them. Justin did a wonderful job taking the pictures. I am very proud of him. So now in my spare time, I am reading up on digital photography and trying to learn how to take great pictures. After Justin gets started with his school January, I am going to start taking photography courses hopefully!! Enjoy the pictures. We had a wonderful time and the Herman family was very pleased with their photos!!

Super Saturday.

Sorry that I have not been on lately to post but it has been super busy.... So the next few posts will be catch up. These are from Saturday afternoon. Since the weather decided to warm up a bit the boys headed outdoors. They have a great time on their bikes and green machines. Justin & I did stuff around the house and cleaned up a bit outside. We really enjoyed the warmer weather because we didn't have to stay cooped up in the house.

Grab bag from Grammy & Papaw Wheelock

So Mom talked to the boys on Halloween and asked how Trick or Treating was. Owen told her that he had a good time but was upset because he didn't get any gummy eyeballs. Mom said that was gross but Owen argued that they taste great. So this weekend when mom was in Lafayette she picked up some clearance gummy eyeballs for Owen and Ashton. They were so excited to come home after school today and have a box waiting for them. She sent them a T-shirt, a Riley's grab bag that had some candy & small toys to support Riley's Childrens hospital, some gummy eyeballs, water balloons for next summer, & a bag of assorted gummy body parts. So we wanted to Thank Grammy & Papaw for their stuff (ours too!) and post a couple of pictures of the disgusting eyeballs. I have to say the gummy eyes don't taste very well but the boys sure do love them.