bubbles are fun!

Sam is concentrating very hard on actually producing bubbles, but having fun (and cracking Brice up) in the process!

Brice's laughter is infectious! He probably poured most of his bubble juice out while buckled over in laughter, but he still had fun.

catching up

Life is really busy right now for Sam with this new tee ball adventure. Brice wants to play SO bad. For now, he's one heck of a catcher! He loves it when Sam bats because that means he can wear Sam's glove and go after the balls.

Yes, we enjoyed the snow a few weeks ago just like everyone else. He was already frozen to the bone when these pictures were taken, so little Brice had gone inside to warm up. He loved the snow too!

And, last but not least, all four of us had a great time at Monster Jam last weekend. Even though he's not our favorite, we had to take a picture with the infamous Grave Digger! Brian and I, for obvious reasons, were kind of partial to Storm Damage. Brice was pulling for Monster Mutt because he loves puppies so much. Sam pulled for War Wizard because he had swords on his truck.

1st practice

Proud , proud...proud as can be!
Just like his Daddy was, Sam is #3!

It's T-ball time!!!

Brian said it best..."I've been waiting for this day for five years!" Sam did great at his first ever t-ball tryout. And now we're now fully stocked on all the "neccesities" to practice at home. After tryouts and lunch we went to Mercer's baseball double header and their basketball game. The ball-playing didn't stop there. We played more once we got home before we all devoured our supper and crashed! It was a FUN day.

fun times...random pictures...our life

Fun day...

My wonderful Aunt FiFi recently commented that she loved our blog, reading about our "perfect life". Well, as anyone who has two little kids and two fulltime jobs knows, life is FAR from perfect! If I blogged about the not-so-perfect times...I'd be blogging all the time. Today was a fairly close to perfect day for us. We had a quiet morning at home then went for a ride up the road to Jarrell Plantation Historic Site, www.gastateparks.org/Jarrell Plantation. My great-aunt Ruth was a Jarrell so I visited this place a lot as a kid. It was fun to go back with my boys and Brian to see how things had changed/improved. It was chilly but that didn't stop us from enjoying a tailgate picnic - with a kitty friend we pick up on the tour!

After such a fun day we were all glad to be home (and warm) for supper. The boys had another "picnic", this time on our bedroom floor where they enjoyed one of their favorites, Kid's Cuisine, while watching Speed Racer!

Brian and I enjoyed this...

I predict that we'll end up snuggled in our bed tonight watching a moving. Ok, so maybe it is (almost) perfect!

It's "official"

Sam is really five years old now. His birth DATE was Dec. 28 but not until the PARTY this past weekend did he really turn five - at least in his mind! And, this was a special one because it was his first party not at home and he got to invite a few classmates.




If I had to think of ways to describe Sam I'd say he's: smart, kind, witty and just a delight to be around. He's also one of the most sensitive kids, no matter the age, I've ever known. Just the other day one of those incredibly sad "adopt a child from the third-world country" commercials was on TV. Sam insisted that I not change the channel. He came to sit in my lap, got all teary-eyed and began to ask questions about the children and why they we in that situtation. He was broken hearted. Sam also asks lots of questions about God, death and faith - stumping me many times! I hope he'll always be this insightful and concerned about the needs of others.

He blew them all out (with a little help from Brice) on the first try!

Lots of gifts from Sam's sweet and generous friends.

The party was at the Museum of Arts & Sciences. In addition to the normal museum fun, the kids got to do a "Muddy Hands" activity. They made whatever they wanted and got to take it home. Everyone enjoyed it!

Brice's way of saying....HAPPY BIRTHDAY Sammy G!!!