MADDIE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY

MADDIE GRACE TURNED 2. SHE INVITED THE BOYS TO CELEBRATE HER BIRTHDAY....FARM STYLE. HER MOMMY HAD ARRANGED FOR A PONY RIDE, A BALANCE BEAM WALKING GOAT, A BABY CHICKEN, AND A RABBIT. THEY WERE ABLE TO PET ALL OF THE ANIMALS AND RIDE THE PONY. MILES LOVED IT AND WE ARE EVEN CONSIDERING HORSEBACK RIDING LESSONS. LUKE WOULDNT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING. HE DIDNT WANT TO TOUCH OR RIDE THE ANIMALS. HE WAS HAPPY OBSERVING FROM A DISTANCE. MADDIE ALSO HAD A BOUNCY FOR THE KIDS TO PLAY IN. LUKE DID PARTICIPATE IN THAT BUT ONLY WITH HIS BUBBY. THERE WAS A LITTLE FISH POND OUT BACK AND MADDIE'S GRANDFATHER LET THE BOYS FEED THE FISH. THE BIRTHDAY CAKE WAS A COWGIRL CAKE AND SHE GOT LOTS OF BABY DOLLS AND PRESENTS. WE HAD A GREAT TIME.

T-BALL SPORTMANSHIP

AT THE END OF EVERY T-BALL GAME THE LITTLE GRAY SOX LINE UP TO SHAKE HANDS WITH THE OPPOSING TEAM. IT IS SO CUTE. THEN AT THE END OF IT ALL, COACH DADDY GETS THE TEAM IN A HUDDLE AND THEY DO THE 1-2-3.....GO GRAY SOX. IT IS SOOOO PRECIOUS.

LUKE AND BUDMAN

BUDMAN CAME HOME FROM FLORIDA AND THE BOYS WERE THRILLED. HE JOINED US TONIGHT FOR MILES' T-BALL GAME AND HAD TO END UP HELPING COACH DADDY ON THE FIELD. WE CAME HOME AND THE BOYS PLAYED OUTSIDE FOR A WHILE. BUDMAN DECIDED TO SPEND THE NIGHT. AFTER BATH, THE BOYS SETTLED IN WITH BUDMAN TO WATCH SOME T.V. I GUESS LUKE FOUND A COMFORTABLE PLACE TO REST. HOW SWEET!!!

MAKAYLA'S BIRTHDAY PARTY

MILES AND LUKE'S COUSIN MAKAYLA TURNED 9 YESTERDAY. HER PARTY WAS AT A PARK IN PORTLAND. ALL OF HIS COUSINS WERE THERE. IT WAS SUCH A NICE DAY AND THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME PLAYING ON THE EQUIPMENT, HAVING HOT DOGS AND CAKE, AND WATCHING MAKAYLA OPEN HER PRESENTS. HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE GANG. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAKAYLA.

BUTTERFLY RELEASE

MILES' SCHOOL HELD THEIR ANNUAL BUTTERFLY RELEASE TODAY. I WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND BECAUSE OF WORK BUT DADDY, NENE, LUKE, AND PAW PAW ALL WENT TO ENJOY THE BUTTERFLIES. THE WHOLE SCHOOL PARTICIPATED AND THERE WERE LOTS OF PARENTS THERE TO WATCH. MILES' CLASS SANG A BUTTERFLY SONG AND MADE HATS. HE WORE HIS BUTTERFLY TSHIRT. MILES INFORMED ME THAT THE BUTTERFLIES WERE HEADED FOR MEXICO.

ANGEL AND DANIEL'S WEDDING

ANGEL AND DANIEL'S WEDDING WAS HELD AT BLACK HAVEN IN LEBANON ON SATURDAY NIGHT (SEPT. 13TH). IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL. SUSAN, ALLISON, AND I ALL CRIED LIKE BABIES. THE CEREMONY WAS MOVING AND THEY ARE SO IN LOVE. THE WEDDING WAS FOLLOWED BY A GREAT RECEPTION INDOORS. THE FOOD WAS DELICIOUS AND THE D.J. PLAYED SOME GREAT MUSIC. THE COUPLE LEFT IN AN OLD CADILLAC. I AM SO HAPPY FOR THEM BOTH. NOW ALL OF THE GIRLS ARE HITCHED. I AM SURE WE WILL HEAR THE PITTER PATTER OF BABY FOOTSTEPS BEFORE YOU KNOW IT. THEY CANT WAIT TO TRY AND HAVE A LITTLE ONE.

T-BALL FALL BALL BEGINS

LET'S GO GRAY SOX!!! WE ARE EXCITED FOR ANOTHER SEASON OF T-BALL TO BEGIN. MILES HAD TO CHOOSE THIS SEASON IF HE WANTED TO PLAY SOCCER OR T-BALL BECAUSE 2 SPORTS AND KINDERGARTEN WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO MUCH. HE CHOSE T-BALL. COACH DADDY IS EXCITED TO LEAD THE GRAY SOX TO A VICTORIOUS SEASON. WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO LOTS OF FUN AT THE BALLPARK THIS FALL. THE FIRST GAME WAS EXCITING. MILES PLAYED PITCHER'S MOUND AND SHORT STOP. HITTING IS ALWAYS HIS FAVORITE THOUGH.

LUKE IS OFF TO SCHOOL!!

MY SWEET LUKE IS OFF TO MOTHER'S DAY OUT AT FIRST BAPTIST. I SIGNED HIM UP WITH SOME RESERVATIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT HE WAS READY. HE REALLY MISSES MILES NOW THAT HE IS IN KINDERGARTEN SO I THOUGHT WE WOULD TRY IT. HERE HE IS WITH HIS BACKPACK ALL READY TO GO. HE WAS EXCITED ABOUT HIS CLASS. WHEN WE GOT THERE HE WAS STILL IN A GOOD MOOD ABOUT BEING THERE. WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR MOMMY TO LEAVE ALL HECK BROKE LOOSE. HE SCREAMED AND CRIED AND HELD ONTO ME. I FINALLY HAD TO LET HIM GO AND THE TEACHER TOOK HIM. I STAYED IN THE HALL AND CRIED FOR 20 MINUTES UNTIL HIS CRIES FINALLY SUBSIDED. I CALLED AND CHECKED ON HIM ABOUT AN HOUR LATER AND HE WAS DOING FINE. WHEN I PICKED HIM UP THAT DAY HE RAN TO ME AND SAID HE LOVED SCHOOL. HE TOLD ME ABOUT DANCING IN MUSIC, MAKING A BUTTERFLY, AND PLAYING OUTSIDE. IT SEEMED TO BE A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE ONCE THE SHOCK OF ME LEAVING HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME WAS OVER.

WRESTLEMANIA 2008

BATHTIME FUN WITH THE WRESTLERS. THE BOYS KNOCKED THEM OFF THE SIDE OF THE TUB AND WRESTLED THEM IN THE WATER. MILES HAS STARTED PLAYING WITH UNCLE WILL'S OLD WRESTLERS AND COLLECTED SOME NEW ONES OF HIS OWN. LUKE HAS GOTTEN INTO IT AS WELL. THEY THINK THE MUSCLES ARE SO COOL.

HAPPY EARLY HALLOWEEN FROM MILES AND LUKE

THE BOYS KNEW RIGHT AWAY WHAT THEY WANTED TO BE FOR HALLOWEEN. LUKE WANTED TO BE "PO" FROM THE TELETUBBIES AND MILES WANTED TO BE THE INCREDIBLE HULK. GRANNY HAD SENT THEM SOME MAGAZINES AND TOLD THEM TO PICK OUT THE COSTUME OF THEIR CHOICE AND SHE WOULD ORDER IT. WELL, THEY ALREADY CAME IN AND THE BOYS ARE ELATED. LUKE IS THE CUTEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN AND MILES LIKES THAT HE LOOKS A BIT SCARY THIS YEAR. I HOPE THE WEATHER IS COOL OR THE BOYS MAY BURN UP IN THEIR COSTUMES. I CANT WAIT FOR HALLOWEEN TO COME.