WILL AND MONICA

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN OF MONICA AND WILL ON MOM'S TRIP TO KANSAS TO VISIT THEM. THEY WENT SIGHT SEEING AND OUT TO DINNER. SHE LOVES SPENDING TIME WITH HER BABY. I SURE DO MISS MY BROTHER...LOVE YOU WILL.

COUSINS

I LOVE THIS PICTURE!! THIS IS ALL OF THE COUSINS ON MOM'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY. WE WENT TO TAMMY'S HOUSE FOR DINNER TO SEE UNCLE RONNIE BEFORE HE RETURNED TO NEW YORK. WE HAD DINNER AND ALL OF THE KIDS GOT TO PLAY. THESE ARE THE COUSINS LINED UP FROM YOUNGEST TO OLDEST. ISNT THIS ADORABLE? MY BOYS ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE SO MANY COUSINS TO PLAY WITH.

LUKE CAN BE SO PHOTOGENIC...AND SOOO NOT!!!

LUKE IS SUCH A PRECIOUS BABY!!! HE IS ADORABLE AND COULD MODEL IN A HEARTBEAT. HE DOES HAVE HIS MOMENTS IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA WHERE SOMETHING GOES INCREDIBLY......WRONG. THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE DAYS. I DONT KNOW WHERE THIS FACE CAME FROM BUT BOY IT IS SCARY. LOVE YOU, LUKIE!!

FISHING FRENZY

WE LOVE GOING TO SUSAN'S DAD'S POND TO FISH WITH THE BOYS. WE CAUGHT A TON OF BLUEGILL THIS DAY. MILES ALSO CAUGHT HIS FIRST LARGE MOUTH BASS. LUKE THREW THE POLE OUT A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT MUCH PREFERRED THROWING ROCKS IN THE "FIVER" AS HE CALLS IT. I BET HE AND I THREW A HUNDRED ROCKS. IT WAS SUCH A NICE DAY. HER DAD LIVES IN THE COUNTRY AND LUKE CONVIENTLY HAD TO POOP.....HE AND I HAD TO MAKE A TRIP TO THE CLOSEST GAS STATION. IT WAS A CLOSE ONE.....BUT WE MADE IT. TOO FUNNY.

AN ANGEL SLEEPS

LUKE GOT SO TIRED THAT HE JUST LITERALLY FELL OUT ON THE FLOOR. I LOVE TO WATCH MY BABIES SLEEP. I THINK MAYBE ONE DAY I WILL CUT THE CORD AND MAKE LUKE SLEEP IN HIS OWN BED....THERE WILL PROBABLY COME A DAY SOONER THAN LATER THAT I WISH HE WAS STILL LITTLE AND BEGGING TO SLEEP WITH ME.

FIRST TOP TOOTH

MILES HAS LOST 2 BOTTOM TEETH BUT NOW WE HAVE LOST A TOP ONE. IT HAS BEEN STICKING STRAIGHT OUT FOR A WHILE NOW BUT GETTING NEAR HIS MOUTH WAS CLOSE TO THE END OF THE WORLD. IT IS A MAJOR ORDEAL TO PULL HIS TEETH. IT LITERALLY REQUIRES A TEAM OF GROWN MEN. AS SOON AS IT IS OUT...HE IS FINE AND READY TO GO. HE IS SOOO CUTE AND THE TOOTH FAIRY WAS VERY GENEROUS WITH 10.00 FOR THIS ONE. LOVE YOU SNAGGLE TOOTH MILES.

LUKE'S "GIRLFRIEND" KENNEDI

SUSAN AND I TOOK THE KIDDOS OUT FOR LUNCH ONE DAY. LUKE LOVES KENNEDI. UNPROMPTED, THEY JUST BEGAN FEEDING EACH OTHER FRENCH FRIES. IT WAS ADORABLE. GLAD I WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE A COUPLE OF PICS WHILE THEY WERE ADMIRING EACH OTHER. TOO MUCH FUN.

TEE BALL ALL STARS

MILES MADE THE TEE BALL ALL STAR TEAM...WOOOO HOOO!!! DADDY WAS ASKED TO COACH THE TEAM. WE WERE SO EXCITED. LOTS OF PRACTICES GETTING READY FOR THE TRAVEL TO FRANKLIN. WE WERE UP AGAINST SOME GREAT TEAMS. THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR THERE WAS A TEE BALL TOURNAMENT SO MILES MADE HISTORY. WE LOVED EVERY SECOND OF THE 99 DEGREE TEMPS. WE WERE SO PROUD OF OUR TEAM. GO STORM!!!

BOB THE BUILDER

THE BOYS AND I HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME GOING DOWNTOWN TO SEE BOB THE BUILDER. MY FRIEND WAS SOOO SWEET AND GOT US GREAT TICKETS SOOO CLOSE TO THE STAGE. THE BOYS GOT TOOL BELT SOUVENIERS AND ENJOYED THE SHOW. I LOVE DOING THINGS LIKE THIS WITH THEM.

BLAKE'S BACHELOR PARTY

WELL WE HAD A NIGHT OUT ON THE TOWN AFTER A POKER GAME....THIS WAS OFFICALLY BLAKE'S BACHELOR PARTY IN GOOD OLE G-TOWN. WE DANCED THE NIGHT AWAY AND HAD A BLAST. GLAD WE COULD ALL ENJOY THE EVENING.

GENERATIONS

WE VISITED WITH PAW PAW AND GRANNY AT GAY AND JERRY'S HOUSE. PAW PAW WAS ABLE TO GET UP AND ABOUT FOR A WHILE THIS DAY. HE WENT OUTSIDE AND WATCHED THE BOYS PLAY BASKETBALL AND GOT TO SEE OUR NEW VAN. I LOVE THIS PICTURE...OF COURSE IT IS A LITTLE BLURRY BUT I LOVE IT JUST THE SAME.

LEMONADE ANYONE?

THE KIDS DOWN THE STREET HAD A STAND SET UP SELLING VEGETABLES FROM THEIR GARDEN ONE DAY....WE STOPPED TO BUY SOMETHING FROM THEM. MY BOYS DECIDED THEY WANTED TO HAVE A VEGETABLE STAND....I EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT WE DIDNT HAVE A GARDEN BUT WE COULD HAVE A LEMONADE STAND ONE DAY. THEY KEPT AFTER ME FOR DAYS. FINALLY, I CAVED AND BOUGHT ALL OF THE STUFF, SET UP THE TABLE, MADE THE POSTER, AND GOT OUT THE UMBRELLA. MY FEAR WAS THAT NOONE WOULD COME SO I TEXT ALL OF MY FRIENDS TO STOP BY THAT DAY. WHAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE A LITTLE LEMONDADE FUN, TURNED INTO A 37.00 PROFIT FOR MY BOYS. THEY LOVED IT!! THEY HAD LOTS OF CUSTOMERS AND GOT LOTS OF TIPS. WHAT A GREAT TIME!! WE EVEN HAD OUR PRETEND CASH REGISTER OUT THERE. IT WAS A GOOD LESSON IN COUNTING MONEY FOR MILES TOO. I WILL NEVER FORGET IT.

LUKE HAS HAD ENOUGH....

WHEN LUKE HAS HAD ENOUGH OF SOMETHING YOU MIGHT AS WELL CALL IT A DAY. HE IS VERY OUTSPOKEN ABOUT WHAT HE WANTS. WE WERE AT MILES' TROPHY PRESENTATION CEREMONY FOR TEE BALL AND IT WAS LOOOONNNGG. LUKE FINALLY PLOPPED DOWN IN THE GRASS WITH HIS FAMILIAR BALLPARK RING POP AND GAVE UP.....LUCKILY, MILES GOT HIS TROPHY EARLY AND I WAS ABLE TO LEAVE WITH LUKE AND LET KYLE AND MILES FINISH OUT THE CEREMONY. YOU GOTTA LOVE OUR LITTLE "GROUCHO."

T-BALL TEAM GOES TO THE SOUNDS GAME

KYLE GOT TOGETHER WITH SOME PARENTS AND KIDS FROM THE TBALL SEASON AND THEY WENT TO A SOUNDS BASEBALL GAME. I DONT KNOW WHERE I WAS THIS NIGHT BUT I WASNT THERE.....MUST OF HAD SOMETHING GOING ON. ANYWAY, THE BOYS HAD A GREAT TIME AND LOVED WATCHING THE MASCOT, OZZIE, WHO CAME INTO THE STANDS FOR AN UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL HELLO.

GALLATIN CITY POOL

WITH SOME HESITATION LUKE FINALLY WENT DOWN THE BIG SLIDE WITH HIS DADDY. HE SAID, "THAT WAS FUN" AND THEN DIDNT WANT TO GO AGAIN. MILES, ON THE OTHER HAND, WENT ABOUT A HUNDRED TIMES. HE LOVES IT. THIS IS THE DESTINATION HE HAS CHOSEN FOR HIS BIRTHDAY PARTY. HE LOVES IT.

TOUR A VEHICLE DAY AT MOSS WRIGHT PARK

NENE AND I TOOK THE BOYS TO "TOUR A VEHICLE DAY" AT MOSS WRIGHT PARK. THE BOYS WERE ABLE TO TOUR ABOUT 20 DIFFERENT VEHICLES, HONK HORNS, CLIMB ABOUT, AND DRIVE. THEY HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME. WE MET MIA AND AIDAN THERE. LUKE LOVED THE "DIGGER" AND MILES LOVED THE HUMMER. WE ENDED THE TRIP WITH LUNCH AT MCDONALDS AND PLAYTIME THERE. IT WAS A HOT ONE BUT A GREAT DAY.

AQUARIUM RESTAURANT

THE BOYS AND I VENTURED TO THE AQUARIUM RESTAURANT AT OPRY MILLS ON A RAINY SUMMER DAY. WE MET GIGI AND BUDMAN THERE. WE ATE AT THE AQUARIUM WHILE ENJOYING ALL OF THE FISH AND WATCHING THE SCUBA DIVER FEED THEM. IT WAS A GREAT TIME. AFTER WE ATE, WE TOOK A BEHIND THE SCENES TOUR ON HOW THE AQUARIUM WORKED. THE BOYS ENJOYED LOOKING DOWN OVER THE TOP OF THE AQUARIUM. WE THEN WENT TO PET THE STING RAY AT "STING RAY BAY." IT WAS A GREAT DAY.

UNCLE BLAKE AND AUNT SUZANNE'S WEDDING

THE WEDDING CEREMONY WAS SO MOVING. SUZANNE'S DAD DID A GREAT JOB OF TALKING ABOUT SPECIAL MOMENTS IN BLAKE AND SUZANNE'S LIFE. MY BOYS WERE SO SWEET!! MILES WAS THE JUNIOR GROOMSMAN AND LUKE WAS THE RING BEARER/FLOWER BOY....HE HAD HIS OWN BASKET AND HAD TO THROW FLOWERS WITH HALEY. I AM SO PROUD OF THEM. THE RECEPTION FOLLOWED WITH A NICE DINNER AND PLENTY OF ENTERTAINMENT. MY BOYS DANCED TO THE MUSIC. LUKE WAS SOOO TIRED SO HE LEFT EARLY WITH NENE AND PAW PAW....MILES STAYED UNTIL THE FINALE. HE GOT A SECOND WIND AND DANCED THE NIGHT AWAY WITH HALEY. CONGRATS TO THEM BOTH.

THE BOYS AND I AT UNCLE BLAKE'S REHEARSAL DINNER

THE FAMILY WENT TO UNCLE BLAKE AND AUNT SUZANNE'S REHEARSAL DINNER AT HER PARENT'S HOUSE IN ADAMS ON FRIDAY NIGHT. THE BOYS PRACTICED FOR THE WEDDING AND WE HAD A COOKOUT. THEY HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME EXPLORING ALL OF THE LAND THAT HER PARENTS HAVE. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WEDDING TOMORROW NIGHT.

MILES' LAST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN

WHAT A SAD DAY!! LUKE AND I WERE THERE TO CELEBRATE MILES' LAST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN. THEY HAD A GREAT PARTY. WE PICKED UP PIZZA AND SOME OF THE OTHER MOMMY'S BROUGHT GOODIES TOO. MRS. RICE HAD TREAT BAGS FOR ALL OF THE KIDS. WE SAID OUR GOODBYES AND GOT MILES' FINAL REPORT CARD. HE HAD MASTERY IN ALL AREAS. WE ARE SOOO PROUD OF HIS FIRST YEAR OF SCHOOL. WE HAVE MANY MEMORIES AND I AM SO BLESSED TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TEACH PART TIME SO THAT I DID NOT HAVE TO MISS A MOMENT OF HIS VERY IMPORTANT MOMENTS AT SCHOOL. I LOVED VOLUNTEERING IN THE CLASSROOM, EATING LUNCH WITH HIM, GOING ON FIELD TRIPS, FIELD DAY, PARTIES ETC.... I LOVE YOU, MILES. HERE WE COME FIRST GRADE!!

MILES AT TANNER'S BIRTHDAY PARTY

MILES WAS INVITED TO TANNER'S WATERSLIDE PARTY. THERE WERE LOTS OF FRIENDS THERE FROM MILES' SCHOOL. HE HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME AT THE PARTY. HE MUST HAVE GONE DOWN THE SLIDE A HUNDRED TIMES. HE ASKED IF WE COULD GET ONE OF THESE FOR THE BACKYARD...HA HA HA. WE HAD CAKE, WATCHED TANNER OPEN PRESENTS, AND HEADED HOME. THANKS TANNER. GREAT TIME.

LUKE MARCHES TO THE BEAT OF HIS OWN DRUM

THIS IS TYPICAL LUKIE. HE IS HIS OWN LITTLE MAN. SO DIFFERENT FROM MILES. HE LOVES PRETEND PLAY AND HAS A MILLION DIFFERENT FACES. THIS IS HIS "NINJA" FACE. HE THINKS WHEN HE PUTS STICKERS ON HIS BODY AND FACE THAT HE INSTANTLY TRANSFORMS INTO A NINJA. HE IS SHY BUT BOLD, HAS MANY MANY THINGS TO SAY, AND LOVES HIS BROTHER. HE IS A TOUGH GUY...BUT LOOK OUT...HIS WEAKNESS IS A BOO BOO WHICH HE GETS QUITE OFTEN. I LOVE HIM SO. HE IS QUITE THE CHARACTER.

HOUSTON'S SWIM PARTY

MILES AND DADDY WENT TO HOUSTON'S BIRTHDAY PARTY AT THE CIVIC CENTER WHILE LUKE AND I WERE AT ANOTHER PARTY. MILES HAD SO MUCH FUN SWIMMING. HE COULD ALMOST STAND UP IN THE 4 FT. WATER. THE SWIMMING WAS FOLLOWED BY CAKE AND PIZZA. THE BOYS HAD SUCH A NICE TIME. CANT WAIT FOR SWIMMING LESSONS AGAIN THIS SUMMER.

TUCKER'S BIRTHDAY PARTY AT THE METHODIST CHURCH

LUKE WENT TO TUCKER ANN'S BIRTHDAY PARTY AT THE METHODIST CHURCH. SHE HAD A BOUNCY PARTY. THERE WERE LOTS OF KIDS THERE BUT LUKE PREFERRED TO HANG WITH ME...AS USUAL. HE WOULDNT SOCIALIZE MUCH....ESPECIALLY SINCE HIS BROTHER WASNT THERE. HE DID PLAY WITH MADDIE BRIEFLY. WE HAD A NICE TIME AND HOPEFULLY LUKE WILL CONTINUE TO COME OUT OF HIS SHELL.

LUKE AND I REVISIT THE NICU AT BAPTIST HOSPITAL

LUKE AND I RECENTLY VISITED THE NEW EXPANSION OF THE NICU AT BAPTIST. HE WAS THERE FOR THE FIRST 7 WEEKS OF HIS LIFE. I EXPLAINED IT TO HIM THE BEST I COULD AND WE EVEN SAW SOME NURSES THAT WE HAD WHEN LUKE WAS THERE. THIS IS A PICTURE OF HIM STANDING IN FRONT OF THE NEW SIGN. THIS SIGN IS ACTUALLY WHERE THE WINDOW WAS WHERE LUKE'S BED WAS. IT BROUGHT BACK SOOOO MANY MEMORIES AND I AM SO THANKFUL TO HAVE SUCH A HEALTHY LITTLE BOY.

TBALL BACK IN FULL FORCE

COACH DADDY AND MILES ARE BACK ON THE FIELD. THIS SEASON WE ARE THE BLUE SHARKS. IT IS A FULL LOAD FOR KYLE TO HANDLE WITH 14 KIDS THIS YEAR. OPENING CEREMONIES WERE GREAT. THERE WAS A PRESENTATION ON THE FIELD OF ALL TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE ALONG WITH GIFT BAGS FOR THE KIDS. KYLE HAS LOTS OF HELP THIS YEAR WITH AN ASSISTANT COACH AND 2 HELPERS. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO SEE MILES PROGRESS IN HIS LAST TBALL YEAR. NEXT YEAR, TO THE BIG BOYS.....COACH PITCH.

HAPPY EASTER

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!! THE BOYS HAD JUST GOTTEN BACK FROM FLORIDA THE DAY BEFORE. THEY WERE EXCITED TO GET UP AND SEE WHAT THE EASTER BUNNY HAD BROUGHT. AFTER THAT, WE WENT TO SURPRISE GIGI, BUDMAN, GRANNY, AND PAW PAW FOR AN EASTER VISIT. WE HAD SUCH A NICE TIME VISITING WITH THEM. WE HEADED TO AUNT BRENDA'S TO SEE OUR COUSINS AND HAVE AN EASTER EGG HUNT. MILES AND LUKE BOTH FOUND A TON OF EGGS AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME OPENING THEM ALL WHEN WE GOT HOME TO FIND THE TREATS INSIDE. I AM SO GLAD TO HAVE THEM HOME AFTER THEIR LONG TRIP.

BROTHERS

BETWEEN THE FIGHTS THERE ARE MOMENTS....GLIMPSES OF THE BOYS REALLY LOVING ONE ANOTHER. THIS PICTURE CAPTURES THAT MOMENT. THEY ARE BOTH SO PRECIOUS IN THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL WAYS. I NEVER DREAMED THEIR PERSONALITIES WOULD BE SO DIFFERENT AND THAT I WOULD LOVE THEM SO EQUALLY. THEY ARE MY LIFE...MY LOVES...AND THE REASON I BREATHE.

MILES' FIELD TRIP

I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GO ON MILES' SECOND FIELD TRIP TO THE NASHVILLE CHILDREN'S THEATER AND CICI'S PIZZA. WE AT OUR "BRUNCH" AT CICI'S AT 10:00 AM. WOOOOHOOO. PIZZA IN THE AM. WE THEN WENT TO SEE LIBBY'S PURPLE PLASTIC PURSE. IT WAS HILARIOUS AND SWEET. THE KIDS LOVED IT. ONE OF MILES' FAVORITE PARTS OF THE TRIP WAS THE BUS RIDE TO NASHVILLE. I AM SO GLAD THAT I WAS THERE TO SHARE THAT MOMENT WITH HIM.

MASON'S BIRTHDAY PARTY

MILES' FRIEND, MASON HAD A PIRATE PARTY AT HIS HOUSE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. MASON IS IN MILES' CLASS AND SEVERAL BOYS FROM THE CLASS CAME. THEY LIVE ON SEVERAL ACRES OF LAND SO THE BOYS PLAYED IN THE WOODS AND WORE THEIR PIRATE GEAR. MASON'S DAD SET UP A TREASURE HUNT FOR THE BOYS. IT WAS SUCH A NICE TIME AND I AM GLAD THAT MASON INVITED MILES.