VICTORY IS SWEET!!

ROLL TIDE ROLL!! 32 to 13 over Florida! I am still grinning from ear to ear!!! I am so proud of them all!! Great job guys! My girls mad up a cheer for the game that follows!! Another friend wrote this great poem!! Thanks Heath!

More determined than ever the elephants they came & he clapped and he shouted and he called them by name; " Now Cody! Now Mark! Now G Mac & Ro! On Tiffin! On Javy! On Trent and Julio! To the top of the conference to the top of the polls! Rammer Jammer Alabama! Roll Tide Roll!!

I Just Love it. We have been good! Went to Nana and Papas (My mom and dad's) for thanksgiving although it was weird not having Courtney and Marcus there!! But it was great to have dinner with them in town!(They were driving through) We had ablast with the twins, Eric and mom and dad!! The kids got driving lessons in a golf cart! They all did a great job!! I hate that I didnt get to see my big brother at all. He was either working at the shop, on a wrecker call, or working at the deer plant. We did have a feast in a half!! I only gained three pounds!! Life is good!! ! still have to get decorations up!!!! Merry Christmas!! Till next time! Roll tide!

NEW MOON

The wait is finally over!! New Moon is a fantastic adaptation of the book!!! Thank you! Thank you goes to Chris Weis for staying very close an true to the book!! You did a phenomenal job!! As did all of the cast!! I am so ready to see it again and again!! Jon and I had a fabulous date night!! We had a scrumptious dinner at Red Lobster and then went on over to the theater where we ran into bunches of friends!! The theater we first went into had no good seats left so we asked if we could wait int lobby for the next one to open up!! Oh it was so worth it!! Front row with the foot rest!! Couldn't be better!! They opened it up at 10, so we quickly got to know the people around us!!! It is always Mzing when a movie like this can give common ground to a 12 year old, college student, teenager, 37 year old and 50+. We have been given something special that I hope with changes in the directors, will still remain true to the story. It was so great!!! Now I have marked my calendar for presidents day in February for the movie of The Lightening Theif based on the novels by Rick Riorden!! Great teen series!! I couldn't put them down!! Enjoy one and All !!

Apple Picking in Elijay, GA

Courtney you are slacking... this is three posts in three days? Whats up?

I know its late this year, but we made it again to our anual apple picking trip. There was only one apple still up in the trees.... the Rome Apples. They are huge and ofcourse were fun to get. We broke one of the rules and let our kids climb the tree to get them...Yes, we made sure it was big enough to hold their weight first. It was a lot of fun, they had a petting zoo there too. Anna fell in love with one of the baby goats. There was this little boy there who was grabbing the pigs tail and following him around while he and the pig squeeled with glee (the boy that is)!
I don't think the pig liked the game quite as much. The hardest part when doing an outing like this one is when you enter the main area and are tempted by all of the baked goods and the jellies, peanuts, ciders, and other goodies for your taking.
I am so excited theat the kids enjoy this family time as much as they do... they have been asking to go for three weeks!! Love it! Needless to say we had an absolute blast just being together they are so much fun!! I think they loved climbing the tree the most.

On the ride home, the girlswere playing in the back of the car and singing some reallly cute songs!! It brought back so many memories of Alison and I playing the same kind of things when we were that age!

1st Round of State Playoffs In the bag!!

Jon had his first round state playoff today in the cold rainy mud!! Yeah!!! They won the game 33 to 20. Our team looked fabulous! They play really well together! It was an exciting game!! Jon is having a great time playing football and really learning alot. I hope he continues to enjoy it!!here are some of my pics from the game... we have someone on the sidelines taking pictures too... I will upload them soon!!

IT's HALLOWEEEEN!!!

Once again, it is Halloween night and all the lively characters are out and about in full fashion. Both Ghouls, goblins and pretty bugs and princesses are having a fun evening in the COLD RAIN!!! I am so glad Keith volunteers to take them on their rounds!!! This year Jon got to go on his own with his close friend Corey and about 6 other guys... He was NEO from the Matrix, Anna was Selena Gomez (AKA Alex), Jessica was Lola Hannah Montana's bff, While Christian was the ever famous Zorro!!! They are still as cute as ever...NOW for Mom and DAD to get their fair share....MUAHHHHH...

new hairdo

Its a whole new me!! I got my first low and Hi light!!! It was soooo much fun and sooo needed!! She said my hair was a mousy brown!!

U've been BUZZED!!

GO WOLVERINES!! ALL THE WAY TO STATE!!

Jon is in his first State Playoff situation and has decided he should have a mohawk to celebrate the season!!! He is still cute as can be if I do say so myself!! Keith actually did the buzz job I just got the chance to clean it up a little. Jon is proud of it!!

THEY'RE GROWING UP!!!

Well it is inevitable isnt it? Jessica is now 8 and has pretty pink earrings in her ears... Jon has gone to his very first Homecoming Dance!!! Is there any way I can slow this down??? Didnt think so..Bummer... Actually when all is said and done, I am enjoying them growing up. They each have their own special traits and idiosyncricies (I think I spelled that right)!!

Jon is a great oldest child. He is responsible and caring. He is easy to talk to and a lot of fun to be around. Anna is so sweet, she has a loving heart and wants to be grown up!! (working on that). Jessica isnt far behind!! She is the shopping and jewelry queen. She is a fashion diva!

Christian is my little big man... He says the funniest stuff sometimes... YO DUDE!! He is a ball of energy!! He was bouncing off the wall today!! FUN!!

Anna is always one for drama.. she has many voices she speaks with and love to play dance and sing!! She smiles constantly, well except when Christian is doing something to aggrivate her!! He is really good at that too!!

Today our house was PROJECT CENTRAL!! Anna and Jessica were both finishing their projects that are due on Friday!!They did a great job! It is always fun especially when they all come in ont the same time!! yea me!! Luckily dad was home today and got to help Jon with his Math!! Fractions UGHHHH....Anyway Life in my house is never boring.. I will try to update more often!!

The absolute best thing about all of them is how well they get along and that they enjoy playing with each other!! I am so proud of each one of them. I look forward to each day we have together. I just have to let them keep on growing dont I!! It is going to be a fun ride!!

WELL Yes we are still Alive and WEll in Atlanta. We have had an awesome SUMMER even though it ended more than 3 weeks ago. We had a great time together and with family. We got to spend some time at the beach, and alot of time at Nana and Papas'. We had swimteam, baseball, birthdays, weddings, Braves games, ER visits, more baseball, just fun swim time and finally we have gotten into football!! So Sorry I have been amiss in keeping everyone updated... If you are in the area, please give us a call!!

I was having trouble posting my snapfish pictures to the blog and so I decided to just post this link instead. Enjoy!!

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