The Woodruffs

Seb's first bday

2009-04-06T09:42:00.000-07:00

We went to Seb's first bday party at Kellye and Chad's Saturday! He is adorable! Kellye's backyard looked like a daycare! HA! So much stuff the kids could play with - and they did. They have this mini roller coaster that is soooo cool - Bekah could have done that over and over and over... she loved it. Also, Nate loved the car and playing ball - future baseball star? :) Okay - let's see - Kellye made two cakes - both delicious! Great turnout - good times!!

Nate's first haircut!

2009-04-06T09:30:00.001-07:00

We took Nate to get his first hair cut on Saturday... Can you tell from these photos how happy he was???? It was horrible - but he was fine once the process was over - it reminded me a lot of how he acts when he meets Santa, the dentist, the Easter bunny, and the list goes on and on - - We got Bekah's haircut too - She is showing him how it's done!! :) Midway through the hair cut - we took off the smock b/c we thought it reminded him of the dentist too much! It didn't help much!

Community Helper Day at Christ Covenant

2009-04-06T09:12:00.000-07:00

CCS held its Community Helper Day on Friday. They got to go around the different stations and find out about a certain field of work - It was fun - I was a group leader and had a WILD group!!

Flying a kite

2009-03-23T08:29:00.000-07:00

We took Bekah, Cate and Nate to Overlook Pointe (where Trey proposed to me) to fly a kite on Sunday afternoon... it was such a beautiful day! We had a blast.. the kids loved this - and they loved looking at all the boats on the Reservoir!! I'd say we had a GREAT weekend!!

Mumu's birthday

2009-03-23T08:21:00.000-07:00

We celebrated Mumu's bday Saturday night - We went to Ichiban Hibachi - we had a great time! The only problem with eating at those HIbachi grills is that you can't talk to everyone - they seemed so far away - that is just my opinion.. but we did have fun.. notice Kelci is not in any of the photos - she just got her wisdom teeth out and refused to be in any!

The ZOO

2009-03-23T08:11:00.000-07:00

We went to the zoo Saturday - it was such a beautiful day -we wanted to take advantage of it! It was definitely a blast! The kids had so much fun!

School Pics '09

2009-03-18T07:59:00.000-07:00

Bekah and Nate's school pics!

So cute!

Look at my sweet babies - they are growing too fast!! :)

Cutie pies

2009-03-16T13:33:00.000-07:00

Look at these cuties! We kept the little ones at Sunday School yesterday!!

Sat. night

2009-03-16T13:21:00.000-07:00

Saturday night we went over to Courtney and Stu's - I seriously feel like we haven't done anything with them in so long! We had a blast! Look at Courtney's shirt! HA!

Natural Science Museum

2009-03-16T11:45:00.000-07:00

It was a gloomy day Saturday so we decided to get the kids out of the house and head to the Natural Science Museum! They, of course, had a blast. Nate did throw a temper tantrum - and yes, I got the perfect picture of him! It was a lot of fun!! :)

Sonny and Susie

2009-03-11T14:24:00.000-07:00

Sonny "Big Dad" and Susie were married in January in St. Thomas (I think) - Their reception was this past weekend. We had a lot of fun and wish them the best! Bekah was their "flower girl" - She had a lot of fun practicing for Becca and JJ's wedding!

Saturday morning

2009-03-11T14:20:00.000-07:00

Saturday morning, we all went to breakfast and went shopping for Bekah's flower girl dress. Jakie also found her a few choices for the mother of the groom dress - we are getting so close to Becca and JJ's wedding! I can't believe it!! Bekah loved this flower girl dress so much! It was the very first one she tried on and she just had to have it! :)

Friday night in B'ham

2009-03-11T14:13:00.000-07:00

We got to B'ham, met Becca and JJ and then headed to meet Susie and Big Dad - During our meal - Bekah lost her tooth!!

For Big Becca and JJ

2009-03-09T14:02:00.000-07:00

We spent the weekend in Birmingham to attend Big Dad and Susie's wedding reception. Big Becca and JJ were there and complained the entire time about the blog - so here ya go!! It just takes so much time to blog and I don't really have as much time as I used to! All I can say is that some of these photos were taken at the reception - dinner - and just hanging out! We had a great time! SO MUCH FUN - and we found Bekah's flower girl dress! Bekah lost another tooth too! When I have more time - I'll post more of everybody else! HA! But this posting is dedicated strictly to Big Becca and JJ!!!! :)

A Bekah funny

2009-01-07T11:27:00.000-08:00

I have a funny story to tell you!
We were in Chic-fil-a the other day (right in the midst of the holiday season) - I had Bekah with me and we were about to turn out and someone cut in front of me and acutally flipped me off! I couldn't believe it!! So I started pointed my finger and yelling, "SHAME ON YOU!!" Well, she had the nerve to flip me off again! So I am complaining about how rude this lady was and Bekah said, "Well, momma - what did you do?" I said, "Nothing at all!! It was that lady's fault." She replied, "Well momma - we are all sinners!"
Let's just say - I immediately calmed down!! HA!

Time Flies!

2009-01-07T11:25:00.000-08:00

It has been FOREVER - I know FOREVER since I have posted anything on the blog - blame it on the holidays, my work or Facebook - but I promise I will do better. I have so so so much to post - I don't even know where to begin!! It may take some time - but I promise to have this blog back and running!!

Happy Birthday Evan!

2008-12-12T09:35:00.000-08:00

It was a very busy Saturday - that's for sure! But we managed to get to Sal and Mookies and celebrate Evan's one-year birthday! I can't believe he is already a year old! WOW!

Angel's breakfast

2008-12-12T09:12:00.000-08:00

Every year Galloway Methodist hosts an Angel's breakfast for the kids. Kim does an excellent job of putting everything together. We had a pancake breakfast and the kids did some crafts - then Kim read the kids a Christmas story. I loved spending time with Trey, Kim, Austin and Cate - I don't know why but Austin did not want to get his photo taken!

Christmas card pics!

2008-12-12T09:09:00.000-08:00

Well, I'm sending Christmas cards out this year and they are quite hysterical! I'll just give you a little bit of what we are going to send out. It was a very difficult time - I mean - Nate did not want to be a part of this and neither did Sadie - I guess gone our the days that everybody sits still and let's me take their photo. Happy was so good at sitting still! Lulu and Bekah were the only ones that behaved! It was pretty funny though!

The Singing Christmas Tree

2008-12-12T08:47:00.000-08:00

Last Friday we met the Steve and Cindy Burton at Keifers and then went to Belhaven to hear the Singing Christmas Tree! It was brrrrrrrrrrr cold!! WE bundled up and sang Christmas Carols!!! It was a blast! We are just so excited about Steve and Cindy - he is our new preacher!! Bekah loves him so much she even asked him to marry her! HA! Cindy and I just laughed and told her that he was already married!! But that when she met her husband - Steve would marry them!! It was sweet!

Santa pics!

2008-12-12T08:12:00.000-08:00

These are serioulsy some of the funniest Santa photos!! Nate was MISERABLE and Santa was so sweet! Look at sweet Bekah - she loves Santa now! I remember a time or two when she was so afraid of Santa - but I don't think she was ever as bad as Nate!! Lisa Patti takes these Santa photos - she does an excellent job! And this Santa is so sweet - I've heard he really has a huge jar full of pacifiers that he gives to his reindeer! Isn't that sweet?!

Let's DECORATE!

2008-12-12T08:01:00.000-08:00

Last week we put up the tree and started decorating. It's really great this year b/c both the kids are sooooooooo into Christmas! Towards the end - Nate decided he wanted to entertain us! He grabbed Bekah's guitar and mic and started jamming out to Hannah Montana!

Happy Birthday Bill!

2008-12-05T12:27:00.000-08:00

We celebrated Bill's birthday the night before we left! Happy Birthday Bill!

Big Dad and Susie

2008-12-04T14:27:00.000-08:00

We had dinner with Big Dad and Susie and breakfast with them the next morning!

Fashion SHOW!

2008-12-04T14:07:00.000-08:00

Bekah had been bugging Grammy since she got to B'ham about dressing up in her clothes! Well, when we got back Thanksgiving night - Grammy made good on her word and let Bekah dress up in her clothes - Bekah had a fashion show!! Look at her strike a pose!

Lights OUT! It's Thanksgiving!

2008-12-04T13:13:00.000-08:00

First - the reason we are wearing name tags is because we were meeting Susie's family for the first time. Now we get to Big Dad and Susie's house and the lights are off. That was at 3 p.m. There was no bad weather - they have underground cables - so we thought that it would be up in a matter of minutes - no worries. An hour later and no electricity and people were to be arriving at any minute! Because Susan (Trey's aunt) lives around the corner -they took the turkey over there and luckily they had most everything ready. John (Trey's uncle) ended up bringing over a generator. It made for a very interesting evening! It was so fun seeing all of Trey's aunts, uncles and cousins! It was nice to meet Susie's family too. Trey entertained us singing "Born in the USA!" He was hilarious. And since there was no form of entertainment - Bekah and Nate stepped up to the plate!! They put on a great show! The food ended up being great and it was a lot of fun - certainly a Thanksgiving to remember for a long time! Only sad part - JJ and Becca weren't there!! We missed them so much! Oh well, only a few more weeks til Christmas!

Thanksgiving in Birmingham

2008-12-04T12:42:00.000-08:00

We got to B'ham last Wednesday and Grammy and Bill had some good food waiting on us! We all ate shrimp and crab legs - YUMMY!

Santa pics!

2008-11-24T12:20:00.000-08:00

Nate did not want anything to do with Santa this year - I was pretty much expecting that - but I still had some hope! We all met at Sweet Dreams to have the kids' photos taken - Haley, Liv and Nate - did not like Santa at all!! So after they had to go through that torture - we tried to get everybody to look at the camera - of course it didn't work - but they turned out cute anyway!! :)

TwiLight NIGHT!!!

2008-11-24T11:37:00.000-08:00

So this was the night we were all waiting for - TWILIGHT night! Sixteen of us went to the movie Friday night. I got there WAY before I needed to and waited for the girls to arrive. Emily Hopkins drove in from Memphis with her friend Laurie. I don't know if you remember or not but about a month ago - it was at Renee's birthday party was at Bonefish. I happened to have just started reading the Twilight series thanks to Kellye. Well, Kellye was out of town and I had NOBODY to talk to about it. I felt like I was losing my mind because I could NOT put the book down. I was on the second book and we had just finished eating and I looked at Joanne to ask her if she had read the Twilight series - she said no but Emily had - It was sooooooooooooooooooooo funny! I started screaming and so did she! SOOO we had mentioned that she should come in town for the opening night! In the meantime - Kellye got back from her trip and we couldn't stop talking about the books! THEN I got Jana and Patrice to read them! And even RENEE started reading them. So Emily decided to come to Jackson Friday night and we gathered a group of people together to go and see the movie - many of the girls who were at Renee's bday party went along with some of my friends! We had a blast!! The group kept getting bigger and bigger! It was a lot of FUN!! We acted like fools - like teenagers at the movie! I told Trey that we went early to the movie to see all the freaks and we ended up being the FREAK SHOW! Kellye, Emily and I wore tshirts! We were definitely in the spirit! IT WAS A BLAST!! THANK YOU GIRLS FOR MAKING THE NIGHT SO MUCH FUN!! and thank you Trey for putting up with my craziness!!

Thanksgiving Party at Christ Covenant!

2008-11-24T11:23:00.000-08:00

Friday was Bekah's Thanksgiving party at Christ Covenant. The kids were adorable! Singing turkey songs and telling the five things they are grateful for! It was a sweet time and I was so happy to be there! Have I told you how much I love this school???? LOL!!

Courtney meets Gubby

2008-11-24T09:07:00.000-08:00

I met up with Charley and Courtney at Keifer's Tuesday Night! I couldn't wait for Charley and Courtney to meet in person! They hit it off immediately!

Football

2008-11-24T07:11:00.000-08:00

When Grammy and Bill came to town last weekend - we all watched Auburn lose! :( They don't seem to be having a very good season this year - oh well, I guess even Auburn has to have a bad year every now and then! But the kids didn't seem to mind!

Duathlon!

2008-11-18T14:16:00.000-08:00

So I did a duathlon on Saturday morning! It was a 5K run/22K duathlon/1 mile run!

I didn't like running twice - I'll be honest - I'd rather do a triathlon anyday! However, it did make it fun that Trey came out with the kids and that Eugene and Jennifer were there to cheer me on! They were so sweet to come out! Eugene has been training me for the past few months! After the race, we went to Primos for a healthy breakfast (yea right)! I've decided to do the New Orleans marathon in February next! I just can't help myself!!!

Grammy and Bill

2008-11-18T14:12:00.000-08:00

Friday night we met Grammy and Bill at China Belle for some good Chinese food!! Nothing better than Chinese - well maybe Mexcian! They came in town for Grandparent's Day at Christ Covenant. I don't have any photos b/c I wasn't there to take them. Betsy was supposed to take some but I haven't gotten them yet!! Apparently it was a whole lot of fun!

TWILIGHT COUNTDOWN

2008-11-12T11:37:00.001-08:00

Couples shower for Story and Todd!

2008-11-12T11:20:00.000-08:00

Story and Todd's wedding shower was Sunday night! It was a couples shower. Because Trey was out of town, Misti asked if I wanted to ride with her - so she was my date! Big Becca was still in town so she said she would keep the kids - so sweet! Look at Elizabeth Mehrle (Todd's sister) - she is having that baby this week - I mean she looks so good - not fair! Anyway, what a good time seeing everyone! Congrats Story and Todd!!!

BECCA and BEKAH

2008-11-12T11:18:00.000-08:00

We loved having Big Becca in town!! She is so special to us and we are sooooooooooooooooooooooo excited she will soon be a Woodruff! We can't wait til July 11, 2009!! WOOHOO!! Thank you Becca for coming into town!! We LOVE you!!

Watching High School Musical 2!

2008-11-12T11:12:00.000-08:00

Saturday night we decided to rent High School Musical 1 and 2 so we could all see High School Musical 3 on Sunday and Big Becca wouldn't be behind since she has never seen them. Anyway, we could only rent High School Musical 2! And we were all DANCING!! Nate was so funny and both Becca/Bekahs were gettin' down. And yes, there is a photo of me dancing that I will never show!! HAHA!

Happy Birthday Lowe!!!

2008-11-12T10:58:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Lowe! We celebrated Lowe's 3rd birthday Saturday! He's such a sweet boy! It was so fun seeing everybody!!

Gingerbread cooking class at Everyday Gourmet!!

2008-11-12T08:12:00.000-08:00

Courtney suggested the girls take a cooking class at Everyday Gourmet! It was so cute and the girls had so much fun! And yes, Now Bekah has officially done more cooking than I have - maybe she will start cooking our dinners soon!! HAHA!

Sushi!!

2008-11-12T08:08:00.000-08:00

We ate sushi Friday night!! I think it's so great that the kids love sushi so much!! Bekah's been eating squid salad since she was 2 and Nate loves it just as much!! I had to do my pose for Nate since Trey wasn't there!! LOL!

Big Becca comes to town!!

2008-11-12T08:01:00.000-08:00

JJ and Trey met their father in Florida for a golf trip this past weekend. So Big Becca (JJ's fiance) came to Jackson for a visit! We had the BEST time and look how excited the kids were to see her!! They ADORE Becca - well, we all do!!

CHAR

2008-11-03T09:23:00.000-08:00

We all met up at Char for brunch. Mom, Earl and Kelci joined all of us. We had a great time this weekend with Big Dad and Susie!

The PARK

2008-11-03T09:14:00.000-08:00

Big Dad and Susie took Bekah and Nate to the park. Nate actually went with them and had a blast - that is, until mommy got there. I don't know what it is - he just sees me and he wants to cling and cry like there is no tomorrow!! Oh well, I'm sure he will soon outgrow it. We were just pleased that he went with them - he usually just cries - but he was a happy boy this weekend. Bekah ran into her friends from her old daycare at the park. They just picked up where they left off and had a blast!

Bekah, Nate and Cate

2008-11-03T09:11:00.000-08:00

We ran into Kim and Cate at Primos Sat. morning! They ended up eating with us and I got this great photo of the three of them! :)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

2008-11-03T08:34:00.000-08:00

Halloween was great! Big Dad and Susie came into town to celebrate with us! Bekah was Sharpay from High School Musical and Nate was Elvis - We even dressed up Lulu! We all met at mom's house - the Dennys came along and we started trick or treating! Nate had a hard time keeping up but Trey showed him how to do it. Bekah, Miles and Payton ran off down Carolwood - It really is the best place to trick or treat! And we ran into lots of people! Besides Lulu trying to beat up a big dog - it was loads of fun! However, we didn't trick or treat quite as long as we did last year - we were ready to go as soon as the meltdowns started!!

Covenant Halloween!

2008-10-31T11:27:00.000-07:00

We had so much fun Wednesday night at Covenant Pres. The youth group helped out and they played games and ate lots of CANDY!! YUMMY!

Twilight series

2008-10-31T11:22:00.000-07:00

Okay - I'm cracking up right now b/c Renee posted this photo of me on her blog. I don't know if you know this or not - but I am totally and positively addicted and obsessed about these Twilight series! I have been reading like a maniac. I am on book 4 now. When we went to eat for Renee's bday - I met her friend - Emily - and this is my expression when I found out she was also reading the books and she was just as obsessed as I was!! LOL! I knew this is not a pretty photo of me - but I was that excited!! I was so HAPPY to get to talk to someone about the book b/c my friend - Kellye - who is also reading the book (s) has been out of town for a week!! HAHAHA! Can't you just feel the excitment by looking at my expression!!

Happy Birthday Renee!!

2008-10-29T09:03:00.000-07:00

We celebrated Renee's birthday at Bonefish last night! How much fun! It was great to see how much Renee enjoyed her friends and presents!! I loved seeing everybody too! I love the photo of all of us - I made everybody line up and we got the waiter to take the photo!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY RENEE!

Hudson's Hayride (third annual)!!

2008-10-29T08:04:00.000-07:00

Hudson's Hayride (third annual) was Sunday! This was Todd's first year! Story pulled out all the bells and whistles this year and rented a big slide for the kids to enjoy. Bekah is Sharpay this year from High School Musical. We wanted to dress Nate similar in a rock in roll outfit - it's supposed to have a guitar but it was a mess trying to get him in that costume -so we didn't even try to put the guitar around him! When you put them side by side - they look like 70s dancers! I loved seeing everybody and catching up! Nate didn't keep his costume on for long - He hated it!

A day at the zoo with Courtney and kids!

2008-10-29T07:40:00.000-07:00

On Saturday - Courtney and I took the kids to the zoo! We had a great time! The kids wanted to play on the eggs more than see the animals!

Kelci's Homecoming!

2008-10-27T13:54:00.000-07:00

University Christian's Homecoming game was Friday night and Kelci was a freshman maid - She looked so beautiful! We all were there to support her! Cate and Bekah were so excited to see her! Earl even looked good in his tux! I was surprised to see that they did the whole ceremony before the game. Is that a University Christian thing or do all high schools do that now? Anyway, after the announcing of the queen - Kelci quickly changed into her cheerleading uniform so she could perform during hte halftime show! Trey, Austin and Cate (Kim's out of town) were there along with Niven, Kari, Lezlin, Tressa, Bekah, Nate and me! We were also all very touched when the person over the loud speaker said one of Kelci's favorite hobbies was "Working out with her mother at the gym." We thought that was very sweet! Notice there are no photos of Niven or Austin

Lunch with the Dennys!

2008-10-24T13:08:00.000-07:00

Since I took the day off, Betsy and I decided to take the kids to Jason's Deli! We met Michael! After lunch, we headed over to Betsy's house. She made caramel apples - they were DELICIOUS!! Good times!

Christ Covenant's trip to the Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-24T12:44:00.000-07:00

I was fortunate enough to get to be one of the carpool moms for the pumpkin patch field trip with Bekah's class at Christ Covenant. I was so happy to go (thanks to my new job, I am able to do fun things like this)! The kids did great! Bekah, Mills and Miles were in my car and Mrs. Maris also rode with us! It was so nice to get to know her and we just had a great time. The kids were so good and we couldn't believe the rain held off! Mrs. Maris found a pumpkin vine and gave a little lesson to the class. Mrs. Valentine's class also went! It was so great to get to know Bekah's friends and the moms and teachers! They are all so sweet. I certainly didn't need convincing but the more and more I get to know everybody, the more grateful I am that we chose to send Bekah to this sweet school.

I also volunteered to take photos for their yearbook so I got lots of photos of both classes. I posted them all on my facebook page!

Camp Garaway!

2008-10-22T08:26:00.000-07:00

Covenant held its service at Camp Garaway in Clinton Sunday. It was so great this year especially because of our new preacher - Steve! Bekah loves him! He is so great with the kids! So funny! They also had a zip line and Bekah almost went on it. She had the gear on and was ready to go with one of the older girls - Jane Ashley. When she climbed to the top and realized she had to do it by herself - she quickly climbed back down. I was actually impressed she made it as far as she did! Everybody brought a dish and we ate some good homemade food!! YUMMY!

Pumpkin Patch with Misti and Lowe

2008-10-22T06:43:00.000-07:00

This is the second year in a row that Misti and I have taken the kids to the Nichols-Boyd Pumpkin Patch in Brandon. We had such a great time! Lowe is the cutest! And Misti and I had fun laughing at EVERYTHING! Lowe was very sweet - he would guide Nate back to where he was supposed to be! Misti and I started laughing when we remembered last year we overheard some people calling their kids "littlelins!" And when Misti added an accent - well, I couldn't quit laughing!

Fall into Fun!

2008-10-22T06:36:00.000-07:00

Christ Covenant held its Fall into Fun last Thursday! It had been raining most of the day so they moved most of the booths inside. Bekah had a blast! Of course Bekah wanted a tattoo! Uh oh!

Bekah's first sleep over!

2008-10-13T13:27:00.000-07:00

Bekah spent the night with a friend for the VERY FIRST TIME!! I mean she has spent the night with grandparents - but never a friend. She even chickened out last year when she was going to spend the night with Kim and Trey. So when we went over to Renee and Tal's - Renee suggested Bekah spend the night since they had the day off of school for Columbus Day. I was like - Well, we can certainly try but I don't know if she will make it through the night! I was so expecting to get a phone call! Well, SHE MADE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT!! It is bitter sweet. My little girl is growing up and I was really proud of her that she did it. Renee told me she didn't wake up and she didn't cry and when I called this morning - she didn't even want to talk to me. I must say I had a lump in my throat!! I think this might have been a little harder on me than the first day of Kindergarten!! :) Renee took this photo for me! Here they are having a little snack before they went to bed!

COOKOUT At Renee and Tal's!

2008-10-13T13:06:00.000-07:00

Renee and Tal had us over last night for a cook out! We had a great time! It's always fun to get together with them! Renee and I will just laugh and laugh while Trey and Tal will hardly say a word! HAHAHA! No, Trey and Tal talk a lot more now! :) The kids made us smores! So funny! Renee and Tal made a rope swing in their backyard and that was a big hit! We had hamburgers and smores!! YUMMY - did I mention the smores? The jeep was a big hit as well and Nate wanted to drive in it but the girls didn't think that was a good idea! :) Then the girls played dress up and changed outfits several times! The photo of Renee holding Bekah and looking at Santa in the sky is really cute. Renee's mom used to say every time a helicopter would come by that it was Santa checking to see how the boys and girls were behaving. He was in a helicopter because he was resting the reindeer! As soon as Renee said that to the girls - they straightened up quick! What a cute cute idea! I'm using that one from now on! I must also mention Renee's renovations to her house - SO CUTE!! I love love love the updates Renee!!

Sunday lunch

2008-10-13T12:59:00.000-07:00

I met mom, Earl and Kelci for Sunday lunch at Julep!

Story and Todd's Wedding Celebration!!

2008-10-13T12:32:00.000-07:00

Saturday night we went to Story and Todd's wedding celebration! It was so great to see everybody! Todd called me last year and asked about Story. He asked me to call her and see if she would be interested in going out with him. So I called her and she said yes - I gave Todd her phone number and the rest is history! They were married in August in a family ceremony so friends wanted to get together and throw them something! However, LSU and Florida were playing so a lot of the men snuck off to the room where the game was playing - that's where Misti and I found Clint and Trey!! Congrats Story and Todd!!

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

2008-10-13T12:25:00.000-07:00

Cate spent the night with us on Friday night. The next day Mom and I took them to see the Beverly Hills Chihuahua movie Saturday! It was really a cute movie. Cate is very sensitive and cried during one of the scenes of the movie!! I won't give it away but I even got a little choked up!

Broadstreet!

2008-10-13T11:48:00.000-07:00

We met the Milans at Broadstreet Friday night and we were all exhausted! You can tell by the look on Trey's face that we were all tired. The kids got a little wild! But we had a blast!

Patrice's house!

2008-10-08T14:13:00.000-07:00

Patrice had some of us over to see her new house Saturday! It was so beautiful!! We had a great time and I was glad to see everybody! Nice pose - Dorothy!!

CONGRATS HELEN!!

2008-10-08T13:45:00.000-07:00

Saturday was Helen Exley's wedding! Right after we were married more than 7 years ago - we started helping out with the youth group at Covenant Presbyterian. Helen was a junior - I believe - Anyway, this is NUTS! I can't believe she is married now! Bekah was one of the "bubble girls" at the reception - she passed out bubbles! We were so excited to see Rebecca and Scott - Scott and Rebecca worked with the youth group when we first joined Covenant. We used to have the BEST time with them. They had Tyler when they lived on the same street as we did on St Ann in Belhaven (there were like 4 couples in our Sunday School class living on that street). Now they have 3 kids and Tyler is so big!! We had fun visiting with them and seeing everybody at church! So excited for Helen!! AWE! Bekah and Pryor Mehrle had a lot of fun together as BUBBLE girls! That was such a cute idea and look at the kids table - it was filled with all sorts of treats for the kids - and I saw a few adults at that table too!! So cute! Oh and notice how all the kids sat in the corner! FUNNY!

Happy Birthday Madeleine!

2008-10-08T13:32:00.000-07:00

Madeleine is six years old! Now that's hard to believe! I remember walking in to the daycare to pick up Bekah when she was itsy bitsy and there Madeleine was just watching me pick up Bekah! How funny that they have been friends since they were practically born! Mad goes to JA so we don't get to see her often!!!!!

THE FAIR

2008-10-08T12:23:00.000-07:00

CORN DOGS, CORN On the COB dipped in BUTTER - okay - so I strayed a little off my continuous diet - so what - we had fun! The only downside - I took off Friday afternoon so we could surprise Bekah and Nate and go to the fair. So we ate and ate!!! Then Bekah went on a pony ride. Afterwards we walked to the kiddie rides and sadly they were all CLOSED! They told us they didn't open until 3p.m. and it was 1p.m.!! Well, Bekah started crying but we promised we would come back. So we went to Target, ate snowcones and drove back to the fair - now that's LOVE!! :) The kids really enjoyed themselves! And of course, Bekah met her some new friends!! Bekah also begged to see if the guy with the microphone (you know the one) who is always asking to guess your weight. We decided to let him guess the month Bekah was born and how much Nate weighed! He was wrong on both of them! So they picked out some balls!! Also, look at the slide - Yes, I climbed all the way up with Nate in my arms - it was really kind of scary!

DONUTS with DADS

2008-10-08T12:01:00.000-07:00

Last Friday morning was "Donuts with Dads" day at Christ Covenant. Bekah was so excited she could barely stand it! Normally it is almost impossible to wake Bekah up in the morning (She gets that from her dad!) But Friday morning - she was awake and ready at the crack of dawn! She even took my place and made Trey rise and shine!! It was so cute! I was originally going to go and take photos of the event for the yearbook BUT Bekah REFUSED! NO MOMS ALLOWED! She repeated that over and over! So I gave up. She told Trey that they had made a surprise for all the daddies - And then she told him what the surprise was! "It's a tie!" She added, "You have to guess which one I made for you." Then she told him it would be the first one! Very cute!

Thank you Betsy Denny who was there to take the photos - Trey handed her my camera so she got some great pics!

CONGRATS CARY & AARON!!

2008-10-01T13:45:00.000-07:00

We went to Cary (Kim's sister) and Aaron's wedding Saturday afternoon. Cary looked gorgeous! The wedding was beautiful as was the reception! Of course, Nate didn't sit still for one minute at the wedding so Trey had to go entertain him outside until the wedding was over! But once we got to the reception - Nate and Bekah danced!! It was fun and Cate and Kim looked beautiful too! Oh and yes, so did my brother and Austin - they looked handsome. Most of you know that we call Nate - Nater Gator - well, I saw bought this great outfit that Nate has on with an alligator on it - he wore it to the wedding and people kept asking if we were Gator fans - I guess they wanted to rub it in our faces that Ole Miss had won which was strange since we were at a Mississippi State wedding (not kidding - Kim's family - I have never met more dedicated MSU fans). Anyway, we would just say - Nope! Auburn fans! Okay - one more thing - look how cute it was when Nate saw Kelci at the Crafts Center - he just loves her (don't worry - Big Becca - Nate still loves you the most)!!!!!!! HAHAHA!

Renee the CARNIE!

2008-10-01T13:06:00.000-07:00

Renee invited us to a health fair Saturday morning. She was serving popcorn so we just had to go and cheer for her!! Great job Renee - I think there might be a job opening at the state fair this week! But we had a great time! Nate climbed up by himself on the jumpy thing and climbed up the ladder to go on the slide - over and over - it's just so strange because Bekah didn't start doing stuff like that until she was like 4 - not kidding. It is just another example of the differences b/w boys and girls! So crazy! Bekah loved seeing Mary Bratton and Beau too! They were too cute watching the magician do his balloon tricks! Also they (well - we all) enjoyed popcorn and snow cones!! Yummy!

NEWKS

2008-09-29T13:51:00.000-07:00

We once again had our regular Friday night ritual - this time at Newks so we have a different atmosphere!! HAHA!! And we once again took up the entire restaurant! NO but look at Liv - I really can't talk her! Look at Nate - oh my!

Light the Night!

2008-09-26T13:03:00.000-07:00

Last night, I met some of my friends from work at Light the Night, a walk for the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society. The chamber had a team - Team Debi! Debi, who we work with, is the one standing in between Kellye and me. This was a special night for family members to remember those who have died or suffered from Leukemia/Lymphoma. You all know how special this organization is to me so I wanted to go out to the Braves Stadium and support the cause!

Sunday play date!

2008-09-22T09:37:00.000-07:00

Sunday afternoon we had a play date with Harper Evers! Sara and Harper came over and the kids had a blast! They played outside and got real sweaty (look at Nate's head)! We brought them inside to the air conditioning - where I got a few pics (I just wasn't on my A game this weekend with the camera - I think it was the Auburn loss - yes, I know, when did I become an Auburn fan? I married into it!)

Anyway, the girls came inside and Harper painted Bekah's fingernails and toe

nails. I was impressed! No mess - really!

Deja Vu

2008-09-22T09:29:00.000-07:00

Didn't this already happen? Well, I guess I could have posted the same photos from a couple of weeks ago when the Woodruffs and the Milans braved Outback. Well, we did it again - same table and everything. Everybody behaved (for the most part) - except when Miriam and Bekah went to the bathroom by themselves and I went in there after several minutes to get them. They were definitely up to no good! Look at Miriam's expression to Bekah - she is so funny! We had a great night - as usual - however, the steaks were overcooked this time. Trey got a message from his friend later asking him how his steaks were. Well, Trey didn't see him, but he definitely saw us and he said, "It looks like you were attacked by the paparazzi outside?" Trey said, "Yep - my wife!" I notice I have no photos of Court and Stu! I'm sure there will be a next time! Courtney took our family pic though! Bekah looks so funny!

Happy Birthday Hayden!

2008-09-15T11:12:00.004-07:00

Hayden Smith had his three-year old birthday at Pump it Up yesterday! Bekah and Nate, of course, had a wonderful time - as usual! And do you believe that Kellye made the cake??? Yes - she definitely gets mother of the year! :) It was so yummy! Nate was very very interested in Hayden - he sat there staring at him the entire time! It was pretty funny. I was impressed that Nate sat there for as long as he did. I enjoyed meeting all of Kellye's family - her husband, Chad, is from Mendenhall - so I got a chance to speak with his dad and mom - they both knew my mom and dad (who are both from Mendenhall). I love hearing stories about my dad - that's always special!! Needless to say - it was a great time!! :) We hope Hayden had a special day!!

It's a great day at COVENANT!

2008-09-15T11:12:00.003-07:00

Sunday was certainly a WONDERFUL DAY of celebration at our church, Christ Covenant!

We have been struggling for the past couple of years - our church voted to leave the PC USA church to become a part of the EPC church - it was certainly hard to do that - b/c we lost a lot of members. Many who disagreed, many who were sick of the controversy, the uncertaintly - I really can't say I blame them. But Trey and I believed we needed to stay at Covenant. We fell in love with that church almost 10 years ago - before we were married. We joined the church and got married in the church, Bekah and Nate were baptised there - we have so many friends that go there - we didn't want to leave. Yesterday we were overwhelmed with joy - our new preacher - Steve Burton - gave his first sermon and boy, did he not disappoint! We couldn't be happier. He and his wife, Cindy, are the sweetest! We are already joking around b/c everytime I see them - I attack them with hugs and a loud"WE ARE SO EXCITED." I just really can't stop smiling. One of the greatest things about him - he loves loves loves the children and we seriously couldn't be happier about that. Our interim preacher had taken away our children's sermon (bitter -yes.) And when Steve gave all of the kids a high-five during the children's sermon yesterday - I'm not kidding - I seriously almost cried. Also - he quoted Ricky Bobby in Talladega Nites - not kidding! I am looking so forward to Steve and his time at Covenant. We welcome them with open arms! And yes, we had a reception after church yesterday and our worship committee surprised them with a little blue grass music! The kids had a ball! Let me tell you that Steve is the one with the beard in the very first photo - his wife Cindy is in the group photo in the black (on the end in the second photo) They have 3 kids - their daughter is the one in the middle of that same photo! YAY!! Oh and Lisa, you would have been so happy! I can't wait for you to come and visit! We miss you!

Happy Birthday Harper!!

2008-09-15T11:12:00.002-07:00

Saturday we went to Harper Evers bday party at Deep South Cheer. It was a lot of fun! Courtney took a photo of my shoes - b/c we were sitting there and she goes, "Jenny, your feet stink!" I was like, "Thanks a lot!" Well, it ended up being that it wasn't my feet that stank!! Needless to say - Courtney apologized! :) Also, we thought Trey or Trey thought he had broken his ankle on one of those jumpy things! Thank goodness he didn't - although it is really bruised - we are too old to be getting in those things, I guess! It does take a lot out of you!

Dog Days!

2008-09-15T11:12:00.001-07:00

We went to the Dog Days of Summer Sat. at Laurel Park for CARA - a no-kill animal shelter in town. We met up with the Milans - Trey was late - he was delivering food for Meals on Wheels with the church. The Milans decided to go after eating some delicious barbecue. We stayed for a little while longer. Bekah enjoyed getting her face painted like a cat and really thought Miriam's tattoo was cool so she got the same one on her arm! She was devastated when it smudged a little - only for a minute! My favorite photo is the one of Courtney with the dog in the background!! CUTE!

Logans!

2008-09-15T11:12:00.000-07:00

Friday night we met up with the Milans and the Boyds at Logan's. It was really fun. The photo of Liv sitting in the man's lap really makes me laugh - she had no idea who he was - she just ran up to him and gave him a great big hug. You could tell that made his night - he looked like your typical granddaddy!! It was cute! I am laughing also at the photo of Nate in the middle of the bushes - also, I'm making it a point to make sure we get a family pic at least once during the weekend and we did! Trey looks overly excited!! :)

A Bekah funny

2008-09-11T07:36:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I picked up Bekah from school and they had made all these paper crowns. So she was wearing one. Well, we were on our way home and I said, "We need to clean the house so I'll need your help." She didn't say anything, just kind of nodded. I could tell she was not in the mood to clean. As we were getting out of the car, I said, "Okay little Queen, let's go clean the house." She replied, "But queens don't clean!" I paused for a moment, then laughed! What a smart girl!!

Happy Birthday Madison!

2008-09-08T12:50:00.001-07:00

We went Sunday to Madison's birthday! Madison is a sweet girl in Bekah's class at Christ Covenant. Madison, Maddie and Bekah are big buddies at school! We also saw Harper Evers! We didn't realize they knew Madison but apparently they were at Beth Israel together. Trey brought Nate to me just before the party ended so he was able to enjoy some cake and ice cream!

Fridays with the Milans!

2008-09-08T12:31:00.000-07:00

Friday night we met up with the Milans for dinner at Outback! It really has been a while since we have eaten out together (a while for us is like 2 weeks). So it really was so much fun! A couple of funnys - First - I know I look crazy in that family photo - of Trey, Nate, Bekah plus Miriam!! HAHA! Bekah was asked to bring a family photo and we looked and looked and the only one we could find was the one on my blog banner - well, that was taking a while back and Nate isn't even looking at the camera - so I am determined now to always get a photo of the four of us whenever we are anywhere! So as Courtney was taking it - Miriam jumped in - I thought it was so cute and Courtney actually tried to cut out Miriam's head when she was taking the photo! This is going to be a keeper for sure.. then I'm sure you wonder why there is a photo with half of Courtney's head cut off - well, a few years ago when we went to Gulf Shores- we had this girl take a photo of all of us at Lulus and as soon as we looked through the photos - this is what she took - it looked just like that one!!! So now Trey decided to be funny and take that photo!! Good one! Let's see - look how cute Nate and Liv are - they are already loving on each other - Bekah and Miriam were also so cute!!

More lake photos!

2008-09-05T13:21:00.000-07:00

We really had a great time at the lake! The weather couldn't have been better!! :) We swam and had a great time with Grammy and Bill - thanks so much for having us! We had a blast!