The Krashner Family

Oranganizing the cabinets!

2011-01-11T11:56:00.008-05:00

The snack cabinet. I cleaned this out before I took a before picture. We use a lot of containers to keep snacks fresh.

This cabinet always looks like this. Albert put stops on the bottom two cabinets so we can put cans on there sides so we can get more cans in the cabinet.

Food cabinet before: ( I already started taking stuff out before I remembered the pictures)

Food cabinet after:

Tupperware cabinet before:

The tupperware cabinet after:

Cleaning out all the clutter!

2011-01-11T11:33:00.012-05:00

Our office before I cleaned. I need to clean behind the cabinets lol

I started cleaning out before I took pictures so here is the after on the kids closets.

The way we have Bailee's closet organized.

Bailee's Clean Closet

Dish pan tubs that we have all Bricen's toys organized and labeled.

Bricen's clean closet.

Wow it's been almost 2 years...

2011-01-05T13:22:00.002-05:00

Hard to believe that it has been almost two years since I last blogged. Life is passing us by and we just dont have enough time. I am going to try to keep up a little better now. Blogging was something that I really enjoyed. Bailee will soon be turning two, Bricen will be turning 6 and Albert and I have our 10 year anniversary approaching in May. Hope to be posting stuff in the near future. Feels good to be back!

Bored!

2009-03-14T14:53:00.003-04:00

I went to the Dr. yesterday and my blood pressure was 134/94 my NST monitoring was fine. The baby was very active and the Dr. assured us that the baby is very healthy. The bad news was I had protein in my urine. So he decided it was time to send me over to the hospital for a 24 hour urine test. So I will have been here for 24 hours at 3:00 which is just a few minutes from now. We are unsure what is going to happen from there. He told us yesterday there were several things that could happen. They would not decide anything until they got the results from my test. So we are either going to be induced today. Be asked to stay until Wednesday and they induce then orwe will get sent home then I will go to the Dr. Tuesday afternoon to have my cervix rippened and then I will report to the hospital Wednesday morning for Dr. Peach to get this party started. We would like to go ahead and have a baby since we are already here. What's a few more days when I am scheduled for an induction for this Wednesday. Well they just came and got my jug.
I had some bacteria in my urine yesterday so today they had mentioned starting me on an antibotic and I also have had a cyst come up that they are watching as well. So I am anxious to see what is going to happen.
We are getting bored. Bricen has been up here to see us twice. We miss him and we hope he is being good.
He has said from the day we told him I was pregnant that I was having him a brother well he has changed his mind in the last couple of days and he thinks its a girl now. He wants a pink bow for our door. So it will be interesting to see what this baby is. I hope it will be sooner than later.

Remodeling

2009-03-09T17:18:00.006-04:00

Albert started tearing our house apart the first of January and then he seperated his shoulder by being a big kid and was out of work and out of doing anything for 3 weeks. He was working on Bricen's room when he was injured. I have a few pictures to post of how the remodeling is coming along. Bricen is back in his room. He picked out his favorite color- blue and Albert scraped the popcorn off the ceiling and put down new baseboard and put up new crown molding. He also got a new fan and Albert put a new closet organizer in that has given us so much more organization in his closet. We are also changing out the doors in our house. I have a picture of that as well.
Our room will hopefully be finished tonight. Albert has been working hard on getting our room done. We have all our furniture in the nursery which has NOT been done yet. He scraped all the popcorn off our ceiling. Our ceiling had been painted from the previous owners and it made it extra hard to get it looking good. He added some crown molding in the tray ceiling and new baseboard. Albert wanted to paint the room green and I picked out the color. He doesn't really care for the color but I like it. I have a picture of what it looks like right now and I will post more as we progress through the week. He has until next Tuesday to get my house back in order since we will be going to the hospital on Wednesday to have this baby.
He hopes to start the nursery tomorrow!

Which one will it be?

2009-03-09T17:00:00.002-04:00

Amy had us some really cute bows made to match the dress so I wonder if she will be wearing them home of if he will be in blue.

Diapers Diapers Diapers

2009-03-09T16:50:00.002-04:00

We have had two diaper showers. We have 1895 diapers and 1770 wipes. I wonder how long they will last us? Diapers are great when you already have one child and you really don't need anything else.

SNOW!!! March 1-2 2009

2009-03-09T16:26:00.010-04:00

Bricen had so much fun in the snow! Albert and Bricen played in the bathroom sink with the 4-wheelers Sunday night and that was great entertainment for Bricen. Then they played outside all afternoon and they went to our old house and rode the rhino. Derrick, April, Champ and Chloe came over and we ate lunch and the kids played outside for a little while and then the guys took the kids over to ride 4-wheelers and the rhino over at our old house. April and I had some quite time and we played cards. The kids had so much fun in the snow and were wore out that evening.

Last Pictures of a Family of 3

2009-03-09T15:58:00.002-04:00

Peanut

2009-03-09T15:54:00.002-04:00

I have had two Dr. visits since I last updated. Everything is going good. I saw Dr. Peach this past Thursday and I have had two NST monitorings as well. The baby is doing good and so am I. I have been here on the couch for a little over 3 weeks now and I am on the home stretch. I go back to the Dr. this Friday and I will have another NST. As long as everything is fine they have scheduled me for an induction for Wednesday March 18th! I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. So I should have a baby by next Thursday. I have felt like this baby was a girl. I felt like Bricen was a boy but I am starting to second guess myself with this one. I had a feeling all day yesterday that its a boy. So it will be very interesting to see.

Update on Peanut!

2009-02-22T16:41:00.003-05:00

We went to the Dr. to have an ultrasound 2 weeks ago to make sure my placenta had moved away from my cervix and it had so that was great news. My blood pressure was up a little bit and it had been up a little bit at my appointment 2 weeks before that. So Dr. Peach told me to start resting 2-3 hours on my left side and if that didn't work I would be put to bed. A week ago this past week I was getting ready and my blood pressure shot up. So I haven't done much of anything since then. I have been laying around on the couch resting trying to get my blood pressure down. Our insurance will not cover any complications since I had high blood pressure with Bricen. So I am doing my best to keep in down. I went back to the Dr. on Friday and my blood pressure was up higher than before. I have 5 weeks left and he told us to plan on having this baby within the next 2-4 weeks depending on my blood pressure. He told me to continue doing nothing and to do my best to keep my blood pressure down. So I am home doing much of nothing. I am going to the Dr. weekly and I go back Friday and I have a NST to monitor the baby this Friday.

Time is passing us by!

2009-01-20T18:10:00.002-05:00

WOW- How time is passing us by so fast. I haven't blogged in over 2 months because we have been so busy and every time I look at this blog I get overwhelmed because I am so far behind. Just when I think I am catching up I fall behind on something else. So I am just going to start with now and move forward and not try to go back over the last couple of months. We had a great Christmas and it went by way to fast.
Peanut will be here in less than 10 weeks. I tell you the past 7 1/2 months have flown by so fast. Albert and Bricen have named the baby Peanut. I am not sure where that name came from. Albert started tearing our house apart about 2 1/2 weeks ago. He was just getting started good and he decided to jump on a blow up kid slide as the air was going out and he seperated his shoulder so he has been out of work and on the couch. He hasn't been able to do much of anything but rest. Today he started messing around in Bricen's room getting it ready to be painted. He scrapped the popcorn off the ceiling and has put up new crown and base board. When he gets done with everything it's going to look like a new house. We have lived here for 2 1/2 years and we have only done our office. Albert made a room that was just like a little playroom into our office and put cabinets and painted it. I will post pictures once everything is done. I hope to blog again before long. Hope everyone has had a great new year!

A little peep at Baby K #2

2008-11-26T08:17:00.003-05:00

We went to the Dr. for our 20 week ultrasound on November 13th. The baby was a little hard to get to do what the tech needed for all her measurements so we were in there a little longer and she had to keep moving my stomach to get the baby to move. It didn't want to cooperate very well. We don't find out the gender. We like waiting until the end. She said it was a good thing we didn't want to know because we probably wouldn't have been able to tell because it wouldn't cooperate. We got pictures but we couldn't get a good profile picture. The baby is looking at us. It was very active while we were in there. It kept putting it's legs up around it's head and it would lay it's arms on it's head as well. I am a little scared this baby is going to be very active. I was very active as a baby and child that it truely scares me. I was bad.

October went by so fast!

2008-11-01T16:43:00.007-04:00

Our pumpkin that we carved!

My cute Fireman!

Bricen and Chloe at the Apple Orchard picking out their pumpkins

Bricen and I at Disney on Ice

Bricen playing soccer.

Wow how the time passes us right by. We have had a very busy month. I kept waiting to have a slow week but it never happened and looking ahead I don't think things will slow down until after the first of the year.
We went to Windy Hill Apple Orchard for Bricen's field trip. The kids got to hear a story about Johnny Appleseed, take a hayride, make a scarecrow, pick out a pumpkin, pick out some apples and eat a snack. We went to lunch with April and Chloe afterwards.
I had my 10 year class reunion on October 11th. There was a couple of us that planned for months and boy was that so more job. It was a great idea until the week of. We went to the home football game on Friday night. Then I was at the Larne building we were having the class reunion at 6:45 AM on Saturday morning to decorate. We left there to go to Courtney's at 11:15 for lunch with those that wanted everyone to meet their families. Then we had to go get balloons blown up and finish decorating. I got home at 5 PM to take a shower and I headed back up to the Larne building at 6:00. We had a babysitter. The first time ever. My mom had her class reunion and Albert's mom was out of town. Albert meet me at the Larne building at 7:00. We had a great time. It's hard to believe all that planning and it was gone like the blink of your eyes. I got home at 2:00 AM and I was wore out.
My 28th birthday was October 12th. Needless to say I was a little wore out on my birthday. We went to church and then to my mom and dad's for lunch. April took me to the Long Horn for dinner. Albert had deacon training and they didn't want me to be at home on my birthday.
We had the 4th annual kids halloween party. All the kids are getting so big. I hope to get my scrapbook done of the past 4 years so next year I will have it so everyone can see how much the kids have changed over the years. The kids seemed to have a great time.
We went to Derrick and April's after the kid's party to carve pumpkins and eat chili. We had a great time. I can't tell you the last time I carved a pumpkin.
Bricen had soccer games every Saturday. He had a great time. It was fun seeing him play his first sport.
Bricen also had a bad cold for a couple of weeks and we ended up having to take him to the Dr. because his neck was swollen. The Dr. said he thought it was a bacteria infection possibly from when he had step back in September that was still in his system or a sinus infection from the cold. He is feeling so much better and he is eating so much better as well. It's like the antibotic has given him an appetite.
Bricen had a carnival and trick or treating at his school and he had a ball.
We went to some friends house and had a hayride trick or treating around their neighborhood. That was the most trick or treating Bricen had ever done. They had the best neighborhood to trick or treat and the kids had a great time. We don't need candy until next year. Yes, I am serious. Hope everyone is enjoying fall as much as we are.

Pumpkin Bread Recipe

2008-09-24T10:33:00.002-04:00

I love pumpkin bread so I thought I would share this recipe.
Can ya'll tell I love Fall?

Pumpkin Bread Recipe

This recipe makes 3- 9x5 inch loaves

INGREDIENTS
3 cups canned pumpkin puree
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
4 cups white sugar
6 eggs
4 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoons ground cloves

DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 9x5 inch loaf pans.
In a large bowl, mix together the pumpkin, oil, sugar, and eggs. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves; stir into the pumpkin mixture until well blended. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans.
Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour. The top of the loaf should spring back when lightly pressed.

Pumpkin Finger Play

2008-09-24T10:10:00.005-04:00

I got a piece of paper that the teachers handed out yesterday at Bricen's preschool. It was suggestions for fine motor skills. Finger plays was on that suggested list. So I thought I would look and see what finger plays I could find that would have something do with the time of year. Five Little Pumpkins was a finger play Bricen learned last year in the two year old class and he loved it. So I am going to kick it up a notch and let him draw and cut out little pumpkins from orange construction paper then help him draw faces on the pumpkins. Then we will glue the pumpkins to popsicle sticks and use them for this finger play. So I thought I would share this cute little idea.

Five Little Pumpkins

Five little pumpkins were sitting on a gate.
The first one said, "It's getting mighty late."
The second one said, "There are witches in the air."
The third one said, "I really don't care."
The fourth one said, "Let's run, run, run."
The fifth one said, "It's Halloween fun!"
"Whooo" went the wind, and out went the light,
And the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight.

Here is another finger play you can use with the popsicle sticks.

Five Little Pumpkins

5 little pumpkins at my door
A neighbor came and took one then there were 4
4 little pumpkins under a tree
Along came a farmer and then there were 3
3 little pumkins looked so new
I gave one away then there were 2
2 little pumpkins laying in the sun
Grandma made a pie now there is just one
I then made a jack-o-lantern, wasn't that fun?

Here is a cute website with crafts and activities.

http://www.angelfire.com/dc/childsplay/Halloween.htm#Activities:

I love this weather!

2008-09-24T09:54:00.004-04:00

You sure can tell that fall is in the air. We have had some great weather this week. I wish it could be this way year round. Low humidity with sunshine and that cool breeze. Fall is one of my favorite seasons. I am so excited that I can now put out my fall decorations. Since Albert has lost so much weight we have some extra clothes and Bricen and I are going to make a scarecrow. So that should be a lot of fun. Happy Fall Ya'll!

A little catching up!

2008-09-22T14:47:00.002-04:00

We have been busy. We have been enjoying Friday night football. Albert and I went to Georgia last weekend four-wheeling and we had some friends that came on Saturday to ride with us. We had a great time and Albert and I were both down that we left Bricen at home so we packed up and came home Saturday night. We picked him up from his Papa and Nona's on Sunday morning. It was nice for Albert and I to have a little time away. Albert took me to my favorite resturant California Dreaming on Friday night on our way to Georgia. Albert bought a back seat for the Rhino for Bricen to ride and it has a harness seatbelt just like his carseat but I just wasn't ready for him to go start riding the trails. I guess he is old enough since he will be buckled up and wearing a helmet and the trails are not bad.
Bricen has been playing soccer. He has a great time running around. Not so sure he knows exactly what is going on but it's never to young to learn. I will post some pictures of him in his uniform. They are all so cute.
Bricen had his first experience this weekend with strep throat. He started not feeling well on Saturday and he was complaining with is throat hurting and since my nephew had strep on Thursday and they had been together on Wednesday I decided to go on and take him to the Dr. I went to the Minute Clinic at CVS and it was great. We were in and out with medicine in our hands in 25 minute. He is doing much better and we are praying no one else gets sick.
I have had several Dr.appointments since I last blogged and everything is going great. I was 13 weeks this past weekend. It sure is flying by. My blood pressure is great and I am praying it stays that way. With Bricen it was already high and I was already taking medicine. I go Wednesday for an ultrasound so that will be exciting! Dr. Peach promised me last Wednesday that he would not let me go over March 29th!!! I was tickled with that news. Bricen's birthday is April 2 and I would love NOT to have them on the same day. Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying this cooler weather as much as we are. Take care!

Bricen's first day of 3 year old preschool!

2008-09-03T19:58:00.004-04:00

Bricen's first day of 3 year old preschool! He was excited other than the fact he was going to have new teachers. He didn't understand why he couldn't have his old teachers. It's so hard to believe how fast they grow. It just seems like he was starting the 2 year old class last year.

Baby Update

2008-08-07T15:39:00.002-04:00

I went to the Dr. Monday for my confirmation to know I am for sure pregnant. The nurse came in and she said you are for sure pregnant. I laughed and told Albert I am glad we know for sure four pregnancy test later that have all said positive.
I pulled something in my back on Sunday and was feeling a little bit of pulling in my left side so they did an ultrasound just to make sure everything was ok. It was and we got to see the baby and hear it's heartbeat. That is so amazing at 6 weeks you can see that little raisin and hear it's heartbeat. That was a sigh of relieve just to know everything looks great.
They gave me a due date of March 29th. I go back to the Dr. on the 18th for my work up. So that will be my first real appointment.
I have been a little tired and I have been trying to rest in the afternoons to help with that. I do not remember being as tired with Bricen as I am with this one. I guess taking care of a three year old is the difference the second go round.
Bricen is excited! He was so cute Monday. He came in the bathroom while I was in the shower. He said, "Mommy, you got to go to the Dr.?" I said "yes." He said, "Are they going to check your baby?" I said, "yes." I thought that was so cute!

We're going to be a family of four!

2008-08-01T22:21:00.005-04:00

I am pregnant! I was a bit surprised on July 21st when I found out I was pregnant. I knew just about all day and wasn't going to tell Albert for a couple of days. Although my husband is pretty observant. So he asked me that Monday night if I was pregnant and I blew it off and it made me get all nervous so I decided to tell him. I had taken a picture of Bricen in a shirt that said I am the big brother so I walked back to my room and got that picture and the pregnancy test. I took it out in the den and handed it to him. It felt like someone had lifted a ton of bricks off of my shoulders. It felt so good to be able to tell someone. We were very surprised. We wanted to wait and tell our parents together and the first time we could get them together was tonight. We had our parents over for dinner and I went back to the bedroom and changed Bricen's shirt and he got to come and out and show it off. He had no clue what was going on. We had not told him. We knew he would tell. Everyone was shocked. I go to the Dr. on Monday but with calculations I am due March 28th. 5 days before Bricen's birthday. We are so excited! Albert's face was worth a million. He was smiling from ear to ear. I will keep you posted!

A few funny things about Bricen

2008-07-30T10:08:00.003-04:00

We were on our way to the beach and Bricen was talking about Chickens and he told Albert and I, eggs come from chickens. So I said,"well what comes out of cows" and he answered poop. That wasn't what I was looking for but he wasn't wrong either. He never cracked a smile but Albert and I sure did.
Albert has Bricen saying look daddy there's a hottie. So Saturday Albert and Bricen went to Sam's and on the way Bricen said, "daddy, mommy isn't a hottie" and Albert said, "you don't think your mommy is a hottie" and he said, "no her not have hottie clothes." So I am guessing all the hotties Albert is pointing out has daisy dukes and halter tops on.
We got to Bible School last night and Bricen was all upset because he had on blue jean shorts and a t-shirt. He said, "Mommy you forgot to put my church clothes on." He is funny about what he wears.

Bricen is potty trained!

2008-07-21T09:07:00.003-04:00

I couldn't wait for Bricen to be potty trained but he was not ready until he had his mind set on doing it. I bought Mack the truck from Cars and put it up on top of the frigerator and we told him when he was potty trained he could get it. With Bricen going to preschool and my moms we waited until school was out so there wouldn't be so many people involved with trying to get him potty trained. So the first week he was out of school we started. Monday June 3 we started and it went great. It didn't take long and he had it down pat. He had about 2 accidents that week and I knew it was a great idea to wait. He had his mind set to do it and he did. So he got his Mack truck and he has been doing great ever since. I said potty training was the worst thing I had to get him to do and once he figured it out it didn't take but a few days. He wears big boy underwear all the time now. He doesn't even have accidents at night!

Insurance covered it!

2008-07-21T08:23:00.002-04:00

We found out last week while we were on vacation that insurance was going to cover our stolen 4-wheeler. So we were happy with that news. Yes, it will probably make our insurance go up but it's better than being out that much money.
Here is a picture of the 4-wheelers we have for sale. The yellow one was mine and that was the one they stole. As Bricen says the bad people took it.

Beach Vacation - Ocean Isle Beach N.C.

2008-07-18T13:26:00.007-04:00

We had a great week at the beach. We did a lot of nothing! Albert had his 31st birthday on Tuesday while we were there.

Our July 4th weekend sure went out with a BANG!

2008-07-07T21:50:00.006-04:00

Bricen and I went with my parents, grandparents and my great aunt to Boone on Thursday. My aunt, uncle and two cousins were already there. We got there for lunch on Thursday. Bricen took his nap and GeorgeAnna, Ellen and I went shopping. We got back later that afternoon. We had a great dinner for my grandparents 56th anniversary. We headed home on Friday morning. We had a great time!
We had supper at home on Friday the 4th and then Albert, Bricen, GeorgeAnna, Ellen and I went to Lake Wylie to see the fireworks. Albert was a fireman that night so we got a front row seat to the fireworks and it was great. We had a great time.
Saturday afternoon we went to PawPaw Neil's house (Amy's dad). Bricen is calling him PawPaw Neil now. We had a cookout and a waterslide for the kids. Bricen had a great time and he was wore out.
We woke up on Sunday morning and someone has stolen one of our 4-wheelers that we had chained up in our yard for sale. They have been there since the end of May and havent been touched and they took it out of our yard while we were sleeping. $6,800 gone and we will probably not see it again. Homeowners insurance won't cover it. If you want to learn a lesson from this check your policy and make sure it covers everything you need for it to. We are re-evaluating our policy and making changes and adding more insurance. We have a lot in our yard that isn't covered. If you want to know the truth insurance is crazy. It's ours and in our yard but won't cover it. We have been very upset and what upsets me the most we were home asleep.
Hope everyone had a great and safe 4th!

Blogging Anniversary!

2008-07-07T21:46:00.002-04:00

I had my one year anniversary for blogging in June! I have blogged 93 times since last June. I love being able to blog about our family. I wish I could update it more often and I am making that a goal for the second year of blogging. Happy Blogging!

Our Family

2008-06-26T14:15:00.001-04:00

Create your own family sticker graphic at pYzam.com

Bricen's Swim Lessons

2008-06-20T16:33:00.006-04:00

Bricen has just finished his first swim lessons. He has done great and has learned a lot. We were really pleased with what he has learned. He was the youngest one in his class. The other 4 children had already taken swim lessons last year with Betsy. Today was parents day and we got to go in and watch. I have two videos that I am going to post. Bricen has not gotten on the diving board all week and he did today and he turned back and jumped off the side. Then with a little of daddys help he did it and we were so proud!

Happy Father's Day!

2008-06-15T22:51:00.003-04:00

We have had a great Father's Day weekend! We went to Ebenezer Park in Rock Hill camping. We left Friday evening after work and headed right down the road to our destination. It was great not going far. We got there and set everything up. We camp in our enclosed trailer that we normally haul our 4-wheelers and Rhino in. Once we get where we are camping we roll the stuff out and we set up camp. It's a great set-up. We have heat and air and we have a lot of great stuff that makes camping great. (Cots, Microwave, Crock-pot, refridgerator, portable grill etc.)The only thing we don't have is a bathroom and I would love to have one of those so we don't have to use the bathhouse. Hopefully before long we will be able to upgrade and get a small toy camper or small RV that we can pull a trailer behind with our Rhino. I know you are thing whats the use in going camp if you have everything you have at home. Here it is..... FAMILY QUALITY TIME! I love it! We get to spend time together and relax all at the same time.
We went with some friends Derrick and April Gillespie and their two kids Champ and Chloe. The kids were great and for the most part we stayed around our campsite for the majority of the trip. Albert, Bricen and I had to go to a family reunion on Saturday for lunch so we left for a few hours.
There was a lot for the kids to do. Swim in the lake, they have a playground, we rode our Rhino and what they did the most you aren't going to believe. We took two monster trucks, 2 4-wheelers and 1 Ford truck with a trailer and they played with that the whole weekend along with some rocks and leaves. You would not believe how entertained they were. I think there was a conversation about how we needed to go home and clean out since they were so entertained with so little.
We had a very laid back relaxing weekend. Something about sitting around a campfire you get so relaxed.
We came home today and I got everything put up and we all took a shower in our nice clean bathroom and we all took a great nap. One of my favorite Sunday afternoon rituals.
I cooked Albert a nice Father's Day supper and we watched the movie RV. Bricen loved it. He thought it was as funny as Albert and I did. He is a great movie watcher. It doesn't have to be a cartoon for him to watch it.
As we were all on the couch Albert said, " I had a great Father's Day weekend spending time with my family away from all the hustle and bustle of everyday life."

I will post pictures of the cute plate that Bricen made for Albert for Father's Day! He also got a refrigerator for the 4-wheeler trailer and a shirt that is smaller than all the rest of his shirts. He lost a lot of weight and he hasn't gone shopping so everything is still so big. He has lost 2 sizes and he looks great. I wonder what he will get for his birthday? Um..... Clothes that fit? Well I think thats a great idea.

Happy Father's Day!

Clover High School Class of 98'

2008-06-04T12:35:00.007-04:00

It's so hard to believe but it has been 10 years today that I graduated. We are having our 10 year class reunion Saturday October 11, 2008. We are planning it and I am really excited. I think we are going to have a blast. There are so many people in my graduating class that I still hang out with and their husbands graduated with Albert so they all know each other.

Class of 1998

Albert and I my graduation night!

Senior Picture

Back to dieting!

2008-06-03T22:21:00.003-04:00

I guess I will spend the rest of my life dieting but I am excited to know that one day I will be skinny again. There is hope that one day it won't matter how big I will be because GOD wont care. LOL I started yesterday and I am determined. Those are my famous words started a diet yesterday and I am determined. I am doing no carbs for a month and then adding them back in a new way. After this month is up I will be eating a lot healthier. Not as many carbs and better carbs like whole wheat breads. I know no carb diets are not good for the average person but I have IBS and carbs do not agree with my body and I have been praying really hard with my weight issue and I had a horrible weekend and I knew he was speaking to me through that so I would start my diet yesterday with no looking back. So I have faith that he is going to help me throught this and hopefully I can come out a winner! Please add me to your prayers that I can accomplish this. You know the prayer: Lord if I can't be skinny please make my friends fat. So if you are skinny and you want to stay that way pray that I will have will power and I can get this weight off.

BOY DOES THE TIME FLY!

2008-05-29T15:38:00.002-04:00

IT'S BEEN A MONTH AND A DAY SINCE I LAST BLOGGED. WOW! THERE IS NO WAY I CAN POSSIBLY REMEMBER EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST MONTH BUT I WILL TRY TO REMEMBER A LITTLE SO I CAN CAPTURE SOMETHING FOR THE MEMORIES.
WE HAD JOSH AND ALICIA'S WEDDING! WE HAD A GREAT TIME SETTING UP AND GETTING READY FOR THE WEDDING ON FRIDAY. THEN WE WENT TO SUPPER AT MARKET STREET AND THEN TO THE CHURCH FOR EVERYONE TO PRACTICE AND I WAS BUSY TAKING PICTURES. WE HAD THE WEDDING ON SATURDAY AND BRICEN STAYED WITH MY MOM SO WE DIDNT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT CHASING AFTER HIM SINCE I WAS TAKING PICTURES AND ALBERT WAS AN USHER. WE WENT TO NEIL'S FOR THE AFTER PARTY AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME! WE DANCED THE NIGHT AWAY. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL WEDDING AND THEY SHOULD HAVE SOME GREAT PICTURES SINCE I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE TAKING PICTURES AND I TOOK AROUND 800 BETWEEN FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.
MOTHER'S DAY WAS THE SECOND WEEKEND. I HAD TO WORK ON SATURDAY AT OUR SUBDIVISION LAUREN PINES THAT WE ARE TRYING TO PROMOTE AND MY BOYS TREATED ME TO DINNER AT THE LONG HORN AND MY PARENTS WENT WITH US TOO. THATS MY FAVORITE PLACE TO GO. I LOVE IT!
SUNDAY WE WENT TO CHURCH AND THEN TO MY MOMS FOR LUNCH. WE WENT HOME AND RESTED AND WE HAD OUR FAMILIES OVER AFTER SUPPER FOR ICE CREAM AND DESSERT. IT WAS A GREAT MOTHER'S DAY! IT WILL BE ONE I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER. BRICEN HAD A LITTLE ARRANGMENT OF FLOWERS FOR ME AT CHURCH THAT HE GAVE ME. SITTING AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE HE GAVE ME HIS PRESENT HE MADE FROM SCHOOL. IT WAS THE BEST PRESENT EVER. HE MADE ME A NECKLACE, AND HAD PLANTED ME A LITTLE FLOWER AT SCHOOL, HE HAD MY HANDPRINTS AND HIS HANDPRINTS THAT THEY HAD MADE AT SCHOOL WITH A CUTE MOTHER'S DAY SAYING AND THEY HAD HIM ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS MOMMY AND THAT PIECE OF PINK PAPER WAS THE BEST!!!! IT WAS ADORABLE. HE ALSO GAVE ME SOME AZALEAS FOR THE YARD. ALBERT SAID WE WANTED TO GET YOU FLOWERS BUT THOUGHT THESE WOULD LAST A LOT LONGER. SUITED ME IT WASNT A WASTE OF MONEY. THEY ALSO GOT ME SOME OTHER FLOWERS FOR THE YARD AS WELL. ALBERT HAD TO MAKE SURE HE REMINDED ME THAT I GOT AN EXENSIVE GIFT FOR VALENTINES DAY THAT NEEDED TO CARRY OVER. IF YOU DONT REMEMBER IT WAS THE FLASH AND THE SMALL CAMERA BAG FOR MY CAMERA. I WAS TICKLED PINK WITH WHAT I GOT AND COULD HAVE CARED LESS IF THEY HADN'T BOUGHT ME A THING. HONESTLY WHAT BRICEN GAVE ME FROM WHAT HE MADE AT SCHOOL WAS THE BEST GIFT I HAD EVER GOTTEN! IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT ARE SO MEANINGFUL. I HONESTLY CAN'T REMEMBER SOME OF THE THINGS I HAVE GOTTEN BUT I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW MEANINGFUL THIS MOTHER'S DAY WAS NOW THAT HE HAS GOTTEN OLD ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON.
THE THIRD WEEKEND ALBERT AND I WENT TO GEORGIA FOR OUR ANNIVERSARY TRIP. WE GOT A NEW RHINO FOR OUR ANNIVERSARY AND WE LEFT BRICEN WITH MY PARENTS AND WE WENT CAMPING AND TO RIDE THE RHINO. WE LEFT ON FRIDAY AND CAME BACK ON SUNDAY. WE HAD A BLAST AND WE HAD A COUPLE OF FRIENDS COME JOIN US JUST FOR THE DAY ON SATURDAY AND THEY RODE THEIR 4-WHEELERS. IT WAS NICE TO GET AWAY SO WE HAD SOME ALONE TIME THAT WE GOT TO ENJOY WITH EACH OTHER WITHOUT BRICEN GETTING JEALOUS.
THIS PAST WEEKEND WAS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. WE WENT TO CHURCH AND THEN TO MY PARENTS FOR LUNCH FOR MY DAD'S BIRTHDAY. THAT AFTERNOON WE WENT TO OUR OLD HOUSE AND RODE 4-WHEELERS WITH OUR FRIENDS AND THE KIDS AND WE GRILLED HOTDOGS. WE HAD A CAMPFIRE AND ALBERT, BRICEN AND I CAMPED IN THE TRAILER THAT NIGHT. IT WAS BRICEN'S FIRST CAMPING EXPERIENCE AND HE REALLY ENJOYED IT. HE KEEPS ASKING IF WE CAN GO AGAIN. (WE ARE FOR FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND AND WE CAN'T WAIT!)WE GOT UP ON MONDAY MORNING AND HAD PANCAKES AND BACON AND THEN WE RODE THE RHINO FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND WE TOOK HIM OVER TO THE SCHOOL TO PLAY. WE PACKED UP AND HEADED HOME AROUND LUNCH TIME. IT WAS A GREAT RELAXING WEEKEND!
MONDAY WAS OUR 7TH ANNIVERSARY. TIMES REALLY GOES BY SO FAST. WE ENJOYED OUR DAY AT HOME AND WE WENT OVER TO THE GILLESPIES FOR SUPPER AND TO SWIM.
TODAY THURSDAY MAY 29TH- WE HAD BRICEN'S LAST DAY OF PRESCHOOL PROGRAM. ALBERT AND I WENT AND ATE LUNCH WITH HIM AND THEY GOT THEIR CERTIFICATES. IT WAS A LITTLE SAD FOR ME THAT THE YEAR WENT BY SO FAST. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY JUST STARTED YESTERDAY AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW FAST IT GOES BY HE WILL BE STARTING KINDERGARTEN BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.
I WILL ADD PICTURES LATER ON FOR THE PAST MONTH. SO THIS ONE WAS A LONG ONE JUST TRYING TO CATCH UP!

Guys Weekend + a few girls!

2008-04-28T20:33:00.006-04:00

Guys Weekend! Albert went on a guys weekend, weekend before last. They left on Thursday morning and they went to West Virginia riding. Needless to say he was in need of some guy time and I needed sometime without him. LOL Bricen and I had a great time keeping ourselves busy. On Thursday evening Amy, Sage, Marli, Jessica, Payton and Georgia came over for supper and the kids had a ball playing. On Friday night the moms had a night out. We shipped the kids off to the grandparents houses. We went to Gaffney shopping and to dinner and we were rebels we stayed out a little late. We stayed at Fats until 11:30 PM. We had a great time and Amy and I came back to our house and stayed up talking and looking at pictures. Bricen stayed at his Nona and Papa's until lunch time on Saturday. We rushed home for a quick nap and off we went to Walter and Wyatt's birthday party. After the party we headed over to Amy's to eat dinner and have a sleepover. We got up on Sunday morning headed home, got ready and headed to Sunday School and Church. After church we ate lunch and headed to Rock Hill for the picture party. Albert got home mid-afternoon and we had a great evening spending time as a family. We all had a great busy and tiring weekend and we were all so happy to be home and back to normal.

My two Firefighters!

2008-04-19T13:41:00.001-04:00

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Funny but NOT so Funny

2008-04-17T14:49:00.002-04:00

This morning Bricen was at my moms and he wanted to go outside and my mom told him that he needed to wait just a little bit longer so it would be a little warmer. He looked straight at her and said you sorry jerk. My mom said excuse me what did you just call me he said a sorry jerk. He had no clue what he was saying. My mom asked him where he had heard that and he wouldnt answer. She said did you hear that from another little boy and he answered no little boy. When I got there she told me without me hearing him. She said no need to bring it up again. She had talked to him about it and he was upset that he said it when he knew it wasnt nice. So I know you are all thinking where did he hear it?? I honestly believe that he heard Albert the other night. A guy owes Albert some money and has for quite sometime and he can't get him to pay him the rest of the amount. So Albert called and got his voicmail and left him a message and when he hung up I think I remember Albert calling him that. It least it wasn't too bad. I can't wait to tell Albert when I talk with him. Albert left this morning with a big group going to West Virginia 4-wheeling and will be home on Sunday. Lord be with them! I am excited! It gives us a little time away. I think every marriage needs it. You get to see how much you miss each other when you are away for a couple of days.

Out of a mouth of a 3 year old!

2008-04-11T23:37:00.002-04:00

I am behind but I wanted to post two things that Bricen said this week that was sweet and funny.

Yesterday my mom went to visit a lady in our church and they took her a pie for her birthday. Bricen loves to sing so he was singing Happy Birthday to her. He sang Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you- He stopped and held up two fingers and said you have two barns? He was looking out her window and saw them while singing. My mom said it was the funniest thing and they couldn't get him to finish singing once he saw the barns. He wanted to know where her tractor was and he wanted to talk about her farm and the birthday didn't matter anymore.

Then last night I was putting Bricen to bed and he gave me a big hug and he said I love you mommy, your my hero. I thought that was the sweetest thing. I don't know where he has picked that up but he melted my heart!

I love that kid. He is the sweetest thing. He has the best personality and he is very loving to everyone. Just out of the middle of know where he will just say mommy- I love you or daddy- I love you.

On a side note. I went with my mom to take Bricen and my two nephews to the park today. My nephews are 4 and almost 2 and Bricen just turned two. So they are great stepping stones. 4,3,2 well I wish you could have seen the people looking at us and there was two ladies that really thought I was crazy. They were looking and talking about us in another language so we couldnt understand but by the look on their faces they were wondering if I knew how to stop. My mom laughed she said yeah they know I am to old to have children this young. Just had to share because it was rather funny and to others they thought I had lost my mind. If they only knew Bricen is an only child and I hope soon that will change if I can get my husband talked into it!

I will be posting about Bricen's birthday soon!

3 Years Ago Today

2008-04-01T15:19:00.003-04:00

I was pregnant with Bricen and I had a check up on Friday April 1 which was 3 years ago today. Dr. Peach was out of town and he was going to induce me on Tuesday April 5 once he got back in town if I had not gone on my own. Because I was on bedrest my mom took me to the Dr. and with my blood pressure being high I had to have fetal monitoring several times a week. Well I was at the Dr. office and I was hooked up to the fetal monitor and we could hear the babies heart beat but he wasn't moving. So they sent me in for an ultrasound. Well he wasn't moving on the ultrasound either. So I was informed that since I was so close to being due (April 10) that they were sending me to the hospital to be monitored and most likely induced. They were afraid that the baby was in fetal distress. So I called Albert while I was waiting for them to give me my paperwork to head over to the hospital. Well I couldn't get him on the phone so I called one of the guys (Wes) that working for Albert and got him. He let me speak to Albert and I told Albert what was going on and he was like ha ha Happy April Fool's Day! I couldn't get him to believe me. He thought I was playing around. Well after being worried that something could be wrong with the baby I was in tears. There was this sweet little lady sitting there in there in the hallway listening to me plead with my husband to believe me and she said honey do you need me to get on the phone and tell him your serious? My mom finally did. So I told him to head home and get my things that I had packed and I gave him a list of things that were just out that I had to use everyday so they weren't packed. Mom and I headed to the hospital for them to put me on a pitocin drip to make sure that the baby's heart rate was going to be ok and that he wasn't in fetal stress. If there had been any problems they were going to have to do a c-section. So I was checked into my room and was given a gown and then they started the iv of pitocin. While I was in the room with the nurse my mom was on the phone with my dad telling him to hurry. She was a nervous wreck. She was afraid something would happen and it was only she and I at the hospital. So before long we had lots of company. My dad, Albert finally got there, my brother and Albert's parents. Everything seemed to be fine with the pitocin so they induced me at 7:00 that evening. They came in and told everyone that it would be late the next day before the baby was born so we sent everyone home so we could rest and we didn't feel like we had to entertain and promised we would call if anything happened. At 10:00 PM they came in and gave me an Ambien. They wanted me to have a good nights rest and needless to say it really helped. The nurse was in my room at 11:20 PM checking my iv bags and I looked at her and said I have either wet the bed or my water has just broke. Sure enough it was my water. So we knew that he would be born within the next 24 hours. I was in real labor at that point knocked out with an Ambien. So I was sleeping good and everytime I would have a contraction I wouldn't say anything but I would lean up and grab hold of the bedrails and hold on until it was over with. Anyone who has had Pitocin knows the contractions are worse than just natural contractions. Thank goodness for epidurals and an ambien. At 2:30 AM they came in and gave me my epidural. I slept great until 7:00 the next morning. Albert on the other hand did not. Where my blood pressure had been high since I was three months pregnant. It bottomed out 3 times in the middle of the night and the nurses would come in and give me some medicine throught the iv to get it back up and everytime the baby would move the monitor would go off. I slept through all of that but Albert couldn't sleep. I should. have asked for him an ambien. They checked me at 7:00 and I was at 7 cm. My parents came around 10:30 AM and visted with us for about 15 minutes and they came in and checked me again and I was at 10 cm. So I got them to bring me my toothbrush and a cup of water and I brushed my teeth, combed my hair and put a little make-up on and I was ready to roll. The nurse came in at 11 and said lets practice pushing and she said stop right there I need to go grab the Dr. this baby is coming. So the nurse and the Dr. came running back in and I started pushing and I delievered a 6 lb. 14 oz. little BOY at 11:22 AM on Saturday April 2, 2005! We didn't find out what we were having because we wanted to be surprised. We named him Bricen Paul. Brice was my grandfathers name and is my dad and my brother's middle name. Paul was Albert's grandfathers name and is Albert's middle name. So we named him after both sides of the family. He was 20 1/4 inches long. Just thought I would share one of the happiest days of my life!

A visit with the Easter Bunny!

2008-03-21T23:25:00.003-04:00

We went and saw the Easter Bunny at Walmart today!

2008-03-21T13:59:00.003-04:00

Easter Egg Hunt at Preschool

2008-03-21T09:43:00.005-04:00

Bricen had his Easter Egg hunt at school yesterday. There was tons of eggs and he had a great time!

Happy 80th Birthday Nanny!

2008-03-21T08:59:00.005-04:00

We went to Elizabethtown N.C. for Albert's grandmothers 80th Surprise Birthday Party last Saturday March 15. We had a great time and there is a picture of his family minus our sister-in-law Jana, niece Emma and cousin Richard. We had a great time.

Our Little Fireman!

2008-03-10T14:59:00.005-04:00

We had fun dressing up Bricen as a fireman. We took tons of pictures and these are just a few. We let him go outside and play with the hose and we got some great pictures. He thought he was a real fireman.

Spring is just around the corner!

2008-03-02T18:25:00.007-05:00

It was a beautiful weekend!
Bricen riding his 4-wheeler!

Bricen was having a ball riding his 4-wheeler. He was so glad his daddy got home in time to enjoy the great weather with us. We spent a good bit of the afternoon outside!

Bricen parked all his cars and trucks in his garage. He loves playing with his garage that Santa brought him.

Bricen enjoying the beautiful weather. It was a little chilly with the windy blowing. We are so ready for the weather to be warmer and stay that way. I am afraid it's still to early for it to stay warm.

Albert had his test today for his fire training that he has been doing for the past 5 weekends and he passed both parts the written and the skills. We are so happy that daddy is done for now! He can be voted in this week to become a full time member of the Bethel Fire Department. They seem like a really supportive department and a great group of guys. Albert has gotten to know so many more people. His mom bought him this flag and we hung it outside.

BEING A LITTLE CREATIVE!

2008-03-02T13:20:00.002-05:00

I HAVE BEEN WANTING SOMETHING TO HANG PICTURES ON IN MY OFFICE AT WORK. I MADE ONE OF THESE LAST YEAR WITH ALL KINDS OF TRACTORS AND TRUCKS FOR BRICEN'S ROOM AND I HUNG IT WITH A RIBBON. IT LOOKS REALLY CUTE WITH HIS PICTURES OF HIM AND HIS FRIENDS ON IT. SO I DECIDED TO MAKE ONE TO MATCH MY OFFICE AND I DID A PALM TREE WITH BRICEN'S FEET AND HANDS. I STILL HAVE TO DRILL THE HOLES AND HANG WITH THE RIBBON BUT I THOUGHT IT TURNED OUT PRETTY CUTE.

PAINT ON POTTERY!

2008-03-02T12:57:00.005-05:00

Bricen's hand prints on a piece that she made a clock that hangs in my kitchen

Bricen's feet at 2 They make a butterfly!

Bricen's handprints when he was 1 and his feet when he was 2

I had Jane come back to my house for the 3rd time to do paint on pottery. She does amazing work! We started about 9:30 and Jane was gone by 4:00. So it's a pretty long day of pottery with everyone having 15 minute appointments but it is all worth it. She did $1400 yesterday! I received 10% of that towards my own pottery so I have lots more to add to my collection. I am so addicted. Here are a couple of pictures from things that she has done in the past for me. It will be several weeks before I get the new items back. I will post pictures of them at a later date.

K-Bar ATV Park Video and Stills

2008-02-20T21:51:00.001-05:00

Here is my hubby playing in the mud with his guy friends. This is a really cool video!

See why I didn't object!

2008-02-18T23:25:00.001-05:00

These Firemen are HOT HOT HOT!
Happy Birthday AMY!!!!!!!!

A Fireman's Prayer

2008-02-18T23:17:00.002-05:00

This the prayer that Bricen and I gave Albert for Christmas. I think I am going to write this on a small piece of paper for him to stick in his wallet to have with him at all times. He is loves being on the fire department.

A Fireman's Prayer
When I am called to duty, God,

Whenever flames may rage;

Give me strength to save some life,

Whatever be its age.

Help me embrace a little child

Before it is too late

Or save an older person

From the horror of that fate.

Enable me to be alert

And hear the weakest shout,

And quickly and efficiently

To put the fire out.

I want to fill my calling

And to give the best in me

To guard my every neighbor

And protect his property.

And if, according to my fate,

I am to lose my life,

Please bless with your protecting

My children and my wife.

Fireman's Wife

2008-02-18T23:08:00.003-05:00

Albert joined the Bethel Fire Department back in October. He has been training. He went every Saturday and Sunday in January except the last weekend to learn about the fire trucks. He can now drive them. He has been in classes since the first weekend this month and will take his test the first weekend in March. There is a lot of training invovled. This second class is 5 weekends. Every Saturday and Sunday.
As I type this blog he has gone out on a fire call. I once heard this prayer and I love it!

Fireman's Wife's Prayer

The table's set, the meal's prepared,
our guests will soon arrive.

My husband once more disappears
with a hope of keeping a child alive.

While waiting at home alone,
our plans having gone awry

My first impulse is merely
to sit right down and cry.

But soon again I realize
the importance of my life

When I agreed to take on the duties
of being a fireman's wife.

While there are many drawbacks,
I'll take them in my stride,

Knowing "My Daddy saved a life"
our children can say with pride.

The gusting winds and raging flames
may be his final fate.

But with God's help I can remain
my fireman's faithful mate.

Author Unknown

President's Day!

2008-02-18T22:36:00.006-05:00

We had a great day! Bricen and I stayed in our pjs until around 3:00 PM. We had a very lazy morning and after Bricen got up from his nap we got dressed and went to Plaza Fiesta which has taken the place of where Carolina Pottery use to be. They have a great playground and it's only a $1. We meet April, Champ, Chloe, Amy, Sage, and Marli for a play date. We had a great time and we found a new hang out. I hope we will be going back next week. It's fenced in and the kids can only get out one way and we sat there and were able to talk while the kids played.

Monster Truck Jam

2008-02-17T08:22:00.005-05:00

We decided at the last minute that we would take Bricen to the Monster Truck Jam. We had talked about it but Albert has been in fire training on the weekends and he doesn't get out of class until 5:00 so we knew we would be pushing time to get there. So we decided to Friday night to get tickets and go. We didn't tell Bricen. We wanted it to be a surprise. So while Albert was on his way home from class I was at home getting us ready to go for a ride. Albert got home got a shower and we told Bricen we were going for a ride. We went to Burger King and got food to go and we ate on the way to Charlotte. We then told Bricen we were going to catch a train. We went and got on the lite rail at 485. It was a great idea but everyone else had the same one. Parking is $10 at the arena and parking spaces are hard to find and you have to walk along way. It only cost $5.20 for round trip. Bricen loved being able to ride he thought it was cool. We were on the train and he still did not know where we were going. We got to the arena and they made an announcement Monster Truck Jam is sold out. I wish you could have seen his face. He said Monster Trucks. So we didn't really say anything else and we went to will call and got our tickets and headed inside. He got to hear one crank up while we were going to our seats and we stopped at one of the entrances for him to see the trucks and his little face showed how excited he was. We went to our seats and we had a great time. It was loud but we took ear protection Bricen and he had a ball. We got him a Grave Digger shirt and he had to put it on right then. He told us he would wear it a lot. After the show we meet up with Derrick, April, Champ and Chloe and we rode the train back to the car with them. Again it was packed. We got back and put Bricen in his pjs and he fell asleep on the way home after he told us thank you that he had a good time. He is so sweet and we had a great evening! It was worth seeing his little face!

2008-02-15T15:18:00.001-05:00

Bricen's Sweetie

2008-02-15T15:07:00.002-05:00

My Valentines present!

2008-02-14T21:45:00.003-05:00

Well plans changed this afternoon. Bricen and I were going to cook dinner for daddy but Granna called and wanted to come get Bricen. She missed him. So I picked up and did some cleaning and Albert came in from work. I was so surprised. I got a new camera case that I have been wanting and when I went to look in the case he had gotten me the flash that I have been dying to have. I finally have everything that I need for my camera and now I can take awesome pictures like a photographer. I can turn the lights out and take a picture and it looks like the lights were one. It's awesome! I didn't know that my husband knew what Valentines was anymore LOL. We haven't gone all out since before we were engaged. I think the last big present I got for Valentines day was when we were engaged and he bought me a vacuum since we were going to need one. Yes a vacuum. I felt bad. All I got him was a pair of shoes and some candy. He cooked dinner. It was great. Albert gets into the cooking shows and he is a GREAT cook. So the two of us go to eat dinner together and then we headed to the grocery store. Albert needed drinks for work and we needed diapers and wipes and a few other things. We got in the car at the grocery store and I said supper was very romantic but the grocery store was the best. LOL. Then we went to my parents to get Bricen. We visited with them for awhile. Happy Valentines Day! I will be taking pictures and posting them.

Happy Valentines Day!

2008-02-14T15:29:00.005-05:00

Bricen and Albert woke up to find their Valentines tubs that I made for them. Bricen's was filled with Disneys Car stuff. He is still in love with Cars. Albert's had shoes and some candy. Bricen has had a great time playing with his new race track. Bricen went to school and I went and hung out with Amy until it was time for Bricen's party. They had a Valentines party and it was really cute. Bricen made a valentine present for me and daddy. They are so cute. After the party we went with April and Chloe to the Eagle's Nest for lunch. We are home this afternoon getting ready to fix our Valentines supper for daddy. We have steak, chicken, potatoes and salad. Hope you all have had a great day! We have. Happy Valentines Day!

Too Cute!

2008-02-12T16:15:00.000-05:00

Saturday I went to turn on the water in the kitchen and the handle came off in my hand. So last night my handymen got to work. I had to take pictures. It was just adorable. I couldn't resist taking pictures. After about 15 pictures Albert was like ok mom thats enought. It was too cute not to share. Can you tell which one is doing all the work? It just looks like Albert is laying around on the job. LOL

Chicken Lay

2008-02-08T10:25:00.000-05:00

Yeap that's right! Bricen and I went to Chicken Lay last night with Amy, Sage and Marli. Chick-Fil-A for those of you wondering what I am talking about. Bricen calls it Chicken Lay. Albert had a fire meeting and Wes was on call, so we took the kids to Chicken Lay to eat and play. They had a blast and we washed them up real good after playing. We said we need to do that more often. It gives the kids a safe place to play while we can sit and talk and they are confined to one area. We had a great time!

Chuck E. Cheese

2008-02-08T10:18:00.000-05:00

We had been promising Bricen since Sunday January 27th that we would take him to Chuck E. Cheese. Albert got sick on Sunday afternoon so we didn't get to go. He was really disappointed. He wanted me to take him without daddy but the purpose of us taking him was so daddy could do something fun with him since he would be doing fire training for the next 5 weekends and wouldn't get to spend a lot of time with Bricen. So I talked him into going to the movie store and getting him a movie and then we went to Wendy's. When Bricen picks out a movie at the movie store usually they are same ones we already own and have at home. I guess when he sees a good movie he likes to watch it over and over again. We promised him we would go that week. Well as the week went on I got sick and we were unable to go. So we took him Wednesday night and we didn't tell him until right before we went that we were going incase something else would happen to keep us from going. We had a very good time. We got there and there were more people there than I would have thought on a Wednesday evening. Needless to say we were there with some of Gastonia's finest people. LOL. I sat and watched people as I love to do and thanked the Lord that we are some what decent.
Bricen has lot of pictures and they weren't from our camera. He rode in Chuck E. Cheese's car and has lot of pictures to show how much fun he had. I never mind going there. I love the food!

Weight Update!

2008-02-05T21:43:00.000-05:00

Well as of week before last I had lost 10 lbs and was doing great with working out. Well I got sick last week and only went to the YMCA 1 day. I have been back to the YMCA 2 days this week. So I will step on the scale tomorrow and see how things are going. Working out is going great!!!! I will update you as soon as I see a difference on the scale again! 10 lbs for 1 month is GREAT! I am excited!

Happy Ground Hog's Day!

2008-02-03T00:38:00.003-05:00

Happy Ground Hog's Day!

I am so ready for everyone to be WELL!!!

2008-02-02T08:18:00.000-05:00

Sunday afternoon Albert said I think I am getting a sinus infection. He sounded a little stuffy. We all took a nap and were going to Chucky Cheese when we got up. Bricen got up around 5 and we started stirring to get ready. Albert came out of the bedroom and said I don't feel very well. He said I can't go anywhere. I feel light headed. So he got back in the bed and I had a very disappointed child. We told him that we would go latter in the week but that didn't seem to satisfy him. So he and I headed out to get a movie and some supper from Wendy's. Monday morning rolled around and Albert still did not feel very well. He had been having some flu like symptoms. Bricen and I also stayed home because Bricen had a bad cough and I wasn't going to send him to school coughing and my mom had my two nephews and I didn't want to spread any more germs around. We all stayed in and Albert didn't get out of the bed. I knew he really had to be feeling bad. Men- they will never go to the Dr. By Monday evening I got Albert up to eat a little homemade chicken noodle soup. So I though he was feeling better and he planned on going to work the next day. We all slept late on Tuesday and when I woke him up he didn't feel as good as he thought he would on Monday night so he missed another day of work. I got up and got a shower and got Bricen ready and I took him to my mom's since she was only going to be keeping Bricen and not my nephews so I could get a little work done in case I was at home again on Wednesday with him since she would have my nephews on Wednesday. Albert had improved a lot by Tuesday evening. Wednesday morning came and Bricen seemed to be doing better and Albert got up and went to work and I felt a little weird myself. I was a little horse but got up and Bricen and I headed to Granna's. It was Granna's birthday and we had a cake and balloons so we went in and had a little party for Granna with Sullivan, Addison, Bricen and myself. The boys had a ball. I headed to work and worked a good bit of the day and then we went to dinner for my mom's birthday. I went to bed not feeling real well and woke up feeling worse. I couldn't hardly talk and my throat was sore. I had a closing so I took Bricen to my mom and headed to my closing. After my closing I ran a few errands and headed home to rest. Albert ended up coming home and taking care of Bricen and I and I slept most of the afternoon. I have had different symptoms than Albert. Bricen and I both took the flu shot so hopefully we wont get the flu. So yesterday my dad came and got Bricen so I could rest and after lunch I decided that I needed to go to the dr. So I was going to go the urgent care and the wait was over 2 hours so I just went to the family dr. in town. He doesnt do strep test but if I had to guess thats what I have had. My throat has been raw. I havent let my medicine wear off enough to know if I have had a fever or not. I have been too scared. Strep is one of the only things that can knock me off my feet. He said sinus upper respitory b/c he cant say strep because he doesnt do strep test. He gave me an antibotic and cough medicine. Albert got home from work and went and got Bricen from my mom. Albert has been a great dr. Bricen is still coughing and has a really bad runny nose. I slept on the couch from 7:30 last night until 7:30 this morning. Albert has fire training for the next five weekends Saturdays and Sundays so he won't be here to help today. I can't take my cough medicine and take care of Bricen. That stuff knocks me out. Albert's mom came by and took Bricen with her so I can rest today. I hope to be feeling better soon. I want our house back to normal. Needless to say we will be making a trip to Chucky Cheese this next week. We never made it this past week.
Several of our friends have been sick as well. I wonder if we passed germs around at the two birthday parties that we attended the past two weeks because those are the same friends who have had some of the similar things. Hope you are feeling better Amy and Jessica. Chris and Yamilet's family have been sick as well and Jessica's baby has had the flu too. Lets all get well so we can be around each other again!

2008-01-27T09:18:00.001-05:00

This was Bricen Christmas morning. The lens on the camera was a little foggy because Albert had it in his truck and we didnt have time to let it warm up. Just now getting it uploaded.

Excercise update!

2008-01-19T17:14:00.000-05:00

Well when I weighed this past weekend I had lost a total of 7 lbs since New Years Day! I went to the YMCA 4 times this week. I am very proud of myself for doing that. I went 3 mornings at 5:30 and 1 afternoon at 4:00. I took 2 cycling classes and those are fun and you get a very good workout. We have had a few crappy days this week were we haven't gotten out much and I have wanted to eat the whole house and I ate a lot those few days. I had a few people tell me they could tell I was loosing weight. Thats always a plus! So we will see how much I have lost when I weigh in soon. I hope eating the whole house hasn't hurt me too much. The good thing is I am getting into a excercise routine!!! I will let you know a weight update as soon as I weight again.

SNOW!!

2008-01-17T09:37:00.000-05:00

Well everyone here in the South rain to the store and got there bread and milk for the big one. LOL! I am guilty myself only because we needed milk and bread. Ha. My boys drink me out of house and home when it comes to milk and Albert takes sandwiches for lunch everyday. I was afraid the shelves would get low and I wouldnt be able to get what I needed so I headed for the store yesterday morning.

Amy and I went out to dinner last night and then headed over to April's house to hang out and for Amy to look at some of Chloe's clothes for Marli. Well we didnt leave from April's house until about 11:40. Then we had to go to Lake Wylie for Amy to get gas and then she dropped me off about 12:15 AM back here at my house and she headed home. With this late night outing we really got to see the snow. If we had been at home we would have been asleep and missed it. So I went and woke my big kid up and he got up to see the snow. Then we got in the bed and sleep until Bricen woke up at 6:00 and got in the bed with us. Albert and I got up like two little kids to see what it had done overnight. We did this without Bricen knowing what we were doing so we took turns doing it. We wanted him to go back to sleep and he did until about 7:15. Bricen came in the den and we showed him the snow and he got so excited he wanted to go out and play but we had already had rain so it would have been slushy.

I wanted a few pictures so I we walked out on the front porch for a couple of minutes. You can tell he didnt have his coat on and in one picture he is telling me that he needs to put his coat on that he is cold.

We are going to have a lazy day at home.

Weight Update!!!

2008-01-10T15:41:00.000-05:00

I am very proud of myself. I went to the Clover YMCA last Wednesday and Thursday(Zumba Class) morning. I left my house both mornings at 5:30 and got there at 5:40 and worked out for an hour. I am doing 30-45 minutes of cardio and 15 minutes on either legs or arms, alternating every other day.I went Friday afternoon to a cycle class. I tell you my butt hasn't ever hurt that bad. They dont have grandma seats on the bikes so I was very sore. I guess you have to get use to it. My friend April went with me on Thursday and Friday. I lost 3 lbs. last week. I really have cut back on what I am eating and started eating healthier. I am drinking 8-12 glasses of water a day and have cut back on my carbs. I love carbs and I have not cut them out just cut them back.
This week I went to the Y Monday, Tuesday(Cycle) and Today. I got there at 5:30 and did my cardio and either my legs or my arms. Not only do I feel so much better I have lost 4 more lbs. That gives me so much motivation. I am pumped. I can do this!!! Watch out Albert. I am going to knock your socks off. LOL. I have so much more energy and I am not as tired as I thought I would be getting up that early. I can give up a little sleep to be skinny. I want to loose about 40-50 lbs. but I only have 23lbs more to go so I can have a baby!!! I can't wait until I have lost so much weight that I will feel good to show before and after pictures!

Boys and their toys

2008-01-01T20:04:00.000-05:00

We loaded up the trailer and went to my parents for lunch. Robbie, Kristen and the boys were there too. After lunch Wes, Sage, Troy and Payton came over and we went over to the old house to ride 4-wheelers. Aunt Kristen and Sullivan came and rode too. We had a lot of fun. We all rode around on the trails and then let the boys drive their 4-wheelers. Payton wanted to ride one of Albert's 4-wheelers rather than the rhino. So we rode on the rhino. Gran came and rode Albert's red 4-wheeler. Bricen loved the rhino but I dont think he loved it as much as his daddy did. Albert has a new want. I wouldnt mind getting one. I kind of liked being able to sit back, relax and enjoy the ride with out being all bunched up on one 4-wheeler. We had a great time. Bricen came in and slept for 3 hours. He was wore out.

Ringing in the New Year with our eyes closed!

2008-01-01T19:55:00.001-05:00

We rang in the new years with our eyes closed. Yes we fell asleep before we got to see the ball drop. First time in along time that has happened. We fixed a big supper for the 3 of us. Steak, chicken, potatoes, and salad. Then we went over to Sam and Ashley Hicks house for pick-ups and to hang out. We had a great time and Bricen loved playing with Wyatt in the playroom. We were there for about 2 1/2 hours and he didn't hardly come out of the playroom. They have 5 kids and a huge playroom full of lots of good stuff. We put Bricen in his pjs and we left there around 9:30 with hopes Bricen would fall asleep on the way home. He did not he was wide eyed when we got home. It didn't take him long and he was asleep. Albert watched TV in the den and I watched the Clemson bowl game in the bedroom. Clemson lost in overtime to Auburn 23-20. Albert came to bed and it was about 11:52 the last time I looked at the clock. Next thing I know Bricen is crying and I looked at the clock and it was 1:28. So I got up turned the TV off and got him out of his bed and put him into ours. He was having a bad dream. He talked a good bit in his sleep last night. We all slept until 8:50. Albert laughed and said we need to go to bed tonight around 6 so we can get up tomorrow. We sure have enjoyed being home and getting to sleep late.

New Years Resolution

2008-01-01T19:47:00.000-05:00

Well we always make new years resolutions but do we always stick to them? Well I sure hope to this year. There is nothing unrealistic so I hope I can end 2008 with what I have to offer for myself. I want to loose at least 30 lbs. I would love it if it would just fall off and it just kept coming off and I lost around 50. I want to do better with my money. Budget! I can blow through some money like drinking water and not have anything to show for it. I need to save money so I can go buy new clothes because I am going to looses so much weight I can't fit in my clothes. Yeah! I want to clean out all the junk in my house. I have been in one of those cleaning moods and I want to go through every drawer, cabinet and closet so we are junk free. Bricen's room has already been done. I am going to start working out at the YMCA. I have a free membership so I am going to make time to go to the gym. Last but not least I would love to be pregnant by the end of this year. I know if seems crazy loose all that weight then get pregnant. I need to loose the weight to feel better and hopefully not have blood pressure problems with the second pregnancy like I did the first. Hope you all have set your resolutions and can keep them! I will keep you updated on the progress.

Happy New Year!

2007-12-31T22:12:00.000-05:00

Hope you and your family have a great and blessed New Year. Life is GREAT and I can't wait to see what the Lord has in store for us this coming year.

We love daddy being home!

2007-12-31T14:53:00.000-05:00

We are getting to use to being able to sleep late. Albert has been home more the past two weeks and we are loving it. We all sleep late and we are getting to spend some quality family time together. We slept until 9:00 this morning and then we got up and got ready and went to the movies in Rock Hill. Bricen loves going to the movies he was so excited. This was his third movie that he has been to see. First was Shrek the 3rd, Second The Bee movie and then today was Alvin and the Chipmunks. I think Bricen was more excited about being able to get popcorn with butter on it. I had gift certificates from Christmas last year so we didnt have to pay to get in and Bricen was free. So we got the largest popcorn bucket and 2 large drinks. Bricen sat in the middle with the popcorn and I wish I had taken my camera he was so funny with that big huge bucket of popcorn. We were going to go to lunch but we all ate a little too much popcorn. The movie was great and we had a lot of fun. We are at home chillin to rest up for the big night! We will all be home together tomorrow and after that reality will set in when daddy goes back to work on Wednesday. Albert starts fire training this coming weekend so it has been nice that he was able to spend sometime with us before that starts. Albert use to work a lot on the weekends but he is home a lot with us now and he will have training for the next two months. Saturdays and Sundays 8-5. Yuck (Bricen's new favorite word)

Marriage Tip!

2007-12-30T14:34:00.000-05:00

You can get so caught up in your everyday activity it can be so hard to make time for your husband. You are so busy with your kids you always seen to put him last but if your husband is like mine he needs attention like a child too. There is a difference in leaving your kids with a sitter or with grandparents every weekend but its nice to be able to leave Bricen every once in awhile to enjoy each other. It helps our marriage so much to be able to go out to dinner and focus on just eating and talking. I can see the biggest difference. I don't know how easy it will be once we have two kids but we have been able to leave Bricen with my parents or Albert's parents to go out to dinner or to go riding and we have a ball. By the time we have a second child Bricen will be older so that might help. We normally go do something every month. Even if it just to dinner. Our parents are always begging to get him so this is time he gets to spend with them too. Our 7th wedding anniversary is coming up in May. Time sure does fly by.

Rain Rain Go Away!

2007-12-30T14:11:00.000-05:00

We have had a great weekend spending time together. Albert helped John and Mandy move into their new house on Thursday. I went by and got Bricen after I got off work and we went and picked up everyones supper and went to the new house to see what we could do. They were moving everything in. Albert took Bricen home and then it was my turn to help so I stayed and helped unpack stuff. Friday Albert had to take John to get some new furniture they had bought and do the last minute running around. Bricen had to go with him. My mom was keeping my nephews Friday and Saturday at their house in Dallas, N.C. My brother and sister-in-law went out of town for their 10th anniversary. So when I got off work at 1 I took everyone lunch and I stayed and helped out. Bricen was great. He ran around and played with the boys toys and watch movies on Uncle Johns movie screen tv. He got a 60 in wall hung tv and its awesome. Nona brought supper so we stayed and ate and then we came home. We all slept late yesterday which was great. Then we got up and went shopping. I can't tell you the last time we all did that. As mentioned in a earlier blog Albert got me a gift card to Victoria secret and they were having a sale so we went so I could get more for my money. I got to get 4 new bras. They were buy one get one 50% off and when they are $48 that helps when you can get one half off. They are the full body coverage uplift and they are wonderful. They have padding. Yeap the first bra I have ever wore with padding. Its near the bottom and its there to help give it a boost in the upward postion. When you wear a DD padding is not normally needed so I thought this was funny but the lifting is great. My husband was so excited he took before and after pictures which I will not be posting. LOL! They also had there panties on sale buy 10 for $25 so that was wonderful too. They are normally 5 for $25. Its been along time since I have dropped that kind of money in Victoria Secret but thanks to my excited husband it was his money! Albert treated us to the Longhorn for lunch. We had a great afternoon spending time together!

I wanted to say Rain Rain Go Away but we need it to bad. This was our last weekend before Albert starts fire training for the next two months so we were going to leave yesterday afternoon and go to Georgia. Well after what rain we had gotten up until yesterday we decided to go to Gaffney today because our 4-wheelers were going to be so muddy loading them into the trailer the trailer would have been muddy to sleep in for two nights. So Bricen went and spent the night with my parents last night. We got our stuff together and we went to dinner at Christophers in Lake Wylie. We left there and went to Alan and Jackie Abernathy's house for the YMCA Christmas party. Well it sure was a good time. It's been awhile since I have laughed that hard. They were having pick-ups but since we had a babysitter we took advantage of it and went to dinner and then took chicken wings for them to pick-up. We didnt get home until. I got up early and as I am getting out of the shower Pressley calls and says have you seen the weather I said no he said we are suppose to get a ton of rain today are ya'll sure you want to go riding. So we watched the news and when they said we were suppose to get 2 1/2 - 3 inches today we said we will pass. Albert has a waterproof outfit and he took me and bought me snowbibs that are waterproof but I dont think they would have been that waterproof. So Icalled my parents house to let them know we werent going and we would be over to pick Bricen up and while I am talking to my mom Bricen got his leg stuck in the crib at their house so we had to go flying over there to see if we could help and while on our way my dad came home and was able to help my mom getting his leg out. It scared them all pretty good. It was stuck at the knee cap. We ate breakfast with them and then headed home. We skipped church which we very seldom do unless we are out of town and I slept for 2 1/2 hours. I was hated we didnt get to go riding but it was kinda nice. I havent been feeling very well I am fighting a sinus infection and just feel crappy today especially since we didnt get in bed at a descent hour last night too. So the boys are napping and I am about to start packing up Christmas decorations. I love to put them out but I hate taking them down!

Christmas Recovery!

2007-12-27T15:19:00.000-05:00

I am so tired of eating and we are all getting back to normal. I cleaned out Bricen's toys and his room yesterday. We had to make room for everything he had gotten. I had 2 bags of stuff to throw away and a bag to take for someone else. It's amazing how much junk one can get in their house. We are cleaning everything out. Every room, closet and cabinet will be cleaned out and all junk removed. I am in a cleaning mood. Watch out when I get this way I throw away tons. Albert wants everything cleaned out before we start tearing up our house remodeling.
John and Mandy closed on their new house today so Albert is helping them move this afternoon. They are excited to finally have room with their two babies. They have been living in a condo that is about 729 sq. ft. and their house is about 3,000 sq. ft. I hope they wont loose the babies once they get in. LOL! Have a good week and I will be posting pictures and the video of Christmas morning later on!

Merry Christmas!

2007-12-25T23:13:00.001-05:00

Albert, Bricen and myself Christmas night at Albert's parents.

Albert's Family minus one of the twins who was asleep while we were taking pictures.

Bricen, Albert and myself Christmas morning at our house.

Papa, Nona and Bricen

Bebe, Papa and Bricen

Granna, Bricen and Gran

Bricen with his new Mack truck

Bricen getting all his goodies out of his bucket.

Bricen woke up saying Happy Holidays. We had to correct him and tell him that our family says Merry Christmas! He got in bed with us a little after 7:00. He didn't remember at first that Santa had came. He sat straight up in the bed and said Santa's coming. We laughed and said he has already been here. So we got up and went to see what Santa had left. He got in the den and he didnt know what to think. Santa had brought him the Cars garage and left most of his toys in there so all he could see was that garage and the shake and go race track which was outside of the tent. It was like he was in shock. Once he looked in the tent he saw his new Mack truck and he went crazy. He could have cared less about anything else but that truck. He wanted it put together. He got the cars pop up tent, shake and go race track with 5 race cars, mega blok mack truck, mega blok matter gas station, t-ball set, soccer goals with a ball, pump and cones, spiderman pop up game, candy land castle game, Diego's medical backpack, and a basket that has Bricen's Big Rigs on it for the car. We used cute buckets for our stockings and he had the Bee Movie coloring book, candy, gum, Shrek 3 and the donkey beanie baby, race cars, and a flashlight.
Santa was good to me and Albert as well. Albert got a coleman portable grill with a griddle for pancakes, 2 cots and a bucket full of Cds and goodies. Albert has that enclosed trailer and we are stocking it. So Santa knew just what to get him this year.
I got a gift card to Home Depot. I never thought that I would be excited about getting something like that but its for remodeling our house. I am very excited about getting to choose what we want. We have never gotten to do this before. We lived in my grandfathers farmhouse for 5 years before we bought the house we are in now. I got a pair of boots that I had picked out. They are my pink cowboy boots. They are brown and the tops are pink. I love them!! I also got a very sizeable gift card to Victoria Secret. Wonder what I can buy from there? Something that might help me get pregnant? Ha. I need new bras. Yeah!
We went outside to see if the reindeer had eaten their carrots and boy had they ever. A jingle bell fell off one of the reindeer and was laying on the side walk and a must have fell out of Santa's sleigh. It was a little blue 4-wheeler. Bricen thought that was so cool that he had fallen out of the sleigh.

After we opened presents we had my parents, Albert's parent and my grandparents some over for breakfast. We started this Bricen's first Christmas and we have been doing it ever since. This is like his time with just them and they love coming and seeing what Santa brought. Bricen had his picture made with everyone and then everyone was off and running to the next house. We had to clean up from breakfast and start fixing stuff we had to take to Albert's parents for supper. We left and were at my parents at 12:00 to do Christmas with my grandparents and Uncles, Aunts and Cousins. We got home at 3:00 grab our stuff for Albert's parents and back out the door we went. We went over there to visit Albert's cousins that live way off that were here visiting for Christmas. We ate dinner over there and we got home around 7:30. Boy were we tired. Bricen had not had a nap all day and was really tired. He had been telling up since about 11:30 that morning he was tired. We let him play and then he got his bath and to bed he went. Although I had to go in and rock him to get him calmed down to go to sleep. He told us he was done with bed he wanted to play with his new toys. Bricen has always been a child you just put him in his bed and he goes to sleep on his own. We started that when we came home from the hospital so it is very unusual for us to have to rock him. We had a GREAT Christmas. Just very busy! Hope you all had one as well!

The Night Before Christmas!

2007-12-24T23:57:00.003-05:00

We got home about 8:00 from Papa and Nona's. We had a lot to do before we could go to bed. Bricen had a letter in the mailbox from Santa that we read. Then he got his bath and we put his Christmas PJs on. We had carrots to leave on the sidewalk for the reindeer. Cookies and Milk to leave out for Santa. He told Elfie bye because he would be going back with Santa to the North Pole until next year. Then we headed to the bedroom to read the Night Before Christmas and The Real Christmas Story. Bricen was wound up and didn't want to settle down to go to sleep. So it took him a good little while to fall asleep. I had to go to my parents to get Albert's presents. They were to big to hide so I took them there. I got home and we put out Santa. We had fun getting everything put up. We didn't wrap a thing. Last year we wrapped and he was so interested in one thing he didn't want to unwrap the rest. Santa never wrapped when we were little so Bricen's Santa doesn't wrap either.
Then we had to pick up everything and get ready for breakfast so we wouldn't have that much to do in the morning. We went to bed about 1:30 and we were so excited about him getting up we couldn't go to sleep and we didn't sleep well.

Christmas with Papa and Nona

2007-12-24T23:57:00.001-05:00

We hung around the house today for the most part. Albert slept late which he never gets to do. He didn't get up until 10:30. Bricen and I played with his new toys he got last night. We made cookies for Santa. Albert and Bricen had a few errands to run so I cleaned the house up so it would be clean for tomorrow. We left for Papa and Nona's house (Albert's parents) around 3:30. We were suppose to have been there at 3:00 but Bricen was still asleep and he was tired so we let him wake up on his own.
We got to Nona and Papa's and Max and Emma were pacing the floor. They were ready to open presents. So we gathered in the den and it was crazy. I dont really know what everyone else got because it was very overwhelming. Bricen got a blue Ford truck (like his daddy's) with as he calls it a horsey trailer with 2 4-wheelers to go in the back. Every trailer has a 4-wheeler in it if it belongs to him. He got the game Lucky Ducks, 2 new books, a dvd to help him learn his letters, a Clover Eaglet sweat shirt jacket that is really soft, a camo pullover with a matching hat and a bunch of stuff in his stockin. He got a big grave digger truck and a little John Deere airplane from Uncle Doug, Aunt Jana, Max and Emma. Uncle John, Aunty Mandy, Walter and Wyatt gave him 3 new shirts. Once Bricen opened up the truck and trailer we had a hard time getting him interested in opening up his other presents. We should have saved the truck for last.
After we opened presents we had pick-ups and the kids got to play with their new toys.

Christmas with Gran and Granna

2007-12-24T08:59:00.002-05:00

We went to Sunday School and Church. After church we went through the Wendy's drive thru and came home and ate lunch. Albert and Bricen both took naps while I ran around getting stuff together to go to my parents and I went to the grocery store for all our food for everything and everywhere we are going.
We went over to my parents around 4:00. We opened presents with the boys and wow was is wild. Sullivan is 3, Bricen is 2 and Addison is 1. So they had a ball. They all got different stuff so we said next year they would all get the same thing because they were fighting over each others stuff. They had a lot of fun. Bricen got a big truck that holds a lot of matchbox cars and trucks, a scooter, a travel magic water doodle and a pirate ship playset.
My grandparents Papa and Bebe came for supper. Albert sat in the kitchen with the boys and let them eat and watch Frosty the Snowman to help calm them down. After supper Papa and Bebe did Christmas with Robbie, Kristen and the boys because they are not able to be with us on Christmas. They also gave Bricen one of his Christmas presents too. They all got big trucks and they were wound up again running all around the house with their trucks. We took lots of pictures and they had a lot of fun.
My mom is going to have her hands full come the first of the year. Kristen is going back to work. She got a job at Crowders Creek Middle school as a guidence counselor. She hasn't worked since Sullivan was born all most 4 years ago. My mom will have all 3 boys everyday. So Gran and Granna's house will be very lively! Wow
We are home until 2:30 and then we go to Nona and Papa's (Albert's parents) to do Christmas with them. Its Christmas Eve and Bricen is so excited that Santa will be here tonight. He is having fun this morning playing with his new toys he got last night.

McAdenville

2007-12-24T08:51:00.000-05:00

Friday morning Albert stayed home with Bricen and I went to work. I went and had my manicure, pedicure and eye brow wax at Carmen and Carmen that afternoon. I ran some errands and then I took my seniors from the YMCA to see the Real Christmas Story at Narroway Theater in Fort Mill. It was awesome. We had a great time. Bricen got to spend the whole day with his daddy. The got out to go to lunch and that was the first time Bricen had been out of the house since Monday. He is feeling so much better and very rested.
Saturday morning Albert and Bricen went Christmas shopping and off to work I went. I had to run around and put flyers out and a few signs. I had a listing appointment at 1:30 and my dad went with me and I got the listing! We left there and ran to Shelby to pick up Bricen's pictures with Santa that we had made at the park. We came home and we got my mom, Albert and Bricen and we took my parents to dinner at the City Tavern. This was our treat for my mom keeping our little man while we work. We left there and we went to McAdenville. We waited in line for a little while but it was well worth it. Bricen had a ball. We had a lot of fun. It took us about an hour to go through but Bricen was so good.

Restful Week!

2007-12-20T11:25:00.000-05:00

Bricen has had an upper respitory infection so we have been in since Monday. He stayed home with his daddy on Monday and we ended up taking him to the urgent care on Monday afternoon. He was coughing so bad and nothing would give him relieve. Bricen and I have been in since we got home on Monday. He and I both have gotten lots of needed rest. He and I are always on the go. We haven't known what to do with ourselves. We have been real lazy and watched a lot of TV and movies. He is doing so much better. We are so glad. We want him well for Christmas. He missed his last two days of school before his Christmas break so he was unable to go to his party. It was Jesus' birthday party. I thought that was really a cute idea. He has missed seeing all his friends.
We missed being able to go to Bryson City NC to do the Polar Express with April, Champ and Chloe. We were really disappointed but you have to do what you gotta do to get your kids well. April's cousin was going to go and meet her there with her child so our tickets would be used and she wouldnt have to go by herself. We had a free room at Harris Casino courtesy of April's mom. She got us a free comp room. I hate we missed that. Hope you guys had fun!
Today is my last day at home being lazy. Albert will be home a little later on and I have a few things I need to go do for work. I am trying to get the house clean today as well. I have done a little all week but today will be all the house work. Albert will be home with Bricen tomorrow. I have floor duty at the real estate office and then I am going to Carmen and Carmen where Alicia Howard works to have a peppermint manicure, pedicure and a eyebrow wax. My boys got me a gift certificate last year for Christmas and it is soon to expire so I will be going to get pampered before Christmas. I can't wait.
Bricen and I have had a good week. We have gotten some stuff done that I needed for Christmas presents.

Elizabethtown, North Carolina

2007-12-18T21:45:00.000-05:00

Albert's grandmother, aunt and uncle leave in Elizabethtown NC and we went there this weekend to do Christmas with them. After we had supper and opened our presents we took the kids up to the fire station so they could have fun playing on the fire trucks. As you will see Bricen had a ball. He was able to sit on 1929 Model A Fire Truck that was restored. It sure was pretty. The boys were able to run around like we were on a playground. They got to play in all the trucks- front and back, blow horns (they were really loud inside the building), and they got to dress up in the firemens gear. The firemen were really nice and they got to take home a goodie bag.

On Sunday before we left everyone was sitting around visting. Bricen wanted to wash dishes. He stood on a stool and washed dishes for about 45 minutes. This was great entertainment. I think I will let him wash dishes more oftern.

Hollywild Zoo- Christmas Lights!

2007-12-18T16:02:00.000-05:00

We went with the Clover YMCA to Inman, SC to the Hollywild Zoo to see the thousands of Christmas lights and animals. We first went to Fats in Gaffney to eat an early supper and then off to Hollywild we went. Bricen was so excited that we were riding on a school bus. I took his carseat and he had to ride in it. If you remember school buses don't have seat belts but I was not about to take this child on a bus where he could run freely. So the carseat worked great. This was Bricen's 3rd year going. He enjoyed it more this year than ever. He loved feeding the animals. He thought that was the coolest thing and I was grossed out by all the slober these small animals can produce. I washed his hands several times with a wipe and then handsanitizer. The goats wanted to eat his clothes and he thought that was really funny. Since he went in the fence with the goats his feet had lots of goat poop on them. He enjoyed seeing all the animals and sliding down the inflatable slide. I put him in his PJs and he fell fast asleep on his way home. We had a great time!

Santa is Coming!

2007-12-18T15:57:00.000-05:00

This is the Santa that Bricen got to eat lunch with at the Clover YMCA. He crawled up on Santa's lap and rather than saying I want.... He said Santa I just pooped in my pants. I thought Santa was going to fall out. He was laughing so hard. Santa really chuckled! Santa told Bricen you didn't have to tell me. I already knew!

Christmas is almost here!

2007-12-10T13:14:00.000-05:00

We have been so busy since Thanksgiving. Its so hard to believe in 2 weeks Christmas will be here. I hate that I haven't found the time to blog. Things have been crazy. We had a great Thanksgiving. We went to the McGills for lunch and we were home the rest of the day. Meredith and Lauren came and ate dinner with us. We had a great weekend. Albert was home with us on Friday. He went riding with the guys on Saturday and Bricen and I ran around with my mom. Sunday we went to church and then to Portrait Innovations to have the pictures made for my parents Christmas cards. The weekend was just not long enough.

I decorated my tree that next week as a stress reliever after a bad week at work. I have not pulled out all my Christmas decorations. I am just not in the mood for decorating.

We have a lot going on but so does everyone else right? We are looking forward to go to the Hollywild Zoo to see the Christmas lights, The Polar Express train ride in the mountains, and all our family gatherings.

I will try to write more often.

Well its been while!

2007-11-21T11:20:00.000-05:00

It has been awhile since I blogged. We have had a lot going on. The first Saturday in November Bricen had his last soccer game. Our Sunday school class had a lunch and a baby shower after church. We had Bricen's award night for Soccer Thursday night November 8th. Albert and I went riding the second Saturday at Carolina Adventure World with Pressley, Greg and Adam. We had a great time. Bricen spent the night with his Nona and Papa so Albert and I got to go out to dinner. We went to the River Rat and we got sitted at the same table we ate at the night Albert proposed. I thought that was really funny. Last weekend on Saturday we had our grand opening at Lauren Pines. Its a new development off of Highway 161. So I worked there most of the day. That night we went to Wes and Amy's house for Josh and Alicia's Engagement Party. We were the old ones there. Doesnt that sound funny? Us old??? Bricen spent the night with his Gran and Granna and we went and picked him up to go to Sunday School. He has started this thing where is doesnt want us to leave him so Sunday was the first time Daddy got to experience that. He has been doing that to mommy dropping him off at school. We went to lunch at Red Bowl. One of my favorite resturants. We came home and fought with Bricen to take a nap. He never went to sleep. I think Sunday naps are about done. With Daddy and Mommy at home he doesnt want to nap. He did lay in bed and rest. We went that afternoon to McDowell Park and took pictures with Wes, Amy, Sage and Marli. The boys got to play on the playground after pictures and they had a ball. We had to go to Target to do some grocery shopping and to home we went. I have had a crazy week with work and hope things get better today to be able to enjoy Thanksgiving!

Halloween Day!

2007-11-03T16:57:00.000-04:00

We went with April and Chloe to the pumpkin patch. Black's in York had a lot for the kids to do. They first got to draw a pumpkin on a white board in the barn. Then they got to jump on the hay trampoline. After that they got to go see all the farm animals and feed the chickens. They went to the hay playground until it was time to go on the hayride. After the hayride we went through a round maze and once we accomplished that we were sent off throught the corn maze. After the corn maze we got to go see a man riding a horse doing tricks. Then we went to the barn to learn how to cut corn. Bricen loved playing with the corn kernels. They had a hay house where the three little pigs lived and the kids got to play in it. One of Bricen's favorite things was playing on the new tractors they had sitting for the kids to play on. We ended our trip with picking out our pumkins to take home. We were unable to do everything because of time. The kids had a great time and it wore the moms out! We left there and went to the Eagle's Nest for lunch. We followed our exciting morning up by coming home and taking a nap.

After nap Bricen dressed up as Spiderman and we headed off to trick or treat. We went to the Clover Real Estate office, The Lee's, Eddie Gibson's, Papa and Bebe's, Nona and Papa's and then to Wes and Amy's for hotdogs. After supper we went to a few houses in Wes and Amy's neighborhood. Bricen had a blast. He would get so excited about getting candy in his bag. After that we went to the Baptist Church to the fall festival. They had bouncey houses and the kids had a blast. We got home around 8:00 and we fixed popcorn and watched Winnie the Pooh's Halloween movie and Bricen was in bed around 9:00. We had a great evening!

Orange Party!

2007-11-03T14:40:00.000-04:00

Here are pictures from Bricen's school on Orange Day!

Thomas

2007-10-30T22:39:00.000-04:00

See I have been so busy I forgot to post about our trip to see Thomas the Train and Bob the Builder in Spencer NC the first weekend in October. Bricen and I went with April, Chloe, Donette and Rylan to see Thomas and Bob. We had a great time and the kids were a lot of fun. We had a lot of things to see and do and the last thing we did was ride Thomas at our designated time. Bricen had so much FUN! After we left the train museum we went to Concord Mills shopping. After shopping we went to find somewhere to eat and it was hard b/c a lot of resturants close at 10:00 and it was a few minutes after so we went through the Taco Bell drive through. We had so much fun on our Day Out With Thomas!

Orange Party Day!

2007-10-30T22:23:00.000-04:00

All the kids in Bricen's class had to wear orange today. Every month they have two colors they talk about all month that they center activities around and this month was Orange and Yellow. (Bricen already knows his colors!) There are two days that they wear either yellow or orange and it was cool that today was orange for Halloween and they had an Orange Party as they called it. Bricen was so excited that they were having a party. The parents were able to go into the classroom at 10:45 to see the kids doing a craft. After that they had their snack. Everything was ORANGE! Orange plates, napkins, cheese doodles, pumpkin sugar cookie, oranges, and orange kool-aid in an orange pumpkin cup. After snack they went to the rug wear they sing and they had several songs that they had been learning that they sang for the parents. It was really cute! Chloe and Bricen gave everyone a really cute sandbucket with their name painted on it and everyone else in the class brought goodies and the teachers filled the buckets and they turned out so cute.

Spiderman

2007-10-30T16:34:00.000-04:00

Well when it came time to take pictures on Saturday Bricen still did not want to wear the tiger costume. We sat down and had a little talk. He told me the tiger scared him and he didn't want to be the tiger. He is always acting like he is a tiger and everyone says oh you scared me. Then at night he will tell us there is a tiger in his room. So I guess he is really scared of the tiger. So I had already bought a spiderman costume for him to play with after halloween. Well I pulled it out and he got really excited and wanted to be spiderman. So here is my cute little spiderman. His face is just to cute to cover up with a mask too.

October

2007-10-27T14:55:00.000-04:00

I just love this time of year! We have been so busy that I haven't gotten to blog a whole lot. So I am going to catch us up to the present. We had Bricen's soccer game Thursday night the 18th and as always it was so funny. Sage and Bricen would really be into the game and then they would be running around chasing each other. We have to reming ourselves they are just 2 and learning. This has been a good experience for Bricen. Hopefully by next year he will be a little more attentive. Friday afternoon Bricen and I ran around getting ready everything we needed for his Halloween party that we were having on Saturday. Saturday we got up and cleaned the house and we had Bricen's annual Halloween party from 3-5 PM. We had invited around 60 kids. Isn't that crazy? We only had about 25 come. We missed all our friends who didnt get to come but we had a lot of fun with the ones who came! Bricen would not dress up. I don't think he got his nap out and when he got up he was for sure not putting on his tiger costume. Which aggrevated me to death. I got over it!
After the party Amy was here to help me clean up while the kids enjoyed playing. Albert and Wes found a reason they needed to leave so they got back here around 7 and we had hotdogs for supper. The boys enjoyed playing while Marli took nap. We were all ready for bedtime. Sunday we went to church and then to Christopher's for lunch and then home for a good nap! After nap time Bricen and I went to Pineville shopping while Albert went to a church meeting.
This past week was a busy work week. We went to Wes and Amy's last night for pizza and the boys had so much fun playing. They are learning to play with each other with out fighting. Yes they didn't fight at all. We got home at 12:00 this morning. I was really surprised that my husband stayed out that late with Bricen but he was still going strong until we left. Then the crying started over everything. We went straight to bed when we got home and slept until 8:00. Bricen had a soccer game at 9:00 on the other side of York so we had to hurry. We came back home after the soccer game and while the boys ran errands I picked up from the mornings rush. They brought back Wendy's and after lunch Bricen and I took a nap while Albert worked on a 4-wheeler. Thats the story of his life. Always working on his or someone else's 4-wheeler. Now the boys have gone to the part start to get another part for the 4-wheeler.
I have not gotten one picture of Bricen in his tiger costume so that is my goal this afternoon once they get back. I normally send out a halloween card with his picture and I have been so busy I havent gotten that done. I hope to do that today and send my pictures to Target to the one hour photo center and we will go and pick them up tonight. My parents are going to keep Bricen tonight so Albert and I can go out on a date. Well that catches me up for the past 2 weeks. Pictures will hopefully follow soon.

Catch up and Weekend away!

2007-10-13T18:07:00.001-04:00

We have been so busy! Last weekend we went to see Thomas the train at the N.C. Transportation Museum! Bricen had a blast. We went with April, Chloe, Donette and Rylan. We went to Concord Mills on the way home and got dinner at KFC/Taco Bell drive through. We have had such a busy week.
Yesterday was my birthday! I was 27 years old! We came to Georgia for the weekend. Wes, Amy, Albert and I. We are at Broad River ATV. We roasted hotdogs for supper and enjoyed hanging out and talking without yelling at kids. Albert has set up his inclosed trailer like a camper. It has heat and air. So we slept in there last night. Pressley came down for the day and we have had so much fun. We left the kids at home with the grandparents. We never get to do this and we are having so much fun. We slept late, ate breakfast and headed off for a nice ride. Then we came back for lunch. After lunch Amy and I took a nice nap. The guys headed off for some guy time and they came back covered in MUD. They picked us up and we rode with them rather than driving ourselves. We are back at the trailer and Amy and I are about to go get showers. Then we will enjoy our chili that we have in the crockpot and play some games while we relax. More to come of our great weekend!

Busy Busy Busy!

2007-09-23T13:19:00.000-04:00

We have been so busy! I have some catching up to do. Lets go back to last weekend and then we will talk about this week and weekend. Last Friday night we went to Courtneys with some friends for dinner (April and Derrick- their kids were with her parents for the weekend), after dinner we came home and I got all my scrapbook stuff and headed over to April's house to scrap. I wasnt my normally self. I started my diet on Monday Sept 10th and it made me sluggish for about a week trying to get adjusted. So I didnt get as much done as I would have liked. I was home by 12:30. Saturday Bricen and I went shopping to get him some new shoes. That evening we went over to Wes and Amy's for dinner. Sunday we went to church and then Bricen and I took a great long nap while Albert worked on 4-wheelers. After nap time we went over to Wes and Amy's and we rode our 4-wheelers. The guys got KFC for dinner and we came back on so I could eat chicken and veggies. Albert's parents came over to see us and that was our weekend. We had a busy week. Albert had a fire meeting Monday evening, Amy, April and myself went out to dinner Wednesday night and went shopping at Target. We had a great time. Thursday my dad and I had to go to Walmart to get all our stuff for the car show. Then Friday we took Bricen and Champ to the football game. We meet Wes, Amy, Sage and Marli for dinner at the middle school. The band had their BBQ fundraiser. Bricen spent the night with his Gran and Granna ( my parents). I had to get up early Saturday and head to town the set up for the car show. Century 21 had a booth and I was responsible for getting everything together and set up. I left there and had to head straight home. I had Jane coming to do pottery from 10-4. I had 18 moms bring their kids to do pottery. Everyone had a 20 minute appointment. I am so excited about all the stuff and I can't wait to get it back! After everyone left Bricen and I picked up and took a deep breath. We headed over to Amy's to eat supper and let the boys play. Wes and Albert had been riding 4-wheelers all day and I had fixed a crock-pot of chili beans so we had a nice evening. Once the guys got home we came home. We got up this morning and Bricen didnt get to go to church since he has a bad runny nose and cough. He was very upset he had to miss church. I left the boys at home and went. After I got home from church we ate lunch and then the boys got to take a nap. I had a house warming party for a client and then a drop in at the church for the new intern and his wife and the missionaries that are here from Mexico. After I got home I cooked supper and we had a nice evening at home. Have a great week!

Choo Choo

2007-09-09T22:13:00.000-04:00

We left yesterday morning and headed to Boone! We got in some traffic due to the football game. We stopped for lunch and then we headed to the house. Uncle Doug and Aunt Georgia have a beautiful house and they let us stay there last night. Bricen fell asleep 5 minutes before we got to their house yesterday afternoon. We carried him in and he and I had a great nap while Albert relaxed and watched TV. After our naps we went for a ride. We went to Mountain City TN and we found a great place to go ride 4-wheelers sometime. Its not to far from Doug and Georgia's house so hopefully we will plan another trip to ride 4-wheelers. We stopped at this great pizza place for dinner and after dinner we headed back to the house. We had a nice relaxing time in the hot tub then we got out and got Bricen ready for bed and after he was in bed Albert and I got to enjoy it with out Bricen splashing us and him trying to drink the water.

We got up this morning and we went to Tweetsie. We got there around 10 AM we rode the train first of course. Bricen loved the cowboys and indians. He thought that was the coolest. After the train ride we headed up to the top of the mountain and we went to the deer park and we feed the goats, deer an imus. We then rode the rides. Then we stopped long enought to grab a bite to eat and back to the rides we went. Of course we had to ride the train one more time before we left and this time the cowboy gave Bricen a shell from his gun and he thought that was so neat. After the ride we went into the gift shop to buy Bricen a toy and he picked out a Tweetsie wooden train set that he can play with on his rail road. We headed home around 2 PM. Bricen was wore out and he slept for 20 minutes on the way home. Yes thats right 20 minutes. He woke up when we had to stop at a stop light. We had a great time and he is in bed and he fell right to sleep at 8:30. Night Night Choo Choo!

New side job!!

2007-09-07T21:24:00.000-04:00

Like a really need anything else to do right? I stay really busy with everything already but I have decided to try to make a little spending money. So today when a friend and I went to the mall I decided to buy $100 worth of the Ralph Lauren Polos to sell on ebay. I only paid $7 and $8 a piece for the little boys polos. So I am going to get my money back out and use the money I make to buy more and turn it around so I can start saving for my shopping trips. I would love to have an extra $100 a month to go shopping and not feel guilty at all for doing it. I will let you know how it turns out!

After the mall we went and took the kids to Chucky Cheese. We had a good time!!

I came home and listed all my items on ebay and worked on real estate at the same time. I had a busy afternoon.

We went to dinner with Wes, Amy, Sage and Marli at Courtney's and then we went back to their house and the boys got to play for a little while. We had a nice evening. We are leaving in the morning to go to Boone and will spend the night tomorrow night. We are either going to Tweetsie tomorrow or Sunday.

GYMBOREE!!

2007-09-06T22:26:00.000-04:00

I went to the mall in Pineville tonight and I racked up!! I love Gymboree for winter clothes. They have the cutest sweaters and shirts for little boys. Everything is Half off and I had a coupon for an additional 20% entire purchase. So I got $400 worth of clothes for $160. I got a couple of shirts at Children's Place there clothes are 40% off and two Polo shirts from Dillards for $20. I am telling you this is a good time to go shopping for fall!!! I was very pleased. Bricen's closet is complete thanks to Amy and my shopping spree. My mom went with me and they give us money to buy clothes for Bricen at Christmas and she has given it to us early every year so we can get a deal when we see one so she bought the majority of the clothes. Thanks Granna!!

First Day of Mother's Morning Out!

2007-09-04T20:42:00.000-04:00

Bricen started his first day of Mother's Morning out. He will be going three days a week. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. He has been so excited! It was harder on me today than him. He didnt cry! He was very excited for me to leave him. It's just so hard to believe that my baby is old enough to go somewhere beside his Granna's house. It will be so good for him. He told us he had made some new friends. There are 4 boys and 9 girls. There theme for this month is transportation. I asked him after I picked him up if he sang any songs and he told me yes and I asked about what and he told me a choo choo. So he knew what I was asking and he was right. I took tons of pictures so here are a few to share. Bricen is excited about going back on Thursday.

Bricen picked out his book bag. He was really excited to have it. Can you tell?

Trip to the Store!

2007-09-03T22:18:00.001-04:00

Last weekend Bricen heard Albert telling me what I needed to get at the grocery store. Well after I returned Bricen put Albert's shoes on and told us he would be back in a little bit. He was going to the grocery store to get steak and toothpaste. It was so cute! He is so smart. That was two of the things he heard Albert tell me to get.

Labor Day!

2007-09-03T22:03:00.000-04:00

We have had a great Labor Day! We slept in this morning and then I had to go to work for a little while. The boys cleaned up the dirty 4-wheelers from our muddy weekend! I stopped by the grocery store on the way home to get stuff for supper. Wes came over about 1:30 and he and Albert tore his 4-wheeler apart to do some work on it. After the kids naps Amy brought Sage and Marli over. The boys had a great time outside. They both wanted to ride Bricen's tractor and then they got Sage's 4-wheeler out of Wes' truck then they both wanted to ride that. They were so cute. When one would get off to get something the other would be watching and they would take off to see who could get to the 4-wheeler or the tractor the fastest. Bricen got to ride his 4-wheeler and he and Sage rode around the yard and had a blast. We grilled hamburgers and hotdogs and had a great time!

Bricen and I packed his book bag for his first day at Mothers Morning out tomorrow! He is really excited!

Clemson and Florida State are playing tonight and Bricen was all into wanting to see the Tiger before he went to bed. Bricen likes pretending to be the tiger. He was unable to see the tiger but we are taping the game so we can show him the tiger tomorrow. It's an awesome game and all I can say is GO TIGERS!!!

New Real Estate Advertising!

2007-09-03T07:52:00.001-04:00

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