Christmas, 2009

We had the BEST Christmas ever!!!! Santa came and delivered a few toys and then it was a fun filled day of putting a Lego train together!

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

December 2009, Part 1

It has been a while since I have added pictures. Here are a few from the past month.

Michael and Ben made a gingerbread house.

Cookie at school....

more cookies at home!!!!

Michael, Ben and Poppa at dinner in Columbus.

Ben, Brandon, Kayleigh and Mallory at Grandmas in Phenix City.

Ornaments that Ben made at the pottery place......

and ornaments that Ben made at school.

Halloween, '09

Our little cowboy started his night in the rain.

Ben obviously only trick or treats for one thing...the candy. When he had a certain amount in his bag, he was done! He just rode in the wagon and let me pull him while the other kids got out and got candy.

WRAPPERS!

DINNER!

DESSERT!

Pirates and Tanks, October '09

What a great day we had in Columbus! Our day began at the museum for a Pirate Day. Pirates were everywhere. They started the day by firing a cannon that we watched from afar...it was very loud.

Poppa, Ben, Natalie and Nana

This fine pirate was showing Ben his gun. Thanks to Ben's favorite show on the History Channel, Lock N Load, he knew all about this gun!

This was one spunky pirate couple. Ben could not take his eyes off of them.

What was I supposed to do...just stand there and smile??

Ben and Natalie loved the cannon...even though it was loud!

After seeing the pirates, we headed over to Fort Benning and went to see the army tanks. Again, because of all of the T. V. watching I let my kid do...he taught us some stuff about the tanks!

We found Little Ben!

Nana and two of her sweet babies!

We couldn't think of a better way to end our day than to get ice cream at DQ!

Fair, 2009

Louisiana Trip, October '09

We went to Jennings for a week recently. Seems like we cooked food over a fire quite often...3 times to be exact! I'm not sure what the flashlight was for that my dad is holding.

There is never a dull moment in the country. These little darlings dig up my mom's flowers, so my dad traps them.

When it rains, you just pull the bbq pit under the covering and roast your marshmallows that way. We had already roasted hotdogs..that was the entree. This is dessert!

Ben and I with our sweet grandma! He had made nametags for everyone earlier in the day and she is still wearing hers.

WAR EAGLE!!!

Our Auburn Game this year was our first night game and my parent's first ever Auburn game! Everyone had a GREAT time!

Seeing Spirit the Eagle fly is my favorite part of the game. He is let go at the top of the stairs in the inzone and flys around and around the stadium until he lands in the middle of the field. He is also on the sideline during the game.

Mom, Dad and Ben after the game!

Mom, Ben and I waiting for the band!

We can't ever go to the campus and skip getting a picture in front of this sign! One day I will dig up all of the pictures we have like this and post them.

Fun Run, Aug. '09

This week at Ben's school there was a Fun Run to raise money for the school. Ben ran and walked 35 laps...which is over 2 miles. I had one tired little boy that night!!!

First Day of Kindergarten, Aug. '09

Ben is in Kindergarten now and LOVES his teachers!

I Am 5 Now!

Braves Game, August '09

We went to the Braves game in Atlanta. It was a night game which was really cool! Ben had a ball and got to eat all of the junk that he wanted to!