Sunday Outdoor play

Okay...so at age 7, kyle has received his first "love note" from a cute little girl in his class. Ashley is her name, and they have actually had this little crush on each other since we moved here....She truly said to me one day that she wants kyle to marry her...I find this very to be soooo cute! So I pick kyle up from after school one night and he came running out to the car with this particular note in hand and a little timid on showing it to me...but out of true excitement he requested I pull the car over to the side of the road cause he had something so "awesome" (his words) to show me!...so being extremely curious i did. After shuffling around madly in his back pack out comes this note....Although he had to read it to me before i could peek for myself...soooo cute! this little note will be available to him again many years down the road..for it will be placed safely in his baby book!

Puppy Love

True Army Dedication

Alright..this is what Kyles FAVORITE past time is and that's playing army men..he will set hundreds of these little guys on any table that's not occupied at that moment and rein act the war...he completely tunes out everything or anyone that is around him and just plays...he has such a big imagination, I love it!

Our Tree

Milo in His P.J'S

Awe..I found these cute Snowman dog Jammie's and I could not resist! ain't he cute..

Nice Visit from the Family

So for the very first time mike and I let the boys go to Michigan to stay with family for a whole week while we stayed in Tennessee. That was a very long week for me..I have never been away from them with that much distance between us..

They had a great time and was able to visit with there cousins they have not seen since we have moved. Uncle mike and Aunt Jennifer took A day off work to travel from Grand Rapids to Ortonville and spoiled the boys for the day....they played a bit with Brady and really was just happy to see everyone!

These pictures are from when the boys came home. Papaw, Nana, uncle Gregg and Aunt tamra stayed a few days to visit...we had a great time and look forward to seeing them all at Christmas.

Sunday Afternoon

Now that chase is getting older, we have giving him a little bit more responsibility around the house..one included helping mow the lawn when needed, except this was the first time I felt "okay" with him driving this machine on his own (probably a little over protected). But i think he felt like he felt like i was the poperotsy cause i kept running out and taking snap shots of him...and this second picture is the result of a hard days work at home on a Sunday...poor guy!

Thanks Giving in CHattanooga Tn

So, we did something a little different for Thanks Giving this year..we ventured over to Chattanooga Tn, were we visited the aquarium. Guess I was just tired of doing the same old routine. I'm glad we did..We needed a break from the business of our life's. even though its only about an hour and a half a way it was still refreshing to See the changing of the leaves and the mountains are beautiful on the way.

On the way home of course i always keep my eyes open for a neat strip mall..and guess what! I found one. Of course we had to stop. I Will say the troop was to tired to a walk around to long and we did not even buy anything but i wouldn't be female if i did not attempt right? We were home the Day of Thanks Giving so I was able to put some Cornished hens in the oven with all the side fixings and managed to make a homemade peanut butter pie! Then i believe after the boys watched the football game we popped a movie in and just spent the rest of the day together. Don't know if we will do that again, but it was something we all will remember!

Star Struck!

Yes, do not try to adjust your screen, that is Carrie Underwood!...this was really neat. We were randomly shopping in downtown Franklin and ran into her in of the the stores..chase as you can see was a tab bit nervous a probably felt embarrassed when i asked her to pose with him! But, he sure is glad i did now.....she was very sweet and very pretty!

If I remember corectly i said to myself...im dying my hair blonde and going on a diet!

Okay, lets catch up shall we?

Okay, so I have been a very bad blogger! this used to be one of my favorite past times on the weekends. But as we all know life gets in the way most of the time. We are all doing great! chase has started the 7th grade and kyle is doing good in 2nd grade.

We just celebrated chase turning 13 this past November! hard to believe he is Turing into a young man right before our eyes. He is a typical teenage boy with his cell phone always going off and the girl drama going on...wow, are mike and i even old enough to be dealing with this? it seems like just yesterday we ourselves were going through the same "stuff"...every time i blink the kids are 5 years older. We are having fun, keeping very busy with all our schedules...Now With Christmas approaching that has increased things here a bit...chase is no longer into cheap stuff. I do believe we have moved on to Electronics (yikes)..kyle is still pretty easy, at least for a few more years!

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