Paris with Bop and Sid

When in Paris, we had some good Bop and Sid time. The leaves had all changed and were beautiful OR all on the ground.. The kids were begging to rake!
So we raked.... until BOP pulled out this amazing backpack of complete FUN!




Bowden liked it!
Emaline DID have on a sweatshirt, but it was like 80 degrees in November.

We had a great time!

Memorial Day 2010, REUNION

You can read about last years here, and 2008 here, 2007 here, and even 2006 here. OH looking through the past years pictures...how we have changed!!!! SERIOUSLY! I love these guys, class of....well, I am sure I said it in one of the old posts. 12 kids between us, although 2 GUYS decided NOT TO BRING THEIRS! We missed them, and their beautiful mommies who were home with them.

These gloves were a big hit!


Dawson and Parker. Having their own picnic, that was shortly busted when the girls wanted to join them.
Matching smiles.

We went to Clarksville one day to see Buddy, and the Clarksville Cousins.
I, SO badly, wanted to take Bowden's picture by the headstone. He went to sleep 2 minutes after we left our cousins home.




Wyatt ( my brother) was dj'ing the North Lamar prom so we stopped by during decoration/setup time and the KIDS had a BLAST!







The theme was Vegas. I have a video of Parker dancing on the stage. He was a natural, but I know you are not surprised!
Other highlights during the trip: breaking of an EXPENSIVE vase, Taco Delight, FUN at Gay and Jays looking at wild flowers and picking blackberries, Braums, buying bunk beds on the way home, and a photo shoot. I love going to Paris.

The Annual Reunion

Well, here we are. Mindy, Justin, Elisha, Brian, and yours truly. This is our 3rd annual Memorial Day get together. This year we missed Justin's bride Debbie and their sweet girls Molly and Sadie. I get to go meet Sadie in a few weeks and CAN'T wait to see her. You can read about their family HERE

Last year I was weeks away from having Bowden, and in that blog post I asked who would be the next one, and it was Debbie!

B's favorite toy of choice...a ball! AND a basketball at that!
Ian
The boys having a great time.

All the kids in attendance.
Looks kind of cruel to me!
They boys were all about night crawlers!



Next year we will tripod it (or let Marlee take it!) to get all of our spouses.

Home from Paris

Well, finally no other trips on the calendar until Thanksgiving. We (me and Parker) returned home form Paris today after a very eventful weekend. Check out this picture I took yesterday after the wedding in my dad's backyard. Parker 20 months!


On Friday, Parker got a haircut, we took his Halloween shirt to be made by uncle Wyatt, and went to visit Bop and Sid at the store. Saturday morning we had breakfast together and played. Bop and Sid were off to work. They came back to get us around 2:00 for my cousins wedding. The wedding was absolutely beautiful in Clarksville, Texas. Parker was...okay during the wedding. This was an old church, with very old air conditioning. We were all sweating. When the minister asked us to be seated after the bride had made it to the alter, Parker yelled back at him, "NO!" That was funny. Then Parker decided to throw his pacifiers over pews. That was not so funny. When the minister was doing his talk, he mentioned peace in the heart, well Parker thought he was meaning, "PEACE OUT" like on the Jack in the Box commercial. His wonderful Aunt and Uncle taught him that on our Destin vacation. So, Parker starts holding up his fingers and reciting, "PEACE!" After the wedding and lots of CAKE, we went back to Paris to rest and change before we went out to dinner later that evening. At this point...Parker is beginning to show signs of not feeling so good. His nose is running and he is extremely cranky. Only momma would do. He went right to sleep, but that was short lived by a 5:45 am wake up. He was up! No more night night. He was having trouble breathing. I was trying to blame a temperature last week on his 2 year molars. Now, I am not so sure. The gums are definitely bulging, but this congestion is new. I think I will call the doctor tomorrow.

We decided to skip church this morning due to Parker being sick. Bop and Sid watched him so that I didn't have to take his germs with me to visit my new friends Logan and Lauren. They were born on last Sunday to my high school friend Mindy. Their birth weights were both over 5 lbs! When I was holding Logan today, all I could think about was Parker was double her size when he came out. They both are doing great, and so is their mother.

I am off to bed after watching a wonderful episode of Extreme Home Makeover. I love that show. It makes me cry every time. Hopefully Parker will sleep well tonight. It is glad to be home!