Big Mama Panties

Sadie always keeps us laughing. One day this week I was changing clothes after work and she was in my room talking to me. She got quiet for a minute then said, "Little girls wear little girl panties, Big Mama's wear big mama panties."

The Baby Whisperer

Randy seems to have a way with babies. All in the same day he rocked my nephew Hudson and our best friends' baby Sam to sleep. We've decided to call him the Baby Whisperer.

Hailey's Birthday

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Hailey's birthday was September 5. She got a new bike for her birthday from us and tickets for her and two of her friends to see Taylor Swift in concert the following weekend. She took Raechel and Molly. The girls spent the night with Hailey the night of the concert. Hailey and Raechel made posters to take to the concert. Of course we had to buy t-shirts when we got there. At one point during the concert Taylor had gone in for a costume change and Molly had to go to the restroom. I reluctantly took her, I was afraid we'd miss something. When we walked out of the arena Taylor walked right by us with her security guards! She was going to sing in the audience about three sections down from us. We were so excited! I will never again groan when one of my kids needs a bathroom break! In addition to what Randy & I gave her she received a camera from Nana & Bertie, a Justice gift card from Aunt Alicia, money from J & Kristi, a High School Musical Barbie set from Mimi & Popi, a Nintendo DS game from the Moon's, American Girl doll clothes and a HSM magic 8 ball from Greg, Andrea & Sam, and some money from friends. She had a great birthday!!!!

Jonas Brothers

Friday Randy brought home tickets to see the Jonas Brothers (thanks Chad!). Hailey was so excited! My friend Ginger and her daughter Raechel went with us. We had a great time. Here are some pics:

End of Summer

How did it go so fast? I'm a little sad this week the kids start back to school and it marks the end of their summer vacation. Here are a few more pictures of the second half of our summer:



Tyler with Sadie and Sam. He's such a ladies man!

Hailey and my nephew Parker enjoying lunch on the fourth of July.




This is Randy's favorite pose! This was on the fourth of July after lunch. That's our good friends Greg and Andrea's baby girl, Sam. She fell asleep with him just a few minutes later. So sweet!

My nephew Hudson had his first birthday party. He was getting ready for his cake here. He had a rubber duckie theme party complete with a large duck the kids can play on in the pool. He is such a cutie!

We had a Girl Scout "Kidnap" breakfast at Cracker Barrel. My co-leader Ginger and I went to each girls' house and got them out of bed. The only thing they could do was brush their teeth. They weren't too happy about being seen in Cracker Barrel in their pajamas.

Summer fun

Ok, I know it's been a while. We've been pretty busy around here. I wanted to give everyone a quick update.

We started off the summer with Girl Scout camp. Hailey & I stayed two nights at Camp Kanawahala. We had a great time! The girls did swimming, canoeing, archery, low ropes, climbing wall and lots of crafts.

Tyler had wrestling camp for a week in June. Now they're doing wrestling workouts three nights a week. He's working on dropping a few pounds so he can wrestle in a lower weight class. He loves it!

Hailey and I went to Nashville for a weekend for the CMA Music Festival. My sister in law Kristi went with us. We saw Lady Antebellum, Kid Rock, Luke Bryan, Jake Owen, Jason Aldean, and a few more. It was awesome!

We've been going to the pool a few times a week. While Kay and Ron (my in-laws) were out of town Randy had a sunbathing deck put up by their pool. I'll post a picture of this. It was their anniversary/father's day surprise. With 9 kids plus adults they needed more deck space around the pool.

We just returned from Orange Beach on Sunday. We took Kay, Logan and Molly (my nephew and niece) with us. We had beautiful weather! The boys stayed in the Gulf most of the time. Molly spent half her time digging in the sand, the other half in the water. Hailey stayed in the sand most of the time until Saturday when we finally got her in with a boogy board. She loved it and was a water bug after that. Sadie liked the sand, didn't care for the water. We ate a lot of good food (my scale reflected that when I got home) and had a great time!

So that's it in a nutshell. I'm posting a variety of pictures. Hopefully I'll post again before the end of summer!

Chain of Command

Tyler frequently babysits Sadie for us. He's very good with her and says she behaves very well for him. He may be giving her everything she wants, but that's part of being a big brother, right? Well, Randy told Sadie that Tyler is the boss. So if you ask Sadie who Tyler is she responds "the boss". He's now taught her who mom and dad are too. If you ask her who mom is she says "the CEO". When you ask her who dad is she says "he's just the worker".