1st home football game of the year

Football season is here and in full swing! The first home football game was August 26th. Melanie brought her kids over to play before the game. These 4 have so much fun playing together and Eli loves to watch. They were all so excited to go to the game. Melanie got them all a sucker when we got there! We only made it until the 3rd quarter and then we left. It was already 10:00 and it was the end of our first week back in school. We were all tired! The Warriors beat Pilot Point 31-8!
*I need to get Cooper another Liberty shirt. They don't make them small enough for him so I have to have them made. I'm a little behind...

Pies with Daddy

I had some left over pie crust from making chicken pot pie so Trent decided he wanted to make some 'fried' pies. He even made a trip to Walmart to pick up some canned cherries and apples. That night Madison helped him make some pies! She had such a fun time and made such a mess! :) They turned out really good. We baked them instead of frying them.

First Day 2011-2012

Yes, this is their first day of school picture. Nice right? This is what happens when Dad is the only one home in the morning. I've decided I may have to stage a picture on the Sunday before school starts. Ha!
Apparently Cooper did not want to have his picture taken. He ran away from the camera several times and so this was Madison's attempt at putting her arm around him to keep him still....
I guess we can laugh at it years from now.

My sweet girl going into Pre-school

My not so happy boy starting daycare again after being home all summer

Meet the teacher

Madison had her meet the teacher the Thursday before school started. She was so excited to find out that she had Mrs. Cothes. That was the teacher she wanted. She was also super excited to find out that one of her best friends from last year was also doing pre-school again. She has a summer birthday too.

Mrs. Cothes is wonderful. She's been at Liberty about 12 years. I think Madison is going to have a great year in her room. She has a CandyLand theme. Perfect for my sweet tooth girl!

pretty, pretty princess

This girl spent most of summer in her dress up clothes. Her brother did too. We asked for boy dress up clothes for his birthday. His Daddy is tired of seeing him in dresses! :)

Looking back at summer

I complained about being sick all summer and I honestly wouldn't want to do it again but it did make us have a slow paced summer. Looking back, as summer was coming to an end, I was able to appreciate our time at home together. Typically, we stay busy and go, go, go every day from the time we wake up until the time we go to bed. (I'm not good at just sitting) This summer was so different.
We still got up early (between 7-8:30) but we spent an hour or so laying on the couch in our jammies watching some of the kids favorite shows. Some days we'd still be in our pj's at the dinner table. How nice is that?? I got to eat a lot of Madison's creations from her kitchen, we played board games while Cooper took naps, we played house and school and colored a lot. I got to play cars with Cooper and throw endless amounts of balls. The kids dressed up in princess clothes (yes, Cooper too), read lots of books and just enjoyed being together.
Sometimes in the rush of life I forget to slow down and enjoy the small things. This summer allowed me to do that. For that I am grateful. Now when 3:00 hit, I was in bed and Trent had to take over. That seemed to be the time that my medicine wore off everyday and would never work again. Even though it wasn't the summer I had been counting down to, it was a good summer. I loved being home with my own babies for a short time.

Cold Front

My ABSOLUTE FAVORITE picture of them!

We were lucky enough to have a 'cold front' come through one afternoon. The temperature dropped to the low 80's for about an hour. We decided to take advantage of it and play outside in the middle of the afternoon. The kids had so much fun. They rode in the gator for awhile and then drug out their other bikes to ride. It quickly started to warm up so we headed back inside. It was nice while it lasted, even if it was only for an hour. It made us really ready for fall.