Wednesday Night Lights!!

19-0 Go Spartans!!


Brynlee and Ashley

Josh #53 and Bryson #65

All wrapped up in our blankets!

He was a little sweaty after the game!

Bryson's Football team got to play under the lights tonight. He was so excited, well actually we all were. I know it won't be long and he will be playing every Friday night! I can't wait!!! His team did great. It was a lot of fun watching the team play. The lights made it seem more like a true football game. Thought I would share a few pictures from the fun night!

Happy 1st Birthday Brynlee!

(Did you notice the hair gets longer and bows get bigger as the pictures go down!!)

One year ago today two mother's lives changed forever. One gave the greatest gift one could ever give and the other received it. I will forever hold a special place in my heart for Brynlee's birth mom. I have thought of her so often today and wondered how she is doing, and what she is thinking. It does not seem like a year has gone by. It went so fast. The day she was born we waited and waited for what seemed like eternity and now she is one! She is such a wonderful part of our family. She is so funny and happy, our lives are truly blessed. She has completed us. God is so giving and for that we are thankful. Happy Birthday Baby Girl you were worth every waiting minute!

Memories

One year ago tonight we were telling the boys the news that they would maybe be getting a little sister. I remember how excited they were and then we told them NO ONE could know about it. We never dreamed they could keep the secret but they did! They recorded a little greeting for the birth mom that we would show her the next day. I remember being so scared that it was all going to fall through again like it had in the past. We flew out on Wednesday at 10:30am not knowing exactly what God had in store for us! We got there around 1ish and started to find our way to Athens. Which we quickly learned was home to the Georgia Bulldogs! We checked into our room, called the boys and told them we made it, and we were on our way to meet the birth mom for supper. We got to Applebee's. I was so nervous I was sick. Tim grabbed my hand and in we went. We went in to meet the wonderful young lady that would give birth to our daughter the next day. I was/am so amazed by her and the strength she had that night. We laughed, ate, and got to know a little more about one another. One thing was very clear she loved her little girl more than anyone will ever know. She had more courage than I will ever see again. She watched the video greetings from the boys and then we went our separate ways. The next day would change our lives forever.......................

This was Brock's crazy video to Melinda. He was so excited and was such a nut that night. He did do one where he was calm after this one. We showed her the calm one first then the goofy one to show her how Brock really is. Bryson's was much more calm. I am so upset I can't find his anywhere. I am hoping it is on the video camera, or a CD somewhere. Enjoy!

We're still here!

We are still alive. We are gone EVERY night for practice with the boys, and then games on Saturday and Sunday. I am working on a post for the big event on Saturday! I can not believe Brynlee is going to be one. She is already in her sassy phase so I am scared to think of what 13 will be like. I promise pictures and more posts soon.

Cousins, Camping, and Fun!

Cody, Ty, and Bryson (Cody is rocking out on his guitar)
Brock having fun jumping off the tube.
Nice hair!

Long lost brothers!
Brynlee's Miss America pose
Bryson and Cody had a lot of fun tubing.

Brynlee and Mommy on the boat.

We had a great time on our camp out this weekend. We went with Tim's cousin and her family. The boys were so excited to see one another again. You would have thought we won the lottery with how excited they were to spend time together. We had a little trouble getting there but better late than never right! It was just fun and relaxing for the whole 24 hours we were there. We definitely need to do this more often but maybe for at least two days. We had a nice time around the campfire last night and then on the boat today. Just a few pictures from our fun weekend. As we said all day F stands for Family Fun right Mark!!!

Our Hero Firefighter Dave

Firefighter Dave is in the front of the hose.
This is how the house looked when we got there.
Tim said it only took about 15 minutes to be completely in flames. Kind of scary to think it can go that fast considering the house was completely empty.
This was about 5 minutes later. The roof fell in when I took this shot.

Not much left after 10 minutes.
Look at the Chimney standing in the middle of the house still.

Trying to push the last side in. Way to go Firefighter Dave!!!

A local family moved and asked the local fire departments to burn the house down. I took the boys up after Tim aka Dave called and said they were getting close. When Bryson and Brock were little they had a favorite video called There Goes a Fire Truck and the star was Fireman Dave. So ever since Tim joined the fire department we have called him Fireman Dave and given him a hard time! Our favorite saying is Fireman Dave to the Rescue!!!!!!! We took a few pictures and some video of the days events.

The fire was so hot you could feel the heat down the road. You could feel it through the window as you drove by.

1st Day Back To School

I know this is going to shock you but we were running late so only one picture from the mornings events! The kids were thrilled I was running late and no more pictures!!

We had or first day of school on Friday. The boys had a pretty good morning. Bryson loves Junior High and he only had trouble with his locker 1 time. He was so nervous about the whole locker combination thing. I promised I would not write about how he led half of his class to the wrong class!! Good thing someone figured it out! All in all he had a great first day. Brock loves his teacher he is now in 3rd Grade I can not believe it. A lot of his good friends are in his class so he was very excited. A little upset that all the supplies I wrote his name on goes into a bin and they all share. SHARE who the heck does that!?! I asked him if it really mattered he said no but he just wanted the stuff I bought for him. I would like to think it was because his wonderful mom bought it for him but I think it is just because he is stubborn! Did I mention WE HAVE AIR CONDITIONING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is the first year with air and it is a good thing! We are going camping this weekend for our official ending of summer break. After this weekend back to the real world.............YUK!

Hot off the Press

We went to town today and on the way I thought I would call and see if we could get some pictures taken. I tried Portrait Innovations...............they were GREAT! I have never used them before and they did a fabulous job. Well I think they did what do you think! She was in such a good mood we had a hard time picking out the pictures. She is such a ham! Here are a few for you to take a peak at! I am a little late for 9 mos. but 10 3/4 mos. is better than none at all!!