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Jack's 3rd Birthday!

I hate to say that I missed Jacks (my nephew) 3rd Birthday! Mom & I were at Market. Check out Printscharming13.blogspot.com to see some of the new stuff we're getting in. Anyway, back to the birthday. Kathleen created a mini-town for the kids to "ride" around. How much fun is that? Complete with Drive in Sonic, John Deere Store and even the LPCC! Kathleen is the queen of birthdays around here. Hard to compete with so I don't even try!! Happy 3rd Birthday Jack-a-roo!






Miller man and Jack crusing the "town"!

A day on the lake!

One of Miller & Davis' favorite things to do is hang out at Pop & GeeGee's lakehouse. I can't believe Kathleen & I got them all to sit still together! They had a great time "fishing" with their spiderman & barbie poles! Holt actually did catch some fish.
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Swimming with Pop

Davis had a great time swimming with Pop yesterday. My little daredevil loved the slide best!
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The Eye Dr.

Miller's 1st trip to the eye Doctor. He loved Mrs. Bridget! Thanks B!
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Three Mommas Trunk Show

Just in case you didn't know, I am having a three Mommas trunk show this week at my house.
Here are the times:

Thursday, Feb. 4 ~5:30-8
Friday, Feb. 5 ~ 10:30-4
Saturday, Feb. 6 ~ 9-12
Sunday, Feb. 7 ~ 1-4

Come see me. You can see how cute the clothes are by clicking here!

honesty is the best policy...well sometimes

O.K. Carey Here goes. 8 Honest things about myself. Then you repost and do the same....
Being really honest. This is more like a confession. I'm catholic after all. I guess that's a good place to start.

1. God & I have a unique relationship. Don't misjudge the situation. (Judge not, right.) I pray, I go to church, I say the blessing, I talk to him in ways you may think are strange.(See note) I'll probably never have a conversation with you about Him. To me, it's personal. It's between me and Him, and it's nunya! I know I should sing his praises from the rooftops and all that, but I'm not like that. Matthhew 6:1-6 I guess. ( Note: I do this thing in my head...I don't know what you'd call it. I started doing it when I was in college. It's kinda my way of thanking God for the little things. It goes like this. If I see a woman exercising, I'll say to myself, "Thank you God, that I have already done that today." Or if I see a purple house, I'll say, "Thank you God, that I have better sense than to paint my house purple." I'm not exactly saying this is "nice". But, I like to thank God for making me, me. )

2. I love my children. I know lots of people say this, but this is the confession. I do not like to play with them....tractors, hunting, pre-tending - it bores me. I know that makes me sound terrible, and believe me I have tried. My mom is so great at pre-tending. She loves to play with my kids. They play tractors, and have things break down, and run to "town" for sonic for all the hands. And in a minute it's gonna "rain" so hurry and put all the tractors under the shed....I don't really even know where she comes up with this stuff. Maybe it's that I can't relax if there's something to do - house wise. folding, cleaning etc. who knows. I'm right brained. Keep in mind, I didn't say I don't play with them. I'm just saying I don't like it.

3. I hate chocolate, and deer meat. No, I don't want to try your recipe. Yes, I'm sure I don't like them. To some people I might as well have said I think Elvis is still alive.

4. I have undiagnosed cases of OCD and dislexia. My mama says I have CDO, because that's alphabetized. I make lists, and buddy you better not touch them, write on them or mark something off them. I get made fun of at pokeno because I alphabetize the players names, and if i make a mistake i'll tear the page out and start over. I made terrible grades in high school algebra because i couldn't keep the letters and numbers straight, but had a 99 average in college statistics. Go figure.

5. I love to travel. I love hotels (good ones). There's something about visiting places, airplanes, restaurant etc. that excites me.

6. I love people and their idiosyncrasies. Very few people (their habits) annoy me. Probably those closest to me the most. Mostly things annoy me, not people.

7. I am very competitive. You do not want to play board games with me. I don't even let my three year old win at hi-ho cherrio. I mean, I know life isn't always about winning and losing. But, somebody has to lose at hi-ho cherrio. I can't help it if I spin 4 and his cherries keep falling out of his basket. Losing is an important lesson for those of you that now think I am a terrible mother. (I know what you're thinking - "sheesh, if she doesn't like to play with them, she could at least let him win." I don't think so.

8. I think I need a wife. I love my husband. He's a great guy, father, husband etc. But, I could really use a clone of myself. Not that I'm all that great, but if there were two of me, I could really accomplish some stuff. Things would be getting done. I could cook supper, update the blog, order the new stuff for the store, go to wal-mart, fold the clothes, play with the kids, read the stories, watch tv, clean the kitchen, and still have time to check e-mail and all sorts of other stuff I juggle.

Chili & Cheer!

For the past three years, Tim & I have helped host a party during the Christmas season called Chili & Cheer. We always take a picture of the hosts and hostesses. These are two of the images captured this year. The bottom one is the "best" group shot I had. The top explains why it's so hard to get a "best" group shot.

Christmas Morning

Miller can't wait to see what Santa brought. Yes, we all had matching pj's.

Davis sans PJ's

Loving his new spinning toy

Miller sings, "take you for a ride in my big green tractor"...

Yes, Santa brought drums.....No, we aren't crazy....No, they aren't driving us nuts...really.

Christmas Tree Picking

This is something Tim and I started with Miller. We took him to Curry's tree farm in Start when he was only 6 months old. Crazy I know. I believe he liked it then, and I know he loves it now. I included a pic from each year! I seemed to have misplaced last years pic. I can't remember if I was still pregnant or had a 1 week old when we picked it out. I don't think Davis made the trip! This year, he cried all the way to Start and back. He was fine out of the car. I hope he's not starting a bad habit. Miller always cried in the car, and Davis never has. Weird. Both of the boys loved playing the the corn box (like sand). Davis only tried to eat two kernals. We can't wait to go back next year! We love our live Christmas Trees! (I found the pics!! - inserted accordingly)

Davis' 1st Birthday!!

Happy Birthday little man! We had a great time at your birthday! 40 of our closest friends and relatives came to wish you a happy birthday! You loved the attention when everyone was singing to you. You LOVED the cake. Can't wait to see what the next year brings!


Our impromptu photo shoot in the front yard!

Davis and his famous "who's birthday is it, raise your hand" routine

The cake was a little bigger than expected.

MMM. cake is good!

Driving with his feet!

Happy Halloween!

Kathleen(my sister-in-law) and I planned a Fun Halloween party for all the kiddos. We all had a great time. We decorated cookies, went bobbing for donuts, decorated pumpkins, had a jump house and plenty of sugar to eat! After-wards, we trick-or-treated together around the neighborhood thanks to Keith & Shelia Howard and their trailer. After trick-or-treating we went back to Keith and Shelia's for Chili and Hot Dogs. Yum! Keith's mexican chili was awesome! I just wanted to say Thanks to my aunt Lynn. She made Davis' costume. On short notice. He was so cute in it. You can't believe how hard it is to find a prisoner suit for infants. Maybe they think thats in bad taste. Oh Well! Thanks Sissy!!

The treat bags were witch's brooms!

All our yummy treats!

Officer Miller Holt and his trustee - Davis.

Decorating Cookies! The cookies were a hit of the party. They were made by Two Friends catering in Transylvania, LA!

Trying to escape!!

They just couldn't get the picture taking down right

Fancy Nancy Decorating her Pumpkin. (Caroline)

Jack really didn't comprehend the bobbing part!

A Mystery

This morning I discovered ink pen drawings on my twill couch!! I ask Miller if he knew who did it? This is the conversation that followed:
"Not Me" was his reply.
I said, "do you think Davis did it? Because if he did, he's in trouble and he may need a spanking." Miller just looked at me with wide eyes.
I said, "I'm going to go in that back and spank Davis. OK Miller?"
"Don't do that Mama, he's just a baby and he will be scared. I don't think he did it anyway."
"Well", I replied, "who do you think did it"? "
"Maybe somebody came in our house when we weren't here and did it. I guess it's a mystery."
"Let's call your Daddy and make sure it wasn't him."
"OK"
After calling Tim, and asking him very exaggeratedly if he did it (He didn't) I told Miller that we needed to report this break-in and vandalism to the Police. I called John Clinton. (my cousin that is a Sheriff's deputy - as far as Miller is concerned, he is the Sheriff) John was cracking up as I gave him the recount of the morning's events. Miller was listening to both conversations very intently. I got off the phone and told Miller that the Sheriff's department was going to look into the matter.
"Mama"?
"What Miller"?
"I think I know who did it"?
"You Do"? I thought, he was going to confess.
"yes ma'am, I think it was Uncle Bo.

Maybe he'll be an actor. He's almost got me thinking maybe it wasn't him!

Miller's 1st LSU game!

Visiting Mike


Don't I look cool! Uncle Steve would be so proud of my visor!

Mike and the cheerleaders!


We love cotton candy! Waiting on the band to march down the field and the tigers to run out!!
We had a blast! Miller liked the band, but wasn't so sure about all the people. Tim had to carry him a lot! The game didn't start until 6 and we were early. We got there at 5:15. By kickoff we had already eaten a slice of cookie cake, pepperoni pizza and cotton candy! After the first quarter Miller was ready to go. Well, we kinda were too. ULL wasn't much of a game. Miller loved seeing the "real" mike and Mike's cage and statue! He said his favorite part of the whole trip was seeing the fish in our hotel lobby. They had a koi fish pond. Oh well.

Jamboree

Miller, Caroline and Jack at the Briarfield - Tallulah Jamboree. They could not have cared about the game less. They ran around in the gravel chasing each other. The first pic is their silly face. They second is their happy face.

Cupcakes

Since Tim is harvesting we have lots of time to ourselves. Davis, Miller and I decided to surprise Tim with cupcakes the other night. Miller did most of it all by himself. We washed his hands, poured the egg and water (with me measuring), cracked the eggs and even used the beaters. He had to have a little help pouring the batter into the pans. Davis busied himself eating ritz crakcers. Miller's favorite part was licking the bowl. Whose isn't?? The last two pics are of Davis right after his bath. Miller was still in the bath. Davis is getting really good at playing with/around Miller. He's content as long as I am sitting watching him. If I try to go throw the clothes in the dryer, he's right after me. Maybe he likes an audience.