Joel, Allison, and Mary Arrive

Joel, Allison, and Mary arrived in Dothan to get Madeline after spending the week with her "Dothan Cousins." Mary seemed to remember us this time.  She is precious.  Her hair is whiter than any other child I have ever seen.  Joel and I are having a class reunion this weekend.  It is our 17th year~ we didn't have a 10th year reunion.  I'm kind of excited.  I am looking forward to seeing some people I haven't seen in a while.  Other details about the pictures are:  Mary Loves Uncle Scotty, Grant wins his first "AllStar" game- with Daddy as the head coach, and we made a trip to a small blueberry farm to pick blueberries.  They had such a good time.  Jake is such a good sport.  He is so sweet to his younger cousins~ even though I know they try his nerves!!!!  Thanks Jake!  Grant looks up to you so much, so I really need you to be a positive role model for him. 

Oh, The Things They Say!

Reagan and Madeline were instructed to "stay right there and let me take your picture." So, what does Madeline say........ "okay Reagan, now leave me alone please." Of coarse it was in her soft, polite tone. So funny to hear those words spoken so sweetly by a 5 year old.

Then, when Reagan and I were on our way home, we encountered a little bit of rain.  Reagan says "Momma,  wave the skinnies."  What did she mean?  Turn on the windshield wipers of coarse!!!! I LOVE IT!

 And, we think it is quite amazing that "Honey" has so many grandchildren that made "AllStars."  Grant, MaryLynn, Will, Jake, and Presley all made their "AllStar" teams.  Good genetics I guess.  It is so hard to get a good picture of all of the kids!! We did our best.

I LOVE this picture of Jake!!!

 Presley is actually pushing Reagan (AKA: photo bomber) out of this picture.   Reagan does NOT like to be left out of any photo opportunities.

 A little snack in her bed....... we rarely do this.  She enjoyed a little beef stew and crackers after her nap because she was upset that her Daddy and Grant left her~ they went to the ballpark.

 A little workout at Dicks Sporting Goods

 I found Jake and Grant at the end of our bed on the floor when I woke up.  They are so precious!!1

Grant is mastering the art of taking his own picture.  This is the night that he received his "AllStar" uniforms.  He was so excited!!  This flat bill hat trend is going to take some getting used to.

 Mall trip and carousel ride

You may not be able to see everyone,but Jake, Presley, Grant, Reagan, and Madeline were all on the carousel. Jake and Grant were acting silly.  They were obviously way too cool for this kid stuff. 

Madeline Comes To Visit

Madeline has came to spend the week with us in Dothan.  She is precious!! We love when she comes to visit. We sure do wish she lived closer.  In the pictures below, she is playing "Waffle House" with Grant, Reagan, and Presley.  There was a lot of "order up" being said.  They are too cute!!

and in other news........................ the new adventure that 

We Caught the Tooth Fairy!!!

 

As mentioned in the prior post, Grant lost a tooth.  I was able to "catch" the tooth fairy IN THE ACT!!!  Grant was so SHOCKED!!  He told me he knew this had to be very rare.  He wanted me to make sure that I put this in his book because he wanted to be able to show his kids one day.  He knew that they probably wouldn't believe him when he told them about this.  But, we have the evidence to prove it now.  I LOVE being a mother!!  I have been blessed beyond measure!!

Just Livin' and Lovin' Life!

 The tooth fairy came!!Grant lost his first top tooth on June 8, 2013.  He was 8 years old.  This makes his 5th tooth lost.  

 Grant LOVES his DADDY!!

 Reagan, Keylynn, and Lucy at the ballpark.  They are so funny!!

 Grant "getting his game face on" by Mr. Brad

 "Snaggle-tooth"

 This is the "farmers way" to change out light bulbs

 I'm sure she was telling Poppa to dump them out of the bucket!!!

 Poppa resisted....He rarely tells his girl no though!!!!!  She loves her Poppa!!

 I am proud to say that I was recognized at the state conference as a "fire starter."  It was in a good way! HA!HA!  Jennifer Ventress, my new supervisor at the state department, told a crowd of about 400 people that I was making things happen and promoting positive change!!  I was both mortified and excited.  This has to do with the new company that I have started with another gentleman.  Our company is Blackboard Communications.  I hope you hear about it soon. We have been taking our time and doing things while we both work full time jobs..............However, we have had CNN, the creator of Priceline.com, and now the state of Alabama take notice of us.  I try to keep God's will and do what I think HE would want me to do as the focus.  If we continue to do this, everything will work out just as it is supposed to.

 The many faces of Reagan.  She has a fever blister on her cheek...bless her heart.  I hope that her little ones don't inherit this from her, but since this is also Grant and Reagan's scrap book, it will document this so she can see that it was something we had to deal with.  We put massive amounts of sunscreen on her, she wears sunglasses and a hat, but she still gets these bothersome bumps!!!!  I want to document it here because I am faithful that she will outgrow this.  Bless her little heart.  She just smiles right on.  Little miss independent!!!

 She is wearing an outfit that Aunt Key and Presley made for her.

 Poppa has to "shake them down the wall" every time he leaves our house.  It is something he did with Scott and Todd, and now he does it to Grant and Reagan, and they LOVE it!!! Too funny!

 Battle it Out ball players........... Reagan said she was a robot.

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 Someone may be hitting a little too many baseballs.  I noticed Grant's back when he was taking off his shirt. I told Scott that it looked like we were giving him steroids!!!  He is so LEAN and MUSCLED UP!!!  He has such a passion for this game.  He will practice for 4 hours straight with Scott, and they only stop then because I MAKE THEM COME HOME!!!  Thank goodness the practice facility is right across the street from our house. TOO BAD Scott has his own personal key and can go any time the two boys feel like it.  

 Look at those arm muscles!!!!!

Reagan had to make sure her muscles were taken note of.  Please don't pay attention to the messy house.  The room with the red car is also used for my sewing room, so there are swatches of material all over the floor that Reagan has said were her "cupcakes."