Happy 93rd Birthday!

While we were in Florida, we were able to celebrate my grandmother's 93rd birthday! WOW!! She says that she is 39 and holding, so we changed the candles around on her cake. She says the secret to a long healthy life is her weekly get together with her girl friends for beer and chicken wings!! Something that I never knew about my grandmother! Drew also made fast buddies with Homey, dad's little dog, and the neighbor's dog, Russell. He even wanted to pack him up and take him home with us!

Thanksgiving at the Beach

On Tuesday, we made the LONG 13 hour trip to the beach to see my dad. It's the first time in in longer than I can remember that we have had all of my dad's side of the family together. Uncle Pat is here with his girlfriend, if we don't scare her off with all of the kids, and grandma is here too! We will celebrate her 93rd birthday tomorrow, and she says the secret to a long life is her weekly girls night out to have beer and hot wings (something I never knew about her, but think is hysterical!!!). Oh, and I forgot to mention the 6 dogs and 5 kids...so needless to say, it's pretty loud here! The kids had fun on the beach and watching movies in bed with Iyah and the dogs. Lots to be thankful for this year!

Thanksgiving Program

Today was the Thanksgiving program for Davis and Drew. They were SO cute and had lots of fun. The teachers did a great job prepping everyone and teaching them some new songs. Davis loved being the center of attention, imagine that, but Drew didn't like being up on stage quite as much. He gave us what has become his hallmark look, the binaculars (he covers his eyes with his hands and peeks through his fingers at us). Davis sang so loudly, and even performed a dance (he was the only one, it wasn't part of the show). and was adorable!

Great Grands

Today, we went to Charleston for a newborn shoot. The boys got to visit with their grandmother and great-grandmother for the afternoon. Aunt Doris helped out a little too. They went downtown to see where daddy went to school, and were thrilled to see FRESHMAN (don't know if Jack will ever think FRESHMAN are as cool as he did today!!) in uniform, tour campus, and go to The Battery to play on the cannons. Don't worry, for those of you not familiar with Charleston, they aren't real...well, maybe they are, but they are REALLY old, and certainly don't work. They are for show around the Battery, and the kids got to climb on them and run around. Lots of fun! Their highlight was getting football jerseys from The Citadel. Pretty cool! Here are some pix of them with their great-grandmother (by the way, I have no explanation for the tongues in these photos, other than it's a silly boy thing to stick out your tongue a lot!).

Augusta

We went to Augusta for the weekend to visit my sister. The kids had such fun with their cousins!! Little Addison has grown so much, we didn't even recognize her! She was so sweet and snuggly, it was fun to be around a little baby again.

We had a packed weekend! On Saturday, Ashley made Jackson's year, well, maybe even his life, by taking him to the Clemson game. It was a night game, and very late, but Jackson did well on his report card, so Ashley thought he could reward him for this. Jackson loves football, but even more, loves Clemson!!! They ended up staying with his cousin who attends Clemson, because it was so late once the game ended. Thanks Caitlyn!! I stayed at my sister's with the other boys. We had fun cooking and playing and snapping a few pictures. I even got to be crafty and paint on the wall in Addi's nursery! On Sunday, we ventured off to the fair...lots of fun for these kiddos. Very expensive, but the kids had a ball, so that's what counts, right? Here are a few highlights to share....now we have to catch up on laundry to make it through another week!

Halloween!

Ok, so I have been slack with the family blog...not really slack all around, but something has to give!! So sorry, but the Halloween pix will finally be updated now! I have been swamped at work, with the kids, soccer, and my photography demand has been overwhelming! I know it will slow up, but I hate turning people away for Christmas portraits!

Halloween was a blast this year! Everyone chose their costumes, well, except Drew, who quickly decided he wanted to be Buzz Lightyear after I showed him his costume. Jackson kept with his athletic streak and decided to be a Clemson football player (his cousin Ellis was Tigger and he wanted her to be his mascot!), and Davis continues his fascination with Star Wars and wanted to be Darth Vader complete with a light up light saber. The older boys took off (Halloween is so much fun in our neighborhood b/c there are SO many little ones who love to get candy) and Drew and Ellis went around with me and Dana (Ashley's cousin). Drew loved to tell everyone who he was and that he had wings and what color they were and that Buzz had lights and that he wanted candy and he could shake his booty!!! Too cute!!!!!!!!! It rained at first, but we were blessed with about an hour of very humid, but not rainy, weather for the kids to enjoy trick or treating! Now on to Christmas! The boys were upset and said that everyone is forgetting Thanksgiving. I guess they are right, we have a lot to be thankful for in our lives, so we must celebrate that! Happy Fall!