Archives for October 2007

                          …..must come to an end.

And so it did for the 2007 Red Devil 6-8 Year Old Football team last night.  After an undefeated season we lost our second playoff game.  We fought hard but came out on the bottom.  It’s kinda sad around here today.  Sniff, sniff.

We had a wonderful trip to Stone Mountain, GA.  The weather was perfect and the hotel and two pools!  My kids thought they were in heaven.  Both the indoor and outdoor pools were heated.  We went on a nature walk Sunday morning and played at the playground before leaving that afternoon.  When we arrived on Saturday we rode the tram to the top of the mountain.  Stone Mountain is the largest outcrop of granite in the (I can’t remember where).  And it continues 10 miles underground.  Pretty cool huh??

 Here’s the tram we rode.  Isn’t that just a beautiful sky?
Here we are on top of the mountain looking down in one of those "pay a couple quarters to see up close" thingies.  That’s the Atlanta/Buckhead area in the background.

#1 Son up close

Does my daughter look like she rules the roost or what??

Here #1 and #2 son are playing football with their dad on the lawn at the base of the mountain.

After spending the day at the mountain we checked into our hotel room.  Here’s what bored kids do to entertain themselves…

This was the view from just outside our hotel room once we walked down towards the lake…

Another shot from down near the lake…

It didn’t take the kids long to figure out what to do for fun at the lake

Can you spot the kid in this photo?

The two littlest in our family…

We found this guy at the playground

He wanted me to specifically tell Tony Carter that AUBURN ROCKS!!

This was my favorite part of the trip.  Sunday morning I awoke to find this outside my bedroom window.  It was so spectacular.  I just wanted to stop and freeze time for hours.



Yep, we were blessed and my son is OFFICIALLY 6!!
julie

Usually on Fridays I post some strange and crazy photo I’ve come across on the web.  But today I didn’t have it in me after taking this sweet picture of my daughter at the park yesterday.

The story behind the photo is this:
We were playing with friends at the park when this sweet little boy about 2 or 3 walked up to my daughter with his granddad.  One hand was wrapped securely around a petunia and the other tucked safely in his granddad’s hand.  His granddad explained that he had picked the flower for my daughter.  She was so excited.  It was the cutest moment.  And I’m sure it was a picture of things to come.  I hope my daughter remembers and will always require that little boys (or big ones) treat her with honor, respect and admiration.
I love you baby girl…
mom

I wanted to post a few photos from our first play off game.  It ended up being an easy game to win.  Our next game (next week) is against another undefeated team so it is sure to be a barn burner.  Yikes!!!  Alyssa has been helping me with some photography settings.  She’s got great help over at her blog.

Here’s one of our boys.  He earned his nickname this year playing defense.  My hubbie got their nicknames put on their jerseys as a surprise the day before our first playoff game.

This handsome fellow is the running back in the family.  Therefore, with Thunder must come Lightning.

Here "Lightning" is running for a touchdown and the ref looks like he’s getting ready to throw a flag!  See his hand on the right part of the screen?

Have a great day!
Julie

This Saturday my youngest son turns six.  It’s so hard to believe.  When we moved here I didn’t even know I was pregnant.  It was shortly after we moved to South Carolina that I found out I was pregnant.
I wanted to do something special and memorable for his birthday (plus I’m one of those nightmare moms who hates throwing birthday parties) so my husband and I came up with the idea of going to Stone Mountain GA for the day Saturday, watching the laser show that night, and sleeping in a HOTEL.  I really think that is going to be the part he enjoys most.  My husband had reward points so we don’t even have to pay for the hotel.  We’re staying in the Evergreen Marriot right at Stone Mountain.  Yippee!!!!
We’re all really excited.
Now, what to do for #2 son’s birthday.  It’s in February…..