Tyler Photo Shoot

Conner and the Monster Trucks

Conner is a BIG fan of monster trucks. He is always talking about them. Ben has had it in the back of his mind that he was going to take Conner to see real ones one day. It just so happened that we got a flyer from McDonalds one morning for a show going on in Purvis. Ben didn't tell Conner about it, just said that the boys needed to go run an errand. On the way, Conner fell asleep so he didn't see what they pulled up on. When they got out of the truck, Conner saw a little boy with a toy monster truck. He made a comment to Ben that the little boy had a monster truck and he wondered if they would ever get to see a REAL one. Ben said maybe one day. About that time they rounded the corner and bam, there were 5 monster trucks sitting there. Conner (as only he can do)
opened his eyes really wide and with conner excitement said:"DAD.....MONSTER TRUCKS!!!" Perfect! They even got to ride in the back of one before the show. I think it ranks up there in his top greatest days ever!

Flip and Flop

We have loved watching our deer twins meander in the yard. We typically see them at least once a day. It is so cool! WE have named them Flip (the reddish one) and Flop (the brown one).


One night all the kids slept in Linlee's room. Conner and/or Sidney was supposed to be sleeping in sleeping bags on the floor. This is how we found them when we went in the check on them...cute. They were OUT!

Class Trip and Thanksgiving Program

the 1st grade classes had a field trip to Landrum's Country Village. They boarded the train in Hattiesburg and rode it to Laurel where we picked them up. I have never ridden a train so Linlee has one up on me.



The village is very quaint and super fun.

They had a blast in the crooked house, gem mining (Linlee's favorite), hayride and scavenger hunt. It was so much fun that we took Granny back the day after Thanksgiving to see the Christmas lights.



The three muskateers: Linlee, Heather and Olivia


The Kindergarten class performed a Thanksgiving program. They were all dressed so cute in their handmade Indian outfits. Conner did great as long as he was singing. Otherwise, he was in his own world as usual. I have noticed in public performances, his teacher stays real close to where he is. Probably just a coincidence...

The Game

I got really lucky and at the last minute, scored on 6 tickets for the LSU homecoming game. Ben and I had been talking about how he needed to take Conner to a game. I had been wanting to go to a football game (alabama mind you) for a while too and so this worked out perfectly. IT WAS GREAT!!!(if you forget about how a UFO suddenly crashed into our sunroof on the way there forcing us to tarp it for the next 2 days for fear of rain.)




It was a perfect weather day, we got to eat at Walk-on's (delicious)and see the campus. The kids loved seeing Mike the Tiger and looking for the mascot during the game. I think doing the wave was a big highlight too.






We stayed in the RV that night which was also a hit. Aunt Sandy made an appearance for lunch and then we made a stop by the orange tree on our way back home. 62 oranges were picked (and eaten).
Great spur of the moment weekend

Part 2

My mom, our family, April and Ava all went to Mitchell Farms in mid October. That place is awesome. Other than the fact that they pre-pick the pumpkins, I was very impressed with the amount of activities they had for the kids to do. Lots of play equipment, rope swings, tire swings etc. The kids had a blast and so did we!










Linlee was picked to be fantastic reader in her class. She decided to read "If You Give a Pig a Party". They are to bring some sort of illustration related to the story and a snack. I remembered that we had a pig mask I had picked up a few years ago and so we paired that with a party hat and walla. She read the story in character and it was a hit!!


Part 3 coming soon.

Petal catch up

Here goes my catch up blog....

One thing I love about Petal is its awesome playgrounds. I mean these things have 3 story tall tunnel slides that make ME scream when I go down them. Love it!!





We had the pleasure of attending Ben's cousin "Little Tom's" wedding a few weeks ago. He is the nicest guy you will ever want to meet. I am thrilled for him and Mindy. I was a little nervous about sitting in the ceremony with all 3 kids. I did wind up walking out with Sidney once, but overall they did great. Sidney tells me the story every night about the beautiful princess (aka Mindy) who had on a beautiful dress and then they played a song and then she got some cake and then we could have some cake. Love that story. We also got to spend some time with Uncle Bobby and Aunt Angie. My kids love them. I don't think Linlee would hesitate to go live with Aunt Angie.



One of the perks of moving closer to home is that I can participate in hometown things like WA homecoming. It was a special one and they were commemerating past homecoming queens so I actually got to walk out on that field that I drug my feet leaving on the last game of my senior year. I had a great time seeing some old friends.




I got to take Sidney on a field trip to the Hattiesburg zoo with Conner's kindergarten class. It was very fun! He has a great class.



catch up part II coming soon....