Typical night at our house.

Typical Monday night at our house............T is at wrestling, J is "trying" not to suck his thumb while he watches TV in the kitchen and C and E are in the den having a discussion about "Dad, can you give me a ride to campaigners".....E. loves her Oklahoma State sweatshirt she got this summer. Me? I made lasagna last night and tonight? LEFTOVERS and NO cooking.

Goodnight J.

For years J has had the same bedtime routine.........we sing and then pray.........he is so cute, I got him on video...........take a look.......

Wrestling Saturday

We spent the day at Madison County High School at a Wrestling tournament..........I mean all day.........we left at 9:30 this morning and got home at 4:30... T (in black above) was 4 and 1...........the guy that beat him was HUGE!!! He had a body builder's body and many tatoos........including one across his chest that said BLESSED..............What parent lets their kid do that? T. beat the kid in these pics. I love being in Madison and even had a great conversation with one of the Madison coaches who gave me a tour of the shop and FFA room.....CHS needs to have some of those programs..........I would love for T. to learn how to build something!!!
CHS coaches watching the boys wrestle.
T, his bestfriend H and his sister B........home from college.


I was taking these pics of T. and never noticed C sitting next to him smiling and then, above, giving me a sign till I downloaded the pictures.........these are really a great bunch of guys.....

Friday Night

Friday night and E and her buddy are hanging out (and watching J and his new haircut). Chris and I tried to go to a movie, but the line wrapped around the building, so we are back home........which made J very happy. We are off to watch "Friday Night Lights"

T comes for a visit.

T came to see me at lunch time at school today in my office...................I tell myself he loves his mother, but the reality is I have food in my office and he never brings his lunch.........This was our first day back since break..........a little hard, but we are all adjusting. The art work behind him is some that E made for my office.

Toothless J.

This was the Christmas that J. could sing the song, "All I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth".

New Years Day 2008

Today we went hiking as a family at Ragged Mountain reservoir. It took us 1 1/2 hours to go 3 1/2 miles..........much of it uphill.................the water was gorgeous and so was the light.............we stopped for sandwiches afterward at Belair market.....Chris will make his lobster bisque for dinner as he does every New Years Day...................We are home now, some of us a bit grumpy, won't say who.......but the UVA game is on so it should be a quiet day...