Family Night at Chuck E Cheese

Occasionally, we get brave enough to do something like go out to Chuck E Cheese's on a rainy Friday night.

Dallas was double fisting his pizza and breadstick. That kid definitely got his mommy's appetite!

Playing Horsey

The boys love riding around like cowboys.

Notice Ty is pinching me.

Dallas thought sticking his finger in my ear was really entertaining.

Fun at the Children's Museum

Fun with cousins 

Fun with Stephen

Dad's Retirement Party

Dad retired from the Anderson Fire Department this year. Debbie had a really nice surprise reception for him. It was great to see how many people's lives he has affected. Made a daughter proud.Collin, always the writer, wrote a great poem for dad, entitled "A Fireman's Son."

The whole gang

Pappaw

Just a couple of happy memories of Pappaw

Sorry!

I've been seriously remiss about posting on here, but I'll definitely do better from now on because I don't want to miss any chances to document the special moments of our life. So here are the highlights from 2011 so far. Stay tuned for lots more in the future!

Mammaw and Pappaw's 60th Wedding Anniversary Party

At the Kopper Kettle in Morristown, IN

Making silly faces

These pictures are really hard to post now, since Pappaw's death. But I try to look back on them as a happy memory of one of our last times of all being together as a family. I'm so glad that we had this party. It's a great reminder to never let any opportunity pass to spend time with the ones you love because you just never know when it could be your last. I love you Pappaw and miss you terribly.

They're Growing up Fast

Here are a few updates on the boys:

Dallas is growing like a little weed. He's learned a couple of new words: ball and Dad (but I should note that his first word was Mom...thank you very much!) He's been walking for about 3 months now so he's got it down pat. He's also getting his one year molars right now. I think they'll all be in by the end of the week, bringing his total teeth count to 12.

Ty is becoming quite the little conversationalist. He says things every day that crack me up. Here are a few examples:
One morning when we woke up he climbed under the covers with Justin and said, "Dad, I need to talk to you." Justin said, "OK, what do you want to talk about?" Ty said, "Trees and barbeques."
Here's another conversation between Justin and Ty:
Justin: "I sure hope we can find that dude."
Ty: "Yeah. Hey, Dad, what is a dude?"
One morning I was letting him drink his cereal milk and he goes, "Mom, this is AWESOME!" He was eating a sucker one day and he kept repeating "This is delicious! He's very animated and I keep wondering where he's picking up all these words. Also, he can count to 15, spell his name and knows his birthday. Preschool in the fall.....