7 Years Different; 7 Years the Same

7 years of birthdays in this town… Same spot, Age 2 and Age 8.

Summer Sneak Peek

Carter is going to sleep away camp for 2 weeks this summer. (!) His camp hosted a father/son weekend, which is why we are able to provide you with this exclusive sneak peek of some of the things Carter will be doing at camp this summer (during which we won't be able to take pictures, so this is probably it!).

Look at all the fun the fathers and sons got to have!!

All of the activities pictured above (and more!) took place within a 36 hour period. In the rain.

bast people in the percy jackson books

from my top of my head i think the bast people in the percy jackson books are it will start blow new.
percy
Annabeth
grover
chiron
zeus
hades
apollo
poseidon
sally
tyson
hermes
rainbow
rachel
luke
thalia
nico

Thats all.

St. Patrick's Day 2014

Boys at Children's Museum

One is Carter in 2008; one is John today…

Christmas 2013

Kanuga and Thanksgiving 2013

Late November had us on consecutive trips to North Carolina for a church retreat and to Arkansas for Thanksgiving at the cabin in Arkansas. Here are some highlights of both.

New Years Eve

Genius

Two year olds are, well, terrible. And cute. That's to offset the terrible. Our genius toddler has a new cute trick up his sleeve. When he can sense that he's just about driven one of us totally to the brink, he says, "I need a hug." And proceeds to give one.

Heart melts.

Family Portrait

Costumed for a family-themed costume party. Who are we?



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Scary, Sweet, Dressed Up Fun

Our Karate Kid

I dressed up as Carter.
(Yes, I can totally wear his shirt, hoodie and hat. Jeans and shoes are mine. Bracelets and necklace also belong to him, but are one size fits all.)

After a lot of work, about half the kids were wrangled for a photo op

John's very first trick-or-treat!
He REALLY turned on the cute with his "Thank you!" and "See you tomorrow!"s. AT the very first house, there was a dog, and after he got his candy he said, "Thank you, dog. Woof! Woof!"

Carter insists that he is NOT TIRED

Thomas wants you to think that he feels like this. But John's first trick-or-treat totally melted his soul. 

Homemade Halloween

This is actually Carter's secondary Halloween costume. On Halloween night, he'll be playing karate kid (the original). But since he also needs to dress up for afterschool on Wednesday, and because his school usually does book character dress-up day sometime in the fall, we created this additional costume.

Afterwards, I took a ballpoint pen and wrote Anaklusmos on it for him to carry in his pocket. He was excited until he realized that it did not, in fact, turn into a sword. (This probably only makes sense to you if you're familiar with the books).

We are currently reading book 3, having finished book 2 recently and having just seen the second movie this weekend.

Given that my natural interest in books aligns very closely with that of tween boys and teen girls, this is my second time through them, but it's fun to be enjoying them together!

Recent John Video

Boy Photos

Some photos of the boys from the summer and fall that I hadn't gotten around to posting. 

Baseball 2013

It was a pretty good summer for baseball, all things considered. 

T was invited to sit in the Sun Trust seats twice!

At Minor League Braves game

Carter played coach-pitch baseball, and T was the coach! Sadly, MANY games were rained out, so we don't have many pictures.

Pumpkin Patching 2013

Get your scare on...

Get your scare on.
Scream.
Get scared.
Happy Halloween!