For Grandma Jean

here is my husband's video site. Most of it is adorable great grandbabies!

mine skateboard

for Stacey

another pretty picture

Stand in Holy Places

We told Mac we were going to Jesus's temple.

Since then, he has surprised me with saying "mama, I am a child of God."

and "let's go to Jesus's temple."

The children had a good time.

They didn't mind the drive, and were even ok with us abandoning them for a couple hours.

Heaven on Earth.

Do you want to play trains with me?

Malcolm akready considers his sister to be his playmate. He always wants to play with her, and she LOVES it.

as they grow

My little ones are getting to be so big.

I cannot believe that just a short time ago, Malcolm was so small and helpless. His arrival really turned my whole world upside down. Now that i have two, and have been ale to really enjoy a baby at its smallest, I am so grateful of the time I've been given.

Malcolm is practically driving, and Aubrey Jocelyn is right behind him. He loves his little sister so much, and dotes on her with all he's got. She already thinks she is grown. She has graduated from playmat to exersaucer because she wants to stand all the time. Even sitting gets old. All they want to do is grown, and imitate.

No pressure to be on my best behavior, right?

baby bath

Graveyard

I returned to work
I returned to work, and amidst the meetings, and getting everything ready for the coming students, I have noticed the most beautiful moths coming to die on the front steps of my portable at Southeastern. The one I couldn't get a shot of was amazing, but I lost my phone for about a week. This poor dead animal is almost beautiful, though not as huge and colorful as the one I missed getting a shot of.

Delicious Dishes

This pork chop was mouth watering. I brought some food over to a friend's house, and cooked over there. My choice of spices turned out mouth-watering.
I love making pasta. I got butternut squash from the local farmer's market, and really enjoyed making some raviolis. The goat cheese and squash ravioli with homemade pasta shells were fantastic!

Pretty Pretty Princess

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have ourselves a little girl.

From Hiding to Posing

For a few months, it was really difficult to get a good photo of Malcolm smiling. For some reason, he has started "cheesing" for the camera all of a sudden. Given my photo taking disposition, there will be more cuteness to come.

Birthday Bash

Let me preface by saying, I can cook.






Given the opportunity, I am awesome at it.






I wanted Tim's 35th familial celebration to be fun, and that means good food. The burgers were awesome, the corn was great, the pasta salad his mom brought was excellent as always... Now, the cake. I make this delectable strawberry cake every year.

Yum.




I told Tim that he needs to stop at 35, because it was a bear trying to fit all of these candles on it.
His solution was to make a sheet cake. I don't think so. The store was out of the number 5, and this should have been way more fun, except that we almost had little nubs by the time we finished lighting one side of the cake. (not really, but it sounds good in retelling)






In reality, the heat coming off this thing was enough to make you want to seek out a bomb shelter.
















Malcolm still has trouble sharing his things, but the boys began to play nicely together about halfway through the evening.







Of course, everyone wanted to play pass the baby, and she made her way through everybody.































Did I mention that there was football on t.v.?






It would have been the perfect day to sit outside, but I forgot that 'tis the season to watch as many football games as possible.


I also got photos of the kids.

Ganya wanted pictures of them all together. This is no easy feat, bytheway. These are the best I could do.