THE KREADY KREW

Sooooo busy!

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It has been awhile since I have been on here. It is now 2011 and we have had alot of changes since 2010. Let's see....first of all we found out in early September that we are PREGNANT! Yes I said PREGNANT!!!! We are expecting a little girl on April 12th. One week after Benjamin turns 6. Talk about surprises. Well we got one. We thought it would never happen without "drugs" but God thought otherwise. Not only are we pregnant we have moved to New Hampshire. Austin got transferred all the way up here. Oh well....what can you do! It's hard to move right before winter strikes but we did. Not sure how I feel about it yet. I have lots more to worry about right now. Ashlynn and Ben both are going to a Christian school and are enjoying it so far. We shall see!

Stay Tuned..........more to come!

20 years later.....the story continues!

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Ashlynn tellling us to say "cheese" but we couldn't hardly see due to the sun....lol

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What cute kids......sigh

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A Family Day at Swallow Falls....

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The porch...

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The swingset....not so swinnggy!!!

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Outside our dining room window....

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The poor Blazer.....

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Austin plowing....again!

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Christmas 2009......

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Let me just start by saying...." I don't like this new way of blogging!!!" There I got that out of the way!!!!

This Christmas was rather different. The kids didn't wake up till about 8:30 Christmas morning. It was nice but that showed me that all the other years IT WAS JEREMY THAT GOT THEM UP SOOOO EARLY!!!!! lol

Anyway, it was a good day over all. I got my Christmas wish by talking to Jeremy. He called right after we had finished opening everything. I sure do miss that boy!! The kids were all happy with what they got for Christmas even though it wasn't much this year. Oh, well that's not what it's all about is it!

Thank you Grandpa and Grannie....the kids loved their presents.

Ashlynn playing Santa's helper.....

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Yeaaaa.....now maybe mommy can get me to learn my ABC's and 123's!!!

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A Pink DS.......YEAAAAA!

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Ben and his Camo from Bass Pro.........

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Ashlynn and her Snuggie.....

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Ice Storm on Christmas Morning....

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So Proud.........

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Sorry that it has taken so long to upload these but.....well you no!!!

Well we have been to Parris Island to see our "new" Marine graduate. It was wonderful to see him. Wow...what a trip! We left home at 4:30am on Wednesday and arrived at our hotel around 4:30pm. The kids did great but needless to say mommy and daddy where "pooped"!

We spent Thrusday with Jeremy on base for a few hours. We drove around so Austin could see all his old spots and then we spent most of our time in the PX. Wow....how things have changed. The PX was HUGE. Must be nice...we never had anything like that back in our day!!!! lol After we left Jeremy, we headed back to the hotel to see Papa, Grammie and Grandma who had arrived and were waiting on us at the hotel. It was so great for them to come and meet us. I know Jeremy appreciated it and so did we!!!!

Friday....what a day!!! It was full of emotion. We arrived at least an hour before the ceremony and still had to stand. There were NO seats where you could see anything. So we stood along the barrier and everything was fine.....almost! Who would have thought that people from WV would get cold in SC!!!! Well it was windy and chilly. The whole time waiting and through the ceremony....cold! but as soon as they dismissed the troops....the sun came out and warmed everything up!!!! oh well...I made it thanks to Grammie and Grandma trying their best to keep me warm!!!!!

He did it...........!!!!!

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I soooo love this picture....my mom was proud!

Our kids.....they were so excited to see their "big brother"!

Yet another of my favorites......Austin was so proud!

He may be a Marine now but he still has to look up........

The whole gang.....

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Pigging out at Pizza Hut.........this was his first meal "out" in 13 weeks!!!

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Leaving PI......Took this pic for Jeremy but he informed that he never wanted to see it again....lol

Decorated the car....we got alot of "toots, salutes and honks" on the way home!

Trick or Treat

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Carving pumpkins is such fun. Ashlynn doesn't really like the gooooey stuff but she decided this year to be a " big girl" and do it all herself! Yeaaaaa, Sissy!!!

Ben didn't want to do it so Daddy did it. As you can see he is being a typical boy and playing with the knives....don't worry they are not sharp enough to cut yourself but cut pumpkins very well! Notice Whiskers looking on from the window......

Our Big Ben and cheerleader.....

I think Ben is mad....what do you think????

You go boy...he is so funny. Whenever he watchs the Steelers play and they show Big Ben on the screen he says.."look, there's Ben. That's me!" Don't we wish......

A Fall Day.......

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These pictures don't really show all the color of the leaves.

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Just a few pics from our beautiful Fall Saturday....

A Quick Trip....

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We are soooo grateful to Theresa and Keith. They sure did surprise us but what fun we had. It was so great to be able to come to Florida and see everyone. Even if it was a short visit. I was such a bag full of emotion during our trip. From excited to a cry baby. It was just so good to see everyone. Specially since we don't have anyone here and don't get out much...lol. I miss everyone so very much.
Ashlynn and Benjamin loved their time with "the cousins". We kept telling them about all the cousins they had but I don't think they actually understood till they saw for themselves. They sure had fun and surprising they got along with them all.

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Waiting on our plane to take us to "HOT HOT" Florida....everyone was soooo excited!

Listening to some music on the flight....

My mommy and three of her grand-kids...

Ashlynn loving the slide...

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Gettin some love from "Grannie". That's what Ashlynn calls "Grammie".

The kids and spouses....

Headin home.....sigh

Our weekend trip to Lewisburg, PA

2009-07-20T16:14:00.001-07:00

We went to Lewisburg for the weekend. Some of our good friends came in on vacation so we decided to take a trip. The Lewisburg Pen was having a softball tournament for all the prisons in the area so Austin ended up playing all day on Saturday from 7:30am-10:30pm. He was tired!!Meanwhile my friend Bobby and I with all the "chilren" went to the mall to try and get my camera fixed. (Mom Kready... we went to the Susquehanna Mall that you took me to a long time ago when we visited you and dad at Christmas time) Anyway we had a good time visiting and it was just good to get away for awhile. Just wish we had a little more time to drive around and visit all Austins old haunts. Austin said it was weird to hear ads on the radio from his "home" town!!!

This is Ben, Logan and Ashlynn at the softball field. I would have had more pics but my camera had other plans!

One very tired man......

They had a little park there at the field so we stopped and took a few pics....

Love, Love this pic....

Knoebels here we come.....

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A King, Princess and a Knight....

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While we were at Knoebels, they were having a storytime. We were sitting very quietly in the audience and the storyteller came into the crowd and picked Ashlynn for a princess and Benjamim for a Knight. Then she came back out and picked Austin for the King. I thought I was going to crack up laughing not at the kids but at Austin. So funny......

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Our 4th of July

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We didn't do much on the 4th. We went down to our property and cut down some trees. That was fun....wooohooo!!! Then we headed up to Deep Creek (other known as Wisp Ski Resort), MD to watch fireworks. It was sooo chilly. We had to wear jackets and have blankets. BRRRR!!

Austin and our kids..

Austin being silly....

Ashlynn and her pretty big blue eyes....

Ashlynn and me.....

Big Ben and me....

Cousin Bruce....

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A few of my roses off of my bush...

My Aunt Carol.

Bruce playing the dobro(which my daddy used to play)

Playing more.....

and more.....

Jeremy's Send Off......

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O.K., yesterday was Jeremy's Graduation/Send Off party. WOW! What a day it was! I planned and cooked for 2 days due to him leaving so quickly. I thought I had a couple months yet to get it done. Oh, well. What can ya do??!!! Just thankful it turned out great and it had finally quit raining!!!

Jeremy with his recruiter, Sgt. Ellis

Now, let me explain the messed up cake. I had, of course, to go into town to get the cake. I worried because it was soooo big that I might drop it or it would get messed up on the ride home etc. I was very pleased when I pulled in the garage and made it in the house with the cake. I sat the cake on the stove so I could get the table ready for it. So, I then decided to make some tea and moved the cake to the table. Never even crossed my mind to put the cat in the basement. Whiskers had never done anything before..... I turn to the stove to make the tea and out of the corner of my eye. I see the wonderful Whiskers make a flying leap from the window sill where he was happy watching the birds, to the middle of MY CAKE!!!!!! Good thing the lid was still on or we would have had a cake covered cat or we would have been eating GRILLED CAT!!!!!!

The cake with sparklers......

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The beginning of the "cake fight"......

A face full......

The kids were the ones having the cake fight.....but I just "HAD" to get Jeremy!!!!!

Ashlynn telling me " Mommy, you have cake in your hair."

me......with a "cake face"!!!!

A Family Day at Laurel Caverns

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Going into the Big Black Hole....

and going further down.....

I thought this looked like a face....

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Isn't neat?

Sooo pretty...

Our cute kiddos....

Our other cute kiddo....

Mommy, look water.

United Flight 93 Memorial

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I'll let this pic speak for its self.....

This is a piece of steel from the Twin Towers. Notice the emblems in each letter or number. U...WTC(World Trade Center), A...Flight 93 in PA, 9...Pentagon

The church that has a memorial garden

This is what it looks like at the Memorial of Flight 93. All those pews have the names of the crew on them.

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The "wall" where people can leave whatever they may want to. We saw hats, shirts, baby toys, lip gloss, just about anything and everything. It was so neat to walk around and look at all the things. The security officer said they come around every week and clean things off and within a few days it is all covered again. They have kept everything that has been left.

Second side of the wall.

The field where the plane went down. It is totally fenced in and only family is allowed down there. It is considered a "mass grave".

It is amazing to see this place. You kind of forget about what happened during your day to day life. When you visit a place like this it really makes you remember what actually happened to our country!

Jeremy's Graduation

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Here they come!

The school mascot. "The Preston Knight"

There he is.....

Soooo excited......

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Pic of the whole class!

A little blurry....but look at that smile!

Aaaaalllllll done!

Jeremy and his girlfriend, Leila.

Family picture....

JROTC Banquet

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Family picture after the ceremony. Jeremy has so many medals I thought he might fall over. LOL

Our kids......

Jeremy and his 1st Sgt.

Jeremy and David doing their "gun thingy"

Jeremy doing the Color Guard and of course talking to a girl!

Senior Prom

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Jeremy all dressed up.........

This "smerk" reminds me so much of when he was little......sigh!

Jeremy with his best bud Corey.

Jeremy's Senior Pictures

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I know I say this all the time..... but " man, how time flys"!!!! I remember when he came to us.... a skinny, cute, 6 year old little boy with so many " don't know why's "!! Well, 12 years later, he is a grown man. He's getting ready to join the real world and I pray he is ready. I have the
" mothers" worry already starting to grow. You never understand when you hear a mother talk about their children leaving home until it is happening to you. Only then do you understand that feeling you have in the pit of your stomach. You then have to put them fully into God's hands as they venture out to make their own decisions. We have done our best to train him right. Now it's time to let him fly........ .

more....

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more....

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Easter

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Sorry that I don't have many from Easter but I have been a very busy girl. Let's see Ashlynn was sick, had other family drama, cooking for 2 days, Jeremy wanting pictures taken, getting Jeremy ready for prom and more family drama...... sigh! Last week it just kept coming and coming. It was one of those weeks!!! Our dinner was very yummy though. I cooked: Ham, Scalloped Potatoes, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Corn, Rolls, Manderin Salad, Deviled Eggs, Pineapple, Apple Pie, Homemade Carrot Cake and a very yummy Peanut Butter Pie!! Oh my, all of this food for 5 people. Oh well, it was worth it.

The kids coloring eggs!

All done!

Easter morning.... with all the goodies!!

Benjamin's 4th birthday.....

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I can't believe that our baby boy is 4 years old today. It's just amazing how time goes by so fast and you don't really realize it. We sure do miss our family and close family friends. Ben had 1 little friend show up his name is Ian. He lives 2 houses down from us. Ben's older friend, Corey,(who is actually Jeremy's best friend) who Ben just loves stopped by with presents too.

Transformer cupcakes.....Yummy, Yummy!

Our little man!

Having some fun in the basement!!

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Ben liked his Transformer blanket...

Cukcake #1

Cupcake #2....they were soooo YuMmY!!!

Look... I got a new bike!!!

Come on Daddy!!! Lets gooooo.....

Jeremy's soooo exciting 18th birthday!

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I felt so bad for Jeremy on his birthday due to me being sick with this bug that I've been fighting for the past week and he had made plans to go snow boarding with some of his buddies. Well, lets just say he didn't get to go play in the snow due to it being so warm here lately. The snow had turned to slush!!
Thank you to my wonderful husband for taking care of all of us while I was out of commission!!!

Make a Wish!

Hurry, before the ice-cream cake melts!

Everyone enjoying the yummy Carvel cake! Jeremy really, you don't have to take such BIG bites. You'll get a brain freeze!!!!

Jeremy and his best bud, Corey!!

Everyone look at me before I go back to bed!!!

A kind-of windy day

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I know I haven't put anything on here in a few weeks so here you go.... We finally had a warm day so I bought the kids a new kite. It wasn't all that windy but you know how kids are,they just have to play with their new things RIGHT away. There was enough wind to get the kites up then down and up and down. They didn't mind though... at least we were outside right???!!!

Good job Ben!!

Way to go... Ashlynn!

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Our silly boy!

Yeah, they did it!

Run Ben!

Ashlynn, how high can it go??

Flying Kites

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Ben was tired of kite flying so.... he decided to take a break!

WEeeeeeeeee!

Look mom!

Ashlynn kept going and going.....

Our beautiful girl. I forgot when I took this picture that she had fallen at school and skinned up her chin and forehead. Ouch! You can bearly see it.

Before I Was A Mom

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I don't know who wrote this but I love it........

Before I was a Mom, I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.
Before I was a Mom, I had never been puked on. Pooped on. Chewed on. Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.
I slept all night.
Before I was a Mom, I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests. Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.
Before I was a Mom, I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put her down. I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.
Before I was a Mom, I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.
Before I was a Mom, I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom.

More Winter Fun

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Ashlynn finally decided to come out and have some fun.

Weeeeeeee!

Our snow angel.

Ben couldn't wait to slid down with all the ice!!

She's having fun!! Look at that smile!!

Winter Fun

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O.k., the kids have had only 1 day of school this week so far. Ben and I were getting a little bit of "cabin fever". So we went for a walk with Mack. Ashlynn didn't want to go. Ben kept walking and walking. It wasn't a problem going for a walk, the problem was there was ice on top of the snow and with every step you heard a crack then you sunk. It was still fun.

Ben found a stick amongst all the snow and ice.

Mack really enjoyed being out of the house.

I thought this would be a great place to take a picture. This creek runs by our house but didn't think about the wind in Ben's face.

Ben is saying "That's enough, mom"!!

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Jeremy looking cute in the Santa hat.

Kids being a little overwhelmed!

This is the look you get when you say " Don't open the presents yet!! Look at mommy!!"

O.K. Ben I can see you now!! HEHE

A very happy Santa!!

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AAAAAAWWWWWW! How sweet. One moment of them actually being nice to each other....sigh

Our beautiful kids.

The strairway.

The stockings. There are only 4 due to Ben losing one of them!!!

The tree.

The Deer Hunters

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American Girl

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AAAAHHHHHH! These pictures are out of order. Oh, well. Anyway, Ash has been asking and asking since August, I think, for an American Girl doll. She would go to the web-site and look and look. So, we surprised her with her very own "Just Like You" from the American Girl collection. She was so excited. I don't think she has put her down since she got her. Ashlynn even wanted to take her to school. She has named the doll "Ashlynn" since it does look like her. She now wants everything for the doll. Oh my, what have I started. So, we have had a little talk and we said that it would be a reward system and for her to save her money and then she can buy what she wants. We will seeeeee....

Ben and Ash checking out the new doll. Ben was very curious about it.

She was so excited!

Look what I got!

Surprise!!!

Ashlynn turned 7

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Ashlynn and her fake smile.

Yea, another horse!

and... another fake smile.

A "Wild Horsey Cake"

Say "Happy Birthday"

Happy Halloween

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Ben as Iron Man. These pics are out of order. Oh well, sigh..

Carving the pumpkins.

Ashlynn, didn't like the "slimy stuff".

Ready to go Trick or Treating! Ben wasn't to happy to wait to take a picture.

and another picture!

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As soon as we walked in the door Ben stripped down and started pigging out!

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Family day out to Seven Springs for AutumnFest!

Ashlynn very happy to be riding a horse!

Having Fun!!!

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More pics.
These are some favorites to. We all went fishing at the pond behind our house. At first I was kind-of nervous because of the BIG horses and my children being so small but they did fine. It was so amazing to see these huge horses next to my 1 year old and he didn't even care. He just giggled and thought they were funny. Ashlynn, of course, just loved it. Loving horses the way she does she wanted to ride them.

This is the mommy horse, the one with the white on her head, coming to check Ben out. I don't know her name. I just call her mommy horse because she is always pregnant.

Mommy horse checking Ben out even more!!

Austin is holding the fish on the line so the kids can get a good look. Ben didn't like the feel to much!
One of the Belgians watching Ben throw rocks into "his" pond!

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I was just going through some of my pictures and found a few I just love. Where does time go???

Austin took Ashlynn to the park when I was in the hospital having Ben and snapped this pic. Isn't she beautiful??

One of the few times Ashlynn wanted to hold Benjamin. She is still making him cry.HEHE!

This pic was taken not to long after we moved to WV. It was taken at a park in PA called "Ohio Pyle".

The water rapids at "Ohio Pyle". Alot of people go white water rafting.

I love this one. Ben had just eaten his cereal before going to bed. Do you think he's going to pop??

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Making a bird house with daddy

WATCH OUT!! Girl with hand tools!

Say "cheeeessssee"!

Mr. Timeout!

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My hero!
We came home Saturday evening and I went to shut the garage door, when I saw a Humming Bird fluttering around. Who knows how long he was stuck in the garage but he was exhausted. I called Austin and he came and picked it up. The poor little thing had cob-webs all around his feet and beck and was panting so hard he just laid in Austin's hand. His little feet were so small Austin was afraid he would pull them off while trying to clean off the webs. In the mean time we got to look at the littlest most beautiful bird up close. Austin got him free and he flew off. What a great guy!! They are so pretty. I have had a Humming Bird feeder for a couple of years but this year they are everywhere.

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Posing in the backyard.

My cutie patootie!

My beautiful girl!

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Today was Ashlynn's graduation from Kindergarten. What a pretty girl.
They had a "America" program instead of the traditional one.

I think she was a little bored!!

I love my country!!

YEA!!!!! She did it!!!!!

All done.

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Jeremy is all ready for the prom. Doesn't he look handsome?

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Happy Birthday, Mom

Maw-Maw and kids

Mom and Jeremy after his ROTC banquet

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My little princess

My handsome boy

What are we hiding???

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How about another pose?

Oh, what's so funny??? At least you know he can smile.

Ohhhhh, how sweet!

What a good picture.

Me and my kids.

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Everybody say CHEEEESE!!
PaPa, you have such a natural glow about you!!
Austin, what a sour puss!!

AWWWWW. How cute!

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This is Cooper's Rock a National Park. Ain't it pretty?

A Picture Taking We Shall Go!!!!

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This is were it all started. Trying to cross the mighty water to try and get a family picture.
Ashlynn was afraid she was going to fall and Ben wouldn't sit still. I
guess he had to go pee-pee because when we got back across he tried
to get PaPa's shoes all wet. Run Papa Run!!

Finally, we got a few pictures. Some were to dark to post.

Gobble-gobble!

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My husband's prize possession. This is his first turkey! He was more proud of this turkey than the day his kids were born! He has the turkey butt as a trophey on his gun cabinet. Austin cut it up and grilled it. I took a bite and spit it out. Austin ate it all.