Good Food.. Good Friends.. Alabama Football

Alicia, Christy, Julie, Jennifer and Me
Annalee, Erin and Maddy
Bailey and Abby

Jason wrestling with Gage and Samuel

Samo, Grant and Gage

Saturday we had a great time watching the Alabama game with friends. Good food, good friends and football........what could be better. Dave left early and went to the JSU Homecoming game. He played in the Southerners Alumni Band.

Friday Fluff and Stuff

It's finally Friday. It has been a long week! I'm thankful for the weekend. We even took the first two days of the week off but it still seemed like a long week. When we get to the end of the week it's nice if I can see that we accomplished something. I like to see that they have learned new concepts every week.

Tonight we are off to the game with Dave. It is in Verbena. That's a long way. I am going as a chaperon. This will be the first game I have been to. Abby has been to several and loves the students. Erin is begging to stay with Lori or Giny, and Samuel doesn't care, he just knows he's going to the "flitball" game. We are loving Fall. We have opened the windows to let the cool fresh air in. And hopefully it will help to lower our huge power bill. This is definitely my favorite time of year. Oct. through December is such a fun time.

So this is my latest ebay delima. I sold two holiday barbies for Tracy(my sister). I mailed them off on Tuesday.....got and email yesterday that I had mailed the wrong barbies to the people. So it is gonna cost me around $18 to fix this problem. You know sometimes it seems like I don't make money on ebay. I end up spending money......so frustrating!!!! Oh well.

Somewhere In the Middle

Somewhere between the hot and the cold

Somewhere between the new and the old

Somewhere between who I am and who I used to be

Somewhere in the middle, You'll find me

Somewhere between the wrong and the right

Somewhere between the darkness and the light

Somewhere between who I was and who You're making me

Somewhere in the middle, You'll find me

Just how close can I get, Lord, to my surrender without losing all control

Fearless warriors in a picket fence, reckless abandon wrapped in common sense

Deep water faith in the shallow end and we are caught in the middle

With eyes wide open to the differences, the God we want and the God who is

But will we trade our dreams for His or are we caught in the middle

Are we caught in the middle

Somewhere between my heart and my hands

Somewhere between my faith and my plans

Somewhere between the safety of the boat and the crashing waves

Somewhere between a whisper and a roar

Somewhere between the altar and the door

Somewhere between contented peace and always wanting more

Somewhere in the middle You'll find me

Just how close can I get, Lord, to my surrender without losing all control

Lord, I feel You in this place and I know You're by my side

Loving me even on these nights when I'm caught in the middle

by Casting Crowns

No More Training Wheels

There is something sad about that statement.....no more training wheels. It means I don't have a baby anymore. Samuel is now a big boy. He has gotten so tall and is beginning to take a real interest in his appearance. He now tells me how he would like his hair to look. He will be six next month so I know he is not a baby..........but I will miss him being the baby. He still has trouble pronouncing his R's......and I like it. I like to hear him say Bird and Purse in the cute little way he says them. He is a unique little boy. He has a fascination with swords and fighting the battle. He loves rope. He ties up his toys and the furniture and the van to the truck:) He loves for me to read him stories and he still cuddles up with me and sucks his thumb. He never lets Dave leave without running down the steps and hugging him. He is a sweet boy most of the time. So no more training wheels for Samo. He learned how to ride his bike without them last week with Granddaddy's help. He did it in his sock feet too! I am not sure where his shoes were.

Back to the Real World

Well vacation is over and now its time to get down to business. We are in full swing with school. Abby is taking piano and is a Girl Scout. Erin is not sure what she wants to be involved in. Samuel just wants to play......with anybody who will play with him. We started Co-op last Thursday. I love it and so do the kids. The girls have a Creative Writing class, Choir and Home Economics. They have had homework in the Writing class and they love that. When you home school everything is homework I guess:) Samuel is in Choir, 5 in a Row and Wood working. Can you guess which one is his favorite? He can hardly wait to hammer something. He would wear his safety glasses all the time if I would let him. Dave is really enjoying his job at Donoho. He is getting to play his trumpet alot with the students. As for me, I have many roles these days. Mommy, Wife, Cook, Teacher, Sister, Daughter, Friend, Grocery shopper, House Cleaner, Blogger, Banker and hopefully soon I can be called a Runner! I love my job. It's hard some days but if I had to choose, I would still choose this path.

Beach Pictures

Today was our last full day at the beach. We are all sad! We have had such a good time this week. It has been so relaxing. The kids love their cousins, aunts, uncles and Mamaw and Grandaddy. We have spent all day each day on the beach or in the pool and had good meals together every night. It has been good. When we arrived last Wednesday, Hurricane Ike was on its way to Texas, and it was making BIG waves in the gulf. But by Friday it was beautiful and has been everyday. Abby got a little sunburned Saturday and Erin got really sunburned on Sunday. Luckily Daddy had aloe. Samo has had a blast and has gotten a nice tan. Dave and I have gotten to relax and read this week. We would love to have about three more days. But all good things must come to an end........so we will head home on Wednesday. I know Charlie will be glad to see us. He has spent the week at the vet. I hope they were sweet to that rotten dog.

Today would have been Grandaddy Whites 86th birthday. He always went on our vacations with us and we were really missing him on this one. We talked about how he would have liked the Splash. He would have really liked watching all the kids on the slides. Anyway, we are thankful to Mama and Daddy for this great vacation. Maybe I can catch up the vacation scrapbook soon!!

Night Fishing in the Gulf

Bradley caught this stingray

This is one of the many catfish we caught.