Alrighty then!

I don't know how well you can see this but this was painted on the wall down the hallway where the "potty" was at the Lousiana Children's Museum that we went to. It says "All Living things eat so...everyone poops." Notice the evidence that "Everyone Poops" Funny!

Fall Break Vacation

Last Thursday and Friday, Chandler was out of school for fall break so Richard and I took off work and we went to New Orleans. We had a great time! I love New Orleans and I am already longing to go back. People in cars aren't too friendly or patient but I loved all the buildings and the history.



We went the awesome zoo there.












Chandler picked the Hard Rock Cafe to eat. I still say he just wanted to go there to get a t-shirt (and they both got one). But, it was a good experience b/c I've never been to one before.










We went to Jackson Square on Friday morning. It was beautiful. We went to Cafe Dumonde and had hot chocolate and beignets.












Here are Hudson and Chandler enjoying some beignets at the Cafe Dumonde in the Riverwalk. Yes, we had them twice.










We went to a Children's museum. They had a grocery store and several other interactive play areas and they had some exhibits similar to the McWane Center.










They also had a Dr. Suess theme going on at the museum.




























This was in front of a Voo-Doo shop we passed on the way to our hotel. Hudson was all about looking at him until Richard picked him up so they could get a closer look. I guess he thought he was going to reach out and touch him :) We had a great trip and I want to go back soon.

Punkin Patch

About 1 1/2 weeks ago, we went with my whole family to a pumpkin (or as Richard likes to say...punkin) patch in Cullman, Alabama. And when I say whole family, I mean all 19 of us! It was a beautiful day and the kids had a really good time.









They had an area with some slides and a moonwalk. I think the kids would have been happy staying in this area all day. Except for Drew...he wasn't too sure about the slides :)








They had pony rides for the kids. They also had a petting zoo and the kids let the animals eat out thier hands. One of the goats was about to climb out of his fence to get some food.













This is all the grandkids with the pumpkins they picked out. Bubba, John Evan, Baby Drew, Syd, Hud, and Shell Bell.

10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1, BLAST OFF!

As part of my calling in the Cub Scouts, I had to build a rocket out of cardboard boxes and duck tape for an upcoming scout day camp. I was not looking forward to this b/c as many of you know...I am not creative at all. Richard came up with the basic design but I basically did all the work myself. It look me about 4 hours. When Richard saw it (he wasn't at home when I was working on it), he was so impressed. I have to admit that it turned out better than I thought it would. I was going in it with the mentality of I don't care what it looks like, just so it gets done. But, after all the work I wanted to share.

Hudson and Chander were excited at first about helping me paint it but they quickly lost interest. This is just a small portion of the mess Hudson made.

Here are some pictures of the finished project. It had to be big enough for the boys to stand in and carry and have a control panel. It also had to have a Flag of Nation, the name of the nation, a rocket name, and troop number.

Happy Anniversary, baby...I've got you on my mind

For you non Rick & Bubba listeners, I stole that opening line from their show. Yesterday was mine & Richard's anniversary. Sorry, I don't have any old pictures of us to post. I'll have to do that one day since we've been together off an on for 14 years! Wow that's a long time. It doesn't seem that long ago that I asked him out that first time. That's right, I asked him. But I knew he was in to me and he wanted to ask me so I knew he would say yes. :) Who knew it would one day lead to all this! Thanks Richard for being a great husband and father. My parents are keeping the boys tonight so we can go out. Thanks mom & dad! Well, anyway, I haven't posted in a couple of weeks and I hate it when people don't update their blogs so I wanted to post something.