Daddy goes to Europe!

Daddy left last Wednesday for Europe for school. He won't be back 'till Saturday. I get text messages from his emails from time to time letting me know how he is doing. We sure miss him and can't wait 'till he comes back. Every afternoon when we get home from school, Carter sees his car parked and says, "Daddy's home."

Anyway, nothing else is new here. Things are business as usual. Here are a couple of pics of the kids I took the other night. The one of Carter is of him doing his "Smiley Shark" face. Smiley Shark is a character in one of his favorite books.

Carter turns 3!

Carter-Man turned 3! It is so hard to believe. Here are some cute things about our lil' man:

- He is quite the ladies man!
- Instead of saying "Um, hm". He says, "Um".

- He is a very loving, sweet boy. And he is a Mama's boy all the way.

- He loves sharks, dinosaurs, cars, and all things boyish!

- When you tickle him , he laughs and says, " No tic tics"

- A horse says " Be Haw"

-His favorite blanket is his red mickey mouse blanket. He calls it, "Toodles".
His shark party was yesterday. It was a great success. Carter had a great time. Thanks to everyone who came and celebrated with us and helped make our lil' man's birthday so special. For those, who couldn't make it, here are some pictures of the event.

Tellus Museum

A few weekends ago, we took the kids to the Tellus Museum in Cartersville. They had a great a time. It is a great museum. There is a lot to see and do. The kids really enjoyed digging for fosssils and panning for gems. Here are a few of our favorite pics from our trip. This first picture shows the kids standing in front the jaws of a large shark. How Cool!


Panning for gems! Abby loved this, but Carter thought it was kind of messy.













Abby found a shark fossil. You get to keep one of the fossils you dig up.














Digging for fossils:

Our little astronaunts:

Carter in front of a train.

Looking at the tiny krill.

Standing in front of a large amethyst. Abby really liked it.

Carter gets his big boy bed!

Carter finally got his big boy bed. He was really excited and so proud! It is a car bed, given to us by family friends. The first night we had a big boy party and took pictures of him and Sissy. He didn't go right to sleep like I 'd hope that 1st night but is doing great now.

School has started back. My big girl is in 1st grade now. So far, she has really enjoyed it. She likes her teacher and has several friends in there.

PC Beach

The kids and I took a short trip to the beach just before we have to start back to school. Aunt Shelby and Grandma went with us. We stayed with Aunt Janice. We had a great time. Wish we could have stayed longer! Here are a few of our favorite pics.

Summer events

The kids spent much of this summer without us because the unfortunate circumstances. They had a great time with their grandparents and friends of the family when we could not be with them. Here are a few pictures of them enjoying their summer without us. These first two pictures show Carter swimming with his Daddy Tom. What a big boy!

These two pictures are from our day at American Adventures. The kids had so much fun.

July 4th , 2009- The kids were with Russ and Sheri. They had lots of fun!

Centennial Park- The kids had a blast! I wish I could have been there to see them enjoy themselves. I hate that I missed this! You can tell from these pictures that they really enjoyed themselves.

Sad news

On July 5th, Steve's mom past away. She was only 65 years old. We are all going to miss her very much. Abby was very close to her Nana. She took the news pretty hard. As a mother, it was hard to see my baby so heartbroken. Steve and I understand what is going on and can deal with the heartache, but it is hard to watch your baby have to go through it at such a tender age. It just broke my heart.

Abby loved to make art work with her. Nana loved to display Abby's artwork at her office on her "Abby art door". She was very special and we miss her a lot.