Craving Pumpkins

It was a cool afternoon and I decided that the kids needed to carve pumpkins--it's tradition!! Cait and Ty will not be with us on Halloween but I still wanted them to do it. I think Sis wanted to eat some of that.......

Tyler cracks me up!! HE LOVES-LOVES pumpkin pie but he DID NOT like the smell of the inside gook of a pumpkin!

Sis was getting serious...

A little scary..trusting Tyler with the saw!!!!

Chase was a good big bro and helped out!

They turned out so good!!!!

Today was the DAY!!!!!!!!!

My son is offically a licensed driver and drove out to my school today for our Fall Festival. Thanks to John for thinking of it and Kim Jolley for helping us pull it off. Chase thought he was being brought out to MRE and instead John drove the truck to Keystone and parked it in a parking lot until after practice and Kim took him by there where he was VERY surprised to see it. It was extremely strange to see him come in by himself. I have been very emotional and still am. I told John that I thought having a child at 17 was hard. BUT THIS IS A TRILLION TIMES HARDER..BY FAR!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will get through it just like every other parent in the world. Please pray when you think about it ,for angels to surround his truck at all time.I couldn't live without him!!!

Precious Baby Jagger

This is so strange....Jagger is 2 weeks old and my son is 16...yikes. My dearest/oldest friend in the world just had a baby! Tori will be an amazing mom, I can tell already. I FINALLY got a chance to get some lovin'. I am very proud "aunt". I am looking forward to watching him grow...just as Tori has with Chase. Tori has been through a lot and I am SO glad that she finally got her prize! I love her very much and my life would not be the same without her in it. We've shared 25 years of memories. Her son is so precious! We had a wonderful afternoon.

Look at those feet!!!!!!!!

His dad, Sacha, played college football for Razorbacks, we thought it would be cute for him to sit in his helmet..and it was!!!!!!!!!

Jagger was finally waking up!

Crazy Saturday

John is an amazing dad! Tyler had a game in Suwannee County at 10am---2 hours away----John worked all night and had to go back to work that night. He did not sleep at all with the exception of a few minutes in the car. We watched a football game and then had to drive back and get back in time to see Caitlin dance at the fairgounds at 5 and John had to be back to work by 6:30. So..............it truly was a crazy day! We spent lots of time on the road but it was worth it. I got 2 new FSU shirts, since Lake City has good Seminole stuff!! John was coaching Tyler up!!!

Get'em Ty!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sis is right in the middle! We are so proud of her!

I think Caitlin looks so pretty her. She is a beautiful girl!! Look at that smile!!

This is their cousin Macy!! She looks up to Caitlin and wants to be just like her! I thought this was a good shot of them!

Beach Day in October :)

We love the beach and we are so thankful for Florida weather. We finally got the kids skim boards. Their original ones got stole when they took them with their mom back in August. They had been gifts to them from us and then for them to get stolen, it was terrible. We hated to go to the beach and the kids not have them. So today was a good day for them.

Tyler is such a good little brother to let Cait bury him like this!

Lake Party with Tyler's Friends

We spent a Sunday afternoon at the lake. Tyler has some friends who invited us to their birthday party. We had lots of fun!Caitlin wanted Chase to jump in with her...so he did!

The kids had a great time on the slide. Check out sis' face below!! :)

Chase was as long as the slide!

Coach Wayne had the boys playing a game of backyard football .

More tailgating, football and memories

We decided to take our party on the road. So here we are in Williston! We had Fried Chicken, potato salad and more. It was a good time with family and our friends!

Cait got a shot of Trav--the chef--- he knows how to cook up some meat!!

Me and my honey!!! Go Indians!

Not sure what to say...

Coach D is giving them so pointers...

This was last week. It started to get a little cool...... like 80..... and we were eating and talking and then God gave us a beautiful sunset!

SO busy

Ok, so it has been almost a month since my last post. It has been so crazy around here. I have been working each day, I am taking 2 classes online, tutoring after school and still being a mom!!! Chase will FINALLY get his license next Friday. I have been taking him at 5:30am on Fridays to eat with the football team, I cried the entire way to work. I know all parents go through all of these emotions but I'm sad but happy as well. I am trying to deal all of my emotions that comes along with letting him go slowly and knowing what to do to continue Chase on the right path.