Weekend Fun

We enjoyed another weekend with our sweet little ones.  This was the last weekend of hunting season, and Pop and Maddie had a very productive weekend.  She is hooked!!  They hunted both morning and afternoon, and Maddie shot a pig and a doe.  However, we don't have any pictures to show!  That's Pop's department, and somehow he forgot!  Otherwise, we just hung out and enjoyed being together!

Pop and this one also got in a little "tractor" time, as Reed calls it!  He loves everything about tractors, both big and small!

He had a good time swinging with Nana, too!

What more do you need?  A tree and a phone with games!

Wrestling and making memories!!

Lillian gave Reed a ride on the tractor.  He took just a little tumble!

Picnic in the yard! Food, family and sunshine!

Eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich is serious business!

This little stinker is growing up!!  I'm probably going to get in trouble for that picture on the top left!!

This one is all about smiling!

Best Pop ever!

Pushing the gator up for a charge!  Teamwork at its finest!

Aunt Tay and Uncle C, I promise he's not putting dirt in Levi's hair! ;) He's also not smiling about it!

Mr. Tony is the best!  Those curls in the back are still holding strong!  Another good trim is in the books!

I am heading there for a few days later this week and just can't wait!

Road Trip

Reed and I made a quick trip (23 hours) to Baton Rouge this week.  This is something we do fairly often for Reed's business.  While searching on Mapquest for the directions to our hotel, I noticed a rather large river very close by.......Please don't judge, but I promise I didn't know the Mississippi River ran through Baton Rouge.  I have been to Alabama games there, and again Reed and I have made several trips there.  How did I not know this?  Well, I persuaded him that we just had to check this out! I found directions to a nice park located downtown and off we went!

I love water-pool, ocean, lakes, rivers........The Mississippi is pretty impressive!  Dirty on this day, but impressive!

We actually planned to just drive across the bridge, but somehow the park won out!  I told him next time, we'd have to drive across it.  I don't think I got a response though!

Checking things out!

You're never too old for a selfie!

We have the babies for the weekend, so lots of fun is in store!  

Pageant Time

She is the perfect combination of princess and warrior, and sunshine mixed with a little rain.

Maddie competed in the Horshoebend's Little Miss Petite Pageant this weekend. I personally always just pray that she  has fun and walks across the stage without tripping or falling (seriously). It's just a wonderful added bonus when she shines like the star she is and comes home with a trophy and flowers.  Lindsey did her makeup and hair, and painted her nails, which reminded me so much of the countless times Aunt Di helped us get Lindsey ready for pageants just like this. Life really does come full circle. Lots of sweet memories were made.  I'm still not convinced this is something Maddie will continue to do.  Either way, she is beautiful inside and out, and we couldn't be more proud of her!!

Fair warning, this post has lots and lots of pictures!

This little princess got in on the fun, too!  She picked out a pretty sparkly dress and got her hair done by Mom, too!  I can't wait until she gets to do this for real!

It's a process!!  

Uncle C and Aunt Taylor joined in the festivities!  On a side note, my sweet son got his first pair of new tennis shoes in THIRTEEN years on this trip.  I kid you not-THIRTEEN years!  The last three pair I bought him, he took back for the money.  Bless him!  

Now back to the princess!  Things are looking good!

Team Maddie!

The pageant begins with each girl wearing jeans and their pageant t shirt.  They introduce themselves and tell a little something about themselves.  "I'm number eight and tonight's going to be great!"

Her sweet friend Harper won last year, and helped crown this year!

Just beautiful!

You are every lovely word I could possibly think of!!

Intermission!  The gang's a little tired, but we're all here!

How sweet is this?  1st Alternate!  We couldn't be prouder!

 All smiles! Baxley is the sweet girl who won!  

We couldn't wait to get our pictures made with our sweet girl!

It's safe to say that the little ones were worn out at this point!

But as we were waiting for Maddie to change, Lillian held on to all of Maddie's goodies and said, "It's almost like I won!"

More wonderful memories were made!  So thankful for all of our sweet family!

Plants and Parks

A few days before all this gloomy rain began, Lillian and Reed helped me plant a few flowers in an attempt to brighten things up a bit!

Best helpers ever!  Reed found this toboggan and became quite attached for awhile! 

Sweet, sweet girl!

This one's pretty sweet, too!

These two missed out on the planting!  They were resting up before they headed out hunting.

The only thing they enjoy more than getting the mail might be watching the garbage truck stop by!  Both are pretty big events around here. These country kids don't get those big experiences at their house!

Pop and Maddie headed to hunt, and I headed to the park with the little ones.

This one had a ball!  

This one, not so much!  Obviously, he just wasn't feeling it!  

He did manage to enjoy a little snack! But mostly, he hung out on the bench!  I might add that when it was time to go, he cried because he wanted to play.  Did I mention that it was naptime?  He was much happier after his nap!

We will be heading that way in a few days. Visits are much better than Facetime calls, although we do enjoy those!  We can't wait to see them! 

Another Hunting Buddy

Uncle C and Aunt Taylor took the girls to the movie one afternoon this weekend.  Pop decided he'd take Reed and do a little hunting.  I wasn't at all sure how this would end, but Pop said he loved everything about it!  He was amazed by all the sounds, and enjoyed looking for squirrels, possums, birds and such! The height of the stand didn't faze him either.  Also, he was mostly quiet, which is quite a miracle!  Now, Pop is going to be in the market from some bigger stands.  Maddie absolutely loves to hunt whenever she can.  I asked Lillian if she was going to go, and she sweetly said she'd just wait until she was five.  I pointed out that her birthday was in just a few months, and she decided she'd think about it some more.  Time may prove me wrong, but I think she'll probably be hanging out with Nana!

Checking things out!

To me he looks scared to death here, but Pop assures me he was just taking in all the sights and sounds!

There's our smile!!

Making memories!!