Meet Beau

I had been to Alex City for a couple of days when Reed got our new addition.  The kids came back with me, so we all got to meet Beau at the same time.  Needless to say, he was quite the hit!  Lillian is a true animal lover, and she rarely put him down.  Maddie and Reed were quite taken with him, too. Officially, he is a Boykin Spaniel, and will be a bird hunter.   Unofficially, he is being spoiled rotten by all of us!


Make no mistake, Beau got lots and lots of loving!!

He is a handsome little guy!

It was almost like his legs were broken!  He didn't get to see the ground very much!!

The only thing to rival playing with the puppy might be getting mail! (Maddie was picking up leaves.)

Isn't he precious???

Naptime!! 

Why did they put me down?

This is probably breaking all kind of rules, but Beau didn't mind.

Privacy, please!  Also, we originally named him BEAUX (with an X).  We were asked if we were LSU fans, so we quickly dropped that X!  Absolutely, not!!! Beau it is!

The grand dog has not taken this too well.  The first time Levi met Beau, he would not have anything to do with me.  When I would try to pet Levi, he would turn his back to me like below!  Bless it!  He is SLOWLY getting somewhat better.  It's going to be a process, I'm afraid.

Sweet Magnolia

Many times over the years when Lindsey was growing up, I would look outside and she would be halfway up our very, very high magnolia tree.  A few years ago, we cut the bottom limbs off for about the first 10 feet, which made climbing the tree somewhat of a challenge.  Pop got a ladder for the girls to help with those first few feet, and the fun began!  I am truly scared of heights, so I was not fond of this activity!!

Lillian also got in on the fun, but she wasn't quite as sure of this as Maddie!

I think Maddie could have stayed up here all day!!

Sweet sisters!

Day 2-Maddie slowly went a little higher.  Thank goodness she didn't want to go to the top like her mom.  I might also add that the tree is much taller now, and I'm pretty sure my heart won't be able to take it! Lillian hung tight on the same limb!

Beau and Reed thought hard about joining them!!

Every time I turned around they were back in the tree!!

You just never know what you're going to get into at Nana and Pop's house!!

Twist and Shout

Jacob's Ladder has the world's best sock hop!!  Lillian and Reed sported their best 50's attire and headed out for a high ole' time!  I am so glad I was able to see this. Awesome decorations, a real local DJ, and fun for all! Lindsey had a two day workshop, so I was there to help out with carpool and such.  Mostly, I was there to have fun!!

Cheese! Too cute!!

The four year olds before the fun begins! 

It don't mean a thing, if you haven't got that swing!

Come on baby-let's do the twist!

Everybody's doing the locomotion! (Or possibly hand-jive!!)

How low can you go??

Oh this girl!!! Where did our shy little girl go?

Lillian loves Mrs. Ellen!  And so do the rest of us!!

She was super excited that Daddy got to join her!

She is growing so fast!  

Just a little post dance fun!!!  

Happy Valentine's!!

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!