Grandparent's Day

Originally, Grandparent's Day was scheduled on the same day for the girls and Reed.  However, Hurricane Irma caused the girls to be postponed a couple of days.  So, I left one morning at 4:30 for Reed's day,and then Pop and I left at 4:45 a couple of days later for the girls.  I love meeting their teachers and seeing where the spend their days.  Jacob's Ladder and Horseshoe Bend are both exceptional schools, and we are so thankful the kids have such great opportunities!  With that being said, we mostly like any excuse to visit and spend time with these sweeties.  They are growing up so fast, and we truly cherish these sweet times!!

Maddie, Lillian and Mam-Josh's sweet grandmother

I grabbed a coach and had him take a picture of us in front of Mrs. Smith's room.  That would be Lindsey's room! :)

Be still my heart!!

Maddie and Mrs. Queen-Isn't that an awesome name?

Lillian and Mrs. Milner-Lillian loves her!

For 31 years, I had my students make things like this for their parents and grandparents.  I hope they treasured those goodies as much as we treasure ours!

So glad Pop got to join us!

Love this smart girl!

Mrs. Glenda and Reed-She was also Lillian's teacher last year, and she is simply awesome.  She's also Josh's cousin!

Sweet boy!

And we love you, too!

Being a grandparent is one of the greatest joys ever!!  We break lots and lots of rules, but boy do we have fun!  The smiles, laughs, and even the occasional tears we have shared have created an unbreakable bond.  We couldn't love them more! Everyday we share with them is Grandparent's Day, but it's great to have a special day set aside to celebrate! We also have a special day coming up in a few days that will reveal what our new angel is going to be!  We can't wait!

Sweetie Pie

This sweet thing had majorette camp one day at school.  The girls were then able to perform at halftime at one of the ballgames. The girls also had Grandparent's Day at school the same day (more on that later).  Pop and I were suppose to leave home at 4:30, but the alarm was on silent! Somehow, we woke up at 4:30 and were out the door at about 4:50!

Precious!

She was just a tad bit excited!

The divided the girls-Auburn girls and Alabama girls.  Each group did the fight song, and then they did some things together.  Lillian and one of her friends were the youngest, but they were both awesome!!

Performance was over, and she was out of there!!

They performed during pregame, and Pop and I hit the road headed home!

Next up, Grandparent's Day!

Oh Happy Day!

Reed may be on the back side of half a century, but I am happy to say that he is still going strong!  I'm not sure what we would do without him!  We were in Alexander City for Maddie and Lillian's Grandparents Day celebrations, and had a small celebration for Pop.  Maddie was sad that she wouldn't get to spend the day with him on his birthday.

Our Birthday Boy!




We asked Pop to disappear while we got everything ready!  I'm happy to say that he was quite the sport!

Surprise!

Happy Birthday to you!

Just a little help from Lillian!

Stinker!

They love their Pop!

And he loves them!  He opened several sweet gifts, lots of which were made by the babies!

And then we loaded up and continued the celebration at the kid's favorite restaurant!

We love you big!

RTR!

Josh, Lindsey, Pop and the kids enjoyed a fun day at Bryant Denny this weekend.  There is nothing quite like an Alabama football game.  We are so glad the grandbabies get to experience this, especially since they live so deep in enemy territory!!! 

 A little pregame treat!

Raising them right!

Sadly, Lindsey, Josh, and the little ones had to leave at half time. (The little ones had all the fun they could stand!)  Pop and Maddie had a ball, and didn't leave until the last Rammer Jammer was yelled! Roll, Tide, Roll!!

Fall Soccer

The fall season of soccer has begun.  We ventured to Alex City last week for Maddie's first game of the season.  The game ended in a 2-2 tie. It's not a loss, so I guess we'll call it a victory. She has moved up to the U10 league.  Basically, they are playing on a much bigger field.  Pop and I are still trying to figure out this sport, but we love watching Maddie play!

First, a little pregame nourishment!

So, if Lillian hides under this blanket, no one can tell she's playing on the phone.  Right?

Game time, and Reed's ready to do a little coaching!

A few game shots!

Lots of running!  Check out that sunset!  It was beautiful!

I know this is a wall, because the other team is fixing to kick a corner kick.........I[m still not sure why this happens though! :)

 Unless Hurricane Irma changes things, we'll be back next week for game two!

Weekend Fun

We enjoyed a long weekend with the grandbabies this weekend.  We didn't have anywhere to go and nothing special planned to do.  These are by far my favorite types of visits!  We rode the polaris, checked on dove fields, played in the sandpiles, swam, picked flowers and just hung out!  The only pictures I took of the weekend were at the sandpile, and there are only a few of the girls.  This is because they like to strip down as soon as they arrive! Uncle C and Aunt Taylor also told them about the baby.  Maddie has been waiting forever on this to happen!  Maddie and Reed are Team Blue and Lillian thinks she's going to be Team Pink.

This is the only picture I can share of Maddie.  She gave us a ride to the sand piles.  Beau is her co-pilot! It's probably best that I can't share pictures of her!  She likes to climb and jump from the highest spots now.  I keep telling myself that her mom and Uncle C used to do the same! The higher, the better!

I do have a few of Lillian before she undressed!  As soon as we stopped, she and Beau took off!  He enjoys it as much as the kids do!

Digging to China!

The little princess!!

Reed enjoyed showing off his muscles and his jumping skills!  They could do this all day, everyday!!

Ready to jump!

Fun was had by all!  Soccer games (or are they called matches?) start this week, and gymnastics starts this weekend.  It's a busy, hectic time of the year, but we love it.   They are all at such fun ages, and we don't want to miss a thing!