Stick in the mud

Today it was a whooping 54 degrees for our high!! We truly enjoyed this nice change of temperature. We had a great day just hanging around, and I didn't even take a shower. That, I classify as a pretty nice day!Anderson LOVES to go outside and is so super happy when he is outside, but when you bring him inside, he pitches a fit and says "bye" like you are torturing him. It's pretty hilarious because he will go to the door and say "bees" which means please! How can you tell him no(most of the time)? It really rained this morning and so we had puddles all over the place, and of course Anderson found a stick and was digging in the mud with it. And finally got mud in his mouth, ewww yuck! See the mud on his face...nice!
Check out Anderson's new kicks, we got him some little Converse shoes that match his daddy's!
We have a little balcony but had no furniture on it and that bothers me. So we went in search of furniture and finally found some. It is considered "out of season" now and was on MAJOR SALE!!

OUR NEW PATIO FURNITURE!!

Two quick questions for you guys:

1. What do/did you feed your kiddos for lunch? I know Anderson is so tired of turkey and mac and cheese or spaghetti o's and grapes. ICK!

2. What type of church do you go to and why do you like it? We are going to start church hunting this weekend and need some opinions on different religions.

Happy Fall!!

So we're Texans now...

This is from the Cowboys Locker Room-Ha! This is going to be Anderson's first career move before he becomes president!

As you all know from my constant blogging about moving to Texas and trying to sell our house and yada yada yada. We have finally moved and are in our apartment and in Grand Prairie, TX! If you don't know where Grand Prairie is(don't worry I didn't either) you can click here and find a map of Texas and our location.

Our move went very SMOOTHLY to say the least! Which makes me happy, because I just knew something would happen, like the moving truck break down etc...

Before we left my momma came Wednesday and stayed with us(I was sooo glad)!

Momma and Anderson and I went to the Montgomery Zoo one last time. I will spare you the details because you've been through about 3 posts about the zoo (and truthfully I'm just lazy tonight).
I want to say HUGE thank you to all the people who helped us move(Mom, Bob, Mimi,Daddy,Mike, Tami, Richard) you guys are AWESOME!! Most of the time, I just stood around kind of bewildered at what was going on around me...in awe that we were actually MOVING!

Adam and his parents loaded up and drove halfway to TX Friday night. Mom, Anderson and me headed to the Renaissance Hotel(which is awesome) and if you are a teacher or work in education you stay there for $84 per night!! The usual rates are $150!!

Mom, Anderson and me went down to the Alabama River right by our hotel and saw the Harriett II, which is a steamboat and only costs around $30 per person with dinner included. You should try it...these people should really be paying me huh???!!!

On Sunday, Anderson and I flew to Dallas and he was perfect the WHOLE time(except he lost his croc..oops)!!! He kept saying "air pane" which is his new favorite word. So stinkin' cute!!

We made it in and Adam and his parents had already unloaded the whole moving truck by THEMSELVES---what a feat!!!! His parents were SOOO AWESOME because they helped us so and we had our apartment unpacked in 2 days!!

We went to the new Cowboys stadium(yea...the 1.2 billion dollar one..that one) and it was so cool. We took the tour and Anderson got a little Cowboys jersey!

We are here and settled and feeling good about our move so far! Anderson doesn't notice anything different I don't think. We look forward to our life as Texans!

See you real soon, I promised the grandmothers pics everyday!!!

We had chili tonight and I just thought this was funny!

"Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick"

See I told you that Anderson had presidential qualities. If you have no idea who said these infamous words. It was our 26th president, Teddy Roosevelt of course(one of my favorites, his cousin Franklin was my very favorite). This saying also was referred to as Big Stick Diplomacy(pertaining specifically to the Monroe Doctrine) and it was the idea of negotiating peacefully, simultaneously threatening with the “big stick”, or the military.

This stuff thrills me...but I know those of you who are history haters are totally bored to death so.....

Taking a break from our packing, Anderson and I found a great park today in Montgomery(too bad we leave in 5 days). OOPS!!!!!!! Didn't see this until after we were done... Anderson, being a total boy, found a big stick right away and proceeded to hit all things in his way. He loves this kind of thing. Some mommas would take this stick away afraid he might fall on it(probably was a good idea,now that I think about it), but I think that it's good for him to be a good old fashioned boy and get dirty sometimes! Ha!


We saw the ducks, I have never seen white ones before. Anderson could have cared less...he had his stick and was busy digging in ant beds with it. :)

He even held hands with me, so I took a picture because he does not like to hold anybody's hands while he walks.

The next time I talk to you, I'll be coming to you live from Grand Prairie, Texas! We leave on Sunday!! Pretty excited! Please pray for a safe trip for our family as we make our way out west and that my mom and I don't lose it when we have to say goodbye.

oh and uh... ROLL TIDE!!



See you soon!! ;)

Going away partay!!

Adam and Anderson, Matt and Bryant

We have had a whirl wind of a weekend! First, we had 2 showings of our house in two days and an open house today with 3 people attending! YAY!! We've gotten an offer for our house and have currently counter offered back. We're just playing the wait and see game now! Ha!

We left for Dothan on Saturday morning to go to my cousin Meghan's bridal shower. The good news, she and her husband are living in Dallas! The better news, he's a peditrician! I've already told her, I am a panicky mother... so watch out!

Saturday night we had our going away party! So much fun! Thanks to all our family and friends who came! We love you! Anderson was the belle of the ball and had such a grand time running around and having lots of admirers. We are going to miss everyone so much!

I probably won't blog too much in the next two weeks because we haven't packed up one box in our house!!! I'm getting started tomorrow. Is there a trick to it? If you have any packing tips, please share, cause I'm CLUELESS!!

We have 12 days until we leave for the Big D!

PCB

We only have 17 days until our big move to Dallas,TX. 17 days, and we haven't even gotten one box out to pack!!! Ha! We took one last trip to Panama City Beach(or more accurately Laguna Beach) before we moved to north Texas. The coast will be at least 5 hours away from us...and yes I'm groaning because our family has a beach house in Panama City and we used to could go anytime we wanted. It was just a hop, skip and a jump from us! Literally!

We had such a great time. My dad and mimi(step mother) and my step sister Jana and my nephew James all were there! We went to Thomas Doughnuts every morning (if you haven't tried Thomas Doughnuts, RUN to Laguna Beach and stand in that LONG line! They are that awesome!!

My sister Jana and I got to spend some quality time together and I was glad because we never get to hang out and just talk. Her little boy James has to be the sweetest child I have ever met! He is 10 and just polite and delightful!Finally, one of my life long best friends Jessica Tedder was at the beach. She lives in Denver and just happened to be in town. She is 20 weeks pregnant and I cannot wait for her to experience being a mom. We all went to dinner at Pasta Grill and it was so yummy! No pictures of her though...so sad!


We LOVE Pier Park in Panama City!

We rode the train through Pier Park, sooo fun!

My nephew James, who was skim boarding. Anderson thought this was HILARIOUS!!

We have our going away party tomorrow night and I think it will be kinda sad! All of our family is in Alabama and concentrated around Dothan mostly. So 12 hours, will be kind of a hike for them, but I have a feeling we should have lots of company!

This picture is not related, just wanted to show you my nephew Aaden who is 4 months old! This is Adam's brother, Anthony! Aren't they sooo cute together! Anderson and Aaden look alike in this picture, their coloring is just different. Anderson has olive skin and reddish hair and Aaden is lighter with blond hair. I never really thought they looked alike, until I looked at this picture.:)e

Question???

As Anderson grows increasingly older and is more into things now. I have a question about disciplining children especially at his age. I DO NOT want to spank him, therefore I am looking for alternatives that work for his age. Ex. Today he threw a fit in the store, because I would not let him have a pen I was signing something with, I took him outside and spanked him on the hand and told him "we do not throw fits" and then I cried all the way home for spanking his hand.

I am not a weak parent, so please don't even suggest that just because I don't spank him that I am. I just need some advice on other alternatives of discipline for his age group which is 17 months.

HELP!

Please pray

Hello friends! I am asking your to pray for my life long friend Bonnie (Ryals) Williamson and her husband Kerry and their little boy Ethan. Please follow this link to their blog page