I love God

Me: What's your favorite animal Kennedy?
K: An elephant!
Me: We are going to see an elephant when we go to the zoo.
K: What's an elephant mommy?
Now, please try to describe an elephant. That is a hard thing to do....hmmm...
Me: Well it is an animal with a trunk. It is a really long nose so it can pick up things.
K: Oh, why's it have a trunk, Mommy?
Me: I don't know...God just made it that way.
K: Oh, why?
Me: I guess God just wanted them to have a trunk.
K: Oh....I love God Mommy.
Me: Me too Kennedy, me too.

Gosh, I love this child.

The Fair!

Oh, joy the fair is here! I secretly hate the fair. Well, I guess it is not a secret. I do hate the fair. I hate very dirty places where I am scared to go to the bathroom. I am much happier at a large theme park like Disney. It just feels cleaner and safer. Yet, living in a small town, involves doing small town things like the fair. Kennedy and Whit had a blast! Statesboro has a parade the opening day of the fair. I make a lot of fun of that as well. I still think they need to realize they should have a Christmas parade and not a fair parade, but whatever. It got canceled due to rain, but the rain went away so we headed to the fair. Aunt Courtney was in town so she got to enjoy some of the kiddie rides with Kennedy. Whit got to ride his first ride, the Merry Go Round. He had fun! I will say that it goes much faster than I was expecting!

Our little crowd!

Having so much fun!

Courtney and Kennedy

Banks and Kennedy...all by themselves! How grown up are they?!!!

Big boy...walking in the mud all by himself!

The boys...Whit and Banks...so cute!

ME and Courtney on a ride! What in the world?!!!

Family photo...can you find us? he..he...

Sweet boy...I so disinfected his hands after this.

lovin on Aunt Courtney

A baby and his blackberry

The kids love to talk on my phone. I put it on speaker and they will talk to Greg forever. They get it honest I guess! Greg and his 5000 minutes a month. This is bad, isn't it? :)

The Big Ones and Little Ones

We can never move. Maybe some day we can afford a bigger house, but we will just stay here. I can't imagine not living next door to the Prosser's! Here's what our crowd is up to lately...

The Big Kids

"Where are Drew and Kennedy?" We go in search and find this...all snuggled in the bed together. We ask what they are doing and get nothing but giggles....these two are up to NO good!

Refusing to have their picture taken....with Kennedy in her fairy dress and beautiful hair!
The Little Ones

They are big enough to play together now. Whit does things to bother Lorelei. He uses his walking skill to annoy her. He sees a toy, snatches it, and walks away laughing. Bad, bad baby! They really are communicating more and I think it is so sweet. Precious babies!

Whit:"hmmm...what is that?"



"Oh, thanks! Looks interesting.."

Really, I can't even describe this one. I wonder what they are thinking! :)

Kennedy and I looked through her baby book this morning. It had the pictures of the day she met Drew. I love that picture. It really means so much because back then Jen and I were hopeful. We hoped they would love each other. We really haven't given them much of a choice to not love each other, but out of it all they have become the best of friends. If you ask Kennedy who her best friend is, she quickly replies Drew, like we were dumb for having to ask. I hope they always are there for each other. It will be interesting to see all these relationships develop. Maybe Lorelei and Kennedy will be best friends some day! For now, she has Whit...bless her sweet heart! Ha!

COUSINS!!!!

All the cousins are on their way to Disney this week. On their trip down, they stopped by mom and dad's and we went down to spend the day with them. I love seeing how happy they make Kennedy. She gets really excited about all of them. Paisley is her just my size cousin and they really make a cute pair. It was good to see all my family together. We don't get that way as much as I would like. I begged and begged for a picture with both of my brothers but I never ended up with one. Why didn't they listen to me?!!! :) Oh, well, next time I guess!

MeMe and Pops's pride and joy.....all the grandbabies together: Lander, Paisley, Whit, Kennedy, and Henley

Goofing around!

My sweet babies

My Daddy and my babies :)

Swinging at MeMe's!

What a fun day!!

One year ago....

I really need to stop reminiscing. Read my post below for explanation about my memory blogging here. I can't stop myself. I need to stop. Put the computer away, Katie. :)

I found these of sweet Whit. A year can change so much!!! Look at my sweet baby one year ago...

I attempted forever to get their picture together. Does she ever cooperate? :)

Such a sweet happy boy!

And of course, the trouble pair. Always together, no matter how life changes. A new baby in the house? Who cares when you have your best friend by your side! :)

2 short years ago....

I was cleaning out a jump drive to make room to move pictures around and save things when I found these. I got a little teary looking through them all. As you all know, I am a bit sentimental when it comes to these precious children of mine. These are from October of 2007. Only 2 short years ago....Whit didn't even exist yet, my Kennedy was still a little juicy baby....oh my, how life flies by. Here's a bit of my walk down memory lane.

That crazy hair! We had to put a bow in the top because it wouldn't stay anywhere else! It only grew down in the front....still does. This girl and her hair. No curls...so, so sad! :)

Kennedy and Mommy! Our first fall together. Gosh, I remember thinking how great she was. I was so happy to finally have her here and she was becoming such a little person. So full of joy!
I laughed when I saw this one. First, the fact that we went places together. Look Jen, we are in the same car! Those sweet babies go way, way back. K and Drewbie didn't miss a beat from the very beginning.

So, happy!! My little butterfly!

That hair again.....:) This was her first pair of jeans.

Look closely....you might not recognize everyone here...that's right, it's Lillian!! Well, now, she has changed since then, huh? :)

The love for football came early. I would also like to document that two years later, Greg chose to be in this same position with these two, ALL BY HIMSELF! The mommies took the babies home and Greg took our older kiddos to the game. Even Greg has grown up since then! :)

Every picture I looked through made me smile, even the crying Kennedy ones. We just look so happy when you look back. And as I think of it, we were. We still are. These children have filled my home with more joy than I ever imagined. Even though I had to physically hold that sweet Kennedy down today to make her put on shoes while she screamed, "I WANT TO STAY HOME!"...life is still good. It's the good ones that keep you going. Like right now, snuggling and watching Dora. Thank you Kennedy for the joy you bring. May you always know how much we enjoy your spirit. 2 years from now, I am sure you will be even more grown up and I'll look at today's pictures with sweet memories. Life goes by way to fast!!