Thanksgiving in Tyler 2007

John and I have been going to Tyler for Thanksgiving for the last 18 years.

(that IS a big stack of wood.. or should I say small trees, behind the boys, which will be a VERY large BON fire later......you know you're a 'rednecks' when... heee heee.. I LOVE THEM!)

It's a great place to spend time and visit with family.

Tina cooks the best STUFF and LOTs of it.

Of course, being in the country is the best part for the kids.

They have horses, cows, a pond near by, trails,

4 wheelers and TRACTORS!

Uncle Jerry, he always takes the boys out on the tractors.

This is my cutie pie nephew, Michael with Jake.

They were in heaven.

Halloween 2007

This Halloween was pretty fun.... there were kids everywhere!! Most I've seen in years.

The boys, Jordan, Jake and John went to the "son & dad pumpkin carving" at Jordan's elementary school. They did a great job!

Jake was so cute, he dressed up as a very bulked up SPIDER MAN...

it was funny.... he was diggin the muscles..

Not about my monsters....

This is a posting that is not about our family, but about my 'work' family... Diamond H Recognition recently had a fire in our corporate office. It's been pretty devastating.

On August 24th, an electrical fire broke out and basically took out our front office space. Fortunately, we resumed business by noon on the same day from the fulfillment operations, which were not harmed in the fire.

Shortly after the fire was put out, while the fire department was investigating, I ran home to change clothes and the photographer in me grabbed my camera. I took the photos below and am continuing to capture images as we continue to get through a bad situation.

New PJ's

It's time for school to start again, so I went clothes shopping for my 10 year old. Found some cute PJ's for Jake too, so I HAD to take new pictures. Jordan is a ham too, so he sat his baby brother on his lap for this photo op. They CAN play nice....sometimes....ummm...for a few minutes....

Summer Fun

This summer's been pretty great. New pool, swimming like crazy and just sittin around turning crispy brown...lol... In this pic, my little monsters enjoying the water as usual. He's learning to swim and doing great.

Aunt Wendi

Summer FUN! This weekend "Aunt Wendi" came to visit to see our new pool and play with the monsters.

As you can see, aunt Wendi has "stars" in her eyes, when it comes to the kiddos...hee heee

Much FUN was had, lots of VINO and fantastic salad that Wendi brought over, made with her home grown veggies! yummmmm

Here, Jordan's standing in our pool before it was finished. This summer's going to be a blast! Texas sun and a new pool! The American dream!

Baby in a box. The day he was delivered!

This is my BIG kid..no quite 10 yet, but looks like a 12 year old. He'll be my baby forever. No matter what! :P

Long time no bloggg

It's been a long time. Not that worried, cuz it's probably only me that see's this, but im blogging anyway.

This is a Jake on Easter day. Had a nice brunch with friends I love dearly.