Double Digits

I can't believe this boy has hit double digits!!  It seems like yesterday

we were flying to Tyler to meet him!  He is such a special

boy!  Lots has go on in his life this year.  I will have to get this

blog updated on everything he has done.  I am so proud of him!

Happy 10th Birthday Will!

You made me a Mama!!  I love you!

Ella Jean

I can't believe it...Ella Jean is turning ONE!

Happy 1st Birthday!  You are a doll!

We can't wait to see you in a couple of days!

We will celebrate with you then.

We love you!

Birthdays!

I have not been good about updating this blog.:(

I really want to but other things get in the way.

I wanted to post about 2 birthdays in October.

Mimi and MawMaw both have birthdays in October.

Mimi's is the 9th and MawMaw's is the 13th.

We wish we could have been in Texas to celebrate with

both of them.  We love them both so much!

Mimi and MawMaw, we hope you both had a very

happy birthday.  Both of you deserve it!  Y'all are so

special to us and we miss y'all LOTS!!

Also, there is another little cutie that is going to be celebrating

her birthday soon!  I can't believe 1 year has flown by!

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday!

Just thinking about our fun time in Destin this summer!

It is getting cold here in Bloomington!  We better get ready

for cold, breezy days!

Waiting

We are waiting on Mimi and Pop to arrive today!

While we wait, we will watch Will play 2 soccer games!

Be safe Mimi and Pop!

We can't wait to see yall!

7th Grade Football

We are wishing Graham "Good Luck" tonight

playing his first 7th grade football game!

First, I can't believe he is in 7th grade!

Second, I can't believe he is old enough to play football!

Wow!  These kids are growing up too fast!

Also, I hope he got to wear his football jersey to school

today.  That was always a highlight!  I loved wearing my

cheerleading uniform!  Fun times!

this pic was taken this summer...we were all

headed to the Cards game on the MetroLink

Graham, we hope you have so much fun playing tonight!

We will be thinking about you!

Play Hard!

Vintage Light

When we bought this house, the dining room

had a fan in it!  (that way you could use this room as

an office or dining room)  We did not want a fan

in our dining room.  So, Jeremy was on a mission

to find something unique to hang.  He found this 

clam basket at the 3rd Sunday Market.  It started off as a 

basket and ended up as a light.  Looks perfect in our

dining room!  We both love going to the market and

looking around...sometimes we find some treasures and

other times we don't.

The fun of it is not knowing what you may find!

MawMaw's Visit

MawMaw came to our new house in Illinois in May.

I know this seems like forever ago...but I am just now

getting to share pics from her trip.  It was wonderful

because she got to come for Mother's Day weekend.

I am so glad she did!  

We picked her up from the airport, ate some supper and

then headed to Will's baseball game.

MawMaw and Rhett waiting for the game to start!

Jeremy helped with Will and Rhett's team!  

On Saturday morning, we had to take MawMaw to 

Will and Rhett's favorite breakfast place...Krispy Kreme!

Then we headed to Rhett's baseball game...Will and

Rhett both were on the Marlins team.  

We all helped with Rhett's team!

He is ready!

MawMaw and Will watching Rhett!

Of course, we had some shopping to do after the

games...Will always likes Pok-e-mon cards!

Will had a school project to do while MawMaw

was here...he interviewed her about her schooling.

On Sunday, we celebrated Mother's Day!

We went to one of our favorites...Biaggi's!

It was delicious and even better because MawMaw

was with us!

Thank you MawMaw for coming to Illinois to 

see us...we loved it when you were here.

We are very thankful for you!

Our moms are very special to us!

1st day of 4s Preschool

Rhett's first day of 4s preschool was yesterday!

He has been waiting for this day for a long time!

He missed his Little Miracles class this summer!

He did get to go to a kids camp at his new preschool

this summer...and he met his new teachers there.

He is going to preschool at Calvary United Methodist Preschool.

Daddy surprised him yesterday and had lunch with us at 

Rhett's pick...Culvers and then came to school too!

We went with Rhett his first day and the teachers

had a fun scavenger hunt for the parents to help 

the kids with...that way they could explore their new class.

It worked out well.  

He can not wait to go back today!

His teachers are Mr. Tilford and Mrs. Masten.

More from Austin

These are the last pics from my Austin trip!

While I was there, I visited my dear friend Kelli too.

I had lots of fun!  The perfect birthday trip from

my boys!  

Thank yall so much!
Also, thank you to our family, the Berdolls!  They made us all
feel right at home in the orchard!  

Fourth Grade

Will has started 4th grade!  Wow!

Where does time go?

This boy is growing up too fast...slow down!

On Tuesday night, we all went to "Back to School"

night.  This is where he met his teacher...Mrs. Ernst!

This is her 1st year to teach...I remember my first year

as a teacher!  I still think of some of my students from

that year!  She was an intern at Fox Creek last year

in 4th grade...so she knows how it works!  

I know he is going to have a great year!

Looks like we will be buying a new backpack this

weekend...he wanted this backpack but has

changed his mind.  (did I mention, he is

growing up...we need the plain kind now)

BTW, I loved 4th grade...that is the year that I knew

for sure I wanted to be a teacher...Mrs. Haynes was

wonderful!  Also, this is the year I met one of my dear friends,

Holly...which is a teacher too!  We had a great year and I wish

the same for Will!

Celebrating Daddy

For Jeremy's 39th birthday, we enjoyed dinner

at a local place in Normal...Medici!

It was delicious!  This tree that J, W & R are by

is in the middle of the restaurant.  (pretty cool)

Then we headed home to have birthday cake!

We had fun celebrating Dad!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to the BEST daddy two boys could have!

We hope you have a wonderful day...even though you 

have to go to work!

We love you more than you know!

Dresses in the Orchard

We had fun trying to take pics of these three!

Aren't they cute in their Mexican Dresses!

CL Treasures

On our way back to Berdoll Lane, we stopped

at the pecan store to have our pic made with

"Pearl the Squirrel!"

It was a hoot trying to get on

Miss Pearl!

All of our treasures!

Mom showing off her signed CL book!

We all had so much fun shopping together!

Country Living Fair ~ Austin

This is one reason Jeremy and the boys got me 

a plane ticket to Austin...The Country Living Fair!

I went with my friend, Ashley from Kalamazoo, to the

Columbus, Ohio Fair 2 years ago.  We had a great time!

So, when I saw the fair was coming to Austin for the 

first time...I told Mom that she needed to go.  Of course, Pat

wanted to go...so it worked out perfect!  Also, Lin's MIL, Janet

was going to have her booth set up with her unique, handmade jewelry.

So Tina joined Mom on the journey and Lin, Jake and the girls did too!

Lin, Me, Tina, Janet, Mom and Pat

"Skip to my Lou"  Janet's Jewelry

Every piece of her jewelry is unique.  No two pieces

are the same.  She even travels to Paris to get some of her

pieces to make her jewelry.  She also puts every piece on

an old vintage portrait card...as you can see...and writes

a small story on the back.  (sometimes letting the buyer

know where she found the piece)

Katy came!

Mom and daughter

The editor from CL was there...Mom and Tina

had bought a CL book and had her sign it!

We all wanted a pic with her!

This pic is so funny...look at mom's face!

Hilarious!

I forget what these girls were called but each group had 

a name...they have decorated these vintage campers and

they travel around setting them up!  Mainly, just for fun!

Tina has purchased her a vintage camper and is having

it refurbished...that way she can decorate it.

inside

too cute...looks cozy!

the chicken pic

Pat bought Brooke a cute booster!

LONGHORNS

Here is Brooke, Ella and Marlee's boosters!

Tina is breaking in Marlee's!

The indoor part of the show...this is where the Austin

Rodeo takes place.  Also, Katy works for Austin Rodeo so

she is here lots!  She and Pat had us set for this show!

Early Bird tickets and all...thank you!

lots of demonstrations were happening

Mom and Tina ran into some people they knew!

Tired

What a fun time we had!

Time for us all to catch up!

next time...the purchases we made