Me and My Brothers...

These pictures of Andrew, Matthew and I were taken at my parents house in Oklahoma by my sweet sister-in-law. I ADORE my brothers...They both make me sooooo proud!

I'm a DORK!

Hey! I just realized that I can comment back! Thanks for the comments...you might look again...I probably answered:)

Backyard Fun!

Chris and Baileigh are enjoying the weather!! Chris is putting up our privacy fence, while Baileigh is enjoying the playset and water hose!! Baileigh may be having more fun...

Chris Hard At Work

These are some pics of Chris in Qatar...he was supervising ops on a structure fire within the barracks...

My sister (in-law) Michelle is an INCREDIBLE photographer!!! These are just two of the fantastic pictures she took of us while we were visiting Oklahoma...She obviously has a gift!!

Football video...for Nana and Nick:)

South Dale Football...Bray is on the end...

Oh yeah...Baileigh and I were there too:)

FOOTBALL!!!!

Brayden is # 82 and loves football!!! He is one of the smallest on the team, but he is getting to play regularly. Coach Smith calls him "Hustle" for his obvious "Rudy" mentality...what a compliment, right?!

Brayden and His BOYS!

I am obviously going through my pictures on my computer...these are from 2008...5th Grade Celebration. Brayden and his buddies at their BEST! Ahhh...memories:)

P.S. If I get brave enough...I have a video of a certain young man's mom (SAVINA) doing a fabulous dance:)...To be continued:)

Taking Our "Wild Things" to see some Wild Things!

Poor Turtle:)


What a crew!


I felt better about myself after hanging out with this guy:)


Nick-a-da-Booth

 
Iknow that these pics are older ...like 2007...but, better late than never, RIGHT?!

Missing You...

Me and my kiddos are missing some of our best buddies...



Pat and Elizabeth...at their BEST!



Brayden, Josh, Amber and MY JULIE:)




Tyler:)


Jason & Nick



Nick, Bray & Jacob



Becca:)

First Day at Dale County Schools!

First day of school!! You'll notice

the background is the Gurensey's

house...Liz and JD allowed us to

live in their home until we found

and bought our own...I know.....I

think their CRAZY too!!! They

are super sweet friends (family!)

and they made our transition to

AL so smooth...Forever grateful!!

What do you think of Baileigh's

new school shoes? We went to

pick out her some new school

shoes and after looking at EVERY

pair in several stores, she

decided that she liked the BOYS

Converse! I explained that they

were boy shoes and she totally

did not care! She said, "...all the

girl shoes are too "flashy" and I'm

not into "flashy" !" She said it

using quotation fingers every time

she said flashy...don't know

where she gets that attitude...

CHRIS!!!!!:)

Baileigh and Mukheyra

This is my sweet Baileigh and her good friend
Mukeyhra. Just before we left VA, she came
over for the day and they had loads of fun!!
Mukheyra's family owns a restaurant that
serves middle eastern food and that evening
the invited us to come for dinner...we had a
great time...such a sweet family...we miss
them already!

Princess...Henry?!

OK....so I'm sure this is some kind of abuse, but since the kids decided this year they are NOT going to go trick-or-treating...yeah, I know, they said this last year and I ran out on the "night of" and purchased Baileigh a RIDICULOUSLY overpriced princess gown( still a little irked about that one)...we think maybe Henry might be interested in dressing up! Baileigh used some of her American Girl Doll clothes and a lovely stretchy scarf to create this unusual, albeit flattering ensemble. However...Henry rolled around forever trying to remove it all....I think we've graduated to the stage where no one in our household wants to dress up...HOW SAD!!!! Enjoy the time that you get to dress your children as cowboys and padiwans and paint their little faces like fairies and angels...a few years down the road and you're holding down your poor dog trying to get him to squeeze into a funnel scarf...Hugs:)

Home Sweet Home

Here it is! This is our new house...it is perfect for our family and I LOVE it! I guess after living in military housing for 6 years, anything you can call your own is good! However, this is better than good...it's fantastic! Chris and I spent several weeks looking around the area and this little "gem" wasn't even on our list. Baileigh got to go with us to see it before we closed...Bray, however, did not! He saw it the day we moved in! Chris was really sweet too...he allowed the kids to "skip" school to help with all the unpacking and getting settled. We didn't hear one complaint the whole day:) Everything went smoothly and we are now going into our third week of being in the house...and we can't wait for some visitors!!

New and Improved Me...

No more excuses!! Our sweet family and great friends needs to see their grandchildren, niece and nephew, cousins, buddies and BFFs grow up!! I've certainly got the time to be able to do this...right?! This is the new and improved Banner...Wife, Mom, Maid, Cook and now Blogger! Stay tuned...more to come:) ~Ban