Southern Cotton

So I thought it would be fun to post some pictures of my kids in the many wonderous cotton fields around us since that is something that is not seen out west, however when I finally got around to stopping by one with my camera to take a picture IT WAS TOO LATE! Story of my life! All the cotton had alrady been harvested. So you westerners get a picture of my kids standing by a "cotton barrel". Next year I will get out earlier and obtain a nice cotton field picture for y'all. (See the south is growing on me :))

Boys will be boys

So the other night I freshly bathed and dressed my dirty little two year old to find him only moments later out helping daddy fix mommy's car. Of course part of helping means sitting directly ON the engine! Oh well, boys will be boys.......

World's Largest Aquarium

So one of the perks of working for the government is the insane amount of holidays you get off of work. So with the MLK holiday before us and no school and no work, we decided to take a short drive up to Atlanta and see some of the sites. Did you know Atlanta has the world's largest aquarium? How could we pass something like that up? It was amazing and the kids had a blast. Cody just was in awe as he walked around saying "wow" every few minutes.

After that we took some time to play around the Olympic village area. It had some fun playgrounds that the kids enjoyed.


I will say I am excited about the many opportunities living down here will give us that we would have never done if we had stayed put. I look forward to many fun adventures while I'm down south. Feel free to come join us anytime :)

New Year, New hopes, New resolutions (kind of)

Hello everyone out west! I hope all the holidays were great! Here we are in a new year and our hopes are it's going to be a good one! Last year was kind of a tough one for our family with Justin's unemployment, my full time employment, house selling and moving (twice), his re-employment in the east and leaving his family behind for a couple of months, and now we are finally back together, although Georgia was not somewhere we imagined ourselves to be. It's growing on us however and we are just happy to be a functioning family once again.

So I hate to admit it but my New Years resolution is again the same as last years. Can't I learn!? I resolve to document my family life better with more pictures and a better upkeep on my blog. Living out here away from family and friends I think will give me motive. So here's a few picts of us moving into our home (which I love)

Justin picked out this home without me and I must admit I was a little uneasy about what the results would be, but job well done honey!! :)
It's amazing the entertainment that a box will give your kids while you are busy moving in.

We love you all and miss you VERY much! I'll keep in touch better this year, I just know it! We wish everyone the best and know it's going to be a fabulous year for us all! HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Camping luck

So this past weekend we were supposed to go camping with some friends, and low and behold the hot weather that we have been having for over 2 months straight was broken with rain, rain, and more rain. So we made due with local fishing and camping in the back yard. Not quite the same, but fun none the less.....

Tooth Trouble

So we have been dealing with a stubborn child that has had this loose tooth for months and refusing to get it out. I even brought home topical anesthesia from work so she wouldn't even feel it and that was a no go. So a couple of weekends ago we went to visit grandpa and he worked his magic and we went form this.......
to this.......
Unfortunatly the other one is loose also so the drama is not yet over. We had fun at grandma and grandpa Williams. Thanks for letting us come. They live on lots of acreage with horses and tramps and wilderness and the latest contraption of my fathers......

Always good times to be had there :)

Lake Powell

So Lake Powell is one of my favorite vacations of all time, and we are blessed to be able to go annually with my family. Thanks mom and dad for always letting us come and crash your houseboat. We love you!

Some of our favorite times at Lake Powell were...
Waterskiing/Wakeboarding....


PAIGE....Alexa....

Wendi....
Justin....
We loved boating and tubing with cousins..
jet skiing....
Playing in the sand with our new tie-dye shirts...
And every now and again a little down time with grandma :)