My New Favorite Picture

I got this picture today of Ethan...he hardly ever takes a nap anymore. But, today he fell right to sleep. He just looked so sweet...and look at those eyelashes! He seems so grown up lately and I just love how "little" he looks here.....

MUD....a little boy's dream come true

Jr. Ranger Ethan

Ethan is officially a Jr. Ranger. He was "sworn in" on Sat. after our last program for the summer. They found all kinds of cool stuff in the stream...salamanders, craw dads, water bugs, frogs, etc. We all learned a lot. Then we had a picinic and walked up to the Walker Sisters Cabin. We learned some stuff up there from a nice lady. She told us that they used to paper their walls with flour paste and newspapers. I would've never noticed the newpaper on the walls if she hadn't pointed it out. It was great day!

Junior Ranger Program

Today we went to the Little Greebriar School for the jr. ranger program. It was really neat. "ms. robin" was raised by one of the walker sisters and had a cool presentation about the school. She was very knowledgeable. Before that we went on a little walk behind the school where Ethan saved my life. I stepped off the trail to get a pic of spider web and he started yelling "snake!". I looked down and a snake was about 12 inches from my foot. I've been told it was a copperhead. Afterwards we went to walk up to the walker sisters cabin but were told that a bear was on the trail headed our way so we turned around. We still had a lot of fun.

The Revolution Has Only Begun

Just for fun

The boys and I found some new spots for taking pics yesterday. They were good sports....of course, they had to be bribed!

Baby Ryan turns one month old

Little Ryan is now one month old. He is the sweetest and cutest baby. Ethan and Luke just love him. Ethan wants to hold him so bad. He would just sit there with him as long as you would let him. Now, everywhere we go that there are babies he is just dying to hold them. It's so sweet. Here are Ryan's one month pics.

Potty Training Victory!!!!

I've never been so excited about my child going poop! Sorry if this is too much info...but, we've been potty training for about 2 weeks now...it's gone pretty well. But, going #2 in the potty is always a big hurdle. Well, I was just blow drying my hair when Luke came in with no pants on. He ran into the bathroom and was pointing at the potty. He had gone poop all on his own! I just can't believe it. Well...I'm sure no one is as excited as I am...but, just had to share!

Independence Day

We spent the day yesterday up at Metcalf Bottoms. It was my first time going there. It was so pretty. The boys had fun playing in the river. After our two picinics with family we drove up to the Little Greenbriar Schoolhouse. It was really neat. We walked around in the woods for a little while. We came home and the boys were exhausted. We didn't see any fireworks at all but it didn't matter. We had such a great time. Here are a few pics.....

My little bakers

Today has been a nice day. We've stayed home and played, read, sang, and baked bread. The boys wanted to help so bad so I just stopped worrying about what a mess there was going to be and let them help. I'm glad I did...they had so much fun!

Mud pies and bubbles

YEE HAW!!!

Ethan dressed up like a "bad cowboy" today. I caught a couple of pics and thought I'd share.

Junk Yard

We went to an auction last night with Christy and Justin....Luke got squirmy so I took him out for a walk. I just had to grab my camera. It was the perfect place for pictures!

Ryan Gage

My new little nephew arrived yesterday. He's so cute. Him and Mommy are both doing great!

Bears!!!

Sunday night we went up to Cades Cove. It was so much fun. We saw four bears and were those "idiots" you see getting way too close! We saw lots of deer and turkeys of course. The boys got to pet and feed a horse. Also, we saw a cicada shedding it's shell...it was pretty gross....but, also kind of cool.

Strawberry Pickin!

Camping at Santeetlah Lake

We had so much fun! We went to Santeetlah Lake in NC and stayed in a little cabin/bunkhouse. The boys had a blast fishing, swimming, and just enjoying the great outdoors. It was beautiful there and so nice to have quality family time together. Ethan got a weird rash from watermelon juice, the boys both got lots of boo boos, and of course I took way too many pictures. I hope you enjoy them.

Eddie the Caterpillar

Tonight Ethan found this caterpillar and named him "eddie". He was funny...he played a little joke on us and acted like he was going to eat him!

Check-ups

We went to the Pediatrician for the boys' well visits. Ethan is in the 80th percentile for height and Luke was in the 40th. Ethan was talking up a storm and spelling words for the dr. and Luke was referred to a speech therapist! :o) It's crazy how different the boys are. Anyways...she said they are both very healthy little boys.

Dogwoods and Little Boys

We went over to Papa's house and took some pics with the dogwoods and my new thrift store chair.