Sunday, December 28, 2008

The day we left Grandpa and Grandma's house in West Virginia!!!  

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Jaxson falling off his bed

Jaxson sound asleep just not on his bed.  It was in the middle of the night at grandpa and grandma's house in West Virginia and Seth and I heard a loud noise, we got up and sure enough, Jaxson had fell off his bed not only did he fall of the bed but he got so tangled up in the blankets I couldn't get him back on the bed.  He is just to cute for his own good.  

Thanksgiving Day





Everyone enjoying their Thanksgiving meal in Grandpa's and Grandma's basement.  It was nice and everyone and a very good time.  I think the Fruit of the Forest  Pie wast the all time favorite for my family thank you Uncle Anthony and Aunt Hailey for such a wonderful pie.  It was awesome.  Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa for a great Thanksgiving Dinner.  

Caroline and Kyson

Caroline and Kyson were best buddies.  They had been playing school all evening and finally decided  to watch a movie and that didn't last long they fell asleep very fast..  How cute can they get holding hand.  She had a ball getting to play with Kyson  for the week we just wish it would have been longer. 

Thanksgiving Week at Grandpa's and Grandma's












The morning we left to come back home and the kids weren't very happy about having to leave at all.   We had such a fun visit and our week went by way to fast.  The last picture is of the kids at a rest area on our way to West Virginia.   We had such a wonderful time Thanks to the best Grandparents ever for letting us come and stay with them for a week!!!

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Working in the sugarcane patch












Jaxson is working so HARD!!   You can see in back of Jaxson the sugarcane is very tall.  Then we have the bath tub if the kids want take a bath, there is a spot on the side where you build your fire so the water stays  warm or hot.  Caroline was feeding the goats out of her hand and our puppy decided that she likes the goat pellets.  Jaxson, Nathan, Caroline and  Harrison take a break and enjoy some sugarcane.  Jaxson and Harrison love to chew on the cane sticks, they do it all the time.  They are getting excited to help make the syrup.    I was joking about the tub, it is the kettle that they make the syrup in.  Making cane syrup is a lot of work because you have to juice the sugarcane , they have this redneck thing build up  that will juice the sugarcane, once it is juiced then you cook it.  It take between 5 and 8 hours to do a batch of syrup and I think they said it would make about 8 gallons of syrup a batch. You have to stir the syrup the whole entire time as well.  No breaks or standing in making cane syrup.                                                                          











Harrison has the best job ever!!!  He gets to drive the little yard tractor around and wait (the blade has been removed), while Caroline and Jaxson pick up and load all the sugarcane it, then he has to go and unload and stack the sugarcane.  Seth is cutting the sugarcane with a cane knive that is about 28 inches long and 7 inches wide.  The kids actually had a ball working in the cane garden.  They love cane syrup and they get to help it around christmas time.  

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

The farm house we live in




Here are some pictures of the back of the house that we live in.  One is directly from the back and one is from the side. Harrison is holding mama chicken.  

The kids and all the animals.


Here are some pictures of our animals.  We have Sugar the rabbit that is going to have babies, then there is Angel, the girls are a little meaner than the boys so we left them in their cage.  Caroline and Jaxson are holding our little puppy Dixie.  She is such a fun little rascal we just love her.  Jaxson, Harrison and Caroline are holding Theadore our other rabbit, and finally Harrison and Jaxson are holding Oreo the father to Sugars babies.  These are a few of our animals, we tried to catch our pigmy goat Lily but she ran from us and was way to fast, the kids are so very afraid of the geese so we didn't even try to get close to them.  For the most part the kids love most of all the animals.  


Seth and I are very proud parents today.  Our little princess Caroline that is in Kindergarten this year has 17 students in her class.  After testing and the first semester of school Caroline was the only student in her class to make the kindergarten Honor Roll.  She was given an award and a pin that is on her shirt.  She is so proud of herself but I think daddy and mommy are prouder.  Way to go sissy.  She just loves school and loves to do her work.  

Gods Country and the Florida Gators





If you ask Seth he will tell you this is Gods Country and the best place on earth.  We took the kids to the season opener game On August 29th 2008 against Hawaii. The game was a blast.  Caroline asked me if Tim Tebow was married and I told her NO he is not but he is way to old for her anyway.  The Gators are doing so awesome this year we hope things go in their favor and they will play for the National Championship Game.  Every other team is just total Gator Bait when they go up against the Florida Gators.  Go Gators.  The game we attended there was 91,000 thousand people there.  

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Last family good byes before the dreadful move!





Here are a few pictures of the kids and the cousins I took the weekend before we moved away.  

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Bedtime with Dixie



Harrison and Jaxson both wanted to sleep with the puppy tonight so they decided to sleep in Jaxson's bed since it is bigger and sissy is already asleep on moms bed.  Look how cute the boys are with little miss Dixie.  She acts as if she owns the bed.  She is such a little cutie along with the handsome boys of mine. The kids all love their puppy.


Day at the beach.  We are at Cedar Key Beach we were left on an island out in the middle of the gulf.  The kids are all playing in the sand and having a fun time.  Seth is posing hoping some rich magazine would come by and buy his body haha.  NOT. Harrison is posing along with the rest of the children.   Caroline is just enjoying the water as the other kids are laying in the fetal position they think it will keep all the sharks away.  Kids they believe anything you tell them.  

Jaxson's first football game and he is on the sack.  Go #44 thats my boy

football and cheerleading