10.19.2010

Delicious Autumn (as it is here anyway)


Audrey is addicted to playing outside. It really doesn't matter if she has "toys" out there with her or if it is just me and her. Or her daddy. Well, honestly, I don't think she'd care if she were out there completely alone. The only thing is that she wouldn't have anyone to keep her from running into the street!


We went out to eat Sunday night and our waitress gave us a pink balloon for Audrey. She takes that balloon everywhere we go. Here she is playing with it outside yesterday-- she kept getting upset because it was getting "dirty". The balloon also rides in the car with us but I have to buckle it in the seatbelt beside Audrey. You know, 'cause balloons can't ride in a car without being buckled up. "It NOT saaaaffee, Mommy!"






This sweet girl has had a camera in her face since before she was born and she knows how to ham it up! When I say, "cheese", this is the lovely smile she gives me. I absolutely adore this cheeky grin and I hope she never stops doing it. Most likely she will stop tomorrow because I just jinxed myself by putting that in print.


 Audrey's sweet friends, Dylan and Cannon, gave Audrey a set of Color Wonder for her birthday so we busted that out in the basement. She loved it and wanted to use every page. I had a flashback to myself last week. I found a bag of mini-Twix and tried my best to eat all of them in one sitting. Thank goodness Audrey hasn't discovered the joys of a Twix bar yet and gets her kicks from Color Wonder!






And because she is her Daddy's girl, she had to sweep the leaves out of the garage before we were able to go inside. She's Mommy's "hepper" which translates to "helper" in Audreyese.






I've been on a blogging spree today. I'm trying to play "catch-up". If you scroll down, you will find new posts in August and in October. I'm done for now, though. Sweet cheeks nap is almost over and I need to do responsible stuff like.. laundry. :(

10.13.2010

Wordless Wednesday: Cowgirl

10.12.2010

Allardt, Tennessee

  
This weekend the Watts Family went to stay at my in-laws cabin in Tennessee. Clay's brother's family and ours were all there and we had a lot of fun enjoying the great outdoors and lovely mountain views!

Audrey loved playing in the gravel. Ha!

This post will be picture laden and few words! The scenery was just too beautiful!


This picture seriously cracked me up. Garrett is in his "cowboy" pose and little Audrey is cheesing away for the camera!

Getting ready to head out on a ride Saturday morning. Shad's riding Tahoe, Garrett's on Coolio (the boss) and Mrs. Deborah's holding the reigns of Nelle (the horse Melissa rode).

I couldn't leave a out a picture of Audrey's horse, Pinky the Precious-- just like her!

We did a lot of cooking over the fire during the weekend. This is a pot of chicken and rice soup that would become our lunch. It was YUMMY!


Audrey and her Daddy spent a lot of time "cooking" their own soup in the gravel drive! This little girl LOVES to be outside and we love it for her!

On Sunday we went to Pickett State Park and went on a hike down to a cave. During certain times of the year, the cave is the hunting ground for a luminescent worm. The worm glows in the dark in order to attract it's prey. When the worms are glowing, this is a popular tourist attraction. People come from all over to see the patterns in the cave that the worms make. 

 This is everyone except me and Shad. I was trying to "bring up the rear" because I was going super slow!  


This is just to prove that I really was there and I did climb those stairs!

Rugby, TN is about 15 minutes from Allardt, TN. It is a small, Victorian village that has quaint little shops and quirky people. Here's one of them:
I went to Rugby during all the Alabama game madness Saturday afternoon. I drug poor Melissa with me.



While  we were at Pickett State Park on Sunday, we rented a canoe and a flat-bottomed boat to cruise around a river there. That was probably my favorite part of the trip. It was so beautiful! Plus, I just sat in the boat while Mrs. Deborah and Shad paddled us around. No sweat equity and still got to enjoy! Ha!



I'll conclude this super long blog post with a picture of sweet Garrett. He was READY to go make smores! :)

10.07.2010

Mother's Retirement

My mom has been a "mail lady" for forever.. 26 years in fact. As of August 31st, she became an official retired mail lady! I am so excited for her-- she gets to sleep late, go to lunch with her friends, go shopping, visit us, basically anything she wants. If you ask her though, she has a "To-do" list a mile long of projects she needs to do around the house!

Since she's been home, I have made myself quite the nuisance. I call her a hundred and fifty times a day just to see what's she's doing. She always says something like.. "cleaning the shower", "just got off the lawn mower", "pressure washing the sidewalks", "vacuuming out the pool", or my favorite... "cooking supper"!

She's never once said, "taking a nap" or "sleeping in". Isn't that what retirement is supposed to be about? No, I don't think it is anymore than I think being a stay-at-home mom is about sleeping in, going shopping, going to lunch with friends or doing "whatever I want". It is much more than that!


Back to the retirement before I begin rambling about life as a mommy!

Momma had a little party on her last official work day and we all went to help celebrate with her. Meredith Grace and Laura even got to miss a little bit of school!

Momma with all her coworkers.. well, some of them anyway. I didn't have a lens that would zoom so I cut 1/3 of them off. :(


The rest of the photos are just random party shots. Someone there made a cream cheese dessert with crescent rolls and it was oh. so.yummy! I plan to take it to one of Audrey's little Halloween parties!







I hope Momma gets to really retire one day soon! :)

9.29.2010

Wordless Wednesday

Ahhh... sisters have a best friend for life! :)