We went tonight to get our Christmas tree!! It was freezing cold, but we still had fun. Here are a few pictures. We were happy that Hick made it to another Christmas!! He even wore his Christmas sweater!!

Max was selected as Ranger of the Year for his outpost at our church. He competed today for the district Ranger of the Year and did real well. He didn't win, but he did get an excellent rating and won a medal. He got 2nd out of 5 boys in his age bracket! We are so proud!! Here is a picture of him in his dorky uniform. We have never seen him in a tie. He was the cutest one there!!

It was a warm, beautiful day today and the leaves are at their best, so I made the boys go out and take some pictures. We want to get as many as we can with Hickory while we still have him!!

Here are some pictures of Max on Halloween. I always knew he should have been a girl!!! He looked so cute and so did Hickory in his purse!!

WE WENT TO THE PUMPKIN PATCH ON SATURDAY BECAUSE IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE. WE WERE HAPPY THAT HICKORY GOT TO GO WITH US!!!

Gage finally got the braces off of his top teeth! Don't they look good!!

Here are the pictures of the boys with my mom. She wanted to ride on Cory's motorcycle, but we were afraid that she wouldn't be able to get on and off! She turned 80 this year!!!

Here are a few pictures of the boys on the first day of school. YES, I still make them take pictures on the first day!!! Also, my mom came to visit us last week and I've added some pictures of her as well. We had a great time and we were really sad to see her go!!

We had a great 4th of July filled with fun and lots of fireworks!! We attend a neighborhood parade every year and here are some pictures of that. For once it didn't rain!!

We went to a Cardinals game last week and had a great time. It was a very exciting game and the Cardinals won with a homerun in the bottom of the 9th inning, 7-8!! There was a rain delay, so the game didn't end until about 11:30 p.m. We satyed the night at my sisters house and had fun there as well. Max loves her dog Tait!!

We went to Yuma, Az in April of this year for my mom's 80th birthday. I wasn't doing this blog then, so I wanted to post some of the pictures that I took while I was there. This is a picture of my mom with my boys and Jake their best friend who went us. We had a great time. We went to Mexico, swam in the Colorado river, and went to the sand dunes in California. The weather was perfect and it was really nice seeing all of our family and my best friends!!

Here is just one more picture of Matt Damon. I took the STAR magazine to him and had him sign it and I also got another picture of him with Gage and Max. He looks better in this one because he was with out the cheesy glasses and moustache. Like I said before, he looks real good in person and was really nice too!!

The boys and I went to Indianapolis to vist with my brother David and his wife Annette and their son Connor. They were in town for the Southern Baptist Convention. They live in Henderson, Nevada. We had a great time. We wish that Chloe and Caleb could have been there too!!

I am going to try this again. Here are a few photos of the boys. Hickory is getting old, so I decided to take some pictures. They are really cute!!