The Fireman and the Army man

Yes his shoes are on the wrong feet and he always wears the hat backwards.
About a week ago I got a call from a friend Sherry Pouncey. She invited me to drop in for a presale before she had her yard sale the next day. Sam went with me to look and while he was so quietly waiting for me, Sherry gave him a Fireman raincoat and hat. Little did I know that he became a real fireman at that moment and still is a week later. AT KOHL's
While we were there Sam also spotted the Fireman rain boots (that were pretty worn out) I told him I had to think buying those and he didn't complain putting them back. Later, after I saw how much he loved the coat and hat, I ran back to her house for the boots.
He was already in bed when I got them so I pu them in the kitchen for him to find the next morning. At about 6:00 the next morning I awoke to a little fireman hat peeking over my bed saying "I LOVE YOU MOMMA" and kissing me on the arm. I laughed a little and told him the same, the next sound I hear are BOOTS stomping around the living room, followed by Davis crying in his bed. Sam ran to my doorway and said "I just have loud boots mom" I couldn't help but laugh at him. All three pieces of his outfit go with him everywhere, and her ever hangs them on his bed at night and puts the boots on the floor beside them. He told me the first time he hung them up there that "That's how the fireman do it"
Lastly, he wore the coat to go out to eat on Sunday after church. On our way in there were 4 firetrucks parked outside of the restaurant and while inside one of them came to talk to Sam. As usual he ducked his head a little being bashful, but when the fireman said that he could come by and sit in his truck some time Sam's eyes lit up.
In the middle of our meal, there was a huge down pour of rain and Sam looked outside and while staring at the water he said "Good thing I got my rain coat" :)

On to army man, our little man Davis is so hilarious lately. He is only as tall as my knee but that little body sees a lot of action. The other night I heard him coming around the corner in full camo with his little arms tucked against his body and fists raised. He looked straight at me and Scott with a serious look on his face and opened fire :)
He may be small but he packs some real action in those little arms.

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At the McWain Center with Amy, Joseph, and David
They are hilarious on that floor with the trains! Boys and those transportation vehicles, I will never fully understand why they love them SO much!

The Monster Truck Wreck

Magan can edit this post later and describe first hand the account of the Monster Truck Wreck, but I will write how I found out about this accident and the details surrounding it.

I had training that day at work, and as I often do, I left my cell phone in my cubicle drawer and did not go back to get it until the end of the day. So I had no communication with Magan all day, and as I get back to my cubicle, I notice the message light on my office phone, then notice three missed calls on my cell phone... OH NO!!! I am in trouble is my initial thought...

Call #1: Hey Scott...After work can you please go to Walmart and get some Milk...and cream cheese...and pick up some pictures for me that I will print out later...and get some bananas too...Love you Magan

Call #2: Hey Scott...where are you at? Well, it is a pretty day...Me and the boys are going to go outside to let Sam drive his monster truck around.

Call #3: SCOTT...where are you? Sam had an accident in the monster truck. IT FLIPPED OVER with Sam and Davis in it. What do I need to do? I think we may go to the doctor.

Call #4: SCOTT...I don't know where you are, but we have a doctor's appt for 2:00pm this afternoon. Sam said his belly was hurting and both boys have bumps on their heads. I will call to let you know how it goes.

Break: At this point I am scared to death...but realize I have two messages left...so I continue on the with messages anxious for what will come next. I have added my thoughts in parentheses.

Call #5: Hey Scott, this is Ricky down at Plant Farley...How ya doing? (AGHHHHH, Hurry up) I was just calling to check on that Tech Spec package that was ahhhhh coming down here...Did you happen to know when that would be ahhh (PLEASE STOP TALKING, WHY WILL MY PHONE SYSTEM NOT LET ME DELETE THIS MESSAGE) approved. Anyway if you could just call me back, I should be here (OK, HANG UP)...but if I'm not here...I will be in bright and early tomorrow morning around (DO I EVEN CARE) 7 or 7:15, so you can call me then. (FINALLY, DELETE)

Call #6: Scott, this is Magan...the doctor says the boys are fine, we are playing at the park, call me when you get this and we can meet for supper.

So anyway...it was a very exciting 6 minutes listening to phone messages, but I guess Magan's day was a little more stressful. Maybe we can recreate the event later in pictures. :)

The Christmas Tree Corner

Sam and Davis love the Christmas Tree this year and Davis especially. He likes to climb behind the tree in the corner and just sit there in the window seal. Which is fine, but that is where the plug also is, and we have noticed sometimes the lights going off and on, and we have also noticed several pieces of ornaments that have been squished. So…Davis no longer gets to be in this corner, but still ends up there quite often. It is very difficult for Magan or I to get back to this area, so as Davis does making his way back to this favorite corner, we must tell him to get back out of there RIGHT NOW. This does not work…as he gives his cutest little pout face and stays put. He is just too cute, and you want to just squeeze him, but then we have to fight our way back into the corner to carry him off screaming.

You know something?

I used to joke around with Sam that I had a secret to tell him…He would said “What dada”, and I would come in very close and say “I love you”. I love you too dada, he would reply. It has developed into something similar that I still can not hear enough. I will now ask him “You know something”…He will look up at me with those pretty brown eyes concerned and ask “You love me??” I will say Yep, and then those eyes get bright and his smile just widens as he says “I love you too dada”. Sweet kid.

Zoolight Safari 2008

Well this year Colby, Mellissa, and Ben made the trip to the Zoolight with us. It was fairly warm during the day, so we decided it would not be too cold. It was Forty degrees and dropping when we got there at 5:15 pm, but we went in. The boys loved all of the lights, not even aware of others around us and they both scream “Momma Dadda LOOK at that one, LOOK at that other one”. The best part for little Davis was the Christmas lights set to music in the Childrens area. We were all standing around watching the lights when Davis walked towards the lights and found an empty bench. He crawled his little bottom up into that bench and started dancing with the music. When he realized we were not with him, he looked back (still swaying) and patted the seats next to him on the bench. Well…I guess we just had to join him. Sam and I got a kick out of petting all of the animals…even got to pet a groundhog. We ended with a ride on the Christmas Train, and we got the one that was apparently un-Christmas…its lights did not work and only Colby would sing “Silver Bells” in a falsetto voice to help lighten the mood. Anyway it was fun, and Davis even danced a little more as we passed the musical lights on the train. Too Cold…Home…after some Jim’n’Nicks BBQ first. This is a quick video of Davis going to sit and watch the lights. Look closely and you will see his left hand patting the seat.

Lily White Photography

I finally got my web-site up and going! It is a lot of work to get started on something like this, but I love it so much!

The name Lily White goes back to my dad. He used that term to desribe many things and I laugh a little inside when I say it. It may be silly, but as I have wrote before I wish that I had more pictures of my dad and with my dad through years. So I want to give that gift to the people I take pictures for.
It is comforting to know that I can look back at my babies' sweet rolls when they are grown and married. I can also remember how young we were as by that time Scott and I will probably have strands of white and fine lines and wrinkles. I love growing and growing together. There is so much beauty in a long life together as a family. God set up a wonderful gift for us here on Earth, the gift of our family. It is worth every effort to build a strong family bond.
I'll get off my soap box now and give you the web-site to my page. Take a look when you find the time :)
Let me know what you think!

http://www.myspace.com/lilywphotography

Critters, Candy, and Dwarfs

All the girlies wanted a picture with Snow White :)

Dopey hugging Snow White :)



We had an awesome Halloween this year! It has been so busy we had something to do almost every night for the past few weeks.
We dressed up, per Sam's request, as Snow White, Grumpy, Dopey, and Doc. Sam knew exactly who he wanted everyone to be and he didn't want SCott to be PRince Charming. So I had my three dwarfs and they were all adorable! I loved their hats! Mamaw made all of our costumes and she did a great job!
On Halloween day we went to a friend's house in the morning for a get-together. This is where the video of the with the dog was shot. That big dog would was so funny! He would rub up against the fence dying for some petting :) Davis thought it was hilarious and the other kids gathered around to see what was so funny and then started laughing with him. He would love to have a dog for Christmas, but we are afraid to commit to another living thing to care for right now. Do you all have any input on this one?

That night we did the usual trick or treating and loved finally getting to meet some of our neighbors briefly at their doors. To finish the night, we headed up to the Gerald's house on the hill behind our house. Jeneatte had called and told us to be sure to drop by. When we opened the door a deer was standing in the foyer of their house! She is their pet that runs freely in the woods and returns for her meals and to visit when she wants. The boys got to feed her a bottle and it was the coolest thing I have seen in a long time. I GOT TO PET A DEER! Her name is Bella and she has a special bond with Jeneatte, it is precious to see them together. She followed her all over the house. I really can't describe how neat it was.


The night before Halloween we went to Disney on Ice with a lot of our cousins. That was so much fun as well! I didn't expect it to be as much fun as it was. We got our tickets at a bargain price and they were great seats. We had 7 children with us and no one got bored with the show, that was pretty impressive to me. Even Davis sat still and loved watching it. He waved at the characters with his little hand because they were real to him! Everyone filled up on cotton candy and some of the kids found themselves dancing on their way out of the BJCC. I think it was a little bit of their excitement overflowing and little bit was from the sugar intake :)

We also went to Old Baker Farm to get our pumpkins. That was the best family day out! The boys LOVED THE "puntins" as Davis said a million times! Sam was sooo proud of his little green pumpkin he found. He carried it everywhere for the first few days, yes even in the car. He took it to bed at night and one day I talked him into letting me put it out on the porch (I was afraid somebody would bust it in the livingroom, to Davis it was a BALL) As I laid him in bed he looked up with those big brown eyes and said, "Mom, my pumpkin is cold" So YES, it came back in the house and got covered up in the bed to keep it warm. That little boy had probably been worried about that pumpkin all day :)
The picture of Sam on Scott's shoulder is where they are watching a civil war reinactment. They are both pretty into the craziness of the whole thing. I think it is crazy, but I guess it does have share the history with a younger generation. Scott found himself not knowing which side to tell Sam had the bad guys on it :)
I have a lot of other pictures I could add, but I know this is more than enough!










We could have fed the house all day and they would have both been perfectly happy. They loved him, so did I :)

That is all I can think of at the moment, I will write more if I remember something else!





The Disney on Ice crew, love these kids!