WELCOME HOME DAVID!!!

THIS IS MY COUSIN DAVID THAT'S BEEN OVER IN BAGHDAD FOR THE PAST YEAR AND HALF. HE IS NOW BACK IN THE U.S. AND WE THANK GOD FOR WATCHING OVER HIM AND BRINGING HIM HOME SAFELY! HE IS STILL STATIONED IN NEW YORK, BUT WILL BE MOVING TO GEORGIA SOON! I KNOW HE WILL BE GLAD TO BE CLOSER TO HOME! THANK YOU DAVID FOR SERVING OUR COUNTRY AND WE ARE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HOME! WE LOVE YOU!!

JUST PLAYING

OF COURSE THEY HAD TO SLIDE BEFORE WE LEFT!

AIDEN'S FIRST SENTENCE......

WAS, " I PLAY BASEBALL." I STARTED TEACHING IT TO HIM THIS MORNING AND BY THE TIME DADDY GOT HOME HE WAS SAYING IT. RJ DIDN'T BELIEVE ME UNTIL HE HEARD HIM SAY IT! I SURE HOPE THAT THEY BOTH PLAY BASEBALL ONE DAY! HE IS STILL PLAYING WITH WITH HIS BAT AND BALL AND GET'S MAD ANYTIME AUSTIN TRY'S TO HIT! AUSTIN CAN HIT THE BALL TOO, BUT HE'S NOT AS HOOKED ON IT AS AIDEN IS RIGHT NOW. HE WOULD RATHER PLAY WITH HIS DUMP TRUCKS, BACK HOES, AND TRACTOR'S. AUSTIN TALKS ALITTLE BIT, BUT NOT NEAR AS MUCH AS AIDEN. HE DOES MORE SIGN LANGUAGE THAN AIDEN DOES THOUGH. RJ AND I DIDN'T TALK MUCH EITHER WHEN WE WAS HIS AGE. I'M SURE HE'LL BE TALKING OUR EARS OFF SOON ENOUGH!

THE SHIRT SAYS IT ALL!

MY MAMAW AND ASHLEY BOTH GOT THESE SAME PJ'S FOR THE BOY'S THIS CHRISTMAS. THEY WERE BOTH THINKING THE RIGHT THING WHEN THEY GOT THEM, BECAUSE THEY ARE TROUBLE THESE DAYS! THEM PLUS DALLAS KEEP ME BUSY AND ON MY TOES! I THINK DALLAS MAY BE ALITTLE WORSE THAN THEM RIGHT NOW, BUT I CAN CAGE HIM UP! I THINK I MIGHT GET INTO TROUBLE IF I CAGED UP THE BOYS:)!! JUSK KIDDING THEY ARE ALL SO FUN AND THE BOYS LOVE DALLAS. AUSTIN ALREADY CALLS HIM, "DAL DAL". IT'S REALLY CUTE!

I HAVE MORE PICTURES TO POST FROM OUR WELCOME HOME DINNER THAT WE HAD FOR MY COUSIN DAVID LAST NIGHT. HE CAME HOME FROM BAGHDAD AT THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER, BUT JUST GOT TO COME HOME TO HIS FAMILY YESTERDAY! I WILL POST THEM SOON, RIGHT NOW I HAVE TO GO TAKE CARE OF MY THREE BABIES:)!!

AIDEN LOVE'S DALLAS' CRATE!

AIDEN WAS MISSING THE OTHER DAY. I HAD CALLED HIS NAME, SEARCHED HIS ROOM AND THE PLAYROOM, BUT COULDN'T FIND HIM. I WALKED INTO OUR ROOM AND STILL DIDN'T SEE HIM. FINALLY HE MADE A NOISE AND GUESS WHERE HE WAS.......IN DALLAS' CRATE. HE WAS SITTING IN HIS BED AND HAD CLOSED THE DOOR. IT TOOK ME FOREVER TO GET HIM OUT OF THERE. HE STILL CLIMBS UP IN IT ANYTIME THE DOOR IS OPEN!

PLAYING WITH DADDY!

SILLY BOYS!

WE HAD THE DOGS IN THE PEN THE OTHER NIGHT AND THE BOYS HAD A FIT UNITL WE PUT THEM IN THERE TOO! THEY ARE SILLY AND WILL TRY TO COPY THE DOGS! THE FIRST DAY DALLAS WAS IN THERE ROOM AND I WALKED IN AND BOTH OF THE BOYS WERE ON ALL FOUR'S TRYING TO CHEW THE CARPET LIKE DALLAS WAS DOING!

OUR LAST STOP.....

WAS MI MI AND PAW PAW'S HOUSE LAST NIGHT! THE BOYS HAD SO MUCH FUN PLAYING WITH WESTON AND GETTING ALL THEIR PRESENTS! THANK YOU MI MI, PAW PAW, AUNT ASHLEY, UNCLE JEFF, AND MRS. CLAUSE!!

I THINK WE ARE ALL SO TIRED FROM ALL THE VISITING AND EXCITEMENT THAT WE'VE HAD! THE BOYS HAVE HAD SO MUCH FUN PLAYING WITH ALL THEIR NEW TOYS! I JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY ARE ALL GOING TO GO! THEY HAVE HAD SUCH A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS AND ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE SUCH AMAZING PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES! THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AND I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR TOO!!!

LOOK IT'S MRS. CLAUSE!

THANK YOU MRS. CLAUSE!

THIS IS MRS. RITA THAT WORKS WITH MY MOM AT THE HOSPITAL. SHE WAS SO SWEET AND DRESSED UP LIKE MRS. CLAUSE AND CAME OVER TO MY MOM'S HOUSE TO PASS OUT THE PRESENTS. SHE BOUGHT THE BOYS A CD PLAYER AND LITTLE STUFFED PUPPY TOO. SHE HAS BEEN KEEPING UP WITH THE BOYS SINCE THEY WERE BORN SO IT WAS VERY SPECIAL FOR HER TO DO THIS. THANK YOU MRS. RITA FOR THE BOYS GIFTS AND FOR MAKING THIS CHRISTMAS EXTRA SPECIAL FOR US!!

P.S. I HAVE KNOW IDEA HOW AUSTIN CHANGED THIS FONT AND I HAVE KNOW IDEA HOW TO CHANGE IT BACK SO I GUESS IT WILL BE LIKE THIS UNTIL I FIGURE IT OUT!

THEY GOT THIS PRESENT THING DOWN PAT!

LOOK AT THEIR BIG SURPRISE!!

MI MI AND PAW PAW GOT ALL THE BOYS A RIDING TOY! AIDEN GOT THE HARLEY DAVIDSON TRUCK, WESTON GOT THE JEEP, AND AUSTIN GOT THE TRACTOR! THEY ALL WERE SO EXCITED AND WESTON DROVE THE BOYS ALL AROUND THE BASEMENT. NONE OF THEM WANTED TO COME BACK UP STAIRS! THE BOYS WILL HAVE THOSE THINGS FIGURED OUT SOON, I'M SURE. THEY JUST NEED ALITTLE MORE INCHES SO THOSE FEET CAN REACH THE PETALS! THANK YOU MI MI AND PAW PAW SO MUCH! WE LOVE YOU!

CHRISTMAS DAY, 2007

I CAN'T BELIEVE CHRISTMAS HAS COME AND GONE!! I HAVE TO SAY THE BOYS HAD A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS AND ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE SUCH WONDERFUL FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN THEIR LIVES! THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING THIS CHRISTMAS SO SPECIAL FOR THE BOYS! I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE IN THE WORLD I AM GOING TO PUT ALL THIS STUFF! I THINK I WILL HAVE TO CLEAN OUT THE PLAYROOM SO I CAN GET ALL THE NEW TOYS IN THERE!

WE DID CHRISTMAS TONIGHT WITH MY FAMILY AND THE BOYS GOT ALL KINDS OF SURPRISE'S. THE BOY'S GOT A BIG SURPRISE FROM MI MI AND PAW PAW AND MRS. CLAUSE EVEN SHOWED UP TO BRING GIFTS TOO! I HAVE SO MANY PICTURES THAT I WILL SHARE TOMMORROW. IT HAS BEEN A LONG DAY AND THIS MOMMY IS POOPED! I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT AND BLESSED CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR!

THE BOY'S MUST HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD THIS YEAR!!

SANTA CAME TO VISIT THE BOYS LAST NIGHT AND THEY GOT ALL KINDS OF NEW TOYS TO PLAY WITH. I THINK THEIR FAVORITE WILL PROBALY BE THE SWING SET, BUT THEY DIDN'T GET TO PLAY ON IT TODAY. IT WAS RAINING WHEN THEY GOT UP AND THEN WE HAD TO GET READY TO GO. I'M SURE WE WILL BE PLAYING ON IT TOMMORROW. I JUST WANT TO THANK SANTA AND HIS ELVE'S FOR WORKING SO HARD TO GET IT PUT TOGETHER BEFORE CHRISTMAS DAY:)!!

THE BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENTS THAT I COULD EVER HAVE!