The Umphres Family ~ photo by: Kim Umphres

Bike Blues & BBQ 2008

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Bikes Blues & BBQ

October 2008

Krystal and her kids came up to visit and to go to BB and BBQ with us this year.

Alexis, Mackenzie & Aden

Aunt Krystal bought the kiddos some t-shirts
Alexis, Mackenzie & Aden
taking a break from walking
gotta love the thug pose

This is Dixon Street in downtown Fayetteville
It was Saturday night and dark, so it was kinda hard taking pics of the motorcycles.
They close down this street so the bikers can parade up and down the street
and they park their bikes on the sides of the street.
I swear they look like dominoes and all someone would have to do is knock a bike over and they all would fall down one by one.

Mackenzie got to ride down Dixon St with her Daddo.
She says "Hi mom and Dad!"

Mackenzie in her biker garb after her ride.

Grape Festival 2008

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The Tontitown Grape Festival

August 2008

Tristan won this little trumpet at the duckie game.

(Note the excitement on mommy's face)
Tristan wearing his little cowboy hat
(he's so cute!)

Mackenzie showing off the crown that she won at the dart game.

Macknzie just getting off the big slide

(look how long her hair was :(

Family Pics

2008-10-11T18:20:00.005-04:00

Happy 7th Birthday Mackenzie !!!!

2008-10-11T18:04:00.006-04:00

Today is Mackenzie's 7th birthday!!!

We had cake and ice cream and we'll have her party and sleepover next weekend. We're going ice skating at the Jones Center later tonight.
Mackenzie and I went and got our hair cut. She got bangs for the first time and 7 inches cut off! (7inches for her 7th birthday)
I wasn't expecting the bangs, but they're growing on me. She absolutely loves her hair!

My mom made her these really cute pajama pants!

And made her a little bag to match!

And of course, Hannah Montana stuff!

Tristan really enjoyed his cake and ice cream!

Mackenzie and the Tarantula

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And then it started crawling around, so this was her next reaction!!

"Get it! Get it!"

Mackenzie wanted to hold the tarantula so this was her first reaction to it.....

Binky Buddies

2008-10-09T00:19:00.003-04:00

I love this picture!

I call them the binky buddies. Tristan has to have the handle of his binky tucked up under his nose. It reminds me of a bull ring. Mackenzie got the lips at Fun City. It's one of those things that you blow into and it has this fan inside and makes a high pitched noise that sounds really cool.

Tulsa Zoo

2008-10-09T00:05:00.005-04:00

This summer we went to the Tulsa Zoo. We all had so much fun!

(June 08)
Mackenzie and the Bull Frog

"Look Sissy!! A Snake!!"

Me and the kiddos

Brad and Tristan

Beautiful Animals at the Tulsa Zoo

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Monkey's

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Monkeys, they all look the same to me!

Mackenzie at the Tulsa Zoo

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Mackenzie having fun at the Tulsa Zoo.

She loved the penguins! They were in their little caves staying cool though so we couldn't get good pics of them. Look how the penguins have evolved! They grew pigtails!

(June 08)

Our new "furry" pets

2008-10-08T22:48:00.005-04:00

Happy Halloween

Here are the 2 newest members of our home.

I call them "Harry and Barry"

Where do I begin (sigh) We found these dudes walking around checking things out by a lake in Bella Vista. My weirdo husband thought they were so cool and wanted to take them home with us. I do have to say, I thought it was a bad idea. (Do I even have to explain why?) Mackenzie has always been deathly afraid of spiders. But, when she saw her daddy holding one with no fear, she said, "I want to pet it." So, that was that, and now she thinks they are cool, and we have 2 pet tarantula's. And if you ask Mackenzie if we should let them go she says, "NOOOO!!" I know you all are wondering, how am I dealing with them? I told Brad, I am checking that cage every second of the day, and if one has escaped, I'm moving in with my mother until it's found.

The Bird House

2008-10-02T22:50:00.005-04:00

This was by far the coolest part of our day! There was this Bird House that was literally a house full of parakeets and parrots. You go in and they give you a popsicle stick with honey and birdseed stuck to it so you can feed the birds. Some just stayed on their pirch while you fed them, some jumped on your stick and ate the bird seed while some more friendly birds hopped on your finger and ate! It was so cool! There were birds flying around, right past your head, and yes, I did get bird pooped on. It was bound to happen. It reminded me of the parakeet I had when I was a little girl. His name was Birdy.

2008-10-02T22:35:00.004-04:00

Well guys, you are going to have to bear with me. Since right after Mackenzie got out of Kindergarten earlier this year, I have started back to work full time at JB Hunt. We're pretty busy! I know I need to update my photo blog. I will try and keep up with it as best I can. Boys are very different from girls! Tristan is into EVERYTHING. When he is awake, we are constantly chasing after him, for his own safety and the safety of others :)! He is a little stinker ;) Mackenzie is now in 1st grade and will be turning 7 (S-E-V-E-N?!) in just a few days! Wow, I feel old. I remember the day she was born. She gave us such a scare. But my tough girl pulled through. God was watching over her. She's my little princess :) ! Mom had minor surgery on her foot. They took a biopsy of a nerve to determine what they're going to do about her drop-foot. They found that the nerve has inflammation so she's on meds for that and they say that it will not get any worse and could even reverse the drop-foot all together! I'm starting with what we did over the summer and going from there. There's our trip to the Tulsa Zoo. 4th of July. Tontitown Grape festival. And some stuff in between.

Kindergarten Graduation

2008-06-01T01:08:00.008-04:00

In line to enter the stage for graduation.

Entering the stage for graduation.

All the kindergartners.

It was very entertaining. They got bored really fast and kept messing with their hats. Some were picking their noses, and some were just standing there. You could tell they were thinking "Is this ever going to end!" Very Funny!!!

Waiting to receive her diploma.

Getting her diploma from the principal.

My baby girl graduated from Kindergarten!!! We are so proud of her!!! She did so well in school this year. She learned how to read and is awesome at writing and math. She got all E's on her report card!!! Great job Mackenzie!!! Mommy and Daddy are so proud of you! We know you'll do great in 1st grade next year!!!

Kindergarten Graduation Reception

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Mackenzie with her teacher Mrs. King.

Mackenzie with her friend Natalie.

Mackenzie with her friend Cody.

Me and Mackenzie. Her daddy was there but he had to go back to work. The graduation was during the day at 9:00 AM.

Mackenzie with her Nana.

Happy 29th Birthday to Me!!!

2008-06-01T00:44:00.002-04:00

Happy 29th Birthday to Me!!!

Mom brought over a cake and we BBQ'd for my birthday.

We also went to the movies and watched the new Narnia movie.

Thank You Mom!!!

We had so much fun!!!

Alexis' 8th Birthday

2008-06-01T00:33:00.006-04:00

Happy 8th Birthday Alexis!!! Alexis wanted a Razorback themed party. It turned out really cool. Check out the Razorback cake!!! It was awesome!!!

Alexis smiling pretty for the camera.

Alexis holding up her Hannah Montana CD that Mackenzie got her.

Tristan in the Barbie Jeep saying "cheese" for the camera.

Athena playing fetch with the kids.

Storm

2008-06-01T00:26:00.005-04:00

This was a really bad thunderstorm that came through. There was a tornado warning and hail on it's way so we decided to get the kiddos in the bathtub just to be on the safe side. Mackenzie made sure Tristan stayed in the tub while Brad and I went outside to watch the storm and take pictures :) No tornado, but there was lots of hail. There were areas around us that got golfball sized hail and alot of property damage.

Mia

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I got to watch Mia one day while Brandy went out to run errands. She is one month old here. Mackenzie got to hold her and she loved it. She told me she wants a baby sister.......

School Project

2008-05-07T00:46:00.004-04:00

I had to post these pictures. Wow! Look at the resemblance!

I was going through pictures of Mackenzie when she was little for a school project they had to do. They are learning about metamorphosis, so they had to show their own metamorphosis by coming up with pictures of when they were born and a picture for each year. Mackenzie was 2 years old here and I'm not sure how old I was but probably around the same age.

(BTW, Mackenzie is the top pic and I'm the bottom pic)

Penny

2008-05-05T10:55:00.004-04:00

"Rub my belly, Pleeeaaassse!!!"

This is mom's new dog, Penny! She's a rat terrier. She's soooo cute and starved for attention! I think mom really likes her :)

Nap Time

2008-05-05T10:52:00.001-04:00

Ahhhh.........Nap Time

Our New (to us) Chair

2008-05-05T10:40:00.002-04:00

Well, I'm addicted to freecycle.org. It's a website where you can search for, or give away, things in your community, for free. Their goal is to get people to keep things, that someone else might want or need, out of landfills rather than throwing them away. Anyway, someone gave us this overstuffed chair! We all really like it, it's really comfy! (Brad not so much because it's "flowerdy") Well, Mackenzie Really LOVES it. She sits in it all the time, and gets defensive if someone else is sitting in it. She even wanted to sleep in it the first two nights that we had it!

Trying To Pull Mackenzie's Tooth

2008-05-05T10:27:00.003-04:00

This is video of the night before Mackenzie's tooth was pulled out. You can see how loose it was! Now that it's out, she talks kinda funny. It's sooo cute! Awww, my baby girl! :)

Mackenzie Lost Het First Tooth

2008-05-05T10:16:00.004-04:00

Mackenzie lost her first tooth!

April 27th, 2008.

Mackenzie finally lost her first tooth! It was sooo loose. It was "hangin by a thread." I wanted to pull it, but she wanted daddy to do it. She kept freaking out, thinking it was going to hurt really bad. Brad got a wash rag, got a good grip on it and it came right out! Mackenzie didn't even know it was out until he showed it to her! She was shocked that it didn't hurt! She was kinda upset because of all the bleeding, but after the bleeding stopped, she was sooo excited! Bouncing off the walls. The Tooth Fairy came that night and left five dollars under her pillow in a glittery envelope. And, according to Mackenzie, the Tooth Fairy is only about 2 inches tall.

Brad and the Kids

2008-05-05T10:07:00.005-04:00

Brad and the Kiddo's.

Mackenzie smiling pretty for the camera.

Tristan smiling goofy for the camera.

(What a Ham)

Tristan smiling for the camera.

Tristan Dancing 1

2008-05-04T22:39:00.003-04:00

These video's of Tristan dancing are too funny! I didn't know he could move like his daddy!

Tristan Dancing 2

2008-05-04T22:10:00.003-04:00

This is hilarious! Tristan just started dancing when we turned on the radio! He was trying to snap his fingers too! He's a dancing fool. Too funny.

Our New Dog

2008-05-04T22:04:00.002-04:00

This is our new dog "Nipper." We got him from a lady that posted him on freecycle. He's a Corgi and 1 1/2 years old. He's very sweet! The kids love him! He likes to lick Tristan because he always has something yummy stuck to him. We are in the process of changing his name though because we don't like Nipper. We are thinking of Joey, Cooper or Toby. What do you think?

Cookie

2008-05-04T21:58:00.003-04:00

Tristan being his goofy self!

Mmmmm......Cookies!!!

Tristan had to get all laid back and comfy to enjoy his cookie!

Mia Rose Is Here!!! April 14th, 2008

2008-05-04T21:43:00.007-04:00

My new niece is finally here!!!

Mia Rose was born on April 14th, 2008.

She was born at 8:18 A.M.

She weighed 5 lbs. 10 oz.

She measured 18 1/4 in. long

She is sooo tiny! She looks like a little bean! Brandy was scheduled for a C-section because the baby was breech. Everything went just fine! Brandy and baby were fine! Brian, of course, was just a proud happy daddy! I couldn't be prouder of her. She's so beautiful. A sweet little angel! Congratulations Brandy and Brian!!!

No Training Wheels

2008-05-03T00:12:00.004-04:00

My baby girl riding her bike for the first time without training wheels!

She did so awesome! She didn't need us, she could've just taken off on her own this whole time. We are so proud of her!

2008-05-02T23:59:00.002-04:00

We decided it was time for Mackenzie to learn how to ride her bike without training wheels. We took her to the Springdale High School marching band field. Brad padded her up, gave her a push, and off she went! She did so good, we were so proud of her! She's getting so big. (sniff)

A Day on the Trail

2008-05-02T23:50:00.003-04:00

Brad and the kids went to Lake Fayetteville and walked the trails while I was at work. They came across the state's largest Black Oak tree. He took pictures of Mackenzie standing in front of it.

Playing in the Sand

2008-05-02T23:31:00.004-04:00

This was at the Jones Center at their playground. This was Tristan's first time to ever play in sand. He didn't know what to think of it for awhile. He wiggled his toes in it first and didn't like the way it felt. But the longer he sat there, the more he played with it. He seemed to be fascinated with it because he would grab a handful of sand then it would disintegrate out of his hand. He just couldn't figure it out! Too funny.

Mess

2008-05-02T23:28:00.001-04:00

Amanda, I can sypethize with you. This is what happens in my house when I get on the computer and the house is quiet!

Dishes

2008-05-02T23:24:00.000-04:00

"Let me help you with the dishes, mom."

Tribute to Stripes

2008-05-02T14:16:00.002-04:00

Stripes and Jack.

Jack is her son.

Sadly, our cat Stripes got ran over by a car on our street. She was mainly my cat, but we all loved her. She was the sweetest cat I've ever had. She would cuddle up in my lap and do the "head butt" thing. This may sound kinda korny, but she helped me get through some of the worst heartburn and nausia when I was pregnant with Tristan. I would be laying down in my bed feeling sick and she somehow could sense that I was feeling bad. She would come up on the bed with me and curl up right beside me and purr like crazy. The purring and soft vibration was very soothing, and it calmed my nerves. (crying) I love you Stripey Girl! I will miss you so much!!!

Magazine

2008-05-02T14:09:00.001-04:00

"Don't disturb me, can't you see I'm trying to read here!"

Teeth~Bedhead

2008-05-02T14:05:00.002-04:00

Now that's some "Major Bed Head!"

Tristan's top two teeth coming in.
He's about 11 months old here.

Easter 2008~Coloring Eggs

2008-05-02T13:54:00.004-04:00

Opening Easter surprises from Nana.

Tristan creating a masterpiece.

Notice he has a crayon in each hand.

Mackenzie coloring her egg.

Easter 2008~Opening Easter Baskets

2008-05-01T17:53:00.007-04:00

"Oooo.....I see toys!"

"Can't~Get~It~Open!!!!!"

The Easter bunny brought Mackenzie some gardening stuff! She got some flower seeds, pots, a new pink flower with a pink pot, and some gardening gloves. She loves gardening! The first thing she wanted to do is plant her new seeds!

Tristan wearing his new sunglasses.

(He actually kept them on for about 30 seconds.)

Tristan chowing down on his chocolate Easter bunny.

Tristan getting mad because we took his chocolate away!

Easter 2008~Egg Hunt

2008-05-01T17:25:00.008-04:00

Tristan and his Daddy

Woo-Hoo, go Mackenzie go!

I love this picture of Tristan....his cute chubby cheeks!

Tristan putting his eggs he's collected in his basket. He mainly just wanted to play with them and open them. We had to tell Mackenzie to leave some for her brother. She was running around like crazy finding eggs. (Like someone else was going to beat her to it! It was just the two of them.)

Mackenzie

Tristan is 13 months old and still not walking. He will only walk if you hold his hand or if he's holding on to something. Here he's leading me around my mom's yard to find eggs.

Mackenzie's Kindergarten Program

2008-05-01T16:58:00.004-04:00

Mackenzie's First Kindergarten Program. Spring 2008. This was very short. They just sang a few songs and then it was over. But it was so cute watching all the kids do their hand motions and dancing to the songs! As you can see, Mackenzie was waving at us and fixing her hair. Very Cute!

Tristan's First Birthday Party

2008-05-01T12:50:00.013-04:00

Happy First Birthday Tristan!

I can't believe he's 1 already! He's getting to be a such a big boy! We had his birthday party at the Jones Center with an Elmo theme. Tristan loves Elmo! He gets really excited, smiles and laughs when he sees Elmo on TV or in a book. Tristan didn't really know what to do with the cake at first, but once we showed him that he could eat it, he went to town!

Tristan's First Birthday! Feb 4th, 2008

2008-04-28T12:23:00.007-04:00

Cram it in there Tristan!

Wow...what a mess!

(Who put him in the white shirt?)
Look at that grin!

(If you can find it!)

All Clean!

The Queen of Frizz

2008-04-28T12:18:00.003-04:00

This was what Mackenzie's hair looked like after she slept with braided hair! She didn't want me to take a picture of her because she thought her hair looked funny!

Me and the Kids

2008-04-28T12:16:00.001-04:00

Me and the Kids

Snow Day

2008-04-28T12:14:00.001-04:00

Mackenzie's First Snow Day!

Yeah, no School!

Fun With Daddy

2008-04-28T12:08:00.001-04:00

"Giddyup, Daddy!"

Brandy's Baby Shower~Welcome Mia Rose

2008-04-26T14:17:00.007-04:00

The proud parents-to-be. Brandy and Brian McGinn.

I thought this was funny! This is Brandy and a couple of her co-workers, and their all expecting at different times. I call this "The 3 stages of pregnancy."

Mom-to-be

Brandy and her mom, Debbie.

March 4th, 2008

Brandy's Baby Shower

Brandy's mom and I did a baby shower for Brandy. It was at her parent's house. It turned out really great! They got alot of stuff they needed! She's due to have the baby at the end of April, but they'll probably take the baby early because she's so small and missing one of the umbilical arteries. Just a few more weeks to go and Mia Rose will be here! I can't wait!!!!

Brad's 30th Birthday! March 18th 2008

2008-04-26T14:12:00.003-04:00

Happy 30th Birthday Brad! You still look like your 28!

(wow, look at all those candles)

Ginger Bread Houses

2008-04-26T14:05:00.002-04:00

Mackenzie's class got to make gingerbread houses at school! It was so much fun! They used milk cartons for the base, graham crackers for the walls and icing to hold everything together. Then they got to decorate them with candy!

Family Time

2008-04-17T02:06:00.004-04:00

Brad and Tristan hanging out

Mackenzie and her Nana playing memory

(I have no idea what Karen's laughing about)

Tory playing domino's with Mackenzie

Christmas 2007 Pics

2008-04-17T02:01:00.002-04:00

Our Christmas 2007

2008-04-17T01:50:00.008-04:00

Look mommy! Santa Came!

Tristan on his Clifford Dog

The Kiddos

Tristan and his Mater Truck

(Like Tuhmater, but without the Tuh)

Mackenzie

"The Mess"

Mackenzie & Tristan wearing their new gloves

Christmas with my Family

2008-04-17T01:26:00.010-04:00

And, of course, Tristan would rather play with the wrapping paper. (Did you expect anything more?)

Mackenzie, Tory, Mom and Karen

My Kitty Quilt

(Karen also made Brad one that was a Golf theme)

Tristan's Quilt

My sister made us all some beautiful quilts! This is Mackenzie's quilt.

Opening Presents!

Karen, Tory, Amie, Kaitlyn and Kristin

Family Photo

I love this picture of Tristan, showing off his beautiful blue eyes!

My sister and her girls came to visit during Christmas from Georgia. We had Christmas with them and my mom at our house.

Christmas at Nana Sheila's

2008-04-10T20:11:00.014-04:00

"The Boys"

Aden and Tristan

My dorky husband putting on his sister Valeri's shoes.

Tristan getting a pony ride from daddy with a bow stuck to his forehead.

Bo Bo quenching his thirst from the new water feature that Sheila got for Christmas.

Tristan and Nana Sheila

Brian and Tristan

"You go this way, and I'll go that way."

Brad Divvying out the Presents

Tired Tistan with his Mommy

Class Christmas Party

2008-04-10T19:51:00.007-04:00

"Miss Tory" reading "Twas the Night Before Christmas" to the class.

Mrs. King said, "would one of you girls like to read a story to the class?" and we all looked at each other and then looked at Tory and we all said "Tory!"

Decorating Cookies

Mackenzie devouring her cookie

Tory keeping Tristan occupied

Kaitlyn enjoying her cookie

Kristin enjoying her cookie

(Mrs. King let the girls make their own cookies because there was plenty left over)

Amie and Mackenzie

This is Mackenzie's class Christmas party. They all wore their P.J.'s to school that day. They had pizza and decorated Christmas cookes. Karen and the girls came from Georgia to visit for Christmas. They went with me to the school to help out with the party too. We all had so much fun!

(P.S. the "blur" in the middle of all these pictures is from Tristan getting ahold of my camera and getting his dirty fingerprints on the lens!)

The Blue Man (Just the blue man, not the group)

2008-04-10T18:04:00.004-04:00

(sigh) Tristan learned how to take the lid off of marker's. I knew he had it but I didn't know he could take lids off yet. I was wrong. He was being awfully quiet. I could hear a sucking sound. When I turned around, this is what I saw. A little blue mouth that he would not close due to the yucky taste of the ink I'm sure. He was "sucking" the ink out of the marker. He had blue lips for a couple days after that.

First Haircut

2008-04-10T17:55:00.004-04:00

After

During

(he thought he would help)

Before

Tristan's First Haircut

8 months old

Little Squirt

2008-04-10T17:50:00.003-04:00

I know this is kinda gross but Brad and I thought it was so funny! Brad was about to put Tristan in the bath tub, but before he got in, he decided to pee, right on Mackenzie!!! (Please note the "Tide to Go" pen in her hand)

Mohawk

2008-04-10T17:45:00.001-04:00

Tristan and his bathtub mowhawk

Putting up the Christmas Tree

2008-04-10T01:24:00.007-04:00

And this is what Mackenzie thinks about her brother's faces!!!

Tristan was making some really goofy faces!!!

Here we are putting up the Christmas tree 2007.

(Don't look at Brad's panties)

Tristan

2008-04-10T01:21:00.000-04:00

My Little Man

Halloween 2007

2008-04-10T01:14:00.006-04:00

We went to the new Springdale Gym over by Southwest Jr High. They had an indoor miniature golf course set up! It was so much fun and cute for the kids! Mackenzie really loved it!

Halloween 2007

2008-04-10T01:07:00.003-04:00

This was Halloween 2007. Her costume turned out really cute! I didn't buy anything for it. I cut the sleeves off the dress and cut the skirt part to make large panels like a fairy dress. I painted the top rainbow colors, painted some fairy wings that she already had rainbow colors, painted swirly stuff on her pantiehose. My mom donated some trim for the waist and around the neck and arms that I hot-glued on. And then I added some bling to a wand that she already had.

Halloween Party at School

2008-04-10T01:04:00.003-04:00

This is Mackenzie at school. They were having their Halloween Party. I get to go up to the school and help out with the parties they have. I'm the homeroom mom for her class.

Halloween Costume

2008-04-10T00:57:00.003-04:00

This is me in October 2007 working on Mackenzie's Halloween Costume. She wanted to be the Rainbow Fairy from the Barbie movie "Magic of the Rainbow." I used a princess dress costume that she wore one year for Halloween and altered it into the fairy costume.

Mackenzie's New Bike

2008-04-07T12:48:00.004-04:00

Look at that smile!
Brad and I got Mackenzie a bicycle for Mackenzie for her birthday party! Here she is seeing her new bike for the first time. I love her expression!

Mackenzie's Ice Skating Party 6th bday

2008-04-07T12:44:00.003-04:00

Mackenzie ice skating with daddy at her birthday party.

Mackenzie's 6th bday

2008-04-07T12:39:00.003-04:00

Here is Mackenzie at her 6th Birthday Party at the Jones Center. She wanted to have an Ice Skating Party. This was the first year I made her birthday cake instead of buying it! It turned out really cute! I found a figurine of a little girl ice skating that looked just like Mackenzie!

Ocober 11th, 2007

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Mackenzie's 6th Birthday!!!

We had cake and ice cream on her Birthday and had her party a couple weeks later.

She HAD to cut the cake all by herself, "becuse I'm six now mom!"

Yesterday she couldn't do it because she was still 5, but now that she's 6, she can do it!

The hat that she's wearing was from her teachr. She got to wear it all day at school that day because it was her birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TINK !

Tristan's First Baby Teeth

2007-12-19T11:43:00.000-05:00

Tristan finally got his first two baby teeth on the bottom at 9 mo. old!!!

It was really hard to take pics of them but if you click on them to blow them up, you can see them!

Mackenzie

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I mean...do I really even need to comment on this one! You all know my daughter...judge for yourself!!!

Tristan

2007-12-19T11:35:00.000-05:00

Tristan being a big boy and drinking from a straw!

He's 8 mo. old here.

At this age he was trying to be like his Uncle Shannon and "Army Crawl" everywhere! He just couldn't figure out how to get on those knees.

Mack & Tristan

2007-12-19T11:22:00.000-05:00

Mackenzie & Tristan "Chillin" on the couch

To make a long story short...it's now Dec and it's been since October since I've updated my blog because we've had some Major problems with our computer. It's back up and running now so I'm starting with after Bikes Blues & BBQ! (in october)

Bikes, Blues, BBQ

2007-10-25T22:42:00.000-04:00

Here we are on the side of the road in Fayetteville watching the Bikers parade down the street at Bikes, Blues & BBQ.

mack

2007-10-25T22:38:00.000-04:00

This is Mackenzie riding a motorcycle for the first time with her Daddo. He came up for Bikes, Blues &BBQ.

tristan

2007-10-25T22:36:00.000-04:00

This right here is the reason Mackenzie won't feed her little brother, "way too messy mom."

park

2007-10-13T14:44:00.000-04:00

Daddy and Tristan swinging.

Mackenzie collecting rocks.

They built a park right down the street from our house, so as soon as they got done with it, we went down there to play!!!

tent

2007-10-13T14:41:00.000-04:00

Mackenzie's tent is full of all her stuffed animals. Tristan had a blast in there!

sleeping

2007-10-13T14:35:00.000-04:00

Brad needed to fix a bottle for Tristan because he was being fussy so he asked Mackenzie to just hold him so he would calm down. By the time he got done fixing the bottle, Mackenzie had fallen asleep holding on to Tristan. So Brad gave him his bottle and he snuggled up with his sissy and found her hand to hold on to.

Tristan

2007-10-13T14:31:00.000-04:00

Tristan helping mommy with the laundry.

I had piled his clean clothes on the swing and he crawled over underneath it and proceeded to pull down each piece of clothing, one by one.

Our flower garen

2007-09-15T20:45:00.000-04:00

This is our flower garden in the front of our house!!! Everything grew really well this summer. It's all about the dirt. We put in some good soil and mixed in some fertilizer. The plants were all cheap from Wal-Mart or given to us from friends and family and it all just took off!!! The tall plants with the yellow flowers that are in the back are Canna and they are as tall as I am!!!

Tristan Laughing

2007-09-05T23:48:00.000-04:00

This video is so hilarious!!! We are always catching Mackenzie getting Tristan to laugh like crazy! Here she is "scaring" him with the kitten. (I need to point out that no kittens were injured in the making of this video!!!)

Awwww

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Awwwww.......
...how pitiful!!!

Tile

2007-09-05T11:54:00.001-04:00

Crawling around on the cold tile!!!

Tristan

2007-09-05T11:48:00.000-04:00

Some of my favorite black and whites of Tristan...

peek a boo

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"Peek-A-Boo!"

Cutie

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" Cutie!"

Crawling

2007-09-05T11:31:00.000-04:00

Tristan is desperately trying to crawl! He hasn't figured out how to get his knees coordinated with his arms. He'll pull himself forward with his arms and then roll around.

Mackenzie & Tristan

2007-09-05T11:26:00.000-04:00

Mackenzie has something in her hand that Tristan wants!!!

Notice how Mackenzie has a hold of his shirt so he doesn't fall off the couch, what a loving sister!!!

Spaghetti

2007-09-05T11:05:00.000-04:00

Oh yes, gotta love the spaghetti noodles!!! As soon as I put a little scoop on his tray, he went to town!!!

sky

2007-09-05T11:04:00.000-04:00

Beautiful Evening Sky

Mack

2007-09-05T10:58:00.000-04:00

I made Mackenzie feed Tristan just so I could get a picture of big sissy feeding her little brother! She wasn't too thrilled about it. She's not a big fan of the messiness involved in feeding a 7 month old!!! Although she did taste his cereal bites and decided that she really liked the banana flavored ones!!!

Tristan

2007-09-05T10:44:00.000-04:00

Hmmm, I wonder what Tristan is doing. All I see are feet and hands...

Oh, I see, he's playing with his blue rattle.

"Tristan, I see you peeking at me!"

"Hi little man!"

"Whatcha doin in there?"

"I'm having way too much fun with my rattle, mama!!!"

Leslie's Graduation Party

2007-09-05T10:41:00.000-04:00

Leslie's Graduation

2007-08-30T11:49:00.000-04:00

My best friend Leslie graduated from Nursing school!!!
We are so proud of you Leslie!!!

Facial

2007-08-30T11:43:00.000-04:00

With Mackenzie starting school, Brad with his chest pains, and Brandy finding out she's PREGNANT, we all decided we needed some pampering!!!
(Oh my gosh, Brandy's PREGNANT!!!!)