Life

Well, my dad reminded me today that I have not updated our blog in a month! It's been on my mental to do list all week, but just hasn't happened until today! The boys are doing well and in full swing with baseball, golf, school, etc. We started off March celebrating Robbie's birthday. He turned the BIG 37!
Birthday pancakes:


Tyler participated in the RA Derby race at church on Robbie's birthday. His car won 2nd place for Best in Show (which means creativity and design)! He was so proud!


Scott posing for team pictures for baseball. He is having a blast playing and on a really fun team! He's just so cute out there, too!






Daddy and his boys


Me and my boys


Happy St Patrick's Day






Tyler is taking some one on one golf lessons right now and then he will start back with some group clinics. He is doing really well at it (per his instructor)! :)






It is quite interesting keeping Greyson entertained and quiet during Tyler's golf lessons! He hasn't quite understood the memo that you have to be quiet on a golf course/driving range! :) Scott is pretty easy, though! :)


Tyler is turning 8 next week on the 24th! Greyson will be 2 in less than 2 months! Scott is staring K5 in just a few short months! Wow, these boys are just growing up too fast! I tell them all the time to stop growing up, but they just laugh and say no! :)

It's warm....yay!!!!!!!!!!!

This week's weather has been fabulous so, we have really been taking advantage of being outside! Scott started T-ball practice this week and is going to be on a really great team! Robbie is really looking forward to helping coach his team as often as he can be there. The husband of a very good friend of mine is going to be the head coach! Greyson also got his very first hair cut last Friday at a neat place called Sharkeys. He did really well...I guess sitting in a cool car and eating a sucker helped! :) My baby is getting so big!





Blowing bubbles (in Daddy's team's baseball hat no less)


Scott's first practice


Fun at the zoo with friends


Just some fun, random pics from this month:

Sweet Tyler reading a book to Greyson on the way to church one Sunday morning:


Family picture (I wonder which child was NOT excited about having his picture made!)


Fun at RaRa's house


Fun in the backseat together! Typically Tyler sits in the back by himself, but they all wanted to sit back there together on the way home one night!

Boy update

Life is so fun with 3 boys! They are growing and changing all the time!! Here is a quick update on each of them.

Greyson: Oh, this boy is just so funny. He is talking up a storm, which amazes me because Tyler and Scott had just really started talking when they were this age. Greyson will be 21 months old on Feb 7. I truly can't believe he will be 2 in 3 short months...wasn't I just writing about him turning 1?!?!?! There are quite a few Greysonism right now:

1. Everyday, several times a day he goes through the routine of asking where is everyone. It goes something like this: "Where Mimi?", "Where Daddy?", Where Pop?", "Where Tyer (Tyler)?", "Where Cott?", "Where RaRa?", "Where Nana (Anna...my neice)?". It is so cute!

2. Greyson's absolute favorite thing to do right now is read books. At least 4-5 times a day he says, "Ahw Book Rock Rock" which translates "I want you to read books to me and rock rock in the chair". He actually just now said to me as I'm typing this....LOVE IT!! So, I'll be back later to finish my write up! :)

Ok, I'm back several hours later...it's Wed so we had church tonight! :)

3. Greyson thinks he is as big and bigger than Tyler and Scott. His most favorite moto and saying is, "No, I do it!" He can even say it with attitude!! He is such a mess. For example, he opens the refrigerator door and takes his milk out, unscrews the tops, and tries to pour it into his cup! Another example: He thought he could carry the full jug of milk to the checkout today in Publix. He got mad at me for helping him! He loves to say "I elp" (translates I help). It is precious and I love his servants heart at this age.

4. He loves to "dip" his food in things like ketchup, syrup, etc. He was always saying "du pa" which sounded like "juice box" to us. So, we thought he was wanting a juice box which is not something he has often and not when I make things like pancakes and he's saying "du pa". We finally figured out he was asking for something to "dip it".


Tyler: Oh, this child is after my own heart in so many ways! We first borns have to stick together! :) Tyler is doing really well in 2nd grade. He made the Honor Roll this past report card and received a little certificate for it! He got a new teacher after Christmas. He really likes her, thank goodness!! He is into reading chapter books right now, which amazes me! Tyler is and always has been very artistic. The boy loves to draw and doing anything of that nature. Last year he took art lessons after school with his school art teacher. He has just started back with that on Tuesday afternoons. He loves it, and she has loved having him back! She teaches a group of children and they do some really neat things. Tyler has decided not to do baseball this Spring but wants to take golf lessons again. I think this sport fits his personality VERY well! I can't believe he will be 8 in less than 2 months! He is a great big brother...a little bossy at times, but I guess that's kind of his role as the oldest sometimes, huh?!...hince like his mother. :)

Scott: Oh, my little buddy! Scott is at such an awesome age! We are really tight right now and I am loving that! It makes me so sad to think that he will be starting kindergarten in the fall. Just because I've already sent one child off to school does not make it any easier. People say, "Well, at least you still have Greyson at home." Well, yes, BUT that does not make it any easier for me to send my sweet Scottie off to school! You know?!? Scott would stay home everyday and never come out of his pajamas if I would let him! :) He is such a homebody. He likes preschool and I'm thankful, but if he had the ultimate choice right now, he would never go anywhere! :) He is such a good middle child....he adores his big brother and wants so badly to impress Tyler and be like him. He is so awesome with Greyson and adores him, too. I love to watch him interact with each of them separately. Scott is going to play T-ball this Spring and we are so excited that he is going to be on some good friend's of ours team! Robbie is looking forward to helping coach as much as he can with his team in full swing now.

Here are some recent pictures...some of which depict the things I talked about above.












They didn't want me to take their picture so they had fun screaming "NO!" and holding their hands out! :)




Robbie's baseball season is in full swing! We had a dinner for all of the senior players and coaches the other night. I fixed the meal and we had it at Robbie's mom's house since she lives on the side of town where all the players live. It was a big success and I had so much fun preparing and serving the meal! I'm so proud of Robbie and the great coach that he is. He really cares about these boys and wants them to do their best. He expects a lot out of them, but in a good way! I think he is such an amazing influence on them!! Here is a picture from the other night:

Christmas and SNOW days!!

Christmas was so much with the boys! They were so excited even though Greyson really had no clue what was going on! :) Santa was up until about 1:00 putting together a hockey table, bike and 4 wheeler. Whew.....!! The boys woke up early and we gave them the choice as to whether they wanted to go see what Santa brought or read the Christmas story first. Tyler quickly chose to read the story first and I was so happy to hear that! So, we opened the Bible and read the story. We had been reading bits and pieces the whole month of December leading up to Christmas Day. We do a "Countdown to Christmas" chain and each day has a couple of verses on it to read. After that, Scott was ready to go see what Santa brought. But, Tyler was wanting to hang our ornament that we had gotten at our church's Christmas Eve service. So, he told Scott, "Scott, we are still in Jesus world not Santa world yet." It was precious and warmed a Mama's heart!!! So, the boys closed their eyes and I led them to the tree so they could put the ornament on. Then, we got to see what Santa brought. Greyson was still not awake at this time so, after the boys looked at what they got, they wanted to wake him. His face looked a little confused at first but, once we put him on his new 4 wheeler he was ready to go!

Tyler's new air hockey table


Scott on his new bike


The boys helping Greyson on his new 4 wheeler


Mimi and Pop with their 5 grandchildren on Christmas Day


Christmas Day picture of the 5 of us


Tyler was so sweet with his baby cousin, Caroline


GreyGrey enjoying his new, LOUD toy from Katie and Mark :)


Aunt RaRa helping Greyson open his cool guitar


Memaw and the boys


Pop got Tyler and Scott a really cool tent for Christmas. They had a movie night/sleepover in it the very next night!


They slept great in it all night long!


Greyson got his very own set of golf clubs so he could be like his big brother, Tyler



We had a HUGE snow here this week and had 4 days off of school!! The boys loved the snow, even Greyson! He was out there doing just what his big brother and Daddy were doing. It was a lot of fun having 4 days off from school (plus an already scheduled holiday tomorrow and Monday!).

Wow, we really got snow....


Greyson loves to pull his brothers together for a big group hug. It is so cute!!


Group picture before they headed out!


Watching as Daddy measured to see how much we got...4 inches and it was still snowing at that point!


Greyson going down the slide....

Into a soft landing....


Robbie was out there having just as much fun as they were


Tyler gave it a try, too


Robbie thought he'd slide into homeplate!


Me and my sweet boys


Later in the afternoon, Robbie and Tyler went out and built a snowman. Robbie gave him the name Oscar!?!?! Oscar is still standing and may be with us for a little while until he decides to melt!