Stuffed Wild Boar

Mr. Al and Richard went to pick up this ugly, I mean beautiful, stuffed pig on Friday night after dinner while we celebrated and had cheesecake with Ms. Denise.

Kamdyn posed with the pig. She was a little apprehensive at first, but complied with her Daddy's request! :)



This is on the floor in Mr. Al's wild game room. Check out the deer heads on the floor. He doesn't have a whole lot of room left on the walls. I am wondering where the pig head will go?


YUCK! The worst thing about is that this came out of our neighborhood and there are hundreds more of them running around.

Happy Birthday, Ms. Denise!

My dear friend, Denise, had a birthday on Friday. We celebrated at Sconyers (Augusta's yummy BBQ) for dinner. Then, we went back to Denise's house for cheesecake. Happy Birthday to the sweetest most genuine friend in the world!!

Kamdyn, Brandon Lee, and Dalton...Brandon Lee is a student in my class. His Nana is friends with Denise.


Keith, Kamdyn, Dalton, and Brandon Lee playing a game.


Singing Happy Birthday to Ms. Denise!

Make a wish, Ms. Denise!

Oyster Roast

Our friends, Shannon and Allison, have a yearly Oyster Roast in Charleston. We have missed a few, but we were glad to be able to attend this year. Patrick and Carly let us crash at their place. A good time was had by all!

Carly and Me....up close self portrait!?!?


Carly and Patrick


Me and Richard....I love this one. We hardly take pictures together anymore. We always have one or the other of us with Kamdyn.


Carly and me being silly. She's really taller than me, but she is bending down because of the HUGE sombrero. :) Take a look at the garage behind us. Shannon has the most organized garage that I have EVER seen. My Type A , OCD self, can completely appreciate all of his hard work!!


Me, Allison, and Carly

Peek A Boo at Ruthie's

Last weekend we made our way down to the Low Country for our first out-of-town visit since before Christmas. We were ready to get away for a few days. Our first stop was Ruthie's on Friday night. Kamdyn enjoyed running to "her" room while slamming the door and pretending to play peek-a-boo. We all stayed with Ruthie on Friday night. Richard and I headed to Charleston on Saturday. Kamdyn got to spend another night with Ruthie! Thank you, Ruthie, for keeping our sweet girl! We hope she didn't demand too much from you! :)

Internet Woes

I haven't posted very much to the blog lately because our Internet has been on the blink - literally! The modem has continuously been blinking and resetting itself. It will work for a little while and the resetting action repeats. All in all it has led to two very frustrated adults. What did we ever do before the Internet? After many phone calls to AT&T (mostly automated talking), two visits from technicians, and two modems later, they "say" that we are up and running again. I have my doubts! If we have Internet all week, I may change my mind.

Happy Valentine's Day

I almost forgot to post these pictures so here goes almost 2 weeks later. Kamdyn had an enjoyable Valentine's Day. She got tickets to see The Wizard of Oz on the "big stage." What fun would The Wizard of Oz be without ruby red slippers and a Dorothy costume? We don'twant to find out because we just KNOW the show will be much better when dressed as Dorothy! We can't wait until March 6th!

Valentine's Morning still in her PJ's.

Love those ruby red slippers!


The costume was a few days late.....Here's Toto!


And the rest of the ensemble!


She couldn't wait to put it all on! She wouldn't stand still enough for a perfect smile! This was the best I could do. She was so excited about the costume!

Snow Day #2

We were outside pretty early on Saturday morning trying to enjoy the snow for as long as we could. We knew the temperature would be up to 40+ that day and the white stuff would be gone fairly quickly. We suited up again after throwing Kamdyn's boots in the dryer for a while. She and Richard snowtubed behind our neighbor's utility ATV. We refer to it as "BOB." She threw a little bit of a fit at tubing down the side of the hill until Richard just basically threw her on the tube and made her slide down. After that, she loved it! Kamdyn and I rode the golf cart around the neighborhood to visit some of our other neighbors and play for a while. I finally gave up on the snow and cold. Kamdyn and Richard stayed for a while longer. They had to be popsicles by the time they came inside. We had another round of hot cocoa and took a nap. We awakened to find that the snow was melting at an alarming rate. We decided to go to the grocery store once the roads were cleared. We enjoyed the 24 hour blizzard, but we are anxiously awaiting the arrival of Spring! But first, we have to get rid of these terrible colds that have inhabited mine and Kamdyn's body! Boo!

Me and my Snow Bunny!


Throwing snowballs after a ride down the hill on the tube.


Daddy took his turn! We have videos of Kamdyn making snow angels and tubing.

Throwing snowballs at Mr. Jim. "BOB" is in the background!

First Night of Snow

We were so excited to see the snow! I guess we were in such disbelief that we weren't even sure that it would be around the next morning. SO, what did we do? We dug for any and every piece of warm clothing that we could find. None of us really own "snow" gear (since seeing snow is such a rarity) so we had to do the best we could with the clothes that we had. We should have waited to take pictures of the house and dock the next morning, too, when we had ALL 5 inches. We were all so excited! We made our snowman instead of waiting, too. Kamdyn did not want to come inside even when it got dark. But, the suede boots and bluejeans weren't staying very dry! When we finally got Kamdyn inside, we shed the soggy clothes and enjoyed yummy hot cocoa. I quickly washed and dried all of the clothes and prepared for Round 2 in the AM. I knew she would be up at daybreak! And, she was!

Catching snowflakes on our tongues.

Kamdyn and Katherine playing in the backyard.

Katherine, Jay, and Kamdyn putting the snowman together.