Just Us

2009-06-27T08:44:00.000-05:00

Playing in the fountains. . .

Shopping for a new chair - Noah likes this one because it's little, it rocks and it's BLUE!

Noah and Zoe - -

2009-06-27T08:37:00.000-05:00

Noah's last day of school and swimming in our NEW POOL !! Aren't you jealous of our pool?

2009-06-27T08:29:00.000-05:00

Zoe pics - she certainly can get dirty!! We still have Maggie and they have become fast friends. That's a lot of EARS!!

2009-06-27T08:24:00.000-05:00

Here's the newest member of our family. Zoe Claire. She was adopted on May 23rd - my birthday!! What a nice present. She's a West Highland Terrier and she's just PRECIOUS !!!

2009-04-16T13:23:00.000-05:00

A pretty spring day and we are all enjoying the sunshine !!

2009-04-16T13:19:00.000-05:00

Number three is here !!

2009-04-15T17:27:00.000-05:00

Another baby bird arrived today - and they're already hungry !!

2009-04-14T16:24:00.001-05:00

Today one of our little baby robbins arrived! It is going to be fun
to watch the nest !!

2009-04-13T20:57:00.000-05:00

Happy Easter 2009 !!!

2009-04-13T20:54:00.000-05:00

2009-04-13T20:53:00.000-05:00

I don't know that these ears are EVER going to stop growing !!

2009-04-13T20:45:00.000-05:00

We found THIS in our backyard - - - can't wait to document the process. It's in one of our pear trees, about 5 feet off the ground. Just enough room to peek over and snap a picture !!

2009-04-05T13:32:00.000-05:00

T-Ball has started !! This is our first year to play - so far it's been going pretty good !! We haven't had an actual game yet - that should be pretty interesting . . . .

2009-03-28T12:05:00.000-05:00

2009-03-28T12:02:00.000-05:00

Our botanical gardens is hosting a bug festival for the next couple months. Since we've had some warmer weather - we thought it would be a nice afternoon activity. It was lots of fun !!

Can you find Noah?

2009-03-28T11:50:00.000-05:00

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2009-03-28T11:31:00.001-05:00

Dinner time !!

2009-03-28T11:31:00.000-05:00

The ears are starting even out now and match !! Maybe we won't be stuck with one up and one down !!

2009-03-18T22:22:00.000-05:00

Noah had his dental check up today !! All A+'s - good job!!

2009-03-18T22:21:00.000-05:00

Man !! Something is going on with these CRAZY ears. First they were both folded over - so cute !! Then the right one went sideways and now the left one is kind of standing up at a weird angle. It will be interesting to see how they end up one day !!!

2009-03-16T21:41:00.000-05:00

Happy Spring !!

We are adjusting to life with our new fluffy puppy. She is sweet as pie, and also very hyper at times !! She definitely needs some puppy training - - - she will be 10 weeks old on the 17th.

2009-03-16T21:38:00.000-05:00

2009-03-16T21:34:00.000-05:00

Can you tell where one dog ends and the other begins?? Calypso, our older dog is not so happy with this new little ball of fur !

2009-03-05T19:07:00.000-06:00

Noah and Maggie - our new puppy.

2009-03-05T19:05:00.000-06:00

Snow pics from last weekend - - -

2009-03-05T19:03:00.000-06:00

First night at home - - -

2009-03-05T18:42:00.000-06:00

More maggie photos - - - -

2009-03-05T18:39:00.000-06:00

We have a new family member !! This is Maggie - we adopted her from The Ark - one of our local pet shelters. She is a Norfolk Terrier Mix and so she should remain pretty small. We are very thankful to have her and excited to watch her grow up. She is only eight weeks old and very tiny !!!

2009-02-15T14:42:00.000-06:00

Happy Valentine's Day !!

2009-02-15T14:40:00.000-06:00

Time to address the valentine's !!

2009-02-15T14:35:00.001-06:00

We have recently lost one of our family members. Our sweet Payton died on the 28th of January. We believe she had a heart condition that we were unaware of. She hadn't been herself since Christmas - but we didn't know that she was so sick.
We miss her terribly . . . . . . .

2009-01-23T15:27:00.000-06:00

2009-01-23T15:22:00.002-06:00

We recently gave Noah and old digital camera that we had just sitting around. He likes to take pictures, so he was thrilled with his new acquisition. These are some of the photos that he took. He's really not too picky on what he's taking a picture of.

He seems to really be fond of taking self portraits. You can see one here with his old friend Woody.

2008-12-31T20:32:00.002-06:00

Happy New Year !!! Noah took this picture of us tonight - not too bad for a 6 year old !!

2008-12-31T20:32:00.000-06:00

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2008-12-31T20:28:00.000-06:00

Christmas is way over - but I never posted these photos of the annual gingerbread house. Aren't these the cutest little marshmallow snowmen??

2008-12-22T10:34:00.000-06:00

Everyone is in the Christmas spirit around here - whether they know it or not !!

2008-12-22T10:30:00.002-06:00

Here are our beautiful Christmas cookies !! Lots of fun icing - and CLEANING UP!!

2008-12-19T16:13:00.000-06:00

Happy Holidays!!

2008-12-19T16:11:00.000-06:00

Noah's Christmas party in his class was today - I got to go and help the room mom's. It was a lot of fun!! And now school is out for Christmas break !!

2008-12-17T14:33:00.000-06:00

Merry Christmas !!

2008-12-03T20:18:00.000-06:00

Merry Christmas !!

2008-11-24T19:12:00.000-06:00

Noah has begun his Christmas decorating. He got his ornaments out first to look at all of them and since he didn't have his tree up, he decided to go ahead and hang them where ever he could find to put them.

2008-11-24T18:42:00.000-06:00

Noah found a friend !!

2008-11-24T18:37:00.001-06:00

We went to Opryland in Nashville a couple weekends ago to see the Christmas lights - something we try to do every year.

2008-11-24T18:34:00.000-06:00

Fall has been really pretty this year - it seems every year one of the tree colors is more brilliant than the others. This year I think the yellow and orange trees are much more vibrant. Here is a sampling of our colors - - - our favorite season here in Alabama.

2008-11-05T21:17:00.000-06:00

I waited too long to take a picture of the pumpkin that we carved from the pumpkin patch. He's on his way to the trash by now - but still had to get the picture.

2008-11-05T21:16:00.000-06:00

Olivia was Pocahontas, and of course - Bat Man, and then Danielle is a business woman.

2008-11-05T21:13:00.001-06:00

We spent this last weekend with family in Atlanta - and it just so happened to be Halloween while we were there - so Noah had the opportunity to go Trick-Or-Treating with his cousins.

2008-10-26T21:24:00.000-05:00

We haven't had too much happening lately - just going to school and the normal stuff that comes with that. We're busy a lot - but most of it is fun stuff !! We are looking forward to fall and the cooler temperatures. This is our favorite time of year !!

2008-10-26T21:20:00.000-05:00

Something exciting happened last week - - - Noah lost his two front teeth. That makes four in all - that's enough for now!! He was VERY NERVOUS about having them come out - but once they were out, he decided it wasn't all that bad.

2008-10-26T21:18:00.000-05:00

I was privileged enough to be able to chaperon his first big school field trip. We went to Tate Farms which is a big pumpkin patch in our area. They have a petting zoo, playground, etc. All kinds of stuff to keep a 6 year old entertained for hours. These are some pictures of Noah and his friends on the field trip.

2008-10-26T21:16:00.000-05:00

And more Tate Farms photos - - -

2008-10-26T21:10:00.000-05:00

We went to the Huntsville Botanical Gardens to check out the scarecrows. They always have a big display all throughout the garden during September and October. He had a grand time running from one to the next. These are only two of them - there were probably about 30 total scarecrows. It's quite a fun tradition.

2008-10-26T21:06:00.000-05:00

More school photos - the first one is of Noah and his teacher. He seems to be having a good time in school this year and hadn't had too much to complain about. I hope we can keep it up.

The other picture is of one of his new friends, Kit. They have become great buddies.

2008-10-26T21:03:00.000-05:00

Here's a couple photos of Noah in front of his school. He looks so tiny !!

2008-09-16T22:11:00.000-05:00

2008-09-16T22:08:00.001-05:00

Trying on his shark 3-D glasses !!

2008-09-16T22:00:00.000-05:00

I've been REALLY bad at posting new pictures - I'm taking them, just not posting!! I've been trying to take pictures every couple days of Noah because he has THREE teeth that are VERY loose. They could come out at any time and then he's really going to look different!!

School is going great for him - he says he's liking it and he loves his class. It's been really great to have a happy school boy !!

Not much else happening here - the temperatures are cooler this week - so we're getting an early taste of fall. It will no doubt heat right back up - but we're enjoying having the windows open!

First Day of BIG School

2008-08-06T20:20:00.000-05:00

Today was Noah's very first day of public school!! He was pretty nervous this morning. The first picture was taken just before we left and you can see that he seems a little frightened!! He got there at 7:40am and I picked him up about 2:45pm. The first thing he asked when he got in the car was, "Is it time for dinner? That was really long!"
This picture was taken after we got home this afternoon - I said give me a thumbs up or thumbs down for how your day went. He said he loved his new school, and his friends and his new teacher, Mrs. Stover. He says he's ready to go back!!

Tooth Fairy

2008-08-06T20:14:00.000-05:00

Here's the night of the lost tooth!! Our Tooth Exchange bag was finally put to good use. The next day he found four quarters that the Tooth Fairy left behind!! Just enough to buy one Matchbox car - his favorites!!

2008-08-02T21:40:00.003-05:00

Well, look what happened!! Noah has lost his first tooth!! It fell out in the middle of the night - 2:30am to be exact. After a little bit of anxiety, he decided it wasn't that bad after all, and he was able to get back to bed.

We'll see what the Tooth Fairy has to say about it tonight !! We have been wiggling this tooth since June and didn't think it ever would come out. That would have been fine with Noah - he wasn't anxious to lose any!

2008-07-27T21:23:00.000-05:00

Who is that masked man???

2008-07-27T21:20:00.000-05:00

Two more pictures - one of swim time with cousins, Chris, Mateo, Megan, Haleigh and Michael and the last - a picture of a tired six year old on his way home from a great 10 day trip !!!

2008-07-27T21:17:00.000-05:00

We are back from Florida and had a great time visiting friends and family while we were there. These are some pics of Noah and his Grandma Mistler - and cousins, Michael and Mateo.

2008-07-10T17:27:00.000-05:00

We are headed to Florida tomorrow to visit our Florida family - we are excited to go, and hoping that it's not so awful HOT !! But it's hot here, so it's probably hot there. Hopefully we'll get some really great pictures to share on our return !!

2008-07-06T18:05:00.000-05:00

More summer pool fun . . .

2008-07-06T18:03:00.000-05:00

Fireworks are best viewed from the back of Dad's pick-up truck on lawn chairs. We might be official "Alabamian's" now . . .

2008-07-06T18:00:00.000-05:00

What's could be better on a hot afternoon than a rope swing? On July 4th, we spent the afternoon with friends - swinging, swimming and EATING !! (Of course.)

Birthday Boy !!

2008-07-03T11:07:00.000-05:00

Here are some pictures from Noah's birthday yesterday. We had a good day and had lots of fun. He wanted to eat at Golden Rule for dinner (a bar-b-que place) where he got chicken fingers and fries. I guess he could have ordered that anywhere.

It's hard to believe 6 years have gone by already. I guess I'll be saying the same thing after the next six.

Last Day of June

2008-06-30T15:37:00.001-05:00

Here we are - already through June. Just one more month to enjoy before school starts back !!

We have had a busy summer so far - lots of swimming, playing outside, fun with friends, etc.

Noah turned 6 yesterday - July 2nd. He has his first loose tooth - but he doesn't know it yet. He's not been too anxious to lose any, so I'm in no hurry to tell him. If he finds out it's loose - he might start wiggling it and then it will come out sooner and he'll have a big gaping hole!! As you can tell - I'm not too anxious for him to lose it either!!

These pictures were taken at Noah's eye appointment this summer. He did great and has perfect vision!! Yeah !!

Noah tries his luck at put-putt. He wasn't so bad - it was his first time. The ball only went in the water a couple of times!!

We have been swimming a lot this summer. He loves to be in the water and would like to swim every day if he could!! He's been slow to warm up to wearing goggles - but now he's a pro!

Hugs for mom and dad. . .

Another fun day swimming at the water park!!