Happy New Years!

Larry planned a New Years trip for the family this year.  He took us through the hills of Tennessee to a cabin in the woods in the middle of nowhere.  I don't even remember where we were!  We made several stops along the way.  We stopped at the oldest general store in TN ( I think) and at Alvin C. York's House complete with a hike to a swinging bridge.  Our friend, Daniel, brought his kids and his boat up to stay with us and the big kids went fishing and caught our dinner.  On the way home we stopped at the 3rd biggest water fall in Tn or in America or something like that.  Larry and one of his adventures!

Reesi is 9!

1) Who are your best friends?
       Emma, Olivia, Caroline M., Isabella, Lydia, Caroline H., Mary Taylor, Grace, Lyla

2) What is your favorite thing to do?
      Go on vacations with my family
3)  What is your favorite color?  Blue
4)  What is your favorite food?  Cherries, strawberries, grapes
5) What is your favorite toy?  Wii, Break the Ice game, the roller coaster in our back yard
6) What do you like to do with your family?  Go on vacations, go out to eat, go hiking, go Chuck E. Cheese, watch movies
7) What do you want to be when you grow up?
8) What makes you happy? Candy, family, and my dog
9) What makes you sad? People who are mean to me, homework, when Annie gets out of the house and runs away
10) What is your favorite show?  Duck Dynasty, Good Luck Charlie, Jesse, Ant Farm
11) What are your favorite books?  Joke Books
12) What to you love to learn about? Plants and animals
13) What was the best part of your birthday?  The cake, family, presents, slumber party
14) What was your best present? Shimmer Tattoos and my new room
15) Where do you like to go?  Julie's house, Mimi and Papoo's house
16)  What is your favorite treat?  Reese's
17) What do you think about before you go to sleep?  Scary noises I hear
18) If you could meet any one in the world, who would it be?  Any famous singer beside Justin Bieber.  I don't like him.
19) Describe Jesus-loving, kind, he'd do anything for us, generous, not selfish
20) What are you most thankful for?  My family, my dog, my friends, my teacher, my school.

Reesi, at 9 you
-have really started listening to music.  In the car you and Elye always take turns picking the next song.
-are still little. Weigh- 54 lbs. Height- 50.5 in. and  wear a size 1 shoe and size 8 pants still hang off of you!
-giggle. a lot.  All your friends say that you will live until you are 1,000 because you laugh so much.
-like to sleep in our bed.  Not every night, but its your favorite thing to do.
-are still the healthiest eater.  You love fruit.  I gave you a bag of Cheetos for snack at my school one day.  You wouldn't eat it because you wanted an apple instead.  So I ate it.  I need to eat more like you!
-are a good friend.  You have so many friends and will be friends with anyone.  And you make them all laugh because you are so silly!

Happy Brithday Reesi

I cannot believe that my baby girl just turned nine.  You know your child is growing up when they start having slumber parties for their birthday!  We first celebrated with my parents, sisters, cousins, and Meemaw at our house.  We ate too much homemade spaghetti, made my dad hang the massive mirror that has been in my garage for the last five years, and played Wii in Reesi's newly decorated room, which was our birthday present to her.

For her friend birthday she had eleven girls over.  They ate, danced, played Wii, made Duck Tape purses, and screamed more than I ever expected.  Lydia told ghost stories, which freaked out several girls.  They watched Ramona and Beezus, which made several girls cry because it reminded them of when their dog died four years ago!  Girls are so crazy.

Bed time was also fun.  Isabella faked sleepwalking and another got up playing tricks on the sleeping girls by pouring water in their beds.  Whew!  It was exhausting for me. I put a limit of 3 girls for the next sleepover and took a big nap the next day.  Reesi had a blast so I guess it was all worth it!

New Blog

I am out of space for pictures on this account.  So instead of pay for more space I just started a new blog.  Find us at www.reesiandelye.blogspot.com

Cincinnati

Over fall break, Larry went to Cincinnati for school and I tagged along, without kids. The first day we had together Larry wanted to go to the William Howard Taft House.  It was the house that he grew up in.  We decided to walk since it was only 1.5 away and it was a pretty day.  As we were leaving the hotel shuttle driver warned us that it was at the top of a hill.  We went anyway thinking it would be good exercise.  It was definitely good exercise because that hill was steep and loooong.  After the Taft house we walked another 2 miles to a restaurant.  Then another mile to an Underground Railroad museum.  Then another 1.5 to a comedy club.  After the comedy club we were worn out and took a cab back.  It was a nice getaway from the kids!  

No More Tangles

I somehow talked Elye into cutting her hair!  I love it and it is so easy.  Although, I do miss her little curls some days.

Reesi's First Concert

Reesi's friend Mary Taylor invited us to come along with them to Carrie Underwood's concert and we jumped at the chance.  It was Sunday night and it was late, but we loved it!

Happy Halloween!

After listening to Monster Mash in the car over 1,000 times, Halloween was finally here.  We celebrated with hot dog fingers, mummy pizzas, and witches brew for dinner.  Then we headed out to walk the streets.  Elye tired out halfway through and I headed home early with her.  The big girls kept going and came home with a ton of candy.  Happy Halloween!