Melinda and the Gang!

We had so much fun seeing Melinda and her family! The kids had a ball playing together. I can't believe how fast they have grown. It won't be long until little Charlie gets to get dirty with the best of em'! We hope that they will come see us again real soon. We love you guys!!

Walt is one wicked scooter rider!!

Student of the Month!

Reagan was awarded Student of the Month for the month of April. She worked very hard for this award and is very proud of herself and we are very proud of her. This award is given to one child in each class who the teacher feels has behaved the best and excelled the most. It's hard to believe she will be in 1st grade and Jake will be in 4th. The time sure has flown by.














Me and my sweet, smart girl!










Reagan and her teacher, Mrs. Smith.

A Star is Born!!!

Owen Parker Grill

Well, the little fellow finally made it here! He was born on March 26th and weighed 7 lbs 13 oz's. He has a head full of hair and the most precious little face in the whole world! We are so proud for Augie and Courtney. Uncle Cookie and Aunt Renea are pretty excited too!

The McWayne Center

We recently visited the McWayne Center and as you can tell we had a ball! Clay and the kids got to stand in the wind tunnel and experience winds of up to 75 miles per hour. Thankfully Reagan's skirt didn't blow up! We also met a puffer fish that had no problem swimming right up to us to have her picture taken. The kids called her "Mrs. Puff" from Spongebob (of course). We also saw a big ugly green eel!! Yuk, he was ugly!!! We made imprints of our faces and hands (mine turned out horrid) but Clay and the kids were really cute. At the end we all placed our hands in....look at how tiny Regan's hands look compared to the rest of ours!

Reagan's Artwork on Display!

Reagan was one of ten in her whole school recently chosen to have her artwork displayed at Oak Mountain Elementary. Thank God for Clay and his family because I know Jake and Reagan didn't get their talent from their Mom! Her drawing (if you can see it) was a caterpillar and it was adorable! We were very proud of her and hope that she and Jake both continue to excel in their artwork!

Jake's got game!

Jake has really taken off with baseball! This year his team has won every game with the exception of one. They are on fire! These pictures were taken at a recent game when Jake hit a triple. We are really proud of him!

Grandma Marilyn, Ginger & Joe's visit

Clay, Grandma Marilyn and Ginger. How happy we were to see them!

Aunt Ginger and Joe Chuck at Jacob's baseball game, which by the way, they won!!

Grandma bought Jacob and Reagan some cool radio's with headphones and they both love listening to them. Thanks Grandma!

Joe has grown so much since the last time we saw him! He is such a sweet and handsome fellow. Jacob loves his little cousin!

We had a great time with Grandma, Aunt Ginger and Joe Chuck! We just hated to see them go so soon. It's easy to see where Clay and Ginger get their good looks! We miss them already!

Here we are!

Well, here we are. We finally decided to come to the new millennium and start a blog about our family. Clay and I both will try to update this on a daily basis. Easier said than done but I think this will be a cool way for us to stay in touch with the family. We've had so much going on in our lives - from moving, the kids starting a new school which they love and Clay and I getting used to the drives "to town" we have to make on a regular basis. We do love it out here and couldn't imagine living anywhere else now. The kids are getting ready to get out of school and Clay and I are both looking forward to a nice summer. Grandma Marilyn, Ginger and Joe Chuck just left us headed back home after a three day visit that we all enjoyed so much! Hopefully, it will be the first of many visits we will get to have with eachother over the course of the next year.