Paint Can Gift

For M's birthday, my mom gave her an "M" can full of cookies. The best part is that when the cookies have all been eaten, we can use the can to store things in it.

Such a simple, cute gift!

GW Books

My mom found this set of books for E at a local GW. They are in great shape and my mom only paid $4 for the boxed set!

We love finding books at the GW stores. I would say 99% of our books come from garage sales and thrift stores. I can not even imagine paying retail prices when I can get good books for 25 cents, 50 cents or even splurging and paying a dollar on them!

Final Pictures

Today, we went to our house and took some pictures one last time.

We LOVE our front porch and will miss it terribly. Our front porch swing was a house warming gift from my mom when we moved in over 10 years ago. We, of course, are taking it with us and it will placed on the front porch of our new house.

This swing has served as a backdrop for many a pictures so it was only appropriate we got some final pics today.

We also took a few sentimental ones....

Small Town Football Game

What is Friday night in the fall without high school football right?


Tonight, our small town was playing my cousin Billy's Alma mater. We went to the game together and had a blast!

We sat on our team's side...not that he was happy about that, but we outnumber him 6 to 1 so he had no choice!

My mom also went to the game. Her and E both wore in their Alabama shirts. I don't think there is too many people more excited about college football starting - mainly Alabama playing - than my E. That girl loves her some Alabama football!



S was so excited about going to the football game. All week she talked about it. She is a social bug so this was right up her alley! Nana and Billy both bought the kids pom poms. S loved having them to help her cheer!

M was fascinated by the cheerleaders and majorettes. Anytime they were in front of us cheering or during the halftime show, she would just watch them in awe.

She kept us laughing too...Our mascot is the Ram. She kept asking where is the reindeer?

Then after the game, she saw the football players go into the field house. She said, I guess they all have to go to the bathroom! It was so funny, and to her defense, the field house did look like the same building the bathrooms were in!

What a great way to spend some fun family time!

Plum Trees

My mom loves to come to the land and take the kids on "adventures" as they call them. Recently, on one of these adventures, they found plum trees in some brush along the dirt road.

S with her cousin LB

We have been wanting to plant a plum tree on our land, but haven't yet. So needless to say, the kids were excited to find some already near us!

Plums are another reason I love the summer so much.

Growing up, we had a huge plum tree in our back yard. I spent many summer days under that tree eating plums until my tummy hurt! Sweet, sweet memories!