Another month older

Rance is 16 months as of yesterday. Above are a couple of pics from a year ago when he was 4 months old. He loves his Pooh Bear. He couldn't even reach the floor in his activity center so we put a pillow under his feet. Now he stands tall. Wow, his hair sure has grown!


Here is a video I got of him asleep. He must have thought of something funny in his dreams. Be sure and turn your volume up a little more and look at his expression as the video plays. Priceless!

Starting em early

Today, Rance wanted to help with the cleaning. I got out Bri's old Dirt Devil and he loved it. Now if only I could get him to do the laundry. I hope someday his future wife will thank me for this.





Later, after eating hamburgers, Bri thought it would be funny to pretend to squirt ketchup on everybody. Trevor got out an egg and held it over her head while she held the bottle in front of him. As you can see from the pic, she got egged!



But not without getting him back with some leftover egg and a squirt of ketchup.

Spike it is

Spike has been with us for 6 weeks now. Still can't come up with a different name (I couldn't sell anyone on "killer"). Still working on the potty training. He is a little, live wire. Colton had to do a report on a mammal a couple of weeks ago and decided to write about Spike. We found out from research that Yorkies were bred to hunt and kill mice and rats. Colton said Mrs. Austin would like that. He also had to include a picture so he and Spike posed for this one.

Sweet Boy

Ever since Colton was old enough to play outside and walk around he has picked flowers for me. I have never asked him to, he just does it and doesn't expect anything in return. I have a special little vase I put the flowers in and place it on my window sill in the kitchen so I can see them everyday. I came across a blog the other day that had a Q&A for a little boy. I asked Colton some of the same questions and am sharing them with all of you. I encourage ya'll to post some Q&A from your little ones.

What are you good at doing? throwing a ball and video games

If you had ten dollars, how would you spend it? buy something for $10 or something under $10

What are you afraid of? some snakes

Who are your friends? Kylar, Brendon, Steven, Ally, Zach, Grayson

What is important to you? my family & friends
What is your favorite book? Teddy Tells Time

What is your favorite food? pizza, hamburgers, hotdogs, & corndogs

What is your favorite thing about school? getting a prize every Friday for good behavior

What is your favorite thing to do? video games and playing with friends

How do you show your family you love them? hugs, kisses, and telling them

What do you want to be when you grow up? same work as my Dad and be a dad

What are you thankful for? family, friends, and pets

If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? Florida or Paris (France)

What makes you happy? get to do what I want

Tell me something about God. He loves me!

It was a busy week

Sorry for taking so long to update. We had something going on everynight last week. Revival for 4 nights plus track practice started off the week. By Thursday, I was disappointed that the Revival had ended. But we had softball practice till 9:15. Friday was a long driving day. Trevor and I drove to Tyler to meet Colton's class at the zoo but that got rained out. We were able to take him with us and headed to Canton for First Monday. One of my favorite things to do if only we were feeling better. Trevor picked up a bow and some arrows for the annual knife and hawk throw. Then we drove back to Malakoff. After a little while at home, Rance and I went to the Distict Track Meet to watch Bri. She placed 4th in the 800 and 3rd in the mile relay (she gets a medal for that). Trevor came up later and got Rance and I was able to stay longer, in the cold. I remember track being warm and sunny and all of us trying to get a tan while waiting for our next event. Saturday and Sunday started off earlier than I wanted them to. Trevor and Colton went to the throw first thing. Colton placed 7th in his division. I'm not sure what Trevor did. Overall, there were 78 people throwing this year, and it is considered a world record in Guinness 2008.

Trevor throwing & Padge judging.

Bailee P, 5 years old.

Colton showing off his 3 point card. Hit it dead center!

Colton and Bailee