ONLY 5 Years or JUST 5 Years?!?! (:

The four of us went to Hot Springs to celebrate our 5 year anniversary. Not 5 miles out of town I turned around to find the boys fast asleep!! Guess we shopped more than I thought! Too sweet!!! I have to say though their car seats are now separated. The above picture is a rare glimpse at each boys hands in is own personal space.

Happy 26! (so glad I wasn't born in the 70's like SOME people I know!)

I had a great birthday this year! Lots of phone calls, cards, texts, posts and wishes! And lots of presents too! Jacket, money, chow-chow, cards, party, outing to Hot Town with my boys.

Below are some pictures from my birthday dinner at mom and dad's. My guest list included: Mom, Dad, Barry, boys, Mamaw, Granny, Todd, Shanna, Nic, Kason and Karter. I forgot to get the camera back out once everyone arrived!

Bodee getting pampered by Mamaw and Granny

Barry and Dad outside

Gus digging in the dirt and playing by the fence (and no, the dirt is NOT an ant pile!!)

Memaw and Bodee

I seriously have to hand the camera over to someone else sometimes. My 2nd birthday post and still no pictures of the princess!!!! (:

My Princess Party!!!

Melissa and Carrie Jo planned me a surprise Princess Party (because I'm soooo young!). Several teachers brought different things for a pot luck at lunch. When I walked into school that morning Bridgett had signs hung up that said "Guess who's over the hill now? Brandi Tolleson!" I had 2 kids ask me if I was 40!!! I'm assuming/hoping that the "over the hill" part through them completely off! Also, there were invitations hanging up with a huge one on my classroom door inviting me to the party. I wore a birthday princess ribbon all day and got to wear a crown at my party. It was GREAT!! I even had a pink princess cake!! Thanks everyone!!!

Below is a couple snapshots I got after school. And no, there aren't any of the Princess herself!!

Red Ribbon Week - Halloween Day

Scarrie Joe and High School Has-Been

Halloween 2009

This was Bo's 1st Halloween!!! It started Friday at 2:00 with a Halloween Party at Mrs. Nina's. The kids got to bring candy and dress up. Mrs. Nina, or Grandma as Gus calls her, said Bo was the cutest thing she'd ever seen! He was a baby deer and Gus was the deer hunter! That night we went on a hayride with our church to Kenny's deer camp. It FINALLY stopped raining and we had a good time. Lots of people came and Brenda made lots of deer chili!!! Saturday we left about 5:30 to Trick-or-Treat. We went to our usual houses...which is not many. Bo was teething and Gus was...well Gus. Altogether it turned out to be a fun night for the boys. About 9:00 I got Granny and Carrie Jo and we went to the New Hope Haunted House!! Granny did trust us girls so she got Andy to go in with her. We got to cut line since we had a 91 year old woman out in the cold!!! It was a GREAT HAUNTED HOUSE!!!! I can't describe it...you'll just have to go next year!

The pics below are out of order...I can't figure out how to put them like I want them.


Gus and Bodee on the Gator

"Cheeeeeeese"

My sweet baby with his puppy dog pumpkin!!

Well I tried for a photo shoot...

Momma and Bodee

On his way to Kate's...

The boys and Granny

Baby Deer!

Another tried photo shoot...Gus is trying to get Bo situated...

Sweet Bo

Little Deer Hunter

Pre-Trick-or-Treating...

Gus and Mom on hayride

CJ and Montana

Fun Weekends!

These past couple of months have just been filled with birthdays! And I don't think it slows down until February!!! Carter had his 8th birthday party at the skating rink here in town. Gus did NOT put on skates but enjoyed running around the rink! Bodee was happy being passed around (: as usual... I suprised myself by actually doing alright on skates after it's been _____ years since I've had any on. Except...well...limbo kicked my butt... (;

After the party, we dropped kiddos off here and there and had a night on the town for Carrie Jo's 29th birthday! It was the Tollesons, the Cooks, the Turners and the Neals. We rode go-carts, bowled and LAUGHED! Good, good times!

Montana had her birthday party this past weekend. Can't believe 3 years ago she was the size of a human hand and had tubes and wires out that wa-hoo!! God can work miracles, can't He??? She is such a smart and funny baby girl! After the Dora party some of us stayed and cooked burgers. We rode 4wheelers and played Rock Band (which I am SO good at...(; )

Fun times ahead for this weekend...Halloween parties, hay ride and trick-or-treating. Maybe I'll remember my camera on these trips...

Conversations...

Gus' conversations are pretty interesting lately. He puts things together that I didn't know he even knew. We have a few stripes of brown on our comforter and Gus said "What that color, Momma? That chocolate!"
Everything that is a baby Gus will say "like Bodee!". For example if he sees a puppy, he'll say "Baby puppy! Like Bodee!"
He has also started wanting his so-called privacy. He'll go in his bedroom and say "Get out here, Momma!"
He's very protective of Bodee. He will take Bo's night light out and go put it in his dresser drawer and say "Bodee can't reach it."
And if he says "No sir, Bo. No sir!" one time, he says it 100!!!
A conversation we had Wednesday morning was quite amusing. So I am on my way to drop them off and there's a truck turning in front of us. The conversation went something like this:
Gus - "What they doin, Momma?"
Me - "They're turning off, Gus."
Gus - "What they doin, Momma?"
Me - "They're turning off, Gus."
Gus - "Momma, what they doin?!"
Me - "I guess they're turning off the road, Gus."
Gus - "What for?"
Me - "I don't know. I guess they want to."
Gus - "What for, Momma?"
Me - "I don't know, Gus. I guess they want to."
Gus - "Momma, what for?"
Me - "Gus, I guess they wanted to turn off!"
Gus "He go see his momma?"
Me - With a smile, "I guess he's going to see his momma..."