Possum's Big Wins

We are members of a local rod and gun club. They have a yearly fishing contest. This year Possum won two of the categories in the junior division- the biggest bass and biggest crappie. He was very excited!

Squirrel's Surgery

Little Squirrel had surgery yesterday to remove her tonsils and adenoids which have been troubling her all year long. The surgery went well and she is recovering nicely.

She didn't enjoy Daddy taking her picture while she was dressed in her hospital gown.

Deer Hunter

Possum harvested his first deer of the season this morning. He says we are going to eat it at Thanksgiving like the Pilgrims and Indians did.

Pumpkin Patch and Squirrel's Birthday

Squirrel turned six on October 20th. She requested a family trip to the pumpkin patch and lunch at her favorite, Red Lobster. We had an enjoyable day celebrating.

I'm Back.....And Squirrel's 6th Birthday

After a long year off I am going to attempt to get back on the blogging wagon.  This past year I was taking a full load of grad courses and I did not have any spare time for uploading pictures unfortunately.  Thankfully, I graduated in May with my Masters in Elementary Education and I passed my boards so now maybe I can spend some time on the blog.  The problem is now I have become out of the practice and I actually forget I have this. 

I will not attempt to get this old blog caught up with our life.  I'll begin with where I left off....the last post I did was on Squirrel's 5th birthday.....we just celebrated her 6th!  I am going to post from her birthday celebration and gradually will post pictures from our past year and new ones as they come.

Both kids on their own decided this year that they didn't want large birthday parties with friends as we have done in the past.  Instead they wanted to celebrate with just our family.  Fine by me!  So much easier and we really enjoyed ourselves on both of their birthdays.  Squirrel requested to go to Jackson's Orchard.  The day was cool and overcast and the kids enjoyed playing on the cool playground, drinking apple cider slushes, and picking out some pumpkins.  After our time at Jackson's we headed to one of Squirrel's favorite restaurants, Red Lobster.  The child insisted that she wanted a lobster.  Since we didn't think she needed a $25.00 lobster, we satisfied her request to try lobster by ordering her lobster dip, which was much cheaper and tasty for everyone!  The day was topped off by watching our beloved Crimson Tide roll over Tennessee.  Squirrel got to pick the game menu, which was cheese dip, pigs in a blanket, and peanut butter cookies.  The whole day was great as we celebrated our little Squirrel's birthday.

A Five Year Old Squirrel

A happy Squirrel on her birthday

Squirrel's 5th Birthday

Squirrel turned five on October 20th. My how time passes so quickly! We were traveling home from Knoxville on her birthday. Before we left that morning Joel took her on their traditional birthday breakfast date. When we got home we had a little celebration with a birthday cake that Nana made her before we left that morning.

Showing off her pigs that Nai Nai made her.

A new Rapunzel doll from Daddy and Mommy.

Because I came down with a terrible case of strep throat when we got home we had to postpone the birthday party. Squirrel showed how much she is growing up when through tears she decided on her own that we needed to postpone the much anticipated birthday party because I was so sick. We finally got to celebrate last week and I'll get those pictures up soon.