Cohen's 9!

My brilliant, imaginative, sincere Cohen.  He fell in love with Harry Potter this year, still wants to be some kind of scientist when he grows up, learning jiu jitsu like a ninja and just such an amazing blessing to our family.  Cohen is the first to be ready every morning, the first to finish his chores (and complains the least about them:)  He works hard and plays harder.  Love you forever Cohen Blake

We had a few friends come over and all the boys slept in the treehouse!  They loved it.  Michael and Rhett camped at the bottom of the steps to the house and scared them a few times throughout the night.

 Bed heads.  They were hilarious when they came in, talking a mile a minute and telling me everything that happened.  Birthday #9 success!!!

Gulf Shores

We again had another amazing beach trip.  Bevvy came up with the genius idea to bring quarters and then pay the children to help with whatever her heart desired.  That cooler looks so far away "Savvy I'll give you a quarter for a drink" "Cohen I left my towel upstairs I'll give you two to go get it".  It was brilliant and several joined in on paying the kids and they made a fortune by the end of the week.  They were coming up with chores by themselves after the first day.  They also put a godiva chocolate on everyones pillow one day…. then the chocolates magically disappeared and Annabelle and Lila came down with chocolate smeared faces :)

Ann brought piñata's.  Cohen inventoried his candy

We had a photographer come and the pics turned out adorable

              Christmas card ;)

September

Sweet Cassie got us tickets to see Adam Levine and he did not disappoint.  It was such a great concert and we had so much fun

 Favorite character day at school, Cohen is Harry Potter.  We let him read the first one this year and he FELL. IN. LOVE with it!  I told him that we would watch the movie when he finishes it and after we watched it he sat up and looked at me and said "THE BOOK IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE MOVIE!"  My heart soared, he then told me all about the parts that weren't in the movie but that should have been ;)  All anyone needs is an amazing book to get you hooked on reading.  He just finished the 3rd now :)

 Savvy and Caleb were Desperaux… We are reading it at night all together and it is taking us forever but it will be one of my favorites I'm sure.  I love the author so much, amazing writer!

                              Norah and I surprised MA for her birthday :)

                                                       Fun with cousins

this is totally totally unacceptable :)  Savvy is really trying to turn Norah into a razorback

Church Picnic

I love our annual church picnic… mainly because i love our church so much.  We have so many hilarious and amazing people and get us fed and water sports and its out of control.  We laughed so hard and I was sore the next day from running around on the water obstacle course

Schools Back

3, 3 of them are in school!! How did this happen…  The first day they went Norah and I just stared at each other all day… the house was so quiet and we missed them like crazy.  They are all doing wonderful and Caleb really likes kindergarten :)

 Norah bug is going to school twice a week.  One of those days I help out at the elementary school and eat lunch with the older 3 (its an hour of lunch time to eat with all 3) but I love it and love being able to help out their classes

August

We are soaking up the last drop of summer

 We went and stayed a weekend in South Fulton, TN with the Mcdaniels

 Aprils dad took us girls to a Civil War cemetery… at night…  He is a history teacher and lover of all things civil war.  He told us so many amazing stories.  It was incredible and spooky

 I have tried most of my life to learn how to french braid and STILL this is the best I can do… I just can't get it :)

 Mom, MA, Michael and I got to go see Dolly Parton.  She was amazing and if I get the chance, I want to see her again

 I got to take a girls trip to Nashville to help Celebrate baby Everly

Savvys 10

My Savvy bug!  She is just magical, pretty, sweet and smart :)  I can't believe that I get to be her mom.  She told me a few weeks before her birthday that she loved llamacorns and wanted that for her birthday cake.  I have never heard of llamacorns so I did what I always do… google and call mom:)  Her and mom made this majestic creature and it was AMAZING and caused countless giggles and explanations

I love you Savannah!  May you always love llamacorns and keep the fierceness of Rey :)