Our 2010 Pigeon Forge Vacation ~ Day 1

We have taken several day trips and 1 night trips to Pigeon Forge this year already, but THIS trip is our BIG vacation! Here are some pics. from Day 1!

Campfire Fun!

Here we are roasting weenies with Diego!! He likes Marshmallows!

More T-Ball!

Here are a few pictures from the T-ball game today!!!

DOLLYWOOD.....again!!!

Yes! We DID go again! But this time, we took our friends, Greg & Michelle and 2 of their children! They had not been in a VERY long time, so it was neat to get to see it through their eyes!!! We EVEN got to see Dolly! She was hosting a benefit weekend to help raise $ for Nashville and all of the flood damage to the Grand Old Opry. A Picture of them seeing Dolly!

Our little chickadees!!!

It was a good day with good friends!! Thanks for going with us!!!!!

Southern Accent Fellowship Celebration 2010

Today was the Fellowship Celebration at Cove Creek Elem. School. Southern Accent is a popular Bluegrass/Gospel group that we are blessed to be acquainted with! Our friends Paulette & her husband Dennis are founding members and the other lady in the group is Connie Norris whom we met through church and LOVE! Gary Trivette is Connie's brother and Blake Vance is the mandolin player! They make up a really great sounding group! So glad that we got to hear you sing a song or two tonight!!!

Mother's Day 2010

This year for Mother's Day, Mark & I took both of our moms (and their husbands) out to eat at the Mayflower in Elizabethton. We had a really nice time eating together and then afterwards, mom had us all back over to their house for cake!! It was YUMMY!

In the past I have tried to write up something mushy and gushy about being a mom and about MY mom, but this year, I didn't post at all! (This post is BACK-Dated!!) I am truly sorry for not being more into posting this year. We've had lots of things going on and I've been up to my eyeballs making dresses and shorts, so HOPEFULLY, I'll get back to being the good little blogger that I once was!

Here I am with my SWEET boys! It's HARD to get everyone's attention at the same time!

Here are single pictures of me with Creston...

...and of me with Mackie!

Here are mom, the boys, and me in mom's backyard....with Ron in the background!

Here is a REALLY good picture of Mark with his parents and the boys!

Here's a good one of Ron, Mackie, Me, Creston, & Mommy!!!
And here is one of me and my sweet mommy!!! I love her so much!

Blog post on time or no blog post on time, being a mommy is one of the most rewarding and challenging things that I've ever done. I'm finding with each year the boys are getting older that I'm thinking back to when I was little and how HORRID of a child I must have been for mom & dad to deal with!!! Maybe horrid is too strong a word.........strong willed...I think that's what daddy called me. "Lots of Character!" Shew! I know I was a challenge, and I'm getting it back double now! (I've been appologizing to mom every so often for things I KNOW I did that drove her up the wall! SORRY MOM!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!)

I love my little people, through it all, and am so glad to be their mommy. I can't gloss it all over and say that life is a bed of roses and that I awake each morning with a song in my heart and a smile on my face...sometimes I awaken to Creston poking me in the forehead and saying "Mom....I'm hungry!! Can you make me a peanut butter sam-wich?", BUT I do appreciate the fact that God chose me to be their mommy and I know that somehow, through it all, I WILL be important to them in the long run. I DO so want to be a positive influence to them...I know I'vc said that all before. It's just that I REALLY want them to remember me as a happy mommy and not as the short-tempered hag of a woman that I can sometimes be. Honestly.....a hag!

So.........I will once again vow to TRY to be a little less uptight, and a little more calm-natured. I want to enjoy all these moments with the boys and I want to have them remember their childhood as sweetly as possible.

So..........I LOVE you, mom! I LOVE my children! I LOVE my husband and I LOVE all of my family! I HOPE that all of you had a GREAT Mother's Day too!!!

Everyone....Meet.....Diego!!!

We finally broke down and went to Spruce Pine to get a Puppy. It's been lonely around here since Otis died.......so Mark thought it was time.

Diego is a German Sheppard & Boxer or Lab mix. He is roughly 9-10 weeks old. He is such a SWEET little thing! He's really loving and loves to be held on your lap! Creston took right to him and Diego follows him all around out in the yard. HOPEFULLY, we'll be able to train him to not do his "business" in the yard and to play fetch and to play nice when playing with the boys. This dog has pretty good sized feet, so I'm assuming that he's going to be a good medium-sized dog.

Grandma & Grandpa Ron came to a T-Ball Game!

Mom and Ron came "over" to watch Creston play one of his games!!! Creston was really happy that they came! He loves to have people come and watch him "play"...aka stand around...kick dirt....look at hte sky...ect. :o)