The Bright Eyed Brunette

As much as I was dreading Spring Break this year, it really turned out to be okay.  We did something almost everyday.  One day, I want to go on a real Spring Break Trip.  Maybe not far off, just somewhere....not here.  It's just hard because Carl is usually in the field.  Here is a quick look at our week: On the Monday my mom took Carlie, Makena, and a couple of friends shopping in town and to eat at Subway.  She also ended up having all four of them over for a sleepover.  That left T with me.  I feel bad for him because it seems like he always gets stuck with me.  He doesn't seem to mind as long as we stay at home!  He likes to hunt for birds (in the picture below) and ride the four wheeler.  Since the girls were gone, we had a bonfire that night.  It was fun, but I did miss the girls and I thing T did too! Carl and the guys started working up ground.   As you can see, it's such a hard job when you have auto...

The weather has been so off and on lately!  One day it's cold, the next it's warm.  On the warm days it's VERY hard to get my crew to come in by 7 so we can check homework and get showers!  They spend a lot of time playing back yard ball and just hanging out! Batter up! Carlie likes to be right in the middle of it! On Saturday Carl decided to cook a couple of pork butts.  He had some great help in the form of Makena and Trey.  I didn't get a picture of Makena, but she helped prepare them before they got on the grill.  Trey helped keep the moist :)  Who knows, he may be the next BBQ PitMaster! He so big!  Where did my baby go?! So yummy :) Trey also took time to walk our big dog, Sam. Saturday around 1 we got our house guest for the night....Major. This is the most spoiled dog you have EVER met.  He is very well behaved and very smart, but is very worrysome not to mention he's like a miniature hor...

Carlie and Snoopy....he's the only boyfriend she can have right now :) We went to eat at El Canaveral Friday night.  They did't know I was taking this! Carlie was at the other end of the table...on her phone! Carlie the soccer star! Trey and Makena had fun biking in the backyard on Saturday. Although this technically happened today, I'm still going to add it in this post:  I am SO very excited that I got my windows tinted today! The new car is starting to feel like mine now :) I am really ready for it to get fixed next week!!  At least this side looks pretty :) It was a beautiful, fun, weekend!! Beth

Well, it was that time of year again....time to head to Memphis for the Mid-South Farm and Gin show! But before we left, we had a couple of things to take care of: T had been complaining of a toothache on and off for a couple of weeks, so I thought it would be a good idea to go ahead and get it taken care of before we left.  BAD idea!  He had knocked a filling loose and they had to remove the filling and refill it, and it was a pretty deep one.  Trey hasn't had any trouble at the dentist in a very long time (like since he was 2), but on this day he cried and whined, and drove just about everyone in the room crazy!  I'm not sure if he was hurting that bad or just mad that he had to be there.  I was sure glad when it was over! The other thing that had to be taken care of was getting a new car!  It is a Chevrolet Traverse and I love it!  We now have third row, without the stereotypes of driving a mini van :) Our view from the 19th floor, w...