There's No Place Like Roam

Click here to view these pictures larger Well, I've not been having too much luck with my digital camera. No, its not a bad camera, I love my Sony Cybershot . Over the past 3 months I've lost the cord to download the pics....lost the camera twice and now I've let the battery die, with the charger left at work. GEEZ! Luckily, I've had friends/family in the right places, at the right time to take some pictures. Above you will find the pictures of my family that were on Jackie's camera from the past few months. Thank goodness she let me borrow it for our yearly trip to the Pumpkin Patch at Old Baker Farm . We decided to celebrate Graham's birthday there with some free cupcakes given to us from Winn Dixie just for Grahams 1st Birthday. Oh, the benefits of spending too much for diapers for the past year.....a 6.99 batch of cupcakes. :-)

In a never-ending attempt to become more efficient I have decided to start a Shutterfly photo page . So now as I bore the world with the day-to-day of our lives, I will upload my pictures to Shutterfly (which will protect them in a place other than my computer), select the ones I would like to share on my photo page and with one click post them to the blog, where I hope to keep a journal about the photos.

Weekday mornings around my house are pretty hectic. When the boys stay in bed too long in the morning, I make them get into the shower together to save time. They don't like it at all...and constantly fight over who is getting more of the hot water. Carter is usually quite the crab in the morning. So, I was surprised when I heard him cheerfully ask Hunter if he wanted to "play fire". I didn't know what they were up to, so I started eavesdropping. Carter: Hey Hunter, do you want to play fire??? Hunter: ummmm, YEAH!!!! We can hold our hands up to the "fire"!!! Carter: YEAH!!!! {Silence for about a minute} Hunter: Hey Carter, why are you under ALL the water??? (I assume he was standing there freezing, holding his hands to the water.) Carter: I'm the firewood. Needless to say, I had to break up the fight that ensued. :-)

My friend let us borrow this costume and Graham didn't mind wearing it one bit. We all had to snuggle with him....he was just too cuddly!

I'm not really sure what age kids usually learn to ride a bike, but I have a feeling its probably before they turn 7. Jason took the training wheels off Carter's bike right after he turned 5 and Carter was having NONE of it. Jason put them back on, occasionally moved the wheels up so Carter would start to balance on his on. EVERY time Jason moved the wheels, Carter would figure it out, park the bike and refuse to ride until they were moved back. So, one day Carter saw a new bike that he just had to have at Walmart and Jason promised him that when he learned to ride without training wheels he could have it. So, Jason removed the wheels and in one afternoon, Carter learned to ride. Here are a few pictures. I have a feeling that the new bike will show up for his birthday. :-)

This fall Carter wanted to play soccer. We chose for him to play in Upwards Soccer in Alexandria at Mt. Zion Baptist Church. They practice once a week and play one game on Saturdays. They don't keep score and they don't play with a goalie, so its limited in that way, but it is easy for our busy family. Shia and her friend Jason. Shia and her "boyfriend" Hunter. Shhhh, don't tell her "other boyfriend" Carter! Graham taking a break from cheering for Carter. He spends most of his soccer field time eating Goldfish and climbing all over Ms. Sherry.

Hunter turned the big 05 on Saturday, September 26th. He had a Mario Bros themed party. It turned out pretty well. He had a good turn-out at his party, even though it came a flood about the time everyone had to get in their cars. Thanks to all who braved the weather! The kids had a great time and no one got konked in the head while they were trying to break the pinata! :-) Hunter's Cake - I didn't even cry while decorating it! Daddy and Graham watching the Pinata action! Temporary Tattoos Isaac hitting the Chomp Chomp Pinata Hunters BIG present - A playground that is still sitting in boxes!