Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Playing Catch Up

In August last year, Ben had a playdate with Abby at Cherokee Dam. They talked and laughed, and laughed and talked. They played in the dirt, and they chased and fed squirrels. It was fun. We'll have to do it again.





The next day Ben went to the Jefferson County Fair for the first time. He played in the petting zoo and got to watch the demolition derby (for future reference, Crash Cars.) It's almost time to go again!


Even though he loved the crash cars, they were loud, and it did scare him a bit. Here he's hiding between Daddy and Mamaw Debbie.

In September, on a trip to Asheville, NC, to visit Abby, we went to the Arboretum to enjoy fall. It's a beautiful place, and we've decided this is where Ben and Abby will marry someday. (Who says arranged marriages don't exist anymore?)

The scenery.

Ben and Abby had great fun getting to run around like little wild children.

They played in rocks....

and enjoyed what nature has to offer.

Wow

I got to looking back, and it's been a year now since I've done a real post. It's been a roller coaster year.

About the time I stopped updating we found out Aunt Shirley had cancer, then Mom got sick again and put into ICU. While she was in there we found out Mamaw had cancer. About the time Mamaw got out of the hospital, Aunt Shirley passed away. Then Mom got out of the hospital, too, and Mamaw started her chemo. Then the holidays hit. Then the new year, the coldest winter we've had in ages, turning into spring. Then Uncle Harold passed away. Then Mamaw passed. Now Mike's Uncle Steven has passed. In the midst of all this, we've had to have our dog, Buffy, put down due to congestive heart failure, and our oldest cat, Doyle, Mike's best buddy, has disappeared. It's been a really tough year.

We have tried to keep things going and still have fun where we can. Looking back through pictures, I'm really thankful that I have them or I'd never remember the things that we've done this year. There've been a few outings, some kind of exciting, and I'll try, over the next few days, maybe, to put up a few picture updates from over the last year.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Reading Dr Seuss



Toward the end of the book, what you can't see is him pointing at words and asking me what they are. He's got a very good memory!