CASEY

HUNTER WANTED ME TO POST A PICTURE OF HIS DOG BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE WAS SO CUTE WITH HIS POOH BEAR - HE CARRIES IT EVERYWHERE - HE IS A GOOD DOG AND WATCHES AFTER THE KIDS ALL THE TIME - AND I HAVE TO ADMIT HE DID LOOK AWFUL CUTE THIS DAY.

PHILLIP ON THE TRAMPOLINE

THIS CHILD HAS SO MUCH ENGERGY AND WHAT COORDINATION! HE CAN JUMP FOR EVER AND KEEP HIS BALANCE THE WHOLE TIME - HE JUMPS SO HIGH FOR SUCH A LITTLE GUY - HE HAS BECOME A PRO AT CATCHING THINGS THAT PEOPLE KNOCK OFF TOO - HE HAS GREAT REFLEXES - HE ALSO IS A HANDFUL AND WILL NOT STOP FOR ANYTHING OR ANYONE - HOPEFULLY HE WILL BE A GREAT ATHLETE ONE DAY AND ALL THIS RUNNING AND CHASING AFTER HIM WILL PAY OFF!!! I HEAR THAT HIS UNCLE MIKE HAD THE SAME ATTITUDE AND DISPOSITION WHEN HE WAS PHILLIPS AGE - HMMMM -I GUESS UNCLE MIKE AND AUNT KATHERINE WILL HAVE TO MAKE ROOM FOR ONE MORE. WHEN PHILLIP IS A TEENAGER, AND TO MUCH TO HANDLE, HE CAN VISIT UNCLE MIKE FOR A WHILE.
UNCLE MIKE CAME DOWN FOR A DAY FOR GOLF AND WHEN HE LEFT ALL I HEARD FOR TWO DAYS WAS WHERE'S MY UNCLE! MIKE GAVE HUNTER A RADAR GUN FOR BASEBALL AND EVERYTIME WE GET IT OUT PHILLIP YELLS AT US AND SAYS THATS UNCLES DONT TOUCH! WE HAVE TO SNEAK IT OUT THE DOOR TO USE IT.
HE LOVES TO BE OUTSIDE - I DONT KNOW WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO ON DAYS THAT IT IS TO COLD FOR HIM TO GO OUT - HE WILL STAY OUT FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT IF YOU LET HIM.

PHILLIP 21/2 YEARS OLD

OUR MISCHEIVEOUS CHILD! HE HAS DECIDED THAT IF HE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO TOUCH OR GET INTO SOMETHING HE WILL TRY EXTRA HARD JUST TO MAKE SURE HE DOES GET INTO IT! HE DECIDED TO TAKE THE DISH SOAP AND CLEAN HIMSELF AND MY COUCH THIS DAY.










THIS IS THE LOOK HE GIVES US EVERY TIME HE IS IN TROUBLE - HE IS VERY PERSISTANT. HE DOES NOT LIKE IT WHEN HE DOES NOT GET HIS WAY.

WHEN HE HAD THE CHICKEN POX HE DID NOT LIKE TO HAVE ANY CLOTHES ON - HIS FAVORITE THING TO DO WAS COLOR NAKED - WE COULD OT HELP BUT SNAP A PICTURE AND PUT ON THE BLOG FOR EVERYONE TO SEE - HE WILL DEFINATELY HAVE A FEW WORDS TO SAY TO US WHEN HE IS 16 ABOUT THIS.









HE IS GOING TO BE A COWBOY FOR HALLOWEEN AND WE WERE ABLE TO FIND SOME COWBOY BOOTS FOR HIM - HE WILL NOT TAKE THEM OFF NO MATTER WHAT - HE JUST HAD A BATH AND WHEN I WENT TO GET HIS CLOTHES HE DECIDED TO PUT HIS COWBOY BOOTS BACK ON!

CARDINALS/NATIONALS GAMES 2007

ONCE AGAIN EUNICE WAS ABLE TO GET US SOME REALLY WONDERFUL SEATS FOR THE GAMES - WE HAD SEATS RIGHT NEXT TO THE OWNERS BOX AND SEATS DOWN ON THE FIELD - BOB AND HUNTER WERE SO EXCITED - HUNTERS TEAM IS THE NATIONALS AND HE SAVED HIS MONEY FOR 5 MONTHS TO BUY TICKETS - NEEDLESS TO SAY HE WENT ON A SHOPPING SPREE WHEN HE FOUND OUT GRANDMA GOT US TICKETS TO ALL 3 GAMES - IT WAS SUCH A GREAT TIME! HUNTER WAS ON THE JUMBO SCREEN AND BOB WAS ABLE TO GET SOME AUTOGRAPHS FROM THE CARDINALS (THANKS TO HIS WIFE WAITING IN THE HOT SUN FOR HOURS TO GET THEM) - GRANDPA WATCHED MOLLY AND PHILLIP AND DID A GREAT JOB WHILE WE WERE AT THE GAMES - HE HAS TO BE THE BEST BABY-SITTER WE EVER HAD - BOTH MY KIDS WERE FED, CLEAN AND HAPPY AFTER A DAY WITH HIM - I CAN'T EVEN ACCOMPLISH THAT! GRANDMA WAS ABLE TO JOIN US FOR A GAME AND DESPITE THE HEAT WAS A REAL TROOPER ABOUT SITTING IN THE SUN ALL DAY WITH US - WE REALLY ENJOYED THE DAY WITH HER AND THE WEEKEND WITH HER AND ANDY. WE LOVE YOU BOTH SO MUCH!!!

FISHING TRIP 2007

BOB RECENTLY RECIEVED A PROMOTION AT GEICO - HE IS NOW THE PRODUCT MANAGER OF OUR CYCLE DEPARTMENT - I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF HIM - HE REALLY WORKED HARD FOR THIS POSITION - RIGHT BEFORE HE LEFT THE DEPARTMENT HE USED TO WORK IN WENT ON A FISHING TRIP - HE CAUGHT A SHARK! HE HAD A GREAT TIME - HERE ARE SOME OF THE PICTURES FROM HIS TRIP.

POTTY TRAINING UPDATE

EVERYONE HAS BEEN ASKING HOW PHILLIP IS DOING ON HIS POTTY TRAINING - HE HAS BEEN GREAT - TODAY HE PEE'D AND POO'D ON THE POTTY - HE WAS SO PROUD OF HIMSELF - HE HAS COME A LONG WAY - WE TOOK A BREAK WHILE WE WERE IN WV AND STARTED AGAIN THIS WEEK AND FOR SOME REASON HE JUST PICKED IT UP! I HOPE HE CONTINUES ON THIS PATH - HE WILL BE THE EASIEST ONE ,BY FAR, TO POTTY TRAIN IF HE DOES!

WHAT A PROJECT

GRANDMA PEGGY BOUGHT HUNTER A TRAMPOLINE - HE HAS ALWAYS WANTED ONE - HE LOVES THEM - EVEN THOUGH HE BROKE HIS ARM ON ONE - HE STILL LOVES THEM - WHEN WE GOT IT HUNTER AND I DECIDED TO PUT IT TOGETHER BY OURSELVES ONE DAY - WE HAD A HECK OF A TIME GETTING IT TOGETHER - WE LAUGHED THROUGH THE FIRST HALF AND ARGUED THROUGH THE LAST PART OF IT BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT TOGETHER AND HE LOVES IT - PHILLIP DOESN'T REALLY LIKE IT BUT HUNTER AND MOLLY LOVE IT EVEN THE TEENAGE GIRLS THAT BABYSIT FOR US COME OVER AND JUMP ON IT - THE POOL AND THE TRAMPOLINE SEEM TO BE THE SUMMER ATTRACTION FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

TRACTOR RIDES

BOB GOT A RIDING LAWN MOWER FOR FATHERS DAY AND YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WE PURCHASED AN AMUSEMENT PARK RIDE - THE KIDS SPENT OVER 2 HOURS RIDING ON IT - WE HAVE A LOT OF DIRT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE POOL BUT ONCE THE GRASS GROWS BACK WE WILL GET PLENTY OF USE OUT OF IT.

POOL TIME

UNFORTUNATLEY WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET AN INGROUND POOL PUT IN - DOMINION POWER HAS LINES ALL THROUGH OUR BACK YARD AND IT COST 7,000 PER LINE TO MOVE - OUT OF OUR POCKET - WE ENDED UP GETTING AN ABOVE GROUND PUT IN - THE KIDS STILL REALLY ENJOY IT - PHILLIP GETS SO EXCITED - HE JUMPS IN AND LOVES GOING UNDER WATER - HE HAS NO FEAR - HE GOES IN THE POOL AT LEAST TWICE A DAY - IT IS SUPPOSED TO RAIN THE NEXT 3 DAYS SO I SHOULD HAVE A VERY ANGRY TODDLER ON MY HANDS.

SPOLED IN WV

NANA AND PAPPY DEFINATELY SPOILED US ALL IN WV - I GOT A NEW LUGGAGE RACK, TIRES AND A CAMPER VAN - HUNTER WAS GIVEN A JEEP TO DRIVE WHEN HE IS OLD ENOUGH AND PHILLIP WAS LOVING HIS VANILLA MILK SHAKES! WE HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME - HUNTER DID NOT COME BACK - HE STAYED FOR ANOTHER 2 WEEKS - WE ARE GOING TO GET HIM BACK NEXT WEEK - WE WILL TAKE SOME PICTURES OF HIS JEEP AND POST THEM - IT IS A BEAUTY WITH 4 1/2 INCHES OF LIFT, BIG TIRES AND A VERY LOUD SOUND SYSTEM - HE IS EXCITED ABOUT IT.

PHILLIP WITH PAPPY BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO GET A HAIR CUT! HE HAS A LOT LESS HAIR AND BEARD NOW!!!! PHILLIP KEPT EATING APPLES AND BANANAS THE WHOLE TIME HE WAS THERE.

GEICO FAMILY FUN DAY 2007

PHILLIP HAD SO MUCH FUN AT THE GEICO FAMILY FUN DAY - HE RODE HORSES AND CLIMBS WALLS AND SAT IN A RACE CAR - IT WAS, BY FAR, THE BEST FAMILY FUN DAY THAT GEICO HAS EVER DONE.













WE COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT HE WAS ABLE TO CLIMB THIS WALL - HE SURPRISED US ALL.

HUNTER'S CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

HUNTER HAD A GREAT SEASON - HE WAS ABLE TO BE ON A TEAM WITH A PREVIOS TRIPLE A BALL PLAYER AS A COACH - THEY WERE SO GOOD WITH THE KIDS - BOB IS EVEN PLAYING SOFTBALL WITH THEM THIS SUMMER - THEY WENT TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND CAME IN 2ND - NOT TO BAD! HUNTER ALMOST HIT A HOME RUN DURING THE CHAMPIONSHIP - IT WAS ABOUT 3 FEET FROM THE FENCE - HE WAS GIVEN THE GAME BALL - IT WAS A GREAT MOMENT FOR ALL OF US - WE WERE SO PROUD OF HIM!


DOESN'T HE LOOK SO MUCH OLDER THAN THE OTHER KIDS - HARD TO BELIEVE HE IS ONE OF THE YOUNGEST ON THE TEAM!

PHILLIP STEELING CHOCOLATE

PHILLIP HAS A BAD HABIT OF EATING ANY CHOCOLATE THAT IS LEFT IN ARMS REACH - THE BAD THING IS HE DOES NOT REALIZE HE IS VERY MESSY WHEN HE EATS IT - HE ALWAYS TRIES TO LOOK LIKE HE DIDNT DO ANYTHING BUT IS COVERED IN CHOCOLATE - WE WERE ABLE TO PHOTOGRAPH HIM THIS TIME.









HERE HE IS TELLING US HOW HE WAS NOT EATING ANYTHING - HE IS NOT A GOOD LIAR.

STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL 2007

THE BOYS HAD SO MUCH FUN AT THE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL - ELMO WAS THERE TO GREAT US AND THEN HUNTER SAW A MONSTER TRUCK! PHILLIP WAS ABLE TO EAT A WHOLE ICE-CREAM CONE - IT WAS SO HOT THAT DAY! THEY BOTH WERE ABLE TO RIDE HORSES FOR THE FIRST TIME AND HAD THEIR FACES PAINTED BY THE MILITARY GUYS THAT WERE THERE. THEY SPENT A GOOD TIME ON THE MILITARY PART - GETTING IN AND OUT OF THE VEHICLES AND PLAYING WITH ALL THE GUNS - THEY REALLY HAD A GREAT TIME.