Oak Mountain Field Trip

 
I tagged along with Daniel's class to Oak Mountain today & we had a great time. I enjoyed getting to spend some time with his friends & am amazed at how grown up they all are!!!

Fall Fun on the Willingham Farm

These two had a blast at our annual Sunday School Fall Party. Splashing (actually, it was more like swimming, but in October we do in clothes & call it splashing) in the Cahaba, running wild in wide open spaces, roasting smores, hayrides, feeding the goats, wagon rides pulled by Ross's Robot........could it get any better?? And all of this was with the sweetest friends ever!

Cowboy Buddies

 
I snapped this pic of these 3 sweet boys after their game today.....Carson, Daniel & Nigel.

Date Night with Daddy

 
 
Daniel went with some friends to Treetop Adventure tonight, so it was a great time for these two to have a date. Laura Ann chose to eat at 'Lobster'......because she loves their mac n' cheese (it is kraft straight out of the box). So, Red Lobster it was. She loved getting all dressed up & had a great night with her prince!

Clark Kent

 
We were SO EXCITED to see Clark Kent again today! It has been a couple of years since he was with us for Halloween & 50's Day at Paine was the perfect opportunity for him make a come back. Daniel was beyond thrilled to get to dress up for school. He got home & reported that everyone loved his costume & lots of people took his picture! We had coke floats for snack to top off the 50th Day of School! Wow, wasn't the first day just last week????

WEE Center Pumpkin Patch

 
Laura Ann had a great time at the WEE Center Pumpkin Patch today......complete with face painting, a train ride, some time with the Trussville Fire Department & picking a pumpkin......such fun!!! Oh, and out of the blue, it was COLD today!

Coloring is Life

 
 
 
Laura Ann got a new coloring book & crayons today. And as usual, she spent hours in the floor coloring!

The James Family 2011

 
We haven't had family pictures made in 3 years, so we were due some.......thanks to Stephanie Benzaia!

Go Cowboys!

 
The Cowboys got off to a little bit of a slow start, but they have improved lots over the past few weeks & have won their past several games!!

Laura Ann at FIVE

The winner..........
I got opinions from lots of people about which picture I should use for her oil & NO ONE picked this one, but it is my fave. She isn't so 'posed' and it really reflects her personality right now. I love it!
 
I did Laura Ann's five year portraits today. She was in quite a silly mood, but that is much easier to work with than her ill mood, so I was happy. I was going through them deleting all of the ones that aren't an option for her oil & just starting laughing. Most of them aren't 'oil worthy' but they are all so 'HER'! Her personality is really reflected in all of them, so, I kept them all! :-)

Making Progress

 
Daniel had a great progress report again......3s in all areas except for handwriting. And Mrs. Johnson even called him a sweetheart!!!! :-)

Army Men

I took these today from the kitchen window.......love them!!

The Great Pumpkin Patch

We took total advantage of our little fall break this morning & spent the morning lounging in our pjs. Then we headed to Hayden for our annual trek to The Great Pumpkin Patch. Daniel & Laura Ann had a blast picking a pumpkin, jumping in the hay, playing on the inflatables & doing the big bounce jumper. All of that was followed by a very late lunch of some grand carnival style food. We visited their halloween junk store on our way out & left with some great toys that were broken before we got home! It was a fabulous fall afternoon, complete with great weather & great company!!

Homestead Hollow

 
Daniel tagged along today with the Bettis' to Homestead Hollow. He & Jeb came back armed with marshmellow guns. Our street is super safe now!

Birthdays & a Homecoming

We started off our day celebrating Big Daddy & Nanna's birthdays.
 
And ended up in Tuscaloosa for the Tide's Homecoming game against Vanderbilt where we met Leigh Anne (Daniel got a little sweaty playing football with Tyler)
 
We had a great time. Daniel loved the game. Laura Ann loved the sparkle girls. And they both L.O.V.E stadium food!!
They weren't in photographic moods, so Dan & I did a couple pic instead of fighting the battle.
 
I didn't get a picture of this, but we left our seats a little early & took Laura Ann down to the field where the dance team was. A couple of girls from Moulton are on the dance team this year & Caroline waved to Laura Ann. It absolutely made her day. Guess what she wants to be for Halloween now???