Sept 30 2010

Fam night at CiCi's tonight and after eating their pizza the kids loved it. Thanks CiCi's for only charging .25 for a ride.

Sept 29 2010

Today at school Jake received a Character Accounts Award for Respect. We are so proud of you Jake.

Sept 28, 2010

Sept 27, 2010

The solar panels have begun to go up. Still a long way to go, but it's happening.

Sept 26, 2010

Tamara had a baby shower for a close friend. Jessa and I helped her make this diaper cake. Just in case that is a new item for you, it is rolled up diapers then covered with baby blankets and decorated. It was fun and turned out really cute.

Sept 25, 2010

Today we became soccer grandparents. And we wear it well, with some 75 pictures of 2 games. Jonas and Maddox are on the same team, coached by Jason and assistant coach Jared. They had a close game, 7-6, lost by one point, but it was so fun watching them play for the first time. Jake is on an older team, coached by Jason. They are a more experienced team, they won 25-2.

Sept 24, 2010

Amaya loved helping Jeremiah drink from his cup. She would walk around carrying it to give him a drink, and if I tried to give him one she would take it away from me.

I went outside to check on Jonas and Maddox and came back to these two, licking the door, and wanting out.

Sept 23, 2010

Waiting in line for Wendy's (fam night)

Sept 22, 2010

This is what's for dessert.

Sept 21, 2010

All 500+ poles are in place, and mounts have been installed on top of each to hold the solar panel. The ditches are dug, where the wiring will be placed in tubes and buried. Progress is being made. The field sure looks different.

Sept 20, 2010

Sept 19, 2010

The Haley's have left Memphis. We are back home and glad to be here. Was gonna have pics of the kids tonight, but got so busy just being with them that I didn't get one. Guess you will have to settle with one more of Elvis. This is where he recorded his first demo.

Sept 18, 2010

Today we took the bridge across the Mississippi River and went into Arkansas, Mississippi and then back to Tennessee. I guess Mississippi doesn't want to welcome you into the state, there wasn't a sign announcing it.

Sept 17, 2010

It is a tradition of the Peabody to host 5 mallard ducks. They live up in the penthouse and they are brought down by the elevator everyday at 11 and walk down a red carpet to the water fountain in the middle of the lobby. This is where they spend their day, at 5 they go back up to the penthouse for the night. Spoiled little guys.

Amazing what you can do by welding. This guys are talented, but after seeing the art work it is totally a guy thing to understand how it is all done.

Sept. 16, 2010

This is the Hernando De Soto Bridge, connecting TN to Arkansas crossing the Mississippi

Sept 15, 2010

It was an Elvis day today. Bruce and I spent the day touring Graceland, his cars, his planes. Wow, I love his music, can't get enough of it.

Sept 14, 2010

Bruce and I flew to Memphis TN today for Bruce to attend National Pecan Shellers Conf. Sorry but the picture is a bit dark, but we are staying at the Peabody.

Sept 13, 2010

Jeremiah loves holding Amaya's hand.

sept 12, 2010

We had all the kiddo's Saturday night and so we made our own pizza. FUN!

Sept 11, 2010

Congrats to Jared for not only taking, and passing the drivers test for the fire dept, but passing it in the #1 position. We are so proud of you.

What a day of sorrow, reflection, memories, and the question "Where were you on Sept 11, 2001?" The day is as is as easy to remember as it were yesterday.
Bruce and I had flown out of Lubbock to go to Maine for a pecan conference on Sept. 10. We should have arrived in NH to rent a car and drive on to Maine that day, but due to fires at the Newark airport we were delayed in Houston until 7 that night. We boarded a plane, which I remember feeling very strange about doing. We arrived in Newark at about midnight on the 10th. Due to the late hours we had to just spend the night in the airport. We went to our gate early in the morning and we commented that the sunrise on the twin towers was amazing coming up between the two towers. We boarded our plane and left the Newark airport (the very same time and airport that the Flight 93 left, the one that went down in the field in PA). We arrived in NH and got off the plane just in time to see the news as the second plane hit the second tower. We were horrified to say the least, at the time we had no clue what was going on. We proceeded to try to call the girls Tamara in OKC and Jessa in Lubbock and my mom. Seemed it took hours to get them, but what a releif when we finally got to speak to them. We spent 2 night in a B&B in Bar Harbour ME and then started the long drive home. Bruce spent many an night conforting me on the side of a motel bed as I cried "take me home, I just wanna go home." The skies were almost erie with no planes flying in the sky and I remember the first day they released the planes to fly and we could see the jet stream in the air. You never know how much you miss seeing that sight. The flags flying, hanging over the overpasses and people marching back and forth on bridges carrying them. What an awesome sight, just a connection from one person to the next. We had bonded. On Sunday after that we reached OKC and spent a day with Tamara & Jas, went to chruch with them and then to the state fair to hear a concert by Martina McBride. The next day we headed to Lubbock to see Jessa. You just can't beleive the overwhelming feelings that you have a time like this. Seeing my girls was the best treatment I could have. What a joy to see them and hold them and know all were safe. I will never for get where I was on 9/11.

Sept 10, 2010

Today in a ceremony out where the solar panels will be placed Bruce received his grant from Terry Brunner state director of the USDA.

Sept 9, 2010

The new look for the office bathroom. It doesn't take much to change a bathroom, new shower curtain, new mirror and cabinet unit. I have to give Bruce all the credit on this one, I just purchased everything and he put it all together. Getting him trained well.

Sept 8, 2010

Sept 7, 2010

Who says I can only have one picture of the day, how could with these two

Sept 6, 2010

Making progress on the solar aray panels. There will be 540 of these poles for mouting the panels on.

Sept 5, 2010

Happy 24th Birthday Lindsay Adams

Sept 4, 2010

The kids all wanted to swim, but as you can see too windy so too cold. Best to cuddle with mommy.

Sept 3, 2010

Virgil (great grandpa) and Jonas watching animal shows

Sept 2, 2010

Patty and Emily (yes this is Emily and not Chelsea) came to town today and came by on the way back home. Patty wouldn't let me take her picture, I gave Emily no choice. Hard to beleive that you turn 12 in 2 weeks Emily.

Sept 1, 2010

Teddy bears just waiting to go to the hospital. Such cuddly little things, hope the kids love them.