Brent and Brooke plus 8

Labor Day 2009...Scofield

Those kiddos' parents went to Dallas for the BYU game, and we got to babysit for the weekend!

(Jon and Kate don't scare us anymore)

We had a BLAST!!!

Boat rides

(we had to take turns because there were too many of us)

Swimming

the water was a toasty 67 degrees

FREEZING!!!

In clothes, no doubt

(Amber was NOT impressed with that part...

Oh well, remember Aunt Brooke and Uncle Brent were in charge)

Those smiles are frozen there


The Van Woerkom's and The Simpson's can
POUND some corn on the cob!!!


S'mores


The one and only fish caught all weekend.
Yep, by Gavin!
His dad would be so proud.



Sassy's on the Lake

Sun-bathing Beauties

All the little ones wanted to swim, so Aunt Brooke

jumped in clothes and all. Oh the things I do for my children...the water was

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO COLD!!!

Everyone took a turn in the ICE bath, I mean water, except

Uncle Brent and Lauren...CHICKENS (or smart)!



To end our adventure, we got an escort (tow) back to the dock.

The boat ran out of gas on the water.

We were too busy FREEZING, oops swimming to notice...

Details?!?

A Labor Day to remember...

Amber and Mam-maw (my mom) still have a hard time discussing the details.

Again... Oh well!!!

1st Day of School

Caroline

Westside preschool

Paige and Brittany

1st grade (all day) and 4th grade

Mom

Substitute Teacher

(and LOVIN' it!)

So here's to the new school year, may it be a GREAT year for all!

Flower Power

Peace, Love and Happiness

Heaven just got more Beautiful

We know this is what Heaven will look like.

God needed help with the gardens, so He called Becky Home to assist in the work.
At times it is really hard to make sense of 'life'. At those times it is so comforting to know that God is in control, and this is ALL part of His divine plan.

Becky, our dear friend and neighbor

...gone for now, but NEVER forgotten.

Taking the SHOW on the road

For Act 2 (week 2 of our Carolina Adventure),

we packed up the whole crew and moved the

CIRCUS to the BEACH!!!

This whole gang LOVES the beach

and the beach LOVES us...

we provide incredible entertainment

Our roommate for the week

We asked if we could adopt him,
but his mom and dad said "NO"!
RUDE, don't you think...

SASSY does not even begin to describe them.



And in Ring 1 ...

Ring 2...

and
Ring 3 ...

and the producers of the CIRCUS...



To us, this is
The Greatest Show on Earth
(And to see us in action...
Ringling Brothers ain't got nothin' on us.
Trust me!!!)

Favorite Time of the Year

Carolina Trip 2009

A glimpse into the week

Hat's off to TPC Piper Glen

They survived Pasta Night with this whole crew

Mamma Mia!!!
Dancing Queens in the flesh!
This girls night out was one of the best ones EVER
Thank you, Ladies

My how my kiddos have grown
...all 5 of them.
(I was a nanny for Ace and Raven when they were much younger,
but I will ALWAYS claim them as mine)



Spent the day at the lake with my high school girlfriends,
and of course it was just like old times.
Crazy Tubers!

Even CRAZIER tubers!



Then dinner out, just me and MY girls!

Remember in junior high when you doodled all over your paper writing 'BFF'?

These girls and I REALLY meant it!

Feelin' the love!

Check out Gavin's thoughts on going to church with

all these girls...the boy is a crack up!

It's DIVA time...

On your mark,

Get set,

BLING!