College Reunion

I love my girlfriends from college. We've all remained close and have stayed in touch over the years. Each year we try to organize some sort of gathering for us and our families. Most of us live within driving distance of each other and for the past 3 years it's worked out great that we have been able to come to the Ruby YMCA in Boiling Springs. We've created a July 4th tradition that I hope will continue for many more years.

This year was low in numbers, but we still had a great time seeing each other. Here's a few pictures of our evening together.

pictured are Brian, Linda, Adam & Austin Davis, us (minus 2 of our kids), Carl, Heather, Oak, Ezra & Abe Cartee & Cheryl Shuffler (her hubby is serving in Afghanistan) and Stacy, Hayley & Nathan Liles were there as well, but had to leave a little early.
(I have another pic coming soon of just us girls... mine were not good)


The boys playing spike ball.

The Liles children... Hayley & Nathan

The Davis children.... Adam & Austin

Carter


The Cartee kids... Oak, Ezra & Abe

Happy 8th Birthday Carter Loo!

Little Carter loo-loo (that's what I used to call him) turned 8 yesterday. I just wanted to share a few tidbits about Carter to celebrate his 8th year.

On June 5th of this year he asked Jesus to be his Lord and Savior...Yay! I am so very proud of his decision and the fact that his Daddy & myself were the ones who lead him in that prayer. What an honor as his parents!

Carter lives up to his red-head... meaning...he is spicy & sweet. He's a very determined kid & is hard to back down. However, if you give him a gentle touch and a kind word and he is as tender as can be. I love that about him. He knows when he's done something wrong and will almost always come up to me and say he's sorry. He's a great teacher... especially to his little sister. He loves to sit down with her and play school. He's already taught her some of the multiplication tables! He's also a great brother. He will play whatever with whoever... even plays babydolls with Kensley. He's aspiring to be an "arther and drawer" (his words). He makes up stories and loves to draw pictures.

Carter is very athletic. He loves sports, any sport. He would probably say his favorite sport is football even though he has never played other than in the backyard.
He's fast as lightening and can woosh right by you with his road runner legs. (Probably would make a good football player but I'm not ready for that yet.) I tell him to put his energy into soccer. He's also a good student. Always gets compliments from his teachers about how respectful and polite he is.

I'm so very proud of my Carter... and all of my children for that matter. But today is Carter's special day. Happy Birthday Loo... I love you!

Riding horses

This past weekend we were in Statesville visiting Corby's Grandma Haneline (she's very sick by the way). She lives way out in the country. I mean waaaay out. The kids were super excited to be there because Corby's Aunt Jeanie has been telling them for a while to come see her & they can ride horses. So when we left Saturday afternoon, all of my kids were in there cowboy/cowgirl attire & ready to ride. It didn't really help any that we had just watched the movie Flicka 2 either. I wish I had taken a picture, but the boys were in jeans & long sleeved button up shirts (because they looked like cowboy shirts) and boots. Kensley had her cowgirl hat on, a jean skirt, t-shirt & her pink boots. (can we say HOT... it's a hundred degrees & my kids are in long sleeves & long pants... makes me sweat just thinking about it)


We did get to pet the horses on Saturday evening but it was too late to ride. Fortunately, we were able to go back the next day and all the kids were able to ride. This is Faithy...the horse.