Practice #1

Practice went good today. If anyone wants more in-depth details, you will have to talk to Stevie. He told me that he was happy with the way his car ran, and that was a good enough answer for me! Technicalities about race cars are WAY over this blond head!! Those of you that need more than a "yeah, it ran pretty good," need to consult the driver!

Just wanted to post a couple pics. We are beat. Stevie was up until the wee hours last night and up early this morning. My eyeballs are about to fall out because they are itching sooooooo bad from all the yuck floating in the air. Buzzy is so tired, he has retired to his room without a fight and has not made a noise since he's been there - other than requesting a drink. Happy weekend!














What race car? I have a kite! Now that's special!!
















The "Crew". Look pretty tough, huh?















"You run 50 laps your way, and then we gonna run 50 laps my way." Which one is making that statement?

More Pictures from Practice #1

Could someone help this guy figure out which way to go!















He got it figured out!!
















"I'm telling you Daddy, this duct tape with fix anything!"

Buzzy's Friend

Chandler is Buzzy's favorite friend. They have so much fun together and get along so well. She is Chandra's niece. She sits in front of us at church and she and Buzzy always have a good time. She sits with us or he sits with them and they color and draw and eat. He is always wanting to go to Chandler's house. She has a basement full of toys and it's just heavenly to him. She came over with her Daddy on Monday. Since it's gotten warm, her and Buzzy can play outside while their Daddy's do their racing things! They had stopped by the mill before they came to our house and Mimi had sent pudding cups for her and Buzzy. They had their snack in the garage and then came storming through my front door, ready for some swinging!

Still here....

Just wanted to post to let those concerned know that we are still alive and well. I have gotten a couple "why aren't you posting?" questions, so this is for you. You know who you are!!

Buzzy had strep throat last week and now has a wonderfully runny nose! Thought that those tubes were going to solve all of our sickness problems, but well.

The weather here has been spectacular! Almost a little too hot, a little too soon, but can't you always find something to complain about? Buzzy was a great helper again this weekend. We pine-needled the front flower bed on Saturday. Thanks to Daddy, we had a great supply of pine needles at our convenience!

I must now go and do my most un-favorite thing in the world...clean this house that is beginning to look like we do actually live on Cleaton Road! Once it's clean, we will be back at 211 Wolf Creek Estates!! After that and the child is good and awake and fed, more yard work!! Steve will be soooo happy to gather more pine needles! HEE HEE!

Signs of Spring

You know the weather is getting warm when Buzz-Wuz starts peeling off the clothes!! He helped Mimi wash her truck today. She said that he insisted on filling up his swimming pool too, only to shiver all over when he stuck a foot in. Needless to say, the pool didn't last long!!

He has been taking advantage of the warm weather. He wants to be out all day and then he sleeps so good at night!! We are all ready for warm weather. That means flowers for me and racing for Stevie!! His car is painted and it looks really good. Red and white. Not sure what kind of decals he's putting on it yet, but when it's all done, I'll post a picture of it!

Have a good week, and cross your fingers for the weather to stay awhile!!

Ear Report

Just wanted to let everyone know that the ear procedure went great. Buzzy did not shed one tear and was a perfect gentleman the whole time we were there. They ended up doing just the tubes in his ears. The adnoids were fine. He got to leave his pajamas on the whole time. That was good since he made it clear to me and the nurse that he was not putting on a gown!! He was quite the comic after they gave him the "don't care" medicine! He kind of reminded me of his Daddy when he used to drink his "feel good" beverages!!!

He went into surgery about 10:10am and was back in the room with us by about 10:40. We were in the truck and on our way home just a few minutes after 11:00! Steve and I stopped to get something to eat at Steak N Shake. We sat in the truck so Buzzy woudn't have to get out. Buzzy didn't want anything when we ordered, but before we were back on the road, he was finishing off my french fries, eating chicken strips, and watching Stuart Little! He came home and had a good nap, and he's been wide open all evening.

We went to supper at Huddle House and he ate almost his whole waffle and all but just a few crumbs of his bacon! He's been telling me that everything is too loud this afternoon! The Dr. said that he would be hearing much better now. She said he had lots of fluid behind his eardrums that had an egg-yolkish consistency.

We're so glad that everything went well and our little one is, hopefully, going to be ear infection free for awhile!!

Artist Jr.

The picture says it all! He is into scrapbooking, painting, and making any kind of craft! He loves childrens church because of the crafts. I think he's a great artist!!!

An Artist is Born

We had a little visitor yesterday. "That Baby" came and stayed with us yesterday. Buzzy has finally learned her name and called her Amberwynn all day! I must say, two little ones was quite a difference than one. Buzzy's only child syndrome was obvious!! He just wasn't accustomed to another little one being here when he got up and playing with his stuff. He could handle her playing with his stuff, but his pillow was another story!! He is ATTACHED to that pillow and did not want her near it and, of course, she wanted HIS pillow. I even got her a cute animal one off of his bed. Nope, she wanted his!! Their visit went well, I just needed a whistle and a black and white referree shirt from time to time!! I am so upset, because my batteries for my camera were dead and I didn't get one picture of them all day. It didn't help that I was painting most of the time too=)!!

I am LUVIN' this painting stuff. I have gone paint crazy. I like it maybe a smidget better than scrapbooking - Sorry K & Carol! I still am going to scrapbook, I just am going to save it for when i get together with my scissor sisters. Our church is supposed to be having a Scrapbook Day one Saturday a month, so I will get bunches done on those days...hopefully!

Mom and I saw a brush box at our class the other night. They make them in the more advanced classes, so we were all about finding a box to paint for our brushes. Well...of course, they don't make the boxes anymore. I found these cute little remote holders at Hobby Lobby. They have a lazy suzanne on the bottom and I called it a brush box!! I painted one for myself (see below) and was so excited that I painted Mom's for her too. Her's turned out much better than mine. The more I practice the better I get. I know by the end of my beginner class, I will definately be having stuff published in art magazines!!! Doesn't hurt to dream!!



This was the very first thing that I painted after my first class. I am going to redo Buzz Ashley's bathroom. I have already hung his new shower curtain and he has a cute little lion rug. I painted these little pics to hang over his potty. I was really proud of them. IF I get really confident, I am going to paint a giraffe on his wall. Notice the "if" is in all caps!!!






This is my little brush box. It's okay, but I like Mom's a lot better. I might have to redo it. I think it would also work good for scrapbook stuff.

Like I said, I am LUVIN' this painting. We are doing bird houses this week and next week, we are painting on ceramic tiles. I will post all my projects!!

Haunted House

Scaredy Cat














Ghost (friendly)

Almost ready to... Start HIS Engine!!!

Steve was anxious for the weather to break. He was ready to get his car painted, but the weather has not been cooperating. Steve, Heavy, and Austin worked several nights last week getting the care ready. They started around 8:00 Saturday morning and Steve got in the bed around 1:00 am Sunday morning. There were three sleepy looking guys at church on Sunday, but they got done what they wanted to get done! We went to the Big Shop to see the car, but they already had it loaded and ready to come back to the house. Buzzy posed for me to get a picture. I'll post another picture when Stevie gets the car completely ready.



Mom and I have started taking painting classes from Heavy's wife, Regina. She is a nut and we are having a great time!! The three of us went to Evansville last week and hit all the craft stores and of course ate a really yummy lunch at Schilers BBQ! Saturday night while Steve and Regina's guys were painting the car, Buzzy and I went and hung out with Regina for awhile. We started our classes last week and learned the basics. Tonight was our second lesson and this is my finished product!! It's not perfect, but it's way better than I ever thought I could do!! It's really fun and I already can't wait until next week! Everyone will probably be getting painted stuff for every holiday and birthday!! Get ready, start clearing out some space!!!

Dentist Visit

Needless to say, this isn't a face I have seen much of today. Buzzy went to the dentist this morning for a filling and a cap. He did great. He was not happy about having to get straight out of the bed, get his clothes on, and not getting to have breakfast. To say the least, he was p****d. All the way to Madisonville, he asked if I had a bag of food. (I always take snacks when we go anywhere.)

He did absolutely great. I had no idea how he would do, but he floored me. I couldn't believe how cooperative he was. They thought he was about 5 years old from his size, but they said the way he acted, that he could have been 6! That made me so proud! I really forget sometimes that he is a boy, and he will act accordingly, but overall, we are truly blessed with a little gentleman!

I have felt the urge from time to time to put him back in his "cage!" He hollered for me the other day to save him. I don't know why, but he loves playing with his old crib. I keep it under our bed and he is constantly dragging it out to make a "pallet machine." He got it out and made himself a gate going into my bedroom and he was so proud of himself! He was supposed to have a friend come over today to stay, but I had forgotten about his dentist appointment, so she will have to come another day. Amberlynn, his friend, will be 3 in March, and he calls her "that baby." He was getting the baby bed ready for her and he wanted to go buy baby toys too! He is too sweet

Snow Day

This is when Buzzy first fell off his sled. He didn't know what to think of his snowy mittens.


















He loved the snow coming up on the front of his sled. He couldn't get it off fast enough. I later used this snow to throw snow balls at Steve and Buzzy riding on the Rhino! It was rather tricky but by the time I was off the sled, I had gotten the throw down!

















Steve helped Buzzy with his sledding and then tried it out for himself. We both agreed that it wasn't near as fun as it used to be, for us anyway. I think playing in the snow perked Buzzy up. He was bright eyed as soon as he realized that there was snow on the ground! There was no way that I could keep him from the snow, since he's never got to play in real snow before. This is the best snow that we have had since Buzzy came into the world.

Best Husband Award

The award goes to Stevie! He got me red roses for our Anniversary and pink roses for Valentine's day! I have to tell a funny story on him. The day before Valentine's day, Steve and Glenda sent me pink tulips. Thanks so nice of you all!! Steve came in from lunch, saw the tulips, made maybe two steps across my office, snatched the card to see who it was from. He was relieved to see that it was from his parents!! He couldn't figure out who would send "Leslie Brewer" flowers. He told me that if he had gotten back before me, he was going to white-out his mom's name, then they would have looked like they were from him!! He went ahead and sent me the pink ones on Valentine's Day. I told him a week or so ago that pink roses were my favorite and he remembered. Definately Best Husband material!!

It snowed a couple of inches last night. It is so pretty. Buzzy isn't up yet, but I know he's going to want to go out. He has ear problems again. He has fever this morning so I don't think playing in the snow is the best idea. He will be heartbroken. He just layed around all day yesterday, so I knew he wasn't feeling too good. When I come home at lunch and he's laying on the couch, covered up, I know that he doesn't feel good.

We have been watching SPEED all week. We are ready for the racing to get going!! We've been ready since the last one last year! Sunday afternoons just aren't the same without the sound of race cars when we wake up from our nap!!

Snow babies

Buzzy wants it to snow so bad. He had to play in what little snow we got last weekend. Eventhough is was about 15 degrees outside, he had a blast. Daddy was voted into being his snow buddy. Buzzy wasn't cold but Steve just stood and watched. Funny how things get when we get older huh? When we were younger, we would have been out on the 4 wheelers, but now we just want to stay in by the fireplace!!

Banjo liked the snow too. He threw his little squeaky toy all over the place! It was the first time that he's seen snow. We got him a dog house, but it took a couple days for him to try it out. I tried letting him in the garage with Shorty, but that was a bad idea. Buzzy also has gotten a hamster. I'm not so sure about this thing. It stinks!! I thought the bird was messy too, but I think the hamster has it beat. It takes it's seed up into it's exercise wheel. It's plastic and enclosed, so all night we get to listen to a pea-gravel-in-a-bucket like sound. I got up the other morning and there were rubber bands all over the wheel. Upon closer inspection, my husband had fixed it to where the wheel wouldn't spin. I'm thinking maybe NaNA might want to animal sit this one too........The hamster's name is Stuart Little. Buzzy is quick to correct you. It's not Stuart..it's Stuart Little. Have to have both names. Very important!!

Thanks everybody for the Valentine's stuff. Thank goodness Buzzy doesn't get sugar highs!! We are going to try out his movie book when we go to bed tonight. I'm sure we will have to watch it on the ceiling!!

Rocky Buzz-boa

What happens when a 32 year old bullies his 3 year old? The 3 year old fights back!! Buzzy let Daddy know just who was in charge the other night when he "dotted" Steve's "eye!" When Steve comes home from work, Buzzy turns into a wild child. They wrestle and box and hit and punch. I was giving Buzzy a little help the other night, and Steve didn't have enough hands to control both of us. He had one of my hands and one of Buzzy's. Buzzy used his free hand and.....well, you see the results!! Steve reminded me of a cartoon character that has little blue birds flying around it's head. He was rather stunned for a second. I laughed and laughed and cried! It was hilarious!! I'm just glad it was Steve and not me! No one would ever believe that Buzzy had hit me!! Steve would be in major trouble!!

Busy Bees

What does a Mimi, a Granny, and a Buzzy have in common? Besides being family, being funny, and loving each other, they also LOVE the Busy Bees game!! Today when I came home for lunch, Buzzy had Aunhee hostage in his room playing his racing game on his TV. When he couldn't get her to come back in his room after she was finished with lunch, he brought the games to us!! He brought his Busy Bee game and Mimi and Aunhee's sisterly instincts kicked in and they had to see who could beat who. Aunhee was getting her rear kicked until Buzzy came in and started helping! Mimi quickly caught up to Aunhee because Buzzy doesn't quite understand the concept that you DON'T want the bees to fall out. He thinks the more bees, the better! He was cracking up and squealing when the bees fell out. He loved it!!

Buzzy went to stay with NaNa and Papaw tonight while Steve and I went to eat with the people he raced with this past year. They had an Appreciation Dinner for the people that helped with the car. We had a good time. Had prime rib and a slide show from the year. It was really good! Buzzy was so excited to visit with NaNa and Papaw. I don't think Tweety was happy to see me. She kind of grinded her beak at me! I think Buzzy kept the greats extra busy. They looked a little tired when we picked him up. I asked him what he had for supper and he said "tiny corndogs." He was amazed with the "tiny corndogs!" He's a nut.

He goes back to the Dr. on Thursday to see if his ears are clearing up okay. He still is a little pale with dark eyes. I hope the ears are better. We will just have to wait and see Thursday. He and Steve spent the afternoon on one of the loaders. They came by the office window to wave at me! Buzzy loves that mill. He told a man today that he was going to be a conveyor man when he grows up! He will make a good one, for sure!!

Volleyball

Steve and I have been "practicing" volleyball. We practiced last night and I got lot's of practice using my whiniest voice as well. I forgot that when I played in High School that I was much more active in athletics and a little lighter and a little younger. We are both sore. Steve is still using the stiff back excuse! I got stung on the wrist yesterday before we went to our first practice, so not only are my wrists sore from volleyball, it's also sore from a wasp sting. Steve is sitting on the couch right now telling Buzzy that he's going to be sore tomorrow. He said " I'm going to be sore tomorrow, I can feel it." He was sweating like I havn't seen him sweat in quite some time tonight and I asked him why. He said he was playing for two people! How RUDE!! I have played beside him everytime and he picks up my slack. Such a good husband!! Our first real game is Sunday, if we are able to move!!

Happy New Year!!!

We had a really fun New Year's Weekend. Kara, her Mom Carol and her aunt Susie came over and we scrapbooked all day on Saturday. Steve was in charge of Buzzy. Steve injured his back throwing Buzzy into the chip pile at the mill. He was pretty pathetic all day and got NO sympathy from me!! Tommy came over and was a great fill-in dad. He played with Buzzy while Steve stiffly sat on the couch! It was rather hilarious!!






He is much better now. So much better Sunday, in fact, that he went four wheeler riding with us! First thing, Pappy ran him through a deep mud hole and Stevie was stuck! You should see a stiff back trying to easily shake the Rhino loose! Hee hee! He decided that activity would be better than sitting on the couch all day. We had a blast riding. Buzzy loved it. We haven't rode in forever and we definately will be riding more regularly!

We went to Jason and Chasity's that night. There were 11 or 12 couples with all their kids. I think there were 14 kids, if I'm counting right. We had a great time eating and playing games. The guys were on top of all the games. They cheated from time to time, but we all know that cheaters never win!! We watched the ball drop from the door. We were exhausted. Buzzy climbed in my lap and was sound asleep at about 11:45. We rang in the New Year right all weekend long! With great friends and family!! Happy New Year everyone!!!

Favortie Toy from HOHO

This is Buzzy's favorite toy. We have built and rebuilt this marble game bunches of times. He has built marble games since he was little bitty. It started with his red Buzzy chair and a quilt. He would cover his chair with the quilt and roll the marble down the quilt. He spied a real marble game in a toy book and that's all we have heard about! Every present he opened he would say "maybe its a marble game." The last present he opened at Mimi's was the famous "Quadrilla Marble Game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He sqealed and sqealed and had to show it to everyone! Another one of those magical Christmas moments.

Since Buzzy enjoyed opening presents so much, I had a brainstorm for conning him into doing #2 on the potty. I thought maybe we would have Potty Presents. This morning was the first attempt at using the Potty Presents. He came in to tell me that he needed a diaper. I told him that he had presents to open if he would use the potty. He told me that he wanted to save the presents.

Me: are you sure you don't want to open the presents

Buzz: NO

Me: they are wrapped in real pretty blue paper with white ribbon

Buzz: No I want to save them

Me: You don't want to open more presents?

Buzz: No I opened plenty.

I went to get the diaper. Mission failed.

Pictures for Previous Post

Christmas Eve. He was way too tired to wait for more presents.














Before going in to see Charlotte's Web.




















Buzzy and I waiting for the movie to start!!

I Know, I Know

I have gotten two emails letting me know that I am slacking on the blog thing. It has been an incredibly busy weekend. Saturday we went to eat with Heavy, Regina, and Austin. Went to Texas Roadhouse and ate WAY too much. Sunday was church. The special went great. I am not meant to video, because my batteries went dead. Austin did a great job recording for me though. Heavy told me that he was going to put a "Hex" on my camera when it was time for his solo. He must have because that's when it went off....Scary!

Sunday night - Christmas Eve - Mimi, Pappy, NaNa and Papaw came over for finger food. We had the best time. Buzzy got to open his presents from NaNa and Papaw. He wanted to open ALL the presents under the tree. We finally convinced him that we had to wait for HOHO. Mom and I went to get her gifts from her house so we could open. When we got back, Buzzy was sound asleep on the sunporch. Steve tried to keep him awake. They had a little argument and Buzzy went to the porch and went to sleep anyway. He was out until about 8:45 on Christmas morning.

He was absolutely thrilled with his tent that HOHo brought for him. He asked me if I had written HOHO a letter for him, telling HOHO what he wanted. I told him I did. He thanked me and kissed my foot! He would not go sit on HoHo's lap this year. I told him he would have to send HOHO a letter. THat's why he asked me if I had sent HoHo the letter. He told everyone he came across that day that I had sent Hoho a letter telling him what Buzzy wanted him to bring. I forget how innocent my baby is. He acts like a little adult but when the excitement over Hoho was apparent, it truly brings back the magic of Christmas! It made all that work and holiday shopping worth it when Buzzy's eyes were bugged and sparkly!

Mimi and I took him to see "Charlott's Web" last night. I wasn't sure how he would do since he's never been to a movie before. He loved it! It was a really good movie. He had Skittles and Popcorn and was glued to the screen. I just love experiencing all the "new" things with him. I just want to remember every little detail.

I am having problems posting pictures. I will keep trying.

Busy Week

We will be leaving for Alabama on Thursday sometime. We have had a busy week. Sunday's are always busy this time of year, because of choir practice. Steve and Pappy went to Indiana somewhere to look at saw mill machinery on Tuesday. They love looking at that stuff. If Buzzy had known that's what they were doing, he would have thrown a fit to go with them. He wants to come to the mill everyday to put wood on the conveyor belt. He loves conveyor belts and I do believe we have another generation of sawmiller! We went to Wal Mart on Monday and we ran into one of the men that runs the chop saw. I was talking to him and telling Buzzy what the man does at the mill. Buzzy let me know that he knew who the man was. Buzzy and his Daddy had went to visit the man in his booth. Yet again...excuse me!!

It's funny because when I was little and Dad would go out of town, he would always bring me something back. A shirt, hat, toy, just anything to let me know he was thinking about me while he was gone. Buzzy told them to bring him something back when they come back from their trip. I just talked to Steve and him and Pappy were at Target hunting for something for Buzzy! He will be thrilled when they get home. Last night he was concerned with when Daddy was coming home. He has gotten to where he wants a specific time frame, so I told him Daddy would be home by the time he went to bed tonight! That made him happy!

Buzzy woke me up last night getting into my bed. It was about 4 or 4:30 this morning. I was rather incoherent, but I knew that something didn't smell right. I thought Buzzy had had a major accident. When I got woke up enough to use what little brain that I have, I figured out the smell was Skunk, not Buzzy funk! Someone ran over a skunk sometime last night on the main road and it could be smelled all the way to Mom's house. I thought Banjo got sprayed and she thought Reggie had got it, but it was just that poor flatten skunk! Luckily the smell was gone by lunch! Nothing like waking up to the aroma of fresh skunk!!

Quick Trip

We made a quick trip to Nashville to see Radford play Belmont. We got to visit with Uncle Mikey, Ninnie and Jerre at the mall for a little bit and again at the game. Buzzy really wanted Ninnie and Jerre to come see his room. He told them to be careful, because the roads getting to the hotel were "kinda tricky!"

That Uncle Mikey always has tricks up his sleeve. He got the Belmont mascot to come see Buzzy and then he introduced him to the real Santa Claus! Buzzy was impressed with Santa!

He loved our room. We tried to stay at Opryland, but they were full for last night. We stayed downtown at the Double Tree Inn. We had a corner room. It was triangular. Two of the three walls were glass. We could see forever because we were on the eighth floor. It had two heaters! Talk about Country going to town! I was impressed with the two heaters. All those windows made for a cold room!! I hope we can take Buzzy back to see the lights at Opryland before they are taken down. I think he would like them.

Who Is This Child?

Is this the same child? How can he be so angelic one minute and then "himself" the next? I wouldn't change him for the world! I cannot get over how mature he's getting. We carry on actual conversations and he doesn't blink an eye when someone needs correcting!

His Christmas pictures turned out so good. I had to order them from the computer screen the day they were taken. I knew they were good, but not as good as they are in person.

Not too much has gone on the past week. Buzzy and I went to Clarksville on Thursday to go to Chuck E Cheese and the scrapbook store. Mimi and Pappy deserted us and went to the mountains and had to call EVERYDAY to keep me updated on everything that they were doing.
I think Buzzy asked at least 20xs a day when Mimi was coming home. I would give him and answer and even if I said "in five minutes" he would say "That's too long!!!"

I haven't put any presents out yet. Steve brought my birthday presents in two days before my birthday and Buzzy was on top of them. He had those babies unwrapped in no time! He has no restraint when it comes to presents. Christmas morning is going to be wild!!

Steve and I signed up for volleyball at church. Let me rephrase - I signed US up. He said it's fine as long as he's on a winning team. I played when I was in HS at our other church and had a blast. Heavy said he would play if Steve did, so I know Steve will have a good time!

I will try to get everyones pictures delivered or in the mail this week. They will probably come with the Christmas cards. Everybody, have a good week!

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Ever since we saw the picture of Garrett in his "house," Buzzy has wanted a box to play in too. Our TV went out this week, and Buzzy was so excited to get the new TV out of the box so he could start using it! He put the box back on the base that the TV sat in and called his a houseboat! I can't wait for him to get tired of it, so it can go outside!

We have all been sick...Again. Colds, allergies, sinuses, whatever you want to call it. Steve, Buzzy, and I have been sick at one time or another since Monday. Buzzy started us off, then Steve, and I'm bringing up the rear! We went Christmas/TV shopping last night and we were all beat when we got home. Steve has had the shakes since the TV went out, so we had to find him another one before he had a seizure! He got himself a 50 incher. I told him I could get used to the 27 inch one that was substituting until we found a replacement. Steve acted like that offended him! He said he would NOT be downsizing! Excuuuuuuse me! The purchase of the new TV sure let me off the hook for Steve's present for this year! Thank goodness! He is so hard to shop for.

Other than the "houseboat" in our living room, we have had an uneventful weekend. Steve blew leaves and mowed today, and I am going to try this Susie Homemaker thing out, again. We had lasagne for supper tonight. I made it all myself, not the frozen kind. It turned out real good. We had salad and bread and cupcakes for dessert. I am going to try a Ninnie Ham tomorrow night. I am hoping for anything close to hers! I'll let you know how it turns out!

Thanksgiving and the day after

Thanksgiving was at Aunhee's house this year. Usually it's at Wendy's, but it was moved here for this year. It was quite delicious too! Aunhee did a really good job! She had me a little cake and I let Buzzy take care of it for me! Buzzy had a really good time going up and down the basement stairs too! I thought it was rather hilarious when he asked Aunhee when Lucas was going home! Buzzy is used to having Aunhee and Nana all to himself, and he still hasn't gotten used to having someone else around that demands as much attention as he does!

Mimi and I went shopping today while Buzzy helped with the concrete pouring at the mill. The crowds weren't near as bad as I had anticipated. I ran into Aunhee and Gary at TJ Maxx. We came back to Mimi's for cupcakes! She made my favorite, white cake with cream cheese icing and sprinkles. I think when i turn 50, I'll still want the same thing!

Little Helper

Monday, Buzzy and I went to Bowling Green to do some Christmas shopping. Steve was working on a conveyor belt when we went by to tell him where we were going. Buzzy told me that when we got home, he wanted to go help Daddy at the mill. He was upset when it got dark and he couldn't go. So yesterday, Steve told him he could come over while they poured concrete. He was so excited! He had to wear his "concrete boots". He loves going to the mill and playing in the chip pile, riding on the loaders, and helping out whenever Daddy needs a hand! He was washing the concrete off his boots in this picture!

Weekend Visitors

Steve's parents and Ninnie came to visit this weekend. They arrived on Saturday and left Sunday afternoon. We had a really good time. Ninnie and I provided the food and Glenda provided the entertainment for Buzzy! I think she built about 200 "castles" for Buzzy's monster truck to crash! Ninnie brought Buzzy his customary Unbirthday cake! It was destroyed within a small amount of time! Today, he thought he would start in on mine, but he found out real quick that he wasn't playing in my cake!

We all went to church this morning. They got to hear me sing.... Don't know if that's good or bad for them! We ate lunch at the Purple Onion. We visited a little this afternoon before they headed back to Alabama.

We went to see Lucas tonight at Aunhee's. Lucas is so sweet! Buzzy's not too sure about him yet! It's funny watching them together! We are all looking forward to Thanksgiving dinner at Aunhee's house! I'm sure we will all eat too much and then pass out!

We went to see Mimi's Christmas tree on our way home. I am so glad that all of my Christmas decorations are already up. That was a lot of work and I am already dreading taking it all down! I guess I should have taken down my fall decorations first! Knowing me, we will still be decorated for fall and Christmas come spring!

Christmas Times A Comin"

Christmas has officially started at our house! Buzzy and I put two of our trees up yesterday. He was so helpful and excited! The outside of the house is still decorated for fall and it's Christmas inside! We still have one more tree to put up and some stuff here and there. I like putting it up early. We get to enjoy it much longer!

Home

For anyone concerned, we are home. Got home around 7:30pm. Steve carried all our stuff in and has disappeared to the garage! Guess he missed it! He had to stop by the office to pick up some parts that had shipped in while we were gone, so I guess he just couldn't wait to get them on the car! Buzzy is having milk and cookies and watching his cartoon. I guess I need to start unpacking. Yuck!

All Good Things Must Come to An End :-(

We had the perfect last day here. Mimi, Buzzy and I played on the beach all day. We built sandcastles, hunted for shells, and walked down to the St. Andrews pier. I had to carry Buzzy half the way back and he got HEAVY!! He got "tarred!" We picked up some great shells. I remember the last time Mimi, Pappy and I went to Gulf Shores, we picked up a bunch of sand dollars. Here, there are tons of shells. There are mostly the little, pretty white shells, but every now and then you run across a nice size funky looking shell. We almost filled up Buzzy's sand bucket. It was so much fun!

We had our photo op on the beach this evening. There was a chance of rain and the clouds were rolling in. My hair was wet and Mimi and Pappy were wanting to go back to the RV, so I hurried and dried my hair and we got to the beach. Of course, Mr. congeniality looked everywhere but the camera, and it started raining on us! Steve kept saying 'That's good, we're done." I kept trying for the "perfect" picture. Finally Steve put his foot down and said "listen it's raining and the race is on!" End of photo shoot! We still ended up with four really good ones. They are going to be great for our Christmas cards!

We are leaving early in the morning so we can get home before it's too late. We aren't real comfy traveling in the RV after dark. I've got to get all of our stuff loaded so all we have to do is leave in the morning. We'll be seeing or talking to everyone later in the week. Bye for now!

Friday

Gilligan and the Skipper went deep sea fishing today. They say they had a good time. They left early and were back when we got back from Destin.

We went by Baytowne Wharf and Destin Commons and had lunch at The Donut Hole in Destin. Yum yum! Buzzy went on and on about playing golf, so Mimi dropped us off for mini golf while she went to the Fancy Flamingo. Destin was as crowded today as it was in May, if not a little busier. School was out for Veterans Day, so that may have been some of the reason. Buzzy played at the playground at Destin Commons. He loves it. He wants to go back tomorrow, but we will probably spend our last day on the beach.

We had supper at Schooners tonight. It was pretty good, but we are going back to Scampi's tomorrow night. We have to get that last really good meal before our long drive home Sunday. Buzzy's supper was served in a frisbee tonight, and he loved that. We walked to eat, so him and Steve played frisbee on the way back to the room.

I think Buzzy knows when the race is getting ready to go off. He insisted on sitting on Steve's shoulders with 3 laps to go in the truck race tonight. I guess he was having separation anxiety from Steve! He loves his Daddy and wasn't too thrilled that Steve had left him behind today when they went fishing. He told Steve that next time, he wants to go too! Steve told him next year, he can go for sure! I wouldn't care to go myself. I would like for Mimi to go too, just to see how many different shades of green she will turn!!

As you can see, Buzzy has figured the camera taking out! He told me earlier "No taking pictures, girl." In this picture, he is winking. He likes to put his back to me. I don't think I got one decent picture today, because he either turns his head, picks his nose, winks, just anything to get me to stop! He's such a boy!

Beach Beauties

We spent most of this morning on the beach. Steve and Buzzy dug in the sand. I layed out and then went for a walk up the beach. There were shells here and there. I am hoping to find a sand dollar before we come home. If I had been brave enough to go into the water, I bet I could have found one. There were pieces of some pretty big ones washed up on the beach.

We came in for lunch and Steve and Buzzy stayed in while I went back down by the pool. The breeze was blowing real nice and I didn't even sweat while I was laying out. There aren't many people here at all. The only loud, screaming children at the pool belonged to me! While I was laying out, Buzzy kept coming out on the balcony and hollering at me. He was afraid that I would forget that we were supposed to play golf this evening.

We went and picked Mimi and Pappy up and went to play golf. After we were done, we went to the docks to find Pappy and Stevie a fishing boat for tomorrow. They are going on a 5 hour trip. Talk about getting some sun, they will be fried when they get back.

We ate supper at Capt. Anderson's and, this is my own opinion, but I think it's way overrated. The place we ate last night was way better and way cheaper. It was good, but after Scampi's last night, it just didn't quite measure up.

We are now in for the evening and we are all beat. Pappy and Stevie are heading out early for fishing tomorrow and us girls and Buzzy are heading to Destin. It's nice here, but I still think I like Destin better. A lot of things are closed here this time of year and Destin has much better shopping! I will probably go back to Destin next time. It's still my favorite. Until tomorrow......

Wish you were here!

Our view this morning!

We're Here!!

We arrived in Panama City around 4:30. The weather is really nice, a little windy, but nice. I hope it gets warm enough that Buzzwuz can swim at least a little. The sun was just setting when we got into our condo and there was a little girl down on the beach. I can't wait to get Buzzy down there. He already wants to know if this beach has "funny clouds." I've told him they are only at the other beach! All we have heard ALL THE WAY HERE, is he wants to play golf, golf, golf, golf! Thank goodness when we finally found the mini golf courses tonight, he was sound asleep in the back seat of our mini van!!! I will never buy a mini van, but, hey, I can rent one!! I told Steve I bet that he had never imagined that he would be rollin' down the strip of PCB in his mini van with his wife and kid!!

Our condo is probably the nicest condo I have EVER rented, and we have rented quite a few! We ate at a place called Scampi's tonight and it was so good. That was the one thing that I was most worried about was if there were good places to eat, and we definately found one! After short round with the stomach flu, I am feeling much better, thank goodness. When we left yesterday, I didn't know how riding in the RV was going to work. After a nice nap and a pit stop at Shoney's, I was feeling much better. So much better, in fact, that I had a brownie when we got back to the RV! You know I'm sick when I turn down a chocolate chip cookie!

Buzzy was wild last night and he's had a nap tonight, so he will probably never go to bed. Steve drove the RV yesterday, so he can no longer say that he doesn't know how to drive. We can now go on our own trips!! I'll just have to hook the pooper hose up. He still hides when Pappy pulls the pooper hose out!! You know you are getting old when you travel in a RV and rent mini vans!!

I am so glad to be here. We have had a quite a ride this year and we are all looking forward to resting and relaxing! Toodles, until tomorrow!

P.S. I read this to Steve and he thinks I am a dork!!

Lazy Day

Steve, Buzzy, and I got up early this morning and went to Clarksville for the day. There was a car parts shop that Steve wanted to check out and I needed, let me reword - wanted, to pick up some stuff at the scrapbook store (like I don't have enough stuff!). We had lunch and went by Target. Steve got to experience the deliberation over which toy Buzzy wants. You have to walk up and down the aisles several times, pick up and put back numerous things, until finally the perfect toy is found! Today's find was the Hungry Hippos game. He's been into games lately, and he's accumulating quite a few! Yeah, more toys!!!

We stopped by the lake house to pick up our swimsuits and we all laid down and had a nice nap! I told Steve that it felt like a Sunday to me. I guess it's because we have been lazy all day! It was so nice spending a Saturday with my two boys. We are usually busy and running in different directions on Saturday, but today was kind of a spur of the moment trip, and it was nice.

Buzzy is so excited about going to the beach. He wants to bury Pappy and Daddy! That's all I've heard about ever since we planned the trip! Mimi and I are really excited about this trip. We haven't been to Panama City since I was in the fifth grade. This trip is for true R&R! Buzzy wants to swim and I will take full advantage of the sun! I'm planning on taking the computer so I can post while we are there. I hope to take LOTS of pictures while we are gone. Buzzy had his Christmas pictures made on Thursday. They turned out really good. I hope we can get a picture on the beach of the three of us. I love those kinds of pictures.

Everybody have a nice week! Next post should have beach pictures!!