Pumpkin Patch

Visiting the pumpkin patch with Kelton's buddy, James!

My Fella'

Well, I've been tagged by Lauren & Daley to write all about my fella'!
1. Who is your man? James
2. How long have you been married? 6 years
3. How long did you date? first date to engagement was 9 months; first date to wedding was 18 months
4. How old is your man? just turned 30
5. Who eats more? James (unless you're talking about dessert & then I challenge anyone to try & out-eat me)
6. Who said “I love you” first? Back in college I was sick one night, so James came over & brought me soup & was tickling my back. As I started to fall asleep, I was thinking in my mind, "I love you", & then all of the sudden James said "what did you just say?" I immediately opened my eyes, played dumb & made up something. We'd only been dating a few weeks & I didn't want to scare him off, plus I kinda wanted him to tell me first. Anyway, a couple of minutes later when he left to go home, he stopped at the door, turned to me and said, "Oh, by the way, I love you too" and then he smiled.
7. Who is taller? James is 6'2 & I'm 5'7
8. Who sings better? me
9. Who is smarter? James has a photographic memory (except when we argue & then his remembrance of events becomes fuzzy)
10. Whose temper is worse? we're both pretty hot-headed, luckily it's usually about different things so one can usually put things into perspective for the other
11. Who does the laundry? me
12. Who takes out the trash? James
13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? James
14. Who pays the bills? me
15. Who is better with the computer? James
16. Who mows the lawn? James, but I usually mow the front a couple of times a month
17. Who cooks dinner? me
18. Who drives when you are together? James
19. Who pays when you go out? James
20. Who is more stubborn? James (though he would probably say me)
21. Who is first to admit when they are wrong? probably me
22. Whose family do you see the most? mine, we live in the same town
23. Who kissed who first? James kissed me after I baited him by saying, "so, you think you might ever kiss me"?
24. Who asked who out? I asked James to a grub for our sorority
25. Who proposed? James
26. Who is more sensitive? me, I cannot watch Extreme Home Makeover without falling apart
27. Who has more friends? we both have a lot though almost every time I'm in an airport with James, he manages to run into to some long lost friend he hasn't seen in ages (including the guy who was scanning me with a metal detector wand in airport security after my underwire in my bra set it off; I guess I was the only woman wearing a bra that day at DFW)
28. Who has more siblings? me (I'm the 3rd of 4 & he's the 1st of 3)
29. Who's wears the pants in the family? We both do, but he's definitely the disciplinarian & head of the household

Aaron Watson

We have a good friend from college named Aaron Watson. He was always fiddlin' around with his guitar in college. He'd sing for us & we always knew he was really talented. Well, Aaron decided to enter a contest for up and coming musical talents while we were in college. He and James drove down to Luckenbach and hand delivered Aaron's demo CD to Larry Gatlin during Willie Nelson's Annual Picnic. Aaron won the contest and has since become quite the little singer. He came to town this past weekend for a concert. James, Matt & Aaron golfed Saturday morning and then he spent the day at our house. We had the best time remembering the good old college days. Aaron has not changed a bit. I am so proud of him. He doesn't drink or cuss and his songs are all clean too, which is nice in this day and age. He has this huge following and he is still as sweet and humble as he's always been. He travels and sings on Thursday, Friday & Saturday nights and he's at church on Sunday mornings. We went and saw his show at the fair Sat. night with Hilary and Bird. It's so cool to see thousands of people cheering for him and screaming his name. Those of you who haven't heard any of Aaron's music, I highly recommend you look at his website (http://www.aaronwatson.com/) & listen to some of his music. He's really talented. My favorites are Off the Record, San Angelo, Shut Up and Dance, and I Don't Want You to Go! Well, there's my shameless little plug for Aaron, not that he needs it!

My little Evil Knevil

Well, I've been busy trying to keep Kelton out of the Emergency Room here lately. He mistakenly thinks that he has the coordination of a professional athlete and the daring bravery of Evil Knievel. This kid is not afraid of anything (except squeaker shoes) and he is in fact a little too daring for my comfort. As a result, he keeps standing on any surface that he can climb and jumping out into the great unknown. It's really more of a dive rather than a jump because he has landed on his face about 7 times in the last week, as evidenced in the pictures of him. He has face planted off of the couch, off of our bed and as of today, off of a bench in a Target dressing room. I had just taken my clothes off so I could try something on, when I heard him say "one...free...JUMP". Well his feet got tangled in the diaper bag, so they never made it to the ground to break his fall, but his face did. He landed directly on his nose, which then began to bleed profusely. So I'm standing there in my unmentionables trying to assess the situation and decide if a trip to the hospital would be necessary. I used his blanket to try & stop the bleeding. Once I was finally able to get my skirt on & my shirt half way on, I ran out to ask for some Kleenex. I'm sure the dressing room attendant saw more of me than she cared to, but you mothers understand . . . when your baby is bleeding everywhere & crying hysterically, all modesty goes out the window and not much else matters. It eventually stopped bleeding and we left Target. We were covered with blood from head to toe. I got home & looked in the mirror & realized what everyone had been staring at. I had blood smeared all over my neck and chin. I even managed to get some in my hair & poor Kelton looked like he had been playing with red paint in a spin art machine. Well, we're okay, thank goodness. God is so clever. I think he must have had Kelton in mind when he decided that kids' bones should not fully harden until the first couple years of life are out of the way. Otherwise we'd probably be on broken nose #10 by now! Here are a few pictures of the last couple of weeks. Kelton is trying to catch a raindrop in the first picture. Susannah turned 2 & Justin had his 6th birthday party as well, so we had a busy weekend! Special K was tuckered out by Sunday! In the last picture, he is sound asleep with his face pressed against the bars of his baby bed!