Shana and her kids were in town for a visit.
I so wish we lived closer together, the kids have
so much fun when they get a chance to see each other.



Can you say headache??

PJ Day at school
Since they are all stripes it matches right??

Tallyn has been saving his allowance forever
to get a new board. We went to so many different
skate shops to get all the right parts. This was
his very first board to build himself.

I told you that she can be sweet

I try and get something up every week for Mom, Debbie and Amber. I will do my best but it may just be a few pictures here and there. Love you guys..thanks for caring enough to check up on us.

We took the kids to Lake Hefner just to hang out
for the afternoon and take a break form the nonstop
going. We watched some people flying kites, the kids
seemed to enjoy that. Ellie and Tallyn would
pet almost every dog that walked by. It was a
peaceful afternoon.

A few misc. pictures

Ellie saw a spider and got Dad to check it out

A little holiday info

Fall is here and I think this is the busiest time for everyone. Both boys birthdays are coming up then Thanksgiving and Christmas. Tallyn will start basketball soon and I am very much looking forward to that. This is absolutely my favorite time of year, I think I function better if I'm busy.

We plan on going back to Texas to have Thanksgiving with the Brazell clan in Dumas. It will be good to see everyone. We don't see each other much anymore. Not to mention there will be a new baby to love on!!!

Christmas will be at my house this year. No, I'm not freaking out at all. I really am but it will all work out. Jeff demolished most of my Christmas decorations in the move to OK. I also think a few boxes never made to to my house. Hobby Lobby here I come!! We have family coming from California to New Hampshire and plenty of places in between. The more the merrier. I hope everyone can make it. Plus my mom will be making her stuffing YUM! One thing is for certain, our Christmas will have Christ involved. What would be the point of any of this otherwise??

Have a great season!!!!!

Ellie started her very first ballet/tap class this week.
I was not sure it would be a go at first. She refused to
go into the room. We sat outside and look at
the photos of the pretty outfits that all the girls
were wearing. Then she heard "The Little Mermaid"
and thought it might be worth a try. She walked into
the room like a big girl and pulled the door shut. All
the moms have to sit outside the room in the lobby. I
could peek through the blinds at her every so often to
check on her and she was having a blast. She said that
she wanted to dance everyday. She will have to settle
for every Saturday. We will see how it goes.

Rebel got one of his birthday presents early this
year. OK almost every year...I have a hard time waiting.
He wanted one of those phones with a full keyboard.
I did get the wrong color so we had to take it back
to get the blue and black one. I prefer the green myself.


Tallyn was excited to get Reb's old phone. His
was being held together by electrical tape.

It takes a lot of work to be pretty!!

He has many talents

Warning!!! This following slide show will be very boring to some of you. It is just a lot of pictures that I had on my computer from before I started my blog. I really wish I had more of the boys when they were babies. Doing this made me miss my family. Love you all

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Just so you know I got a new toy and I love playing with this smile box. This is my first time to use it but I plan on doing a lot of fun stuff with it as soon as I figure it all out.

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Miss Ellie

I have no idea why she looks crosseyed....again

The Boys

They spent the afternoon outside working on
their boards.

OK let me fill you in here. He took this one
for the newest GF. In the last month he has
had like 10 girlfriends. He has settled on this last
one for a couple of weeks now. He says they are officially
"going out". I still have not figured where they are "going"
He's 12!! I can't believe how much he has changed in the
last year.


I told him that I deleted this one. It's a good
thing they think this blog is "lame".

Bedtime Pillow Fight!!!!!!!!

This all started out to be a fun little thing before
bed however, in the end the boys were out to
get one another. You might be able to tell from
the look on Tallyn's face. Reb stayed in the hallway
and came in for the attack. Ellie was in the middle
of it all!

Birthday Weekend

August is a busy month for us all. Amber and Kirk
drove up from Texas to spend the weekend with us.
Amber, Kirk, Ellie, moms and my birthdays are all
in August. Jeff, Brenda and Debbie all get September next.
We went to Pops for lunch and had a great time!
Thanks Mama for lunch....

Troy and Kirk are off sweating in the Oklahoma
heat playing golf... We did not go eat with out them!

Brotherly love...can you tell who is mad in this one??

Still not sure about the hair. Jeff loves it.
BTW not a beer...ginger ale

I loved this picture