Nine Month Photos

Andrew's 9 month photo shoot is up and running. I thought they turned out well. Once again, how do I ever decide which ones to buy?? I want them ALL!! Go to http://www.amynicholsphotography.com/ and click on Enter Site: Client: Password: andrew

Enjoy!!

What We've Been Up To

Sorry, I haven't updated in awhile. {Amy, this is for you. My 5 year old niece always checks to see if I've updated.} It's been very busy around our house the past several weeks. Playin' in the pool, Goin' to the beach, the zoo, playing church softball, goin' to the beach, and finally more playing in the pool. We've been enjoying the HOT, HOT summertime weather in south Alabama, so I hardly have time to get on this thing. So this is going to be a pretty long post. Hopefully, I can get caught up on everything! Hope everyone is having a HAPPY SUMMER!!

Beach Trip #1





This little baby LOVES the water! He would have his face all the way in the water before I would even realize it!!

Montgomery Zoo

Last week we ventured to the zoo before Ben left for Wisconsin. They were honoring military families, so we all got in free and lunch was on them also!

We also got to go in the Mann Museum. Ty thought this Polar Bear was really cool.

Couldn't resist... I told Ben this was one of his long-lost relatives.

Ty loves taking pictures with his camera! The problem is, sometimes you have no clue what you're looking at after he's taken it!

As hot as it was, there were no complaints from this little guy! What a sweet baby!

Ben was really into these little river otters!

Beach Trip #2

Last week we had a fun day at the beach with lots of friends. I look back at the pictures of all the kids in the water and wonder if we were absolutely out of our minds....I don't think so. We had a great time even if we did get a little too much sun!

All the guys!

Ty and Jacob

This was Ty's way of getting warm.

Three tired kiddos ~ Logan, Amy & Ty

The whole crew!

Putting up Vegetables
This is something we always do. For as long as I can remember, we've gone to my Grandaddy's to pick peas, butterbeans, squash, tomatoes, pull ears of corn, dig potatoes, cut okra. And, we're still doing it. Only now, it's my daddy's garden. He always plants a little of everything, or should I say alot of everything. He also roots any kind of flower he finds beside the road while he's working. He and my mother spend most of their spare time working at Grandaddy's, either making another flower bed, planting a garden, setting out new plants, mowing, or weed-eating. It's a very big area, so by the time they're finished, it's time to start all over again!!

They've done all the work outside and it looks so nice! I know my Grandaddy would smile if he could see what they've done.

Ty helping Grandaddy in the garden.

These hydrangeas have multi-colored blooms. They're pink, blue, and lavender. Some blooms have all three colors.

The kids all have their swings. Looks like we'll be adding another one pretty soon for Andrew!
Andrew was trying his best to escape from his palette we had made him. He was trying to crawl without his knees touching the grass.

Ty shucking corn.

I love these gladiolas. {aka Glads in the south}. They are so pretty!

This is my daddy's gladiola bed. They are beautiful.

A Perfect Day for a Lemonade Stand

Yesterday Allie and Amy set up their very own lemonade stand. What better day for a cold glass of lemonade and homemade cookies? With the temperature almost at 100, I have to say that lemonade did hit the spot girls.

I think lemonade is a much better choice than a plastic bag of hickory nuts, washed I might add. {Kelley, our neighbor Chris, and I did this when we were little}. We picked up hickory nuts, washed 'em, bagged 'em, and rolled them out by the road in our wagon to sell. I'm wondering if we sold any at all! If I had to guess, I would say that most people by-passed a hickory nut stand!

Young entrepreneurs: Amy and Allie

Allie can always take a break to hold Mr. Andrew!

So this is what we've been doing for the last several weeks! I think this is why I never have time to get on here.

Ben has almost made a week in Wisconsin. And has about another week and a half to go before his school is over! He is enjoying mild temps there. It's in the mid 70's in Wisconsin. He says he's going to have to get readjusted to the heat when he gets home. Yep, I would say so.

This will be the last school that he will have to go to for awhile! Yay!!!!!! Ready for him to be home for good!

Hopefully, I can post before another month has passed. Hope everyone is having a wonderful summer!

It's Official......

Out for summer....for good! Last Friday morning was a good day. It was the last work day at school! I resigned from my teaching position last week to be at home with my boys! This is something I have been wanting to do for a long time. I feel so blessed to finally have this opportunity to stay home. It probably won't actually sink in until school starts back in August. At least Ty seems to be happy that his Mama is not going to have to leave him in the mornings anymore. It will be so nice not to miss his school stuff anymore.

To celebrate the start of summer, we took Ty and Andrew to Dream Park last Thursday before the rain came.

When it started raining, we headed to Burger King to let Ty play. There just happened to be two sweet little girls there that Ty got to play with. The girls happen to belong to a friend of mine. The oldest of the two was like a little mama to Andrew. She was the sweetest thing. Ty came back to the table and told me, "Mama, I just made up some new friends." He was so funny. He had a great time playing with these girls. I promised the girls I would get these pictures on, so here they are.

I think Andrew was loving all the extra attention! He had the sweetest little smile the whole time Meredith Grace was holding him. Christy ~ I just know these two would make great little babysitters for you this summer!!

Laura stopped playing for a minute to get in the picture with Andrew and Meredith Grace.

I'm wondering if there's anyway I can bring this sweet little girl home with me for just a few hours!!

After we left Burger King, we decided to go to Ben's Mom and Dad's house to take the Mustang for a spin. It's a '64 1/2 that Bro. Anthony bought and has had restored to its original color. Ben likes to go and just sit in it and crank it up and listen to it. He has always loved old Mustangs and almost got one when he turned 16, but his Dad talked him out of it because it had no air. Anyway, he is always telling me that he is going to have one one day. Well, his Dad decided to tell him that the car was actually his. He had been having it restored for Ben and wanted to see him be able to enjoy it!! Ben COULD NOT believe it and thought he was dreaming (and still does).

These pics were actually taken before he knew that the Mustang was his.

Now, I'm just waiting for a volunteer to watch my children so we can take the Mustang to the beach!

ALL ABOARD!

What a rainy day for a party. I tried my best trying to persuade Ty to let's wait until this weekend to have his party...so it would be nice and sunny. Ok, trying to get a 4 year old to postpone his party, well, you can imagine how that went over. So....the party must go on! And go on it did. We set up everything under the carport and everything turned out just fine. Can you believe it stopped raining and the sun even popped out for about an hour??? I couldn't! That made my day for Ty! I was so wanting him to be able to get in the pool with his little buddies. When Ben volunteered to get in the icy, cold water with all the kids, they all went crazy wild screaming they were so excited. So, despite all the rainy weather, the party turned out great. Thanks to all of our family and friends for coming and making my son one happy little boy!

Thanks for the crayon holder Mrs. Angie, Maisy, Braelyn, and Trevin. We love it! All of our crayons stay nice and neat now!

Allie & Emma look just a little chilly!