My Little Burrito

Every night before I go to bed, I sneak into Joe's room and give him a kiss goodnight (even though he has long been asleep). Sometimes I find some very interesting things going on in his room. Sometimes he will be completely out of the covers, sometimes there will be Hot Wheels in the bed, sometimes he will be reaching above his head and holding onto the bats, sometimes all the lights will be on....you get the picture. He's a quirky kid.

One night last week I went into his room and what I found surprised me. The initial surprise came from me thinking "OH gosh, he's jumped out the window!" I turned on the light to assess the situation closer and this is what I found:



He was rolled up like a burrito with his head almost hanging off the bed.

Please don't ask me how this happened because I can offer no explanation.

He is who he is.

Basketball; White men can jump (kind of)

I wanted to share some photos from Joe's basketball game Saturday. My dear, sweet neighbors Lauren and Josh took these for me since I couldn't be there for the game. I actually won't get to see a game until February due to my class schedule. I think you'll agree, my neighbors really have an eye for photography.

Note: You will definitely want to click on these pictures so you can see the enlarged versions.

For example:

Just look at the emotion captured on Jason's face. You can definitely appreciate his talent for coaching Church league youth sports.


They were also able to perfectly capture Joe getting whacked in the back of the head and a walking zombie in the background.


Notice that Joe is squatting and still taller than his defender.


My goodness, look at that face!


And that impeccable form!




This is, perhaps, my favorite shot from the game. Conveniently, no one can tell me what the heck was going on or what he was doing, but this picture screams artistic genius.


When there were no more action shots to be had, my wonderful neighbors captured the spirit of the Saturday morning kid quite well.

Thank you Lauren and Josh for being awesome! Love Y'all!

Playing Catch-Up

Alternately titled: A really long post with all the news and pictures I've been neglecting.

I really am going to revive my blog. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but I'm here and I haven't forgotten about it.

Given my lack of posts since Thanksgiving, I should probably catch all 3 of you up on our business.

We survived another semester and *hopefully* have gotten to the bottom of Joe's behavior problems. Undiagnosed severe ADHD can lead a Mother to crazytown. WE are all MUCH better now though.

I made the President's list with my 4.0 for the fall semester. This one however, I'm hoping just to survive! 19 hours....geez!

We had a wonderful, amazing Christmas:

These are my favorite types of family photos!


Joe got a Terrance Cody jersey from Aunt Micki and he was SO happy! He is wearing it at school as we speak. He also slept in it last night!


We got him this big Cody photo which he freaked out over!


These are all the cousins/grandchildren on my Mama's side of the family. When we were taking the picture, they said "tall ones in the back." We just looked at each other and laughed!


This might be the only photo of all 3 of us from Christmas day.


All of us but my Dad who had to work. Mom, thanks for making me look pale! Tall, but pale.

Which is quite the opposite of my friends Rachel Red and Allie:

Who make me look rather tan, but short!

Now let me tell you what my dear, sweet husband has been up to:

Oh, not much, just killing the first deer of his life! 9 point buck, 178 lbs! We will be eating deer meat for at least a year and I couldn't be more excited!


Jason and Adam were in the shooting house together when he got it. He used Adam's gun because the scope is better. Adam has also killed a doe this year!

Jason has also been flooring our attic:

Callie tried to help!

Also, there was this little thing called ALABAMA GOING UNDEFEATED AND WINNING THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!!! ROLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well folks, I promise to do better. If you're still reading this and still care about our lives, I'll keep it going. Maybe 2010 will be more interesting!