My boy

That's my boy. My little boy. My little boy that will be 12 in January. TWELVE. He is about an inch shy of being as tall as I am (I am 5'6"). We bought him men's size 9 cleats about 4 weeks ago and they are too small all ready, as are the men's 29x30 uniform pants we bought him a week before school started. This is why I only buy him 2 pairs of pants at a time. He is a bottomless pit when it comes to food, and is a meat and bread kind of boy. No veggies getting snuck by him!

Tracking the Outdoors In

This past weekend, Richard and I took the kids to the Buckmaster Expo here in Montgomery. While there, we got an upclose and personal peek at some well known folks such as Troy Landry from Swamp People and his sons and Mike Waddell from Bone Collector, even Jackie Bushman, the head hauncho of Buckmasters. But the person I was most thrilled to meet and even had a very friendly conversation with, was Stacy Harris, in the picture with me above. (Ignore my horrible posture and pale face and sloppy outfit...focus on Stacy's beautiful hair and slim figure..did I mention she has 7 children?). Stacy recently released a cookbook called "Tracking the Outdoors In", and it's stuffed full of recipes that focus on wild game...right up my alley! She has a website, www.gameandgarden.com, where she blogs and shares recipes. She's beautiful and very sweet to visit with us and even signed my cookbook!

Back To School...

My children started back to school over the last few weeks..Brian on the 13th and Rachel this past Monday. Here's a few pics of them on their first day of 6th grade (Brian) and 3rd grade (Rachel)....

Showing off the feather she got while we were at the beach a few weeks ago. Have I mentioned how much I didn't want her to get one? Then I reminded myself to choose my battles wisely...

Mimi called to wish her a good day at school right when we were getting ready to leave..

Look at how grown my little boy is!!! And handsome! Plus he's really sweet and kind.

And there he is with my handsome husband. He gets all his wonderful attributes from that man! Love them!

Anyway..I had forgotten how stinking busy it is when they are in school! Between school, cheer practice and football practice, we are all worn out by 8pm every night. Getting back in this routine is tough, but necessary. This is absolutely one of my favorite times of the year, and this August has been a delightfully mild one. I'm hoping that means we have a great winter in store!

Brian's football Jamboree is this Saturday, I'm looking forward to cheering him and his team to victory. I think I'm going to be that mom that gets a t-shirt with my son's face screenprinted on the front, and perhaps a large button that says "I'm #67's Mom!"

...I hope his number is 67...

Pray for my man as he is here next week with the kids on his own. I am heading to New Mexico with my father for an antelope hunt! I'm so excited, I can't stand it! They have gotten one each year they have gone, I'm hoping that I don't break their luck!! I'm sure I'll have great stories to share when we get back. In the meantime, I hope everyone's having a good back-to-school season!