November 26

We decorated “The Cottage” (which is my new name for the little house in Muscle Shoals).  And by “we,”  I should be very honest and say Scott did most of the decorating.  I merely placed ornaments and ribbons on the tree.

 

And the girls played outside ...

  

Apparently the all-night shopping caught up with Scott ... he slept through the second half of the Iron Bowl.  :)

Thanksgiving – November 25

Enjoying Thanksgiving at Mama and Aunt Norma’s house. 

 

A quick nap for Uncle Greg before marathon Black Friday shopping.

November 24

Thanksgiving at Mama and Papa’s house …
This was Harper’s first Thanksgiving and she was absolutely adorable!!

November 23

Traveling to Alabama involves:

Daddy on the phone


Casiday watching movies


Mommy taking pictures

November 9

Mommy and Daddy spent the night in Alabama on the way to Missouri for Nana Jo’s funeral.  We enjoyed a little time with Bauer!

November 8

End of soccer season …

Warming up.


In the game.


Daddy watching the game with Mr.. Sid.  (We played Laura’s team.)


Team party!!


With Coach Colon

October 30

Pumpkin Carving …
 

October 11

Flying home … Bauer came with us so he could tell Uncle ‘Cott bye.

September 4

The girl wanted to go shark fishing … so surrogate grandpa, Mr. Laymon, took her (and Mommy and Daddy).

She caught her shark …

… though it appears she was a little afraid of it!!

She also got to drive the boat …

…which she liked.

And her daddy enjoyed the ride!

August 11

Our first trip to Aquatica, Sea World’s water park.  We LOVED it!!

 

These are the Commerson’s Dolphins – one of the slides goes through their tank.  Casiday saw them swimming over her as she went through the slide.  VERY cool.

Daddy’s sunglasses broke as soon as we got to the park.  So he was squinty all day long … but Casiday & Mommy noticed that all the boy lifeguards were wearing girls’ sunglasses, so when we left the park, we figured Daddy could easily wear Mommy’s extra pair without looking goofy.  Maybe we were wrong??  :)

August 10

Last summer hurrah in Orlando!  We drove down after eating lunch with the Senior Adults at Olive Garden in Jacksonville.   Got there in time to check in to our hotel and hit the evening shows at Sea World. 

The girl at the hotel:

Will the storms hit us??

 

We LOVE Sea World!!

Family pic graciously taken by the kind man behind us!

August 8

Relaxing on Sunday afternoon.

August 7

Tonight we celebrated Big Jay’s 40th birthday with an 80s bash for friends & family.  It was so much fun!

Casiday decided to wear this:

I am not sure how I feel about seeing my 10-year-old in a formal that I wore my sophomore year in high school but she had so much fun.

Mommy & Daddy also dressed up:

Here’s a better picture of Billy Ray Underwood:

It was a great night – even with the black frosting on the cake which Ella & Casiday (and every other child there clearly loved!).

Happy birthday, Jay!  Sorry I failed to get a photo of the birthday boy!! :)

July 9

Greg’s Birthday