VALENTINE'S DAY
The boys had a great Valentine's Day! Stephen Louis could not be more thrilled about all of the candy he received! Benjamin Harris really enjoyed reading all of his Valentine's. He is becoming such a good reader!

Candy, oh sweet candy!

The Mother and Son Tea Party was so sweet. The kids sang a song to us in French and then presented their mom with a special Valentine. They each had a made a placemat with our names on it. We iced yummy cookies and decorated them with assorted candies. We had Fruit Punch "tea" out of real tea cups. The teachers had also painted tea cups for each of teh children to keep to help them remember this very special day! I had such a wonderful time with one of my Valentines!

Havey works on his special Valentine box of chocolates that he picked out for Sara Elizabeth. He says she is not a girlfriend, just very quiet and pretty. How sweet is that?
Valentine's morning and we are ready to take in our special Valentine. He quickly told me he did not need help taking in his valentines or finding Sara Elizabeth's bookbag (he was going to sneak it in when no one was looking). He told me to just come back for the Mother and Son Tea Party later that day! He is growing up too fast and I am not liking it!

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Dad's Dig in the Dirt Day was a lot of fun, or at least that is what I heard. After I helped set-up I was told to leave and not come back until clean up time-orders from dad. I have got to learn not to be a hovering mom-HaHa! (I don't see this happening anytime soon!) Benjamin Harris is showing off his dirt cup and his dad! They sure are handsome!

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The house is moving right along! Yeah! It would move a lot faster if I would quit moving windows and changing my mind about doors!

Benjamin Harris is just glad that the upstairs is getting framed. They picked their rooms and he is very excited that he has a view of the trees, stream, and lake. He hopes he will be able to spot all of the deer that have left tracks around the house!

Stephen L0uis was so busy playing with his new friend and soon to be neighbor, Amory, that he did not want his photo taken. That is really okay-since there is no railing going up the stairs and there is not a banister on the balcony. He was greatly stressing me when he was up there with us! The first of many items to come was thrown down from the balcony! I tried to lay down the law, but Ben claims it is just going to happen. :( Maybe we can limit it to paper airplanes!

Our little fishermen loved seeing the picture of the big fish their Poppie caught. They hope he can catch another just like it when they come for a visit. SL said he can catch one that big, but he doesn't think he can pick it up! We will have to wait and see! Get the fishing poles ready Poppie, they will want to fish from dawn till dusk!

They closed in the outside of the house last week and started on the second floor. It is a good thing because Benjamin Harris was worried beacause he did not have a room anywhere in

the house!

Ashley organized a day for several of our Kappa Alpha Theta sisters to get-together in Auburn. Everyone passed the word along and we had a good group attend. It was a lot of fun to talk, laugh, and catch-up! It was like the old times!

These are some of the sisters that were in my Pledge Class. I have stayed in contact with a few of them through e-mails and Christmas cards, so it was great to get to see them!

Fran was mine and Ashley's friend and suitemate for several quarters at Auburn. She is pregnant with a little girl, so Ashley had a cute baby cake for her, which served as a

wonderful dessert.
Veroushka was one of my pledge class sisters and good friends.
Sisters Twice Over!

The boys thought that Uncle Buddy's deer was great! They were really excited. Ben was glad to have Buddy come over to hunt with him. SL keeps telling me "I'm hungry for some deer meat". So, I hope Uncle Buddy is planning on sharing a little bit of deer meat with his

big fans.

They have really made progress on the house and we are so thrilled! The boys have enjoyed going over to check on things every week. They really love the red mud, and their clothes do too! The stains just won't come out-any ideas? I was amazed at how quickly they got the downstairs framing done. WOW!

Havey's class had tackey day recently and he really enjoyed picking out his outfit. As you can see, he looked super-cool!

The boys do a little "working" of their own at the new house.
They poured the slab today. Yipee! The boys found all kind of neat treasures that Mr. Mark-the builder let them keep. They have started a treasure pile that they go to everytime we go to see what the workers have done. They are loving this experience!

YEAH, I AM SO EXCITED THAT WE NOW HAVE MUSIC ON OUR BLOG. I DON'T KNOW IF I AM MORE PSYCHED OVER THE FACT OF HAVING THE MUSIC OR THAT I FIGURED OUT HOW TO ADD IT BEFORE BEN DID! (I AM ALWAYS HAVING TO ASK FOR HIS COMPUTER EXPERTISE, SO THIS WAS A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR ME!) WE ALL HAD FUN PICKING THE SONGS THAT ARE PLAYING. YOU ARE ABLE TO FORWARD THROUGH THE LIST ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND LISTEN TO THE DIFFERENT SONGS, IF YOU WISH. YOU CAN ALSO MUTE IT OR TURN THE VOLUME DOWN ON YOUR COMPUTER IF YOU FIND IT ANNOYING! WE LOVE IT, BUT WE LOVE NOISE AT OUR HOUSE- WHICH IS A GOOD THING, SINCE WE ARE NOT A VERY QUIET FAMILY!

Happy New Year! The boys had fun doing sparklers at our house on New Year's Eve. Ben even allowed Havey to light his own! He thought he was so big. (Of course, I had to give the "we don't play with fire lecture" because I am an over-protective, somewhat paranoid mom!)

Ben pops the top on some sparkly to celebrate all of the precious memories we had in 2006 and the wonderful times to come in 2007! We are so incredibly blessed!
Even the boys got to have a glass! It was non-alcoholic, I promise!

Christmas at Mama Ann's is always fun! The boys had fun with thier cousins and they exchanged some great gifts! I think I want an Easy Bake Oven like the one we gave "Jo-Leigh"!

Thanks for the presents everyone!

Ben got some awesome fireworks to shoot while we were at Ann's since we cannot shoot anything big at our house. He found a really neat one called "One Bad Mother-In-Law". She thought it was great! The kids had so much fun shooting the Roman Candles and watching the snakes grow! Clean-up the next day was not quite as much fun!

I had to include these sweet pictures of our special

Christmas gifts!

Havey made SL a hat at school one day while he was in the art center. He even had it wrapped adn tied together with some string that Mrs. Hays gave him. How sweet is that?! He placed it under the tree where it stayed until Christmas day. SL loved his hat and loves his "bubba" even more!
We also had a present under the tree that Havey made at school. He made the cutest snowman card from torn pieces of construction paper and a wonderful Christmas picture made from his hand and fingerprints. I plan to frame it to hang every Christmas. Mrs. Hays also had several of their special papers put together into a folder for us to treasure. We were so proud of our special presents and the work he put into them.

FUTURE PALEONTOLOGISTS?!

Santa brought dinosaur excavation kits with tools and all! The boys dug out all of the bones and put their dino together. What a mess, but oh, what FUN!

These photos were taken by Benjamin Harris with Stephen Louis' help. They did this without our knowing, until we downloaded the photos onto the computer the other night! He did pretty well, don't you think? I did not include the one that brought me and Ben many laughs and brought me a few concerns. (It was of poor Kringle's "penney"!) Once again, Ben reminded me they were just being boys! I did talk with them about the misuse of the camera, but never told them about the endless laughter that they brought to us when they were sleeping! They never cease to amaze me!!!

Yes, I know it has been over a month since Christmas and I am just now posting pictures! I promise to do better!~
Christmas Eve was quite an event at our house. We had to add the star to our tree that night to help us remeber the true meaning of Christmas. Benajamin Harris had been looking forward to doing that for days! As young as our boys are and as excited as they get about Santa coming, they still truly understand that Christmas is about our Savior's Birth. Their love for Jesus is so sweet and brings great joy to us.

Benjamin Harris and Stephen Louis left Santa milk and cookies. SL also got Santa some water because he was going to be "really firsty"! They also left out reindeer food for Rudolph and his friends. Finally they hung their stocking by the fireplace. We ended the night by reading the Christmas story! They were so excited-and we were too! As you know, Ben and I are kids at heart!



















We were amazed that they slept until after 8:00 am!