WAR EAGLE!

The whole Steve Parkman family attended an Auburn game and pre-game festivities! It was a lot of fun to do this together and the kids had a blast! We went to the Forestry Building for a barbecue lunch and fun for the kidos-face painting and playing in the woods! We got one of our Sorority Sisters to snap a picture of us while we were all together. Yeah! (Bottom Row: Ben & Ashley-oldest sister, Laura & Joseph-youngest sister,expecting 1st baby in March Middle Row: SL-5, Benjamin-almost 9, Georgia Lee-6, Havey-8 (Benjamin and Georgia Lee are Ashley & Ben's kids) Top Row: Ben & Me, Charleston Marie, Mama Ann) We attend the Forestry Festivities because my Ben, Ashley, her Ben, and Joseph all graduated in Forestry and we all graduated from Auburn except Ashley's husband (Georgia) and Mama Ann (Huntington). Yes, we certainly have a lot of foresters and a lot of Bens in our family. (My Ben's dad is also named Ben and he is a Forester too!) Pretty neat, huh?!

Decisions to be made at the face painting table! Everything was done in orange, blue, and white! SL chose a flaming football and an orange & blue snake. Havey chose a tiger paw and AU! They were so excited about this! I cannot believe they let me wash it off that night, after I promised that we had photos of their faces painted!

Me, Laura, & Ashley

The kids were so cute standing outside of Jordan Hare Stadium! This is the first game at Auburn for Havey, SL, and Charli to attend. They were so excited! Me and Ben were too!

The boys heading to their seats!!

If you have never been to a game at Auburn, you really must go! It is an awesome experience for any football fan!

Charli Marie loves her Aunt Laura! She was just talking and smiling at her!!

Charleston Marie was the cutest little Auburn Cheerleader at the game, at least I thought so!!

Ben, Havey, and Benjamin

Benjamin and Benjamin Harris stop on the way to roll the trees on Toomers Corner for their photo to be taken outside of Samford Hall. Wonder if they will have it made here again in about 10 years, when they go off to college!

Us helping roll the trees at Toomers Corner. This is an Auburn tradition when they win, so of course we had to take the kids to do this!

SL really got into this rolling thing!

Havey did too!

SL loved yelling Warrrr Eagle over and over again!

The boys "goofing off" at Toomer's Corner after rolling the Trees!! What a great First Time Experience with the Kids!!

The boys make a stop for a photo after a bike ride through the neighborhood.

We joined Havey and SL for lunch at school on Havey's real birthday.
We had an icecream after school at Coldstone that same day.


Charli is really busy these days: spinning her toy palm tree, grabbing at all of her toys on her bouncy seats, and then trying to "eat" them! She bites/gums everything. I think she is teething, but no teeth showing through yet!

The kids love to go ride their bikes and scooters at MSU, so we try to go at least once a week. I have to admit it is fun! They really like to go right after school because that means we get snacks at The Bakery on campus or at the Union -Starbucks or Chick-fil-a!

The boys take a break at the normal spot. It's a huge pot filled with water -what little boy wouldn't want to stop here?

These rides always tire Charli out!

Havey's 8th birthday party was on November 1st at our house! It was a Star Wars party. We had lots of fun planning it together!
He wanted me to make a cookie cake. We made the snow scene from one of the episodes (I have no idea which one, but I am sure him and Ben know).
We played all kinds of games relating to Star Wars. The above picture was a Marshmallow Fight between the Republic and the Empire. Whenever you got hit with the marshmellow you had to sit down and the team with the last person standing wins. The Empire won! They loved this!
They had to do an obstacle course like Luke Skywalker had to do while carrying Yoda when he was being trained to be a Jedi. The kids carried a raw egg on a spoon through an obstacle course and pretended like the egg was Yoda! The one who made it through fastest was the winner!
This was a lot of fun too! The kids also went on a trailer ride, made smores over a fire, hunted for galactic rocks (treats wrapped in aluminum foil), and guessed how many battle droids (whoppers) were in a water bottle-winner took all! SL has already chosen the theme for his party in March- Cowboys and Indians- he told me to start planning!

Fall Fun!!

Our "bootiful" little girl turned 4 months old 2 days after Halloween!

Our Star Wars Darlings on Halloween night!

I know I will be seeing a lot of these costumes over the next few months, they love to dress-up and pretend in their costumes!

Of course, Charli had to be Princess Leah for Halloween after all those months of being called "Little Leah" while I was pregnant with her. Remember, the boys wanted to name her Princess Leah or Padame after the girls in Star Wars, so they called her that while we decided on her name!

Havey dressed as Clone Trooper Rex from the movie Star Wars, The Clone Wars.

SL dressed like Obi Won Kinobi. This is him wating in line at the Church Fall Festival. They had so much fun!

Ben was recognized at work for 10 years of service with Weyerhaeuser. I am so proud of him and all of his hard work (even if it means leaving early most mornings and arriving home late afternoons)! He is not only a wonderful provider for our family, but also an awesome husband and dad! God truly blessed me with a great man (sounds cheesy, I know, but it is true)!

The cake they had for Ben was delicious! He brought home about 1/3 of the cake- it didn't last long around here!

These are some summer photos that Ben took with his phone and recently found them. They are from a Logging Show he needed to go to, so he took the boys. They loved it, of course. There were activities for kids, candy to be eaten, and logging equipment to be seen- what fun! Charli was just a newborn, so we stayed home.
Not exactly sure what is going on here, but aparently it took teamwork! Maybe they are trying to be the first to roll their log across the finish line? I'll have to ask the boys or Ben!
Surely he did not drive this alone!!

Me and Charli went to SL's Kindergarten Fall Party. It was so much fun for her to watch all of the sweet kids. Of coursc, SL loved showing his little sister off!

Charli loves to play in her room on the floor!
Havey climbed the rock wall at hte Fall Festival at school! Ben came over and pointed him to me while I was working the class booth. Thanks guys for giving mom a "heads-up" on these dangerous stunts! I have a feeling this is only minor-we seem to have little daredevils for kids!

Charli was super at the Festival, super warm! It was so cold that night, but she didn't seem to notice-she fell asleep shortly after this yawn!

Havey acting crazy with some of his school buddies!

SL was serious about playing all of the games at the festival. He won all kinds of candy and treats.
The boys love to drive the golf carts at Nan and Pops place, Roosttree. They are trying to talk them into letting them bring one back to Mississippi!
We all went to the fun before the the AU vs MSU game a few weeks ago. Ben and the boys stayed for the game and they loved their First College Football game. It was a great experience, so they are hooked now! Ben couldn't get them to look at the camera they were so busy snacking and watching the game! They stayed the whole time!

The boys had fun carving their pumpkins!
Charli wants to scoot, crawl, or just move a bit on her own so bad! She is hard at work!
She gives us the look- "Hey, what are you all laughing at, doesn't everyone try to get around like this!"
Charli wears her cute little shirt to encourage everyone to Vote!

"Can I get my whole fist in my mouth?" Yeah, almost!" Charli likes to sit up for a bit on her own while slightly supported!

"Wow, this play mat tastes really good!"

"This lifting your head up thing is really neat!""And really exhausting!"

Charli-Marie (3 1/2 months) is getting ready to taste rice cereal. The boys loved helping with this!

3 months old and really sleeping wonderfully!

The kids got to pick twins for Homecoming Week at school! The brothers chose to be twins along with another boy in Havey's class! They had a fun week and a great time at the game!
Charli has found her thumb, or shall I say thumbs, she doesn't care which one! She still likes her paci and we try to take her thumb and replace it with her paci as much as possible!!