Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Meet the RAIDERS

It was an event that was ALMOST as exciting as starting back to school....and I do mean that! All the girls that did the Decatur High cheer camp this summer were invited to preform with all of the cheerleaders on the "real field" (as Gray call it) at meet the Raiders! Mary B. really got into this, they have both been practicing all the cheers and the dance since camp, but Mary B. decided she didn't really even need to stand behind one to watch and hopped right on front with her friend Meredith!



(thanks Andrea for the pics above....your camera and ZOOM blow mine away:)

Gray and Mary Reese.....


here they are after the BIG show with sweet Lilly who is one of our favorite friends and babysitters.....


We can't wait for FRIDAY Nights at Ogle Stadium...Let's gooo Raiders!!

Sunday, August 15, 2010

WE made it...1st week of Kindergarten and 2nd Grade

It was quiet the week with my sweet girls....I have to start with my buggy. YES mommy was emotional, excited, sad, nervous, AND not-sleeping-much...but the time has come my sweet Gray started Kindergarten. Her start was very hard for me, I knew it would be, but didn't realize it would be hard for her too.

I do have to note...The girls laid out all 5 outfits for the week on Sunday night...Gray's were all smocked dresses, Mary B. went more shorts and skorts....I love that we took over an hour to do this!

ok, back to our week...........
You would never know there was about to be a MAJOR breakdown with both of us here.....


and even snapping more pics with my sweet 2ND grader we still didn't know it was coming......



but the next 3 days as I took her to school(she had to start at Walter Jackson due to our system rules, however, this was not at all the cause of the breakdowns) it was just the simple fact that I had to face my little bug was growing up....she cried, I cried, and we both cried some more......NO I didn't get any pics of this and now I wish I had but my nerves had the best of me!

then on Thursday she got to start at Eastwood with ME and she was all smiles and so was I...when we saw just like Mary B, she got Mrs. Hand....



I love this little sign, just at their levels ....here they both are their first day in Mrs. Hands class.....




We are still adapting to all getting up and out the door at the same time to be at the same place, but Gray LOVES it and so do I!

As for Mary B. she is LOVING 2ND grade, she got Mrs. Hughes and was thrilled! Mrs. Hughes also taught her 1st grade Sunday School class which makes her a very special lady to Mary Bradford and her mom and dad too!


It is going to be a great school year.....I am so proud of you both and look forward to hearing what happens in your classes everyday, looking in your backpacks to check out all the notes and schoolwork you bring home, and sharing in all the fun things you will do with your class and your new friends!

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Sweet Company

The girls enjoyed their sweet Coulson cousins spend the night with us while Sally had to work.....Mary Bradford led them in a Duck, Duck, Goose game while they waited on me to load the car and head for a swim at the Coulsons....



Poor Maury ended up with a fever so stayed with Mimi and Gandy....but Car-Car (as Gray likes to call him) hung right in there with us, slept good, ate good....and got up ready to play in our "truck"!



Later in the week, Gray went to Anniston alone to spend a few days with Nana and Pop (and shopped, and played and shopped and did whatever else she wanted!)....so Mary B got to have company all by herself! We decided to do a mommy daughter trip with Missey and Meredith to Bridgestreet to start off the evening....
We saw Beezus and Ramona (which the mommies loved as much or MORE than the girls), shopped at my least favorite store in the world, but one they love JUSTICE, and had dinner at Red Robin...what a treat!


The next morning these 2 decided they wanted to dress as movie stars, I could be their driver and wanted breakfast at McDonald's...so that they got!

Pretending I am the paparazzi "UGH....NO pictures!" Not a DULL moment with MB and MERE...



I sure have enjoyed this Summer that is coming to a Fast end...and so glad I get to share these fun treats with my girls!