OCTOBER!!

YAY FOR FALL!! WE LOVE THIS KIND OF WEATHER! THE BOYS HAVE BEEN BUSY, WE ARE GETTING READING FOR HALLOWEEN AND FUN !

"MARIO TIME" HALLOWEEN COSTUMES

SELF PAINTING, THEY THOUGHT THEY NEEDED  A BEARD!

PUMPKIN PATCH IN ROLLING FORK!!

MY CUTE LIL' PUMPKINS

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!



DO ALL LITTLE BOYS TALK THIS WAY?

LATELY BEN AND ARCHER HAVE BEEN MORE THAN A HANDFUL. GRANTED THEIR ALWAYS A HANDFUL , BUT IT SEEMS LIKE NOW NOT ONLY ARE THEY ACTING CRAZY BUT NOW THEY ARE TALKING CRAZY.  I KNEW THIS DAY WOULD COME EVENTUALLY, AND WHEN YOU HAVE TWO SO CLOSE TOGETHER YOU KNOW YOUR TIME OF SWEET AND INNOCENT DAYS ARE VERY NUMBERED! :)  CONVERSATIONS IN OUR HOUSE ARE AMUSING TO SAY THE LEAST.

ARCHER IS THE ONE THAT USUALLY WE JUST SHAKE OUR HEADS TO AS WE TRY NOT TO LOOK DIRECTLY AT HIM WHILE WE LAUGH!

FOR INSTANCE JUST A FEW THIS WEEK:

ME- " HEY YALL WERE ABOUT TO GO TO THE GROCERY CAN YOU THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE GO"  (I HAD ALREADY VOICED THAT WE NEEDED MILK, JUICE, ETC..)

ARCHER- " YEA MOMMA WE NEED HONEY BUNS AND BEER!!" (IS HE A MAN OR WHAT?!)


ME - " ARCHER, DID YOU SAY BEER?"

ARCHER - "YEA DADDY NEEDS SOME"

NOW, I AM PREGNANT FIRST OFF, SECONDLY WE DON'T DRINK BEER AT HOME ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO ALL I COULD DO AT THAT POINT WAS LAUGH AND CALL WILL TO TELL HIM THAT ARCHER THOUGHT HE NEEDED BEER!


NEXT WHILE TRYING TO MAKE HIM FINISH HIS SUPPER:

ME- "ARCHER YOUR NOT THROUGH, YOU NEED TO EAT 3 MORE BITES"

ARCHER- " NO MOMMA I CAN'T, MY BABY IN MY BELLY SAYS NO!"

THIS IS WHAT HE REPLIED AFTER I TOLD HIM IT WAS TIME TO GET IN THE BATHTUB!
ARCHER- "YEA MOMMA, PEE YEW! I STINK!"

SO, I BELIEVE I HAVE MY HANDS FULL!

SCHOOL STARTED!! HOORAY!!

THE BOYS BOTH STARTED SCHOOL THIS YEAR, AFTER BEING AT HOME WITH THEM FOR THE ENTIRE SUMMER, PREGNANT, HOT, AND MOST OF THE TIME JUST PLAIN TIRED I COULD NOT WAIT FOR SCHOOL TO START.

THEY REALLY WERE BOTH SO READY AND EXCITED TOO!!  ITS HARD TO BELIEVE THEY ARE OLD ENOUGH AND IN A FEW MONTHS I GET TO START ALL BACK OVER :) YAY!!

THESE ARE JUST A FEW FROM THE FIRST WEEK THEY STARTED.



THEY MADE A TENT
THE OTHER DAY TO WATCH
THEIR MOVIE!



ARCHER DID TURN 3 AND I MANAGED TO SNAP A COUPLE!

HELLO, OLD FRIEND!! YES WE ARE STILL HERE AND WITH SOME NEWS!!!

WELL YOUR MIGHT BE WONDERING, "DID THE FLOOD TAKE THE CHOATE'S AWAY?' "WHERE HAVE THEY BEEN?".  NO I AM VERY HAPPY TO REPORT THAT IT DID NOT AND WE MANAGED QUITE WELL PRAISE THE LORD!!

NO WE HAVEN'T TAKEN ANY FANCY TRIPS, (NONE TO BE EXACT!), OR DONE ANYTHING NEW TO OUR HOUSE (WHICH NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF ATTENTION) NO WE'VE JUST BEEN HERE PRAYING FOR RAIN MOSTLY OR GOING BACK AND FORTH TO THE SWIMMING POOL.  HOWEVER WE DID GET A LITTLE (BIG) SURPRISE AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE........

WE ARE HAVING BABY #3!!!!

THAT'S RIGHT. SO MY LACK OF POSTING IS MAINLY DUE TO THE ABOVE NEWS!
WE ARE SO EXCITED AND EVERYTHING IS GOING GREAT SO FAR!

THE BOYS ARE AS EXCITED AS THEY KNOW TO BE WITH  THE ONGOING QUESTIONS LIKE " WHEN'S IT POPPING OUT?" OR "WHY IS YOUR BELLY SOOO.. FAT!" ALL VERY CONCERNING STATEMENTS!

SINCE WE KEEP THE GENDER A SURPRISE WE ARE ALL ANXIOUSLY AWAITING FOR JAN!

I HAVE TAKEN LITTLE OR NO PICTURES TO SPEAK OF SO, THERE ARE NO PICTURES TO CAPTURE ANY OF OUR SUMMER EVENTS!!

WHAT'S UP WITH US? FLOOD WATERS THAT'S WHAT!!!

ITS BEEN A CRAZY COUPLE OF WEEKS AROUND HERE TO SAY THE LEAST. THE FLOOD IS AFFECTING MY FAMILY, SO IN THE MIDST OF MOVING FURNITURE AND BUILDING LEVEES AND STILL TRYING TO FARM, WE'VE ALSO HAD GRADUATIONS. BEN GRADUATED FROM HIS FIRST YEAR OF TUTORED TOTS AND MY YOUNGEST SISTER ANNE ELIZA
 GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL. 

PLEASE KEEP US IN YOUR PRAYERS, WE NEED TO MAKE IT TIL THURS. WHEN THE RIVER CRESTS. PLEASE JUST ASK THAT THE LEVEES HOLD AND THE CROPS WILL SUSTAIN AS LITTLE DAMAGE AS POSSIBLE!



THIS IS RIGHT BEHIND MOM AND DADS



THIS WATER CAME UP ON THE LEVEE IN THE BACK IN A MATTER OF HOURS!



LEVEE IN FRONT OF MOMS, THE BOYS LOVED ALL THE ACTION.
CARTER LOOKED LIKE ONE BIG CONSTRUCTION SITE



WILL AND I TOOK THIS AS WE DROVE OVER THE WATER IT

WAS ABOUT 6IN OVER THE ROAD



THIS IS MY GRANDMOTHERS HOUSE






THE BOYS PLAYING IN THE CRATER BESIDE THE HOUSE



THE BACKHOE WAS "WAVING" AT ARCHER :)

A LITTLE SWIMMING

BEN'S AND ANNE ELIZA GRADUATION

THE LAST MONTH IN PICTURES!

WELL IM UP SO EARLY THIS MORNING AND HAD NOTHING ELSE TO DO, SO I SAT DOWN TO UPDATE WITH LOTS OF PICS! 
YOU ASK WHY IM UP SO EARLY?, WELL LET ME TELL YOU!  BEN WOKE UP AROUND 7A.M. , USUALLY IF WILL IS GONE I GET UP FIX HIS JUICE AND BREAKFAST AND GET BACK IN THE BED:)
O BUT NOT TODAY, TODAY WHEN I WENT BACK TO GET ALL SNUGGLY IN MY BED I FELT SOMETHING UNDER THE COVERS, WHAT YOU ASK?, DOG POO!! SMEARED ALL OVER THE BED. I MUST HAVE STEPPED IN IT ON MY WAY BACK TO MY SNUGGLY BED.  SO YEA, THEN I WAS UP!! WE MIGHT HAVE A DOG FOR SALE SOON!!!

THESE PICS GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE MIDDLE OF MARCH WHEN WE TOOK THE BOYS TO NEW ORLEANS! IT WAS SUCH A BLAST, BUT LOTS OF WORK TOO:) (P.S. I WILL NOT FORGET MY STROLLER FOR ARCHER NEXT TIME, HE SEEMED TO HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO WALK DOWN THERE!)

WE ALSO CELEBRATED SOME BIRTHDAYS LAST MONTH. OUR FRIEND ELLIE JAMES HAD A PRECIOUS PARTY AT THE AG MUSEUM.  tHE BOYS LOVED RIDING THE HORSES.  THEN WE GOT TO HELP TU-TU (MY MOM) CELEBRATE HER 50TH COMPLETE WITH LOBSTERS FLOWN IN FROM MAINE!

MARCH WAS BUSY, BUT VERY FUN!!

WE TOOK A DETOUR ON THE WAY DOWN TO N.O. TO
BATON ROUGE SO THE BOYS COULD SEE THEIR BELOVED
"MIKE" THE TIGER



SHOWING OFF THEIR BRICKS IN FRONT OF MIKES CAGE,
THEY THOUGHT THIS WAS SOOO.. COOL!





































ZOO!

HIS FAVORITE! THE SNAKES!


AQUARIUM/INSECTARIUM



LOBSTER TIME! YUMMY!



THE NEXT FEW ARE ARCHER, THIS KID KEEPS US IN STITCHES! AS YOU CAN TELL HE ALWAYS HAS THE APPROPRIATE HAT FOR ANY OCCASION!

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHATS GOING ON HERE!



THIS IS EXACTLY HOW HE CAME DOWNSTAIRS THE OTHER MORNING.  

I HAD JUST GOTTEN UP AND HE SAID, " OK LETS GO WORK ON SOME TRACTORS!" 





MY SWEET BOYS! (MOST OF THE TIME!)