ST. JUDE half marathon

Here are our half marathoners and marathoners!!! Michael, Steph, Scott, and Michael Yarborough. This was a great weekend and they all did awesome!!!

13.1 miles in 2hours 18 minutes!!!

our tree

This is our tree after all of the ornaments have been moved to the top so Anne can't reach them...oh, how she loves the ornaments!!!

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.-Abraham Lincoln

Christmas is in the air and I've caught the spirit! I'm so excited about Christmas this year. I guess it started with our tradition of putting up the Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving. It was so pretty with all of the ornaments we've collected (some since Michael's birth, ha!) Now, they have worked their way up to the top half of the tree since Anne likes to play with them a little too much! (I'll post a picture of this soon!)
Just to update you on what's going on with us...
Michael has finally finished with his master's and is contemplating a doctoral program in technology in education...I'm still teaching at Nora Davis Magnet school in Laurel and thinking about starting my master's...in something...not sure. I have just finished reading the Twilight saga...which was AMAZING! I'm thinking of rereading soon.
Anne is changing almost everyday. She is starting to talk a lot more finally and sooo independent! She loves to play chase around the house and loves her pappy (passy) which we thought we had gotten rid of ....oh well. She loves to sing with me and her daddy to play the guitar. She hates bedtime; I think she would stay up all night if she could. Some of her favorite foods are goldfish, dried apples, yogurt, animal crackers, chicken nuggets, peas, oatmeal, eggs, mashed potatoes, and pretty much anything sweet. We are really enjoying her and all of her little quirks!

Sara Hinton Photos!!!

These were a few of my favorites!! Sara did such an awesome job; I would definitely recommend her for anyone with a very busy child!!!

South MS Fair

Anne's first trip to the fair was great! She would have ridden anything we put her on if it wasn't for that little height rule! ahahaha! We definitely had a blast riding the carousel, though! Granny and Papa came with us which made for a fabulous time...thanks Granny and Papa!



Anne wasn't too keen on all of the animals, guess she takes after her momma in that department!

more pumpkin patch pics...

Anne and Natalie trying to decide which pumpkin to take home...

Happy Fall...

So, this past Sunday our church went to Mitchell Farms Pumpkin Patch. As we rode down HWY 84 I wondered if we would ever make there riding on the old school/church bus with John driving and taking every left turn and having to turn around until we took the right one. Oh the fun times!!!!

No, it really was a blast! Anne had a great time even with NO NAP! All of our awesome friends were there and it was great. Anne especially loved the merry-go-round with the bike looking things...and climbing on the monkey bars.

We actually do have more pictures that I'll post later. Michael got lost in the corn maze along with our camera, so the actual pumpkin patch photos are on Granny's camera!