Summer Updates

I know it's been a while, we have extremely busy.
Updates:

July 17-July 21: The enti paw he already knows. I was very exciting to see my grandparents so excited to have all of thier kids, grand kids and great-grand kids all in one place. We were all truely blessre Hensley family traveled to Hamilton, Ohio to suprise my grandpa for his 80th birthday. I wished I would have taken a picture of his face when all of the TN clan just kept coming in the door, he was so surprised. 12 people stayed at thier house for the entire weekend, which was a lot of fun. Grandma was very impressive for keeping it a secret for so long. On Saturday of the weekend my mom and aunt cindy through a huge party at the park for him with tons of family and friends. Drew had such a good time, he kept calling my grandpa "the other guy". He truely didn't undersand "great" pa pa, he doesn't want anything to confuse theed.
Drew and Great Pa

July 18th-Justin, Amy, Nick, Pat, Christy, me and all the kids traveled to the Cinn. Zoo. It was a lot of fun watching Drew yell "Marty-from Madagascar". We rode a train and it was the highlight of the day for Drew.



Drew reading the map at the zoo

School Update-I have already been back to school for about 3 weeks getting things ready for the kids, who come back August 11th. I think Drew and Justin are glad to be back in a routine, they say I screw it up when I am home. Drew starts school on Tuesday, August 5th. He is returning to Pleasant Heights Baptist Church but for 3 days a week this year. Drew was also lucky enough to get the same teacher as last year, who he really enjoyed, Ms. Sandra. He is very excited about starting school especially since he has a new scooby new lunch box.

Drew's new words: I just wanted to give a an update a few new phrases that Drew has started saying, and I blame others for these. Lately, it's been "Dad, your killing me"-Justin. "Oh my gosh"-My father. "Why"-Sometimes I wonder how many questions he can ask in a 5 minute period.

Fall Soccer: We signed Drew up for fall soccer. He starts on September 6th, every Saturday. Since it's a 3 year old league he will practice 30 minutes before each game. He is very excited about playing but mostly about what gear he gets to wear. (Like his mother) If you want some real laughs please join us this fall for soccer.

Pool time: We still have been swimming like crazy. Drew has really enjoyed the pool again this summer. I am sure I should put him in swimming lessons but I hate to break his no fear. Maybe next year. The rec center has been a great edition to our neighborhood, they even put in a slide for the shallow end that Drew loves.

Okay, I think I have caught you up on everything and I will add some pics tonight. We have been really busy but had a great summer. I am sad that it is already time for school. Drew was really fun this summer and truely enjoys hanging with mom and dad. I wonder when that ends.

I promise to stay more updated....

Funny at Granny's House

Yesterday we spent the day at Granny and Pa Pa's house. I picked up Emmy and then took her to Granny's to spend the night. Drew and Justin swam and we all ate a yummy dinner. Drew spent the night at Granny's house on Friday and had a great time as usual.

Today is my last day off for the summer. I start back to work tomorrow, yuck. I have to work for the next three weeks before the teachers come back. Our students come back on August 11.

Update on Murphy: He is doing great. On Friday, he stayed in the house all by himself for 7 hours and didn't tear anything up. I am so excited, I wished he had told us this 6 years ago. It would have saved him a lot of pain and us a lot of money. Keep praying ...

Daddy and Drew swimming

Drew jumping in

"Hot Stuff"

Emmy and Granny


I think Emmy is going to walk early..

Birthday Dinner

Last night I went out and celebrated my birthday with several of my good friends. Justin, Jennifer and Joey Anton; Jennifer and Jason Duff, Kari, Warren and Christy Thrasher all went to Ted's Montana Grill and then out to The Stage. I had a great time and so wish I had taken a picture of everyone for the blog. It's nice to know you have great friends. I will turn 31 on Sunday and feel older by the day.

As you noticed I changed the blog a little and added the new header. It's a great and easy thing. Luckily Kari's cousin's friend Amanda sent me directions. Thanks Amanda. I am getting the hang of this blogging thing..

Murphy-Good Dog

As most of you know we have had a lot of trouble with our dog Murphy. Ever since we rescued him he has tried to escape either out of crates, fences, etc. Murphy has been on medication twice and trained by some "dog whisper" for two weeks solid. The last move we made was the expensive training and one more crate. He has done ok since last August but things went down hill lately.

We left Murphy with my brother and sister-in-law while we were on vacation. You would think he would love it there, since he gets lots of attention and has a running mate in Daffney. He tried to escape twice out of his cage and was successful once. My fear was that he would try and get out and get hung and I would find him dead one day. The last escape was on the fourth of July. We put him in his cage and left for our friends house. Justin came back a few hours later to let him out for a few minutes and found a pool of blood in front of the cage with a beat up Murphy.

We didn't know what to do, Justin suggested we leave him in the house. I of course thought he was crazy. I made him promise if Murphy ate anything (couches, clothes, comforters, shoes,etc) he would immediately go out and purchase a new one while I looked for a new home for Murphy. He agreed. Courtney (Justin's sister-who is a dog trainer) suggested starting slowly and build time. So far... He has done great. Today we are up to a little over 3 hours. He doesn't seem to even know we are gone.

Murphy is our first baby and he is so good with others, especially kids. Please pray this works and he can just stay inside while we are gone..

Fourth of July 2008

The Lamb Family had a great Fourth of July. We spent the day with Jennifer, Joey, Jaxson and Jacob Anton. The Anton's moved here last year from Georgia and Jennifer teaches Math at Fairview. First we all went to the pool and played in hopes the kids would tire out and sleep. Guess what, didn't happen!! We then grilled out hamburgers, hotdogs, cooked corn on the cob and had several yummy dips. The kids played on water slides while the adults snacked and grilled the food. We then took the kids to downtown Franklin to walk around and eat ice cream. Apparently, every year they have "downtown on the Fourth" but its the first time I had been. We finished the night with fireworks in Franklin. In true fashion Drew fell asleep during the fireworks show. It is the third straight year he has fallen asleep, don't know how he does it.

Hope everyone had a good Holiday!!

Drew and Jaxson playing in the pool.

Gulf Shores 2008

Friday, June 27th: The Duff and Lamb family left for Gulf Shores. We stopped and spent the night in Prattville, AL. The kids did real well in the car and loved Bass Pro Shop.

The first potty stop in AL.

Hayden and Drew at B ass Pro Shop. They look sweet don't they?

"No more monkey's jumping on the bed..."

I wonder what does through their heads...

Saturday, June 28: The kids ate breakfast and played in the hotel while the adults got ready. We started out to Gulf Shores. We stopped twice, once being the fruit market right before Gulf Shores. It was a packed place but it was a good bathroom stop. We arrived in Gulf Shores around lunch time and hit the McDonalds. The condo let us check in several hours early. We even were able to hit the beach that afternoon. The first dinner spot was the "Hang out".

Drew loved digging in the sand

Great Body...

Drew and Daddy playing in the sands...

Sunday, June 29: The kids were really tired and slept in but were very excited to go to the beach again. We took them to the beach and then ended up at the pool. Our condo had a baby pool with a waterfall. As you can imagine we made many visits to the pool bathroom. In case you haven't figured out both children are potty training but happy to report: No accidents... Today's dinner was at the "Orginal Oyster House".

Drew swimming to Daddy...

Playing in the baby pool

The waterfall...

Jason, Hayden, Justin and Drew on their sea animals...

Hippo..

Daddy and Drew feeding the fish at "The Original Oyster House"

Mommy and Drew feeding the fish...

Sweet boy going to sleep after a day at the beach..

Monday, June 30: Today was more of the same, the beach and pool. The exciting thing for today was the tornado warning on the beach. Justin and Jason spent a lot of the afternoon going from the front to the back of the condo watching the storm roll in. The police even cleared the beach, which was a little strange. Since the storm came in we went to the outlet mall and then to Lulu's. She is Jimmy Buffett's sister and has a huge sandbox for the kids to play in while you wait, which is great since we have never waited less than two hours to eat. Drew and Hayden ran around and messed up other children's sand castles. Justin had a heart to heart with them and then a family hugged. (Didn't seem to work)

Dad and Drew building...

Happy Boy...

Drew doing what he does best... Eating snacks..

Hayden and Drew at Lulu's

My handsome little boy..

Typical...

The heart to heart...

Tuesday, July 1: Can you believe it's July already? Anyway... Today was our best weather day. No clouds in the sky, very hot. We spent most of the day at the pool and went in for lunch and naps. Jenn and I spent an hour or so out by the pool which was nice. We decided to eat pizza in the condo this night and then go ride go carts. I have say both kids loved the go carts and wanted to ride them again. Of course, we went to get ice cream at TCBY.

Drinking pool water..

Cutie..

Very sleepy...

Who let them do this?

Mommy and Daddy on the way to go carts..

Loving it..

Wednesday, July 2: We were leaving the beach and heading home. We drove the whole way and made good time. We stop every two hours pretty much and once to eat. The kids were really good in the car and at the beach. The entire group had a great time and cant' wait till next year. We did decide that maybe next year we should take "Grannys". Ha, Ha.

Hard to wake up today..

Beach Pictures: We did take beach pictures, most are pretty good. Drew wasn't very cooperative..

Mommy and Drew

"Cheese"

Family pic 2008

Nice face on Drew..



We don't look too old do we?



Good thing he wasn't twins..


Sorry, forgot to turn it...

Sweet...

The Lamb Family Sandcastle..

Thanks for reading, we had a great time. I will update now that we are home. It took forever to get all these pictures uploaded. Happy Fourth!!!