Cole and I were sitting on the front porch the other day eating Cantaloupe, this story comes from that.
How to make fresh squeezed orange juice according to Cole:
You take 1 cantaloupe, a screw driver and a glass.
You go to the place where you are building houses and get the screw driver.
Take the screw driver and poke holes in the cantaloupe.
Wash the cantaloupe off because the screw driver was dirty from building houses.
Squeeze the juice into the glass.
"And that's how you make orange juice!"
According to Cole.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Enjoy the little things
We were lucky enough to have Colton this whole week! It has been such a good week! We are so blessed to have him a part of our lives.
Mom and Dad bought this pool and we all have had a blast with the pool this whole week! Some how Jack has been the last one in it all week! But here is a picture of Jack and Cole playing, Cole was trying to drown Jack and I think he did a pretty good job at it. :D
Amanda is finally a cosmetologist! CONGRATULATIONS AMANDA! So we took Cole to see her and she cut his hair! She did a really good job. She said she was scared because Cole was Jack's kid, she did not want to mess his hair up! LOL! She knows how Jack is about his hair, but what I don't think she did know is that Cole is just as bad!
A couple of things that Cole said that I thought was funny: 
Since everything is coming to an end, its time for him to find a job. So everyone keep that in your prayers.
Mom and Dad bought this pool and we all have had a blast with the pool this whole week! Some how Jack has been the last one in it all week! But here is a picture of Jack and Cole playing, Cole was trying to drown Jack and I think he did a pretty good job at it. :D
Amanda is finally a cosmetologist! CONGRATULATIONS AMANDA! So we took Cole to see her and she cut his hair! She did a really good job. She said she was scared because Cole was Jack's kid, she did not want to mess his hair up! LOL! She knows how Jack is about his hair, but what I don't think she did know is that Cole is just as bad! 
A couple of things that Cole said that I thought was funny: Dad was eating supper the other night and Cole walked by his chair, stopped and looked at dad's head and said, "you know your bald head looks like a bowling ball with eyes and a nose!" Oh how honest that child is!
And...
Because he has stayed with us all week, my cousin Kate has babysat him this week while we were at work. Kate fixed him some lunch earlier in the week and Cole said, "Wow! A woman like you really knows how to cook for a guy like spiderman!" What a character!
Well Jack gets to graduate this coming Friday. He still has 2 weeks of extern left before he can apply for his license, but it is all coming to an end! I am so proud of him! He gets to walk the line with a college education. He has worked so hard over the past 10 months, it is good to see your hard work pay off! Here is a picture of his tassel, he come home with a cap and gown yesterday.
Well Jack gets to graduate this coming Friday. He still has 2 weeks of extern left before he can apply for his license, but it is all coming to an end! I am so proud of him! He gets to walk the line with a college education. He has worked so hard over the past 10 months, it is good to see your hard work pay off! Here is a picture of his tassel, he come home with a cap and gown yesterday.
Since everything is coming to an end, its time for him to find a job. So everyone keep that in your prayers. For the past week and a half my assistant at work, Penny, has been on vacation. And I have been very busy and put in A LOT of hours! It was good for me, but I am exhausted and it has made me even more thankful for Penny. With the bit of stress that I have had over the past few weeks it was refreshing to have Cole around here to lighten the mood some this week. From that gives me my quote for the day.
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
There is a lot of truth to this
Quote: Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become what he can and should be. - Stephen Covey
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Weekend in Atlanta
The last weekend in June, 11 of us went to Atlanta for the Redsox, Braves game. We left out Saturday m0rning, but by the time we got there everything we wanted to do was either closed or closing by the time we could get there. So, Saturday once we got there Jack, Cole and I, my parents, and my cousin Kate went to eat. Ashlie and Trent met up with us shortly after and picked up mom, dad and Kate. Jack, Cole and I went to watch Transformers 2.
So we woke early Sunday morning and Jack, Cole, Kate and I went to the Atlanta aquarium. It is supposed to be the largest in the world and the best in the U.S. But Jack and I agreed that it is MUCH better than the Chattanooga aquarium but the aquarium in Gatlinburg is still the best. Anyway we had a really good time and the boy really enjoyed himself.
When we first went in the boy was amazed with all of the fish. 
Cole really liked the jelly fish and I like the picture.
Cole thought it was the coolest thing that the man was "scuba diving" with the sharks.
He was looking at a shark, he loved those!
He liked the spider crab too.
Some kind of whale, I don't remember. But I liked the way Cole was looking at it.
Another good one.
Jack and Cole were sitting on the rocks by the water fall.
Cole did not want his picture taken all day and he was so mad at us for making him take his picture here with us.
Cole loved crawling back in the cove and seeing everyone from outside. He was sticking his tongue out at his dad.
So we woke early Sunday morning and Jack, Cole, Kate and I went to the Atlanta aquarium. It is supposed to be the largest in the world and the best in the U.S. But Jack and I agreed that it is MUCH better than the Chattanooga aquarium but the aquarium in Gatlinburg is still the best. Anyway we had a really good time and the boy really enjoyed himself.
When we first went in the boy was amazed with all of the fish. 
Cole really liked the jelly fish and I like the picture.
Cole thought it was the coolest thing that the man was "scuba diving" with the sharks.
He was looking at a shark, he loved those!
He liked the spider crab too.
Some kind of whale, I don't remember. But I liked the way Cole was looking at it.
Another good one.
Jack and Cole were sitting on the rocks by the water fall.
Cole did not want his picture taken all day and he was so mad at us for making him take his picture here with us.
Cole loved crawling back in the cove and seeing everyone from outside. He was sticking his tongue out at his dad.We left the aquarium and after we got a little lost we finally found the stadium and made it to the game.
Cole at the game.
Ashlie and Trent just love Cole, I think he likes them pretty good too.
Sunday was kids day, so after the game Cole got to run the bases. Here is Jack and Cole right on the Braves field.
Cole was waiting in line to run the bases and he waved at us.
And here he is running the bases. Apparently he told his granny Teressa from the begining that he was going to run the bases and fortunately it was kids day and he got to. Boy did he get lucky.
Here is a picture after the game with everyone that got to go except for Trent's parents and his sister, they got away before Cole was done running the bases. But it was all a good time.
Cole at the game.
Ashlie and Trent just love Cole, I think he likes them pretty good too.
Sunday was kids day, so after the game Cole got to run the bases. Here is Jack and Cole right on the Braves field.
Cole was waiting in line to run the bases and he waved at us.
And here he is running the bases. Apparently he told his granny Teressa from the begining that he was going to run the bases and fortunately it was kids day and he got to. Boy did he get lucky.
Here is a picture after the game with everyone that got to go except for Trent's parents and his sister, they got away before Cole was done running the bases. But it was all a good time.The Braves was just one out away from winning the game and suddenly a fan came running onto the field. It was really funny he got tackled by about 10 security people. Any way here is a link to the video on you tube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41-4CVyI3tE It was a good weekend.
Independance Day
We had a great 4th of July weekend! It started Friday afternoon when we went out on my uncle's boat. There were several of the family that went and it was so good to see Uncle Ernie too!
Here is a picture of Cole just as he got on the boat, he was excited to go.
When we first got on the boat Cole seen this inter tube and he said, "I AM NOT GETTING ON THAT" and he almost started to cry because he thought we were going to make him. He finally decided to take a ride with his dad and ended up having a LOT of fun!
There were so many of the family that wanted to go out on the lake and Uncle's boat was not big enough. So he had to take 6 of us at a time to a little area and we all had to wait our turn there to go out on the boat. Anyway while we waited, Cole, Jack and Trent played some ball. Of course Cole won, "86 to 2." :D
Didn't get a picture of me and Jack on the inter tube because we were on it all of 20 seconds before Jack tipped us over. I told them from the beginning that if I tipped I would not be able to get back on the boat. Well it was a sight watching them try to pull me out of the water back onto that boat. I spared everyone of posting those pictures. But I finally got back in the inter tube and I went for a ride. It was fun!
Just a picture of Cole in the lake that I adored. It's kind of "abstracty." I am going to get together all of the good "abstracty" pictures I have of him like this. I LOVE THEM!
Another one of the "abstracty" ones I love.
Once Cole got the inter tube hooked to land he played survivor.
Then he had a lot of fun jumping off of the branches into the lake.
Cole was holding a HUGE stick in the air.
OK, another picture that I just love. I HAVE TO SHARE THESE PICTURES!
On the way back home Uncle let Cole drive the boat. Of course Uncle had to sit there with Cole but at one point Cole was actually doing it all by himself. Cole was steering and Uncle taught him to press the button hard for the gas and how to let off. He ended up racing another boat, COLE LOVED IT!
Here is a picture of Cole just as he got on the boat, he was excited to go.
When we first got on the boat Cole seen this inter tube and he said, "I AM NOT GETTING ON THAT" and he almost started to cry because he thought we were going to make him. He finally decided to take a ride with his dad and ended up having a LOT of fun!
There were so many of the family that wanted to go out on the lake and Uncle's boat was not big enough. So he had to take 6 of us at a time to a little area and we all had to wait our turn there to go out on the boat. Anyway while we waited, Cole, Jack and Trent played some ball. Of course Cole won, "86 to 2." :D
Didn't get a picture of me and Jack on the inter tube because we were on it all of 20 seconds before Jack tipped us over. I told them from the beginning that if I tipped I would not be able to get back on the boat. Well it was a sight watching them try to pull me out of the water back onto that boat. I spared everyone of posting those pictures. But I finally got back in the inter tube and I went for a ride. It was fun!
Just a picture of Cole in the lake that I adored. It's kind of "abstracty." I am going to get together all of the good "abstracty" pictures I have of him like this. I LOVE THEM!
Another one of the "abstracty" ones I love.
Once Cole got the inter tube hooked to land he played survivor.
Then he had a lot of fun jumping off of the branches into the lake.
Cole was holding a HUGE stick in the air.
OK, another picture that I just love. I HAVE TO SHARE THESE PICTURES!
On the way back home Uncle let Cole drive the boat. Of course Uncle had to sit there with Cole but at one point Cole was actually doing it all by himself. Cole was steering and Uncle taught him to press the button hard for the gas and how to let off. He ended up racing another boat, COLE LOVED IT!On Saturday we went to a cookout at my Aunt Phyllis' it was good. We left there and went camping. We got a late start and it was the weekend of the 4th so we had a really hard time finding a spot. Well we finally found somewhere to put down our tent. I didn't get any pictures but after about 2 hours of work we finally got the camp site set up with a fire and all of our chairs and the tent, we were ready to go. Well the police showed up, about 5 to be exact, the people above us were getting in trouble. The police come to see what we were up to, which was a bunch of nothing. Just making smores and fishing. Then they spotted our tent and made us take it down. They said there was a sign posted and we could hang out but we were not allowed to stay the night where we were. So we packed up and went home. 3 hours of camping, then we went home. We were sad.
Sunday was busy! We cleaned up the garage and turned the spare room into Cole's bedroom. If anyone knows the shape the garage was in (after 2 family's house fulls of stuff), the garage was a disaster! But it is finally somewhat organized.
It was a good weekend.
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