Mangos & Peanuts

Hanging out at Hazel's b-day party

2009-05-26T08:06:00.002-05:00

Here's Hazel, the birthday girl w/Pete (daddy) and Lesley (mommy) wearing her fabulous birthday hat. Thank you guys for letting us celebrate Hazel's one year birthday!

My handsome, Oliver. He's getting so big!

Emerson loved Hazel's supercool water table.

Here he is showing our friend Cherie, his shy side.

Mark & I, right before we ventured out into the afternoon monsoon that was awaiting us outside.

Oliver's Preschool Graduation

2009-05-17T13:57:00.002-05:00

The family at graduation. 5/8/09 A big hug from PaPa & Nana.

Oliver & Mommy enjoying cake after graduation.

Walking down the aisle.

The proud graduate!

Thanksgiving Day 2008

2008-11-29T06:37:00.002-06:00

This Thanksgiving we gave thanks for our wonderful family. Here are a few pictures from our day. Oliver, Santa(Papa), and a screaming Emerson.

Me, my sister Jamie, and her baby bump, itty bitty Madden.
Me and Emerson post Santa freak out.

Oliver playing outside on his tractor.

And my handsome, Oliver.

2008-11-29T06:27:00.002-06:00

Meet my friends Caden and Hudson. Their mommy and daddy brought them to my house for a playdate and we got to play dress up. I am Sportacus, of course! Hudson was Ben 10 in action.

Caden was a Ninja and......

brother thought we were all really cool.

Did someone say "Dinosaurs"?

2008-11-29T06:18:00.003-06:00

My brother isn't the only one who loves dinosaurs.

Floor Puzzle

2008-11-29T05:58:00.002-06:00

You may not have known, but I LOVE dinosaurs. My Gigi bought this for me for my birthday. Mommy and I had such a good time putting it together.

Here's the finished product! Lots and lots of cool dinosaurs. The T-Rex is my favorite.

So proud!

Brushing Teeth

2008-11-29T05:55:00.003-06:00

Brusha, brusha!

Hanging out with Lola

2008-11-29T05:49:00.002-06:00

Here's Lola, my sweet puppy. I love her so much. She loves to hang out with me on my bed. Sometimes she lays on top of me when I'm trying to sleep and I have to get Daddy to come and get her. What I love most about Lola is her really soft ears. She's the best!

Face painting....among other things

2008-11-29T05:36:00.003-06:00

We had such a great time hanging out with our family. We celebrated Papa Dean and cousin Naomi's birthdays with some face paint. Naomi got a pretty new dress. Here's Papa Dean and cousin Evelyn looking on. Aunt Grace and Uncle Barry are always up for fun times w/us kids. Uncle Barry decided to join in and paint his face too.

Here's Naomi, the birthday girl, looking like Raggedy Ann.

We love spending time with our cousins. They live in Knoxville so we don't get to see them as much as we'd like, but we always have fun when we are at Gigi and Papa Dean's house.

Some painted their faces and others..........

Halloween 2008

2008-11-29T05:06:00.002-06:00

Here's Oliver as a smiling Sportacus. Ready for Trick or Treating. Emerson or Superman as we like to call him, decided he was hungry before we left for trick or treating and took a bite out of the pumpkin. Yummy!

Here's Daddy-Bob the Builder with a bundled up Sportacus.

And finally, here's the whole family before heading out. Thanks to Papa Dean and Gigi we all got to go trick or treating together. Papa Dean stayed home and passed out the candy.

Pumpkin Carving Party

2008-10-28T10:12:00.003-05:00

Here I am with my friend, Lesley, the gardener and her beautiful little carrot, Hazel. We were honored to be the judges for our friend Sonya's Pumpkin Carving Contest. There was some stiff competition, but we ended up choosing a carving of "the Pilgrims". We were impressed with the detail. Sonya took some great pictures. Here are a few of them.

The Winn gang in costume! Minus Daddy who decided not to wear his Spiderman costume because "it was too cold". Emerson was originally going to be Blue from Blue's Clues, but no luck with finding that one so we moved onto Superman which kinda fits him. He really is a small "man of steel". Then there is Oliver or Sportacus as we like to call him with his Lazytown sidekick Stephanie. We had lots of fun! Oliver enjoyed the food, other kids, and especially bobbing for apples. Thanks to Sonya for inviting us.

A visit to Waldon Farms Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-28T09:55:00.002-05:00

Nana & Papa took us to the Waldon Farms Pumpkin Patch a few Saturdays ago and had a blast. We picked out three pumpkins, 1 corn husk, went to the petting farm, and played in the maze. We loved it!

Halloween: A Month Early

2008-10-06T17:06:00.002-05:00

Here's a few pics of our little "Sportacus" in his new Halloween costume. He loves to watch Lazytown on Nick, Jr and the day he got it, refused to take it off. He loves it so much that he's been asking to sleep in it. The only thing he's missing is his mustache, which Mommy will enjoy painting on him every night until Halloween. Isn't he handsome?

Playing Pirate

2008-09-20T22:21:00.002-05:00

Here's Oliver testing out his pirate get up. Not sure about this eye patch thing.
Now I've got it! Where's the buried treasure?

More Kids Party Jumps

2008-09-20T22:10:00.002-05:00

Quality time with one of the loves of my life. Goofin' around.
Check out my ride, Mom!

I think this is his JCPenney pose. Oliver took this one. Good job, baby!

Make ya wanna jump, jump...

2008-09-20T21:57:00.002-05:00

Mommy & Oliver had a day of fun at Kids Party Jumps in Hendersonville. We had so much fun jumping, sliding, and flipping around. Climbing up!
Sliding down! Oliver took the balls out of one of the games and decided to take them jumping for awhile.
Whack a SHARK???

I wear my sunglasses at...

2008-09-05T12:42:00.003-05:00

Cool pirate hat and sunglasses.
"My future's so bright, I gotta wear shades." How do you get these things off?
Mommy, will ya PLEASE stop taking pictures of me??

Hangin' at the house

2008-09-05T12:14:00.003-05:00

Oliver with his cool dinosaur balloon from Chik Fil A and my little peanut.

Oliver's cheesin.

Em and Lola hanging out on the dog bed.

Emerson's close up

2008-08-25T18:19:00.000-05:00

Just another cute pic of sweet little Emerson. I love those blue eyes!

I'm 4 years old!!!

2008-07-23T17:24:00.003-05:00

Dino cake. Yum, yum.
WOOOSH!
Presents galore!
My favorite movie "Calling All Engines".

We celebrated Oliver's 4th birthday this past weekend. I still can't believe he's 4 and growing so fast. He had a blast swimming, playing w/his cousins/friends, and opening gifts. We were very lucky to have most of our family and friends there to help us celebrate. Here are a few pics from the Dinosaur party. Enjoy!

CADEN'S B-DAY PARTY

2008-07-23T17:14:00.003-05:00

Hudson, Oliver, & Caden having some fun.
Kisses from Allison.
Dun, na, na, na, na.....BATMAN!!!!

Mommy & Emerson checking out the Transformer.

Swimming w/Daddy

2008-07-23T17:02:00.002-05:00

I love to splash!
Nice whale.Me & Daddy.

A day at the Zoo

2008-07-23T12:46:00.004-05:00

Daddy took us to the zoo and we had lots of fun with the elephants and cool birds. As you can see, Emerson got sleepy while we were there.

New T-shirt

2008-07-02T17:02:00.002-05:00

Check out my new T-shirt!

Emerson's 1st Birthday

2008-06-25T07:47:00.000-05:00

My baby turned 1 year old. I can't believe a year has already gone by. Here are a few pics from his pool party at Nana's house.

Ft Myers Beach '08

2008-06-24T14:43:00.000-05:00

We just returned from our summer vacation in Ft Myers Beach, FL. We decided to take the kids to the family beach house for the first time. My in-laws went too and graciously drove Oliver while my hubby & I flew down w/Emerson. We spent 6 days there w/a few days on the beach, a day at a gator farm, a day at the pool, and a night at Times Square where we had ice cream and hung out on the pier. Fun times! Here are a few pics from the trip.