Hatchie Fall Fest and Pumpkin Carving

Today on the square was the Hatchie Fall Fest. There were lots of booths and activities. Pops sent some money for the kids and of course Camille and Katie spent all of theirs and of course Clayton barely spent any to get a lemonade. Thanks for the treat Pops! Camille has a marshmellow gun in her mouth. It is actually pretty fun.

We then carved pumpkins.

Fall Break

We had a week off for Fall Break (except poor Clarkybaby).

Clayton and Kaite headed to Florida with JJ and Pops. They had a blast on the beach building sand castles, boogie boarding and swimming in the ocean. They also went shopping and played golf. Can you guess which pair did which of those activities??

Camille and I headed to our old stopping grounds, Asheville. We had a great time visiting old friends and eating at our favorite restuarants. I was lucky enough to get to meet and visit with Cindy and Blake's sweet baby, Hattie (http://www.esselstyn.blogspot.com/). What a sweet blessing she is.

For the last weekend of Fall Break, Clark's company put on a Professional's Weekend at their facility in Memphis. Clark was in charge of the whole weekend and did an amazing job. We went to the one in April and what a huge difference when they have the right person in charge. I was proud to be there with him as his wife.

Since I was in Memphis with him all weekend Camille went to Jackson for some quality time with grandparents. Grandpaw took her to the Farmer's Market and then the zoo. That afternoon Ali joined them and they went to the Fair. What fun!

Camille then joined Gami for adventures in the attic, art lessons, baking cookies, and pumpkin crafts. They had a blast and Camille came home with lots of projects.

Click on the link to see some pictures Grandpaw sent: http://picasaweb.google.com/mamiewnc/FallBreak?authkey=_tntYyNGXmE

Soccer Mom!!

When Clark and I bought the mini-van, my friends, family and I laughed about the whole soccer mom thing. Well, here it is. I got Clark to take a picture this morning of me with our 3 children in front of the mini-van headed to all their soccer games. I guess I wouldn't have it any other way - what a blessed life and family I have !

Report Cards

The first 6 weeks have ended and all three kids did wonderfully.

Clayton made 1st Honor Roll (all A's).

Katie made 2nd Honor Roll (all A's and B's).

Camille made Satisfactory in all areas.

Silly Stuff

For those of you who know Clark well, you know that if he is in the house there is plenty of silly stuff going on all the time. Clayton and Clark often play "Ultimate" (a baseball game created by Clayton) and he was sporting his fairy helmet.

Tonight Clark, the girls and I played Pretty, Pretty Princess and, of course, Clark won. Isn't he a pretty princess?

We participated in a Walk-a-thon today for NAMI (National Alliance for Mental Illness) and had a great time. Camille said it was the best day of her life. The girls won the purple t-shirts in a dance contest and Clayton won a Grizzlies notebook made out of a game ball in a raffle. There was also face painting, popcorn, snow cones, and geese to feed in the pond. It was a fun family day.

Back to School!

School started back this week. Clayton is in 5th grade, Katie is in 2nd grade and Camille started KINDERGARTEN. I can't believe she is that old. Here are a couple of pictures. We don't have one of Katie because she was at her mom's.

New Orleans

This past week I took Katie and Camille to New Orleans to help my sister, Heather, pack up her house (she bought a new one). This was Katie's first trip to New Orleans so we had to do New Orleans stuff. We rode the street car to the French Quarter Market. Both girls had a great time buying whatever they wanted with their $10 each from Pops. We then went to eat original New Orleans snowballs. Of course Katie informed us that you can buy at Sno Biz in Jackson. She is so funny.

Wedding

The wedding was June 16th and was wonderful. Katie and Camille were flower girls and Clayton was the ring bearer and read the scripture. My dad walked me down the stairs. Clark's dad was the best man and Heather was the maid of honor. My mom, stepmom, grandmother, and Clark's mom were our "audience." The weather was perfect and the whole ceremony was beautiful and exciting. We had a lot of fun.

We've moved into the new house, went to California, and are now back trying to unpack boxes. These are the only pictures I have now, but will post a link later for more pictures.

222 E. College Street - our new home!

Clark and I want to send out our new address. We moved Clark, Clayton, and Katie into our new house this weekend. Camille and I will be moving in June 17th (the day after the wedding). We spent the weekend unpacking, organizing, and were already into small home improvement projects. We've made a trip to Lowe's and spent some gift cards that we have received at wedding showers - that was fun!! Our new address is 222 E. College St. Brownsville, TN 38012. We don't have a land line yet, but will send that out when we do. We look so forward to creating this new home together. Thanks for all your love and support.

Craggy Gardens

Clark, Clayton and his friend, Baker came to Asheville for the weekend. We went up the Blue Ridge Parkway for a hike at Craggy Gardens. It was a beautiful day. Click here to see other great pictures and great views: http://mamiewnc.photosite.com/craggy/

Adventure Weekend

Saturday Camille wanted to jump on the trampoline at the mall so she emptied her piggy banks and went for a jump.

On Sunday, Laurel and I took Camille, Caleb and Lily to the Mountain Sports Festival for lots of activities.....

skateboarding.....

rock climbing..... this is me racing one of my students - she won!

playground....
and hula hooping. Great fun!!

Easter and Spring Break

Easter and Spring Break started off with a blast. Clark had outpatient surgery on April 5th. That same morning the transmission on my car DIED and I was supposed to be leaving Asheville the next morning to go to Brownsville to relieve Clark's parents of post surgery duty. Friday morning we rented a car and headed on to Brownsville.

On Saturday morning we took the kids to a FREEZING Easter egg hunt. We then went to look for vehicles and ended up buying a Honda Odyssey mini-van!! Yes, I am officially a soccer (and baseball and softball) mom now. We are enjoying all the space it has to offer. That afternoon we dyed Easter eggs.


On Easter morning the kids hunted the eggs that the Easter Bunny hid, went to church and a nice lunch. That night we went to some friends' house for a cookout.

Katie and Clayton had school so Camille and I hung out, ran errands, and visited the library every day since I have a UoP class going on right now (I teach for University of Phoenix Online for those who didn't know).

Heather came to visit Tuesday-Thursday which worked out nicely because Clark had to fly to Palm Beach, FL to transport a client back to Memphis. It was nice to have someone to hang out with. We took Camille to Anderson (where she will attend Kindergarten) for a tour and then went to eat lunch with Katie and Clayton at each of their schools. Heather was also able to go look at houses with me.

We put a contract on a house and we are very excited about it. It is the house that we looked at in January and many of you have already seen pictures. It is currently a duplex, but as part of the purchase, it will be made back into one house. http://mamiewnc.photosite.com/collegesthouse/ If you click on each picture instead of viewing the slide show you can read the comments about the picture at the bottom.

Clark's parents came back into town on Friday for Katie's Jamboree on Saturday morning, but it was rained out. Clark and I went to Memphis on Saturday for a work function and spent the night there without the kids. We certainly enjoyed it!!

Here are the rest of the pictures of Easter and Spring Break! http://mamiewnc.photosite.com/easterspringbreak/

Spring (and soccer) have sprung!

Camille had her first soccer game of the season today. My batteries were dying so I only got one (poor) shot. This afternoon we went to the Botanical Gardens. It was so pretty and of course Camille ended up in the creek. Click here to see those pictures (see if you can see the snake we found hiding in the grass): http://mamiewnc.photosite.com/botanical/

Camille's 5th Birthday

Camille turned 5 on March 13th. She had her birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese and had a blast (as you can see in her dance moves)! Gami, Clark, Clayton and Katie were able to come in town for the party.





Camille wants to be a vet and so I think one of her favorite gifts was the vet set from Gami. It is complete with everything she needs including her "Dr. Camille" nametag. Click here to see other great pictures from the party and the weekend. http://mamiewnc.photosite.com/camillesbirthday/

Visit from Aunt Feather

Aunt Feather came for a visit this weekend. We had a great time, especially Camille getting loaded down with prizes from Mardi Gras (sweet Musings eye mask was one of the MANY prizes).

We walked around/shopped downtown Saturday and saw Charlotte's Web at Asheville Pizza and Brewing. Sunday we went to church then for beautiful drive and short hike at Craggy Gardens.

(side note: I made the green sweater I'm wearing in the church picture)

Tonight Camille and I made cupcakes for her birthday tomorrow and needless to say, she enjoyed licking the bowl.

Biltmore Weekend

Clark and Clayton came to Asheville for the weekend (Katie stayed in Brownsville for a birthday party and we missed her).

Saturday morning we went to the Biltmore House and took a 2.5 hour tour. Clayton says he wants to buy it and Camille was so excited to be in a real castle (every room was a princess room).That is Camille in the lawn in front of the House.

Saturday night we went bowling and that was quite entertaining. Sunday morning we woke up to a little surprise snow.

More pictures: http://www.mamiewnc.photosite.com/biltmore/

Clayton's Birthday Weekend

Clayton turned 10 on Sunday!! He had a great party at Lazertron in Memphis. They played Lazer tag, had cake and pizza, opened presents and then played the games. It was a great party with lots of friends and fun.

Click here (http://mamiewnc.photosite.com/claytonsbirthdayweekend) to see more pictures from the weekend. Side note - the bottle that Camille is chugging is Maple Syrup!!