Halloween

Hallowen was a great time this year with the kids. Hadden was freddie kruger and spencer was a glow in the dark skeleton. we had the annual chilli cookoff in the culdasac and trick or treated with a huge group of kids.. spencer did a disappearing act for about 5 min while carrie and i ran aroudn the neighborhood looking for him...carrie and i had a halloween party the night before at chris and ann's house... needless to say the host did not tell us that their costume was pirate because that is what we dresseed up as 20 version and their costume was the 200 version... needless to say we looked more like deck hands.

this week while gettting a flat tire fixed spencer wore the mask in the store and got some smiling looks.. hadden was not a fan and before we went to lowes he said spencer take off the mask.. spencer with his evil laugh ran around a bit egging on his older brother.. while hadden was getting embarrased

Summer Pictures

Summer tImes

1 Chatanooga - to visit the Choo Choo train, rock city, and downtown area.
2. lots of swiming
3. Baseball - haddens team playing on the redsox won the league tournment. he then made the all star team and played mostly 3rd base (defense is better than hitting at this point) - traveld to Dyer TN where there were 15 other teams from around the state and came 5th. fun times with all the other parent and had a good group of kids.
4. Patrick and Michelle house to swim and cook out a lot
5. Katie and John's house for the kids to play in the yard/street.
6. Beach trip in June with John, katie, crhis, ann and kids...
7 several trip to birmingham to see the my family
8. watched cooper play a baseball tournament at bethesda
9. Meyer family reunion in birmingham - all the cousins from all over came in and we had a a great time.

Spencer Sayings

some funny things spencer has said recently.

1. giving us the crazy look after i have told him to eat his food and don't give me that look --his response -- that isn't look that is my face.
2. rocky man.... arguing with a friend of his who is trying to tackle him - he hits him in the face (2nd time this has happened) - his friend goes and tells on him and he gets in trouble ---- heard later arguing --- the little boys says there are no more box juices to eat ---- without missing beat Spencer " you don't eat box juices you drink them.
3. at the grocery store, - spencer you would argue that the sky is not blue --- well today it is not blue dad -- it is blue with white clouds today.
4. at home depot and carrie alway says "really greg -really" when i am saying or doing something questionable.....so i bought a weed eater and was trying to fit it in my car when spencer in the back seat could not get buckled and said ---"really greg, really"

Memorial Day Trip to Chattanooga Choo Choo

We decided to go back to Chattanooga for the 2nd time in the last couple months. This time we stayed at the Chattanooga Choo Choo – which is the old train station that they have made into a hotel – complete with trains and you can actually sleep and eat in train cars. It has a great little down town area with the aquarium, manmade streams where kids can splash around and a neat park across the river. We had a great time and as we were driving home we asked the kids there favorite part about the trip.

Hadden -- Swimming, playing in the water near the aquarium, aquarium, playing his DS.
Spencer – Swimming, throwing the football, and the aquarium.

Now I understand why my dad quit planning family vacations and opted for the lake!!!!