Macen lost his first tooth today..Sept. 27th 2007

Macen lost his first tooth..I fed him lunch and he wanted to show me something he had in his hand..I thought it was Cheese!! A few minutes later, I heard Grant ask "Macen..did you lose a tooth?" Sure enough.. my son lost a tooth on a sandwich! Wow!

I know I know..Gross picture, but we want you all to feel like you were here when it happened. He's very excited to go to bed because the "molenator" is coming!!! (if you don't know who that is, you need to watch the Santa Clause 2)

Chief's class 2007 at the lake

These are the Navy's newest Chiefs! They went to a local lake to do some training! I blogged this so all you who have never been to Fallon can see how beautiful we have it here!

The new chief's running on a beautiful day..one of the many many many beautiful days we have here in "the Oasis of Nevada"

The Rice Family at the Crayola Factory

Alan and Maddie: How cute are they?

Kaylee and the crayons...

The kids and the giant crayons!...I wonder, do those crayons write big words???

Macen's soccer game

Here's My little soccer player chasing the ball. He's improved so much this season! I think it helps that his Dad coaches him!!

Macen getting ready to throw in the ball!

Macen and Coach Dad after the game

Macen taking a well deserved break!

Rice Family

HOLY TALL BOY! This is my nephew Will. When did he become a teenager? He started a new high school this year. I can't believe how old he is getting. He was a baby when I lived with Kim and Alan...How time flies!

I think he's taller than me....and what a heartbreaker!

This is my national scholar star niece Kaylee...Little brainiac...and beautiful too. Boys you better watch out

My little Maddie on her way to school..even though she's not so little

pictures Macen wanted me to blog!

Macen was a little mad that I didn't show the picture of him going down the slide by himself! So here he is!

This is Macen and Daddy on the rollercoaster...Fuzzy I know but Macen really had a great time!

This is the picture that Macen took of Daddy.....

Fallon's Labor Day parade

This is the "Mighty Machines" and the "Bumblebees" We all rode together in the parade.. We had two extra boys on the truck with us because their coaches weren't there..It was all good...the more the merrier I always say!

Halfway up the parade route...The boys were getting a little hot and a little bored!

We're almost done! It was a great parade and we had so much fun. I think this was one of the best holiday weekends ever!

Happy Labor Day!

Hello all! What a great holiday weekend! We've had soooooo much fun. Fallon isn't the most exciting place in the world, but it is certainly one of the most fun! This weekend is the "Hearts of Gold" cantalope festival. Fallon is actually known for it's cantalope. It's smaller than store bought, and a lot juicier. I wish you could all be here to try it!
Anyway, We went to the festival on Saturday and had a great time.Grant worked at the festival last year so he didn't really get to enjoy it, so this year we took it ALL in! We were dead tired when we got home, but it was worth every minute of it! I took a lot of pictures, and I posted the best of them. Enjoy them, and know that we miss you all so very much. (John and Sara, I can't wait to get back to Virginia..Busch Gardens is going to be AWESOME)

My Favorite Picture

My two Favorite Guys!

The night of the festival

Macen on the hay maze....he's waiting for some kids to get out of his way!

He's getting annoyed at me for taking his picture..I made him stop running on the maze so I could get a cute pose..this is what I got!

Macen throwing hay at me!

Some day Macen....POW !!!! Right to the moon....(no child was harmed in the taking of this picture)

Labor Day weekend

This is my favorite weekend of the year! It's the annual "Heart Of Gold" cantaloupe festival here in Fallon. Lots of food, lots of crafts, lots of everything! They have a little carnival set up, and , of course, Macen loves it! He's big enough this year to ride most of the rides. He went with Daddy on his very first roller coaster (not big, but it's a start...Busch Gardens here we come!) He got to go through the glass house by himself. He only got stuck a few times. His favorite ride was...you guessed it..the big slide! He went down with daddy the first time, then decided he could do it himself..He climbed up the long stairway with his mat under his arm and went down two more times...What a kid!