Day 9...someone you love!

I love so many! My heart, soul, and everything belong to these two!

My goal today was to shoot a picture of Matt with the kids but his work schedule did not allow that to happen. I love my family more than anything in this world. I have truly been blessed!

I've been playing around with some editing tricks on these last few photos...just trying to better myself! Tomorrow is day 10, take a picture of a childhood memory...stay tuned for that!

The kids pumpkins

The kids had to have these little pumpkin kits from Target the other day. Yoda for Darby and Buzz for Bodie. I picked up some small pumpkins tonight while grocery shopping so we could get a head start on our pumpkin decorating!!!!

Darby making her Yoda pumpkin.

Bodie putting together Buzz.

Aren't they so cute!

The best kind of carving you can do! Stick some arms & legs in the pumpkin! I love that there was nothing for me to clean up.

Trip to Daphne!!!!

The Gulf Shores sunset just before dinner.

We took a weekend trip to Daphne, AL this weekend to visit some friends (Scotty and Megan Boshell) who have moved there in the past year. Took us a while to both have time off to make the road trip, but we had a blast! The kids had so much fun playing, the guys hung out, Megan and I did some home interiors shopping, and we had a fun night at the beach for dinner. I can't wait to go back. I got some great home decor for the new house and have decided to take a note from my friend Megan and post some pictures. Maybe since I'm off this week to spend some much needed time with my family and hubby, I can catch this blog up-to-date. Here's a start!

Bodie and Hallie climbing the sand hill!
Darby and Brinley Kate posing at the Hangout!

Five years and counting...

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Wright Reid...yes I married Mr. Right! haha
Our Wedding 8-14-04
Our 1st Anniversary trip to St. Lucia (picture taken 8-8-2005)
Us 8-8-09
Our Anniversary dinner 8-13-09
Matt and I celebrated our 5th Anniversary on August 14th. We had a wonderful dinner night out at Ruth's Chris. The food was out of this world...I can still taste that steak now! I love my husband and I am so happy that God brought us together! Here's to five wonderful years of marriage (7 years together), 2 beautiful kids, a wild Jack Russell dog named Tobe and a great future!

Roll Tide! Starting the season off with a WIN!!!

Yeah ALABAMA! All dressed in our Game Day gear and ready to watch the game. Bodie was not a happy camper. Darby had to have "2" pompons..."not one, two Momma, don't you know?" ~Darby

We threw a Surprise 50th Birthday Party for my mom!

Happy 50th Birthday to my mom. Her birthday was July 31st and my sister and I actually pulled one heck of a party with lots of help from friends and family! We love you Mom, happy birthday and 50 more great years!

Happy 30th Anniversary to my parents! We went out for dinner to celebrate 30 years of marriage, 2 daughters, and 2 grandkids!
My sweet little man is getting BIG too soon. He was 10 months on June 1, 2009...he was mad that he couldn't escape the paparazzi!!!!!!!!!!!!


Darby being silly!!

Some snapshots of Darby I took while at a wedding tea. Can you believe that she wanted to wear sunglasses?? She even had a purse, you just can see it in the picture!! She's going to be a "girl" after all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Weekly update

Let me first start by saying..."Thank goodness it's Friday!" It feels like it's been along week. I am looking forward to tomorrow's bowling tournament to raise money for Spina Bifida kids. We have 2 teams from our dept at the hospital, so it should be a lot of fun.

Update on Matt: he is doing some odds and end jobs which helps a little, he got a certified letter stating the he must return ALL of his RR gear by 6-10-09 and that "hopefully" work would pick up again in 4 months. To us 4 months is a really long time, and we hope that it's only 4 months. We'll just keep praying on this one.

Bodie: is into everything, EVERYTHING! He has waited almost 10 months to get up and get moving, but now he's doing it all at once. He's crawling like a marathon crawler! Sitting his self up like a pro. Now, he's pulling up. We found him in the bathroom floor pulling up on the side of the tub trying to watch Darby playing in the bath tub. I got a cute picture that I will post if I ever get a moment to sit at the computer that long. He can say "mama" and "dada."

Darby: is a mess! She is talking like a grown up and comprehending things that I never imagined she could. She has definitely gained a vivid imagination. She now plays with her trains and makes them talk just as they do on Thomas the Train. It's so cute. The other night we caught her saying "stop shunting me Thomas you are supose to pull Annie and Clarabelle." Her thing to say right now is "bust my buffers" if something makes her mad.

When we are in the store shopping and I'm looking at something that she doesn't want to look at she'll tell me "puff along Mom, puff along."

I am working like a crazy woman everyday, wish I could go part time but it's not in our future right now. Decided to do something for myself so I bought some new make-up and cut my hair off shorter than it's ever been in my life, but I am LOVING it! Forgot I set up a Facebook account some many years ago, but was talked into updating it and making it active. Now of course I am addicted to another networking site!

More to come....have a great weekend.

So much is going on in our world right now. Darb's is sick...sinus infection that's making her cough up stuff like an old person. She's also been running a fever, max of 103.1! How's that for sick! Bodie is crawling and sitting up. Crawling....everywhere, we can't keep up with him! He's into the dog bowls in a second if you're not watching. My job has been extra busy and stressful, but maybe things are looking up (it's job security for one of us right now). Matt, however is not looking good at the railroad. I am ready for the economy to turn around and pick up. Matt is going to be laid off this weekend when his vacation is over. Vacation...he only took a vacation b/c if he didn't then we wouldn't have gotten a pay check for the past couple of weeks, so at least he got his full 2 weeks paid vacation to make one last decent paycheck. We cancelled our planned vacation for September, a week at the beach just the 4 of us. I don't know what we are going to do. I am going to trust in the Lord b/c he knows more than us and has a bigger plan. We have sold one of our vehicles to help lighten the load for a while. I am just trying to be as positive as I can in a world of negatives.

Congratulations Kimberly!!! UAB May 9, 2009 Graduation

My little sister graduated from UAB last Saturday and I am so proud of her. She received her Bachelor's in Health Sciences. She did her internship with AOC (Alabama Organ Center) getting to go on organ harvests and retrievals during her last semester. She's hoping that they might give her a full time position. Needless to say, we are all so very proud of her and everything she's accomplished. GO BLAZERS!!!! Hope you have a blast in the Dominican!

Playing outside

Uh Oh, where's the bodies?





Just some pictures of everyone having a good time outside one afternoon last week. Austin and Darby were being traced with sidewalk chalk. Bodie chillin' in the wagon trying to drink Aunt B's koolaid, and Tripp teetering around walking like his was tipsy! He's so cute trying to walk.

Edited pic's

I have been playing with an online photo editing website that I really like. I actually introduced my friend Mandy to it, but she has reintroduced myself back to it. It has so many capabilities and is a lot of fun to work with. Here are some of my works! By the way I need to catch everyone up to date, so much has happened lately. Easter, Bodie turned 9 months, Bodie is now sitting on his own (finally!!!), etc... You know how it is with kids, who has time for anything!