The Mundy's

Carpool

2011-02-22T18:57:00.002-06:00

One of my favorite parts of being a Stay Home Mom (I am really not anymore, I work part time) is picking my children up from school. When they get in the car you get that burst of the excitement of their day. Today was a great for them both.
Lizzy had been in trouble last week for not minding her teachers and interrupting the class. She was rewarded with a big "I am proud of you" heart from her teachers for being so good! Big Smile on a happy girl. We did a dance of celebration. Yea!!!
Rodney skipped all the way to the car and then got in a announced "I love Merritt and Merritt loves me and we are boyfriend/girlfriend" with a huge grin.
Wow!! Later this evening he informs us he stopped being boyfriend/girlfriend with another girl in his class to be so with Merritt because she started wearing fancy clothes.

What in the world is next?

Red Rocket Basketball

2011-02-08T19:24:00.003-06:00

Can I use Rodney's basketball season as my reason for not blogging? Well it's the best I can come up with.....

Check out the cute coach! Jeff was head coach and had some great help. They had a great time every Tuesday at practice and Saturdays for games. Can't wait to do it again next year.

Santa was good to us.......

2010-12-25T15:20:00.002-06:00

Plans Change.........

2010-12-25T14:54:00.003-06:00

Tuesday morning Rodney woke with a fever, by Thursday the fever still was not gone so to see Dr. Amason we went. Turns out he has the flu. So instead of packing up and heading to Tallahassee to be with my family. We prepared for Christmas in Birmingham. This was quite stressful for several hours, as I had had my mother buy the doll house Santa was bringing to Lizzy in Tallahassee. So here we are in Birmingham with all Rodney's things, but missing Lizzy's major gift. Jeff goes on a mission and thank goodness finds another similar doll house.

Now the only problem is I have to cook Christmas dinner (which is not my specialty). I found a Turkey Breast Recipe on AllRecipes.com that sounded good. Made my standard sweet potatoes, green beans, deviled eggs, and let Sister Schubert handle the rolls! Pecan pie for dessert and we had our first at home Christmas!

Seeing Santa

2010-12-25T14:23:00.004-06:00

We went to Zoo Lights to find the Big Man. After a chilly train ride, we found Santa. The goal was to inform him that we would be at Nana's for Christmas and please come see us there. No one was scared of Santa this year, which is a first.

Christmas Card Picture Outtakes

2010-12-10T19:31:00.004-06:00

Can you tell they are all saying Warrrr Eagle..

These did not make the card....

SEC Championship

2010-12-10T19:09:00.002-06:00

Jeff and I received an early Christmas present from my parents in tickets to the SEC Championship. It was freezing cold, but nice a warm inside the dome. Great victory for Auburn and Cam!

Ooo Waa Ooo Waa Shoot the Arrow

2010-12-10T19:01:00.002-06:00

Lizzy has been singing Ten Little Indians for weeks, it from her Thanksgiving Program at school. She was a cute little Indian. There is also a picture of her favorite new friend, Juhi.

Halloween

2010-10-31T20:31:00.003-05:00

Some I did not get very many pictures, but they had a great time! Pumpkin Carving, Crestline Parade, dinner at home with neighbors and friends, then Trick or Treating our street. Amanda and Ben were back again this year, so we had twin BumbleBee Transformers, and the Kitty Kat.Rodney was a skeleton for school on Friday, I bought the t-shirt but made the pants to go with it. They kids picked out our pumpkin designs....

Pictures at the Park

2010-10-31T20:18:00.002-05:00

Here are some shots I took at the park of the kids playing.

Brookwood Forest Boosterthon

2010-10-07T18:41:00.005-05:00

Instead of selling wrapping paper or candy, Rodney's school does a fun run. Each child runs between 25-35 laps and gets friends and family to sponsor them per lap. Rodney ran all 35 laps, and then Popsicles for all.

Lake Life Labor Day

2010-09-09T08:42:00.004-05:00

This past weekend Labor Day we visited Amanda and Ben on Lake Lanier. The weather was perfect and the lake the beautiful. Amanda has a pontoon boat, which the kids loved. We found a great little beach on a small island, it was perfect for swimming, grilling and watching the boat go by!

Jeff became the Grill Master

Kids loving the boat rides!

Robert and Liz came up from Atlanta and joined us for Saturday night and Sunday, Mr. Robert and Rodney were on a mission to catch a BIG fish. They never got the big one, but caught several very entertaining brim.

Lizzy loved the boat and even had a nice long nap in the shade.

Lizzy's 3rd!

2010-09-02T08:11:00.002-05:00

All the neighborhood boys came over for cupcakes and sang to Lizzy on her actual birthday.

New Bike for Birthday

2010-09-02T07:59:00.002-05:00

Lizzy's Tinkerbell Tea Party

2010-09-02T07:38:00.003-05:00

The girls all played dress-up with lots of jewelery, boas and fake hair from the dollar store, we took each girls picture and she decorated a picture frame. After Tinkerbell cupcakes, the girls just ran wild! They had a great time.

Kindergarten

2010-08-17T15:30:00.003-05:00

Rodney started Brookwood Forrest kindergarten this morning, the same school where his dad and Uncle Wade when to elementary school. In fact Uncle Wade's first grade teacher is now the principal. Rodney has a great teacher and several of his friends on in his class. He loved the first day and came home very excited about the library. He was very excited about his "tie" shoes.

Wyatt's 1st Birthday- Shark Attack!!!!

2010-08-17T08:06:00.007-05:00

In my family it's a tradition for the mom to makes the kid's birthday cake. I made Rodney a Fire Truck, and recently bowling pins. Lizzy had Butterflies for her first. So with my nephew's first birthday Carrie and I decided to tackle sharks. The body of the shark is a Twinkie, glued to the cupcake with icing. The fin half an Oreo, then the whole thing gets dipped in icing.

Bouy's, for the sharks to swim around.

Life Preservers for saving lives.......

Lastly our completed shark, it took most of the day Saturday for Carrie, Jeremy and I make all of this. Jeremy did a great job on the gills, my hands shake to bad for small detail work.

Our own Gulf Of Mexico. Everyone love it and Wyatt enjoyed eating some of the cake and the lighthouse.

Mexico Beach- No Oil!!!!!!!!

2010-07-13T13:04:00.004-05:00

Little Miss Teacher/Boss Lady

The Three Musketeers

Pt. Clear -The Colony Pool

2010-07-03T10:37:00.003-05:00

Big fun was had by all at The Colony Pool (part of Lakewood Golf Club). Rodney and Daddy had mastered the slide by the time Lizzy and I arrived. Lizzy (Miss No-Fear) wanted to go down first thing, however she had to have an adult with her. Daddy went 3 or 4 times, then it was Mommy's turn. Rodney was the slide King along with cousin Laura Beth, he told me he had done the slide 31 times already! After our pool time, we all had a quick change and joined BB & Granddad for dinner poolside. The food was great, wonderful pizza and even better Mojito's!

My "Slighty" Gourmet Dinner

2010-06-25T20:25:00.006-05:00

So this month's Southern Living had a wonderful recipe for "Okra-and-Corn Maque Choux", it looked so good!!!
It's got all the best summer veggie in it and sausage. Conecuch to be exact, which by the way it a county in Alabama.

Southern Living said it should take 28 minutes, prep and make 8 servings, it took me a lot longer and only made 4 servings (which might mean its really good).

My Beach

2010-06-14T19:18:00.004-05:00

I grew up at Mexico Beach, not literally, but just about. Every weekend of the summer for as long as I can remember my family went to the beach. For years we stayed at either my Grandmothers house in Port St Joe or my Uncles at Mexico Beach. My sister and I would spend the entire month of July at the beach. Then about 9 years ago my parents bought their own little place. Now every Spring Break, summer vacation or New Years Eve my children are growing up on the beach.
I don't think I every really appreciated it until this past weekend. It was always there, always had been, always will be, right? Maybe not. I heard the President say today that the beaches can be fixed within a couple years, but what are the beaches without their wildlife? I want to sit and watch diving birds and feel fish nibble at my toes in the water. The majority of my summer time at the beach was spent in a boat; scalloping, fishing, just riding. What about the seafood industry, their is little better in this world than eating fish the day you caught it. So I pray. I pray the oil stops. I pray the fish swim. I pray the birds fly. I pray the crabs run and hide.
I pray for my beach to live on.

My great swimmer

2010-06-14T19:08:00.002-05:00

Rodney completed a round (6) swimming lessons at the YMCA back in April. Miss Kamden his super cute teacher really pushed him hard. The last couple weeks of swimming at the pool and in the Gulf, I think Rodney has grown gills. I am very proud! Rodney is now jumping off the driving board and swimming to the side all by himself.

Beach, Beach and more beach

2010-06-14T18:41:00.002-05:00

Lizzy and her cousin Wyatt enjoying the sand. Lizzy LOVES the sand, she coats herself in it as soon as we get to the beach.

4K Graduation

2010-06-14T18:06:00.003-05:00

Rodney graduated from Mountain Brook Baptist Preschool on May 21st. Lots of big smiles and songs. As each childs name was called a quote by the child was read. Rodney's quote was that "big school was going to be a lot like this school".

Happy Birthday Daddy!

2010-05-03T15:18:00.003-05:00

We celebrated last night. Here is a little of the excitement.

So so tired.....

2010-05-03T15:10:00.002-05:00

One afternoon last week I went to take a shower and when I got out this is what I found....

Dega Half

2010-05-03T08:43:00.004-05:00

Jeff convinced Liz to run the Dega' Half Marathon with him, however Jeff is suffering from some heel issue and could not run, so we all went down to support Ms. Liz in her half.
Rodney loved getting to walk out on track, and Lizzy loved the jumpy houses! Jeff and Robert also loved the tire change quest in the kids area.

Easter Day!

2010-04-04T20:37:00.006-05:00

Braves

2010-04-04T20:19:00.003-05:00

T-ball season has begun, Rodney is on the Braves, which is perfect since this household is full of Braves fans! Here are pictures from yesterdays game.

Canyon Ranch

2010-04-04T19:58:00.003-05:00

I got the amazing opportunity to spend five days in Arizona with my mother in law and several of her friends. This is an annual trip for them. It was both relaxing and invigorating. I took all kinds of exercise classes and spent two days hiking in the mountains. Here are several pictures:

Wheels at Work

2010-03-18T13:08:00.002-05:00

While visiting Nana and Pop last weekend, Ms. Erin & Wheeler along with Ms. Janice & Addison invited us to attend Wheels at Work. The City of Tallahassee brought lots of work vehicles to a school and allowed children to climb all over them. Which the Mundy children did! Not sure which Rodney liked better the helicopter, Fire Truck or SWAT team (with real guns).

Bowling Birthday Party

2010-03-06T20:05:00.003-06:00

Rodney chose a bowling party. It was kinda chaotic, but lots of fun! Rodney bowled a 100!

Cup Cakes

2010-03-06T19:54:00.002-06:00

So every year for the kid's birthday I try to create wonderful cakes. This year in keeping with the Bowling Birthday Party...... I tried.

Rodney's 5th Birthday!

2010-03-04T07:10:00.003-06:00

Let the fun begin! We started out the birthday celebration with a cookie cake at school. Then last night went out to dinner for pizza and video games with Rodney's best friend Arthur!

13.1

2010-02-14T14:26:00.003-06:00

Jeff ran a half marathon this morning in honor of a developmentally relayed child who attends The Bell Center. Thank you to all who helped him meet his fundraising goal. This morning he did 13.1 miles!

Snow Day

2010-02-12T14:45:00.003-06:00

They predicated it and this time it actually happened. The kids got out early and these are pictures after about 3 straight hours of snow.

A few more cute pictures from cousin Ben's B-day

2010-02-01T07:27:00.002-06:00

Cousin Ben got a jet ski video game for his birthday, this is all three trying to ride it.

Elephant Parade

2010-01-26T16:39:00.003-06:00

After picking up Rodney a few minutes early from school today, I decided we should go on an elephant hunt. The circus arrives today for 4 days, and we are going on Saturday. What better way to get excited than to watch the elephants march from the train station to the civic center? After driving down to the civic center and see the tigers, we started out towards the train station. Luckly a police officer stopped traffic right in front of us for the elephants to march past. Here they are:

Cousin Ben's Birthday

2010-01-26T16:29:00.004-06:00

Who: Ben (turning 4), Rodney, Lizzy, Amanda, David, Daida, Maggie, Pammy, Pop, Christie and Chef John "the fireman"
What: Ben's 4th Birthday
When: January 22
Where: Kako Japanese Steakhouse

Bud's Best Cookie's

2010-01-26T16:20:00.003-06:00

Rodney's class took a field trip to Bud's Best Cookie's last week. It was really cool for both kids and adults, we road the cookie express train and ate warm cookies while taking the tour. Mary Evans and I got the pleasure of 5 boys in the car with us!

Indoor Activites- Pine Cone Bird Feeders

2010-01-09T13:28:00.003-06:00

This morning we made pine cone bird feeders, since it's 20 degrees outside. Then Rodney and Jeff are headed to the Monster Truck Show, Rodney was so excited about the truck show, he had his coat on for 2 hours before they left. Lizzy and I are headed to a Wii tournament at Mandy and Wade's. Hoping to keep coming up with fun things to do to entertain while it's so cold. This Florida girl is struggling in the cold.

New Yeas Eve Gang

2010-01-03T12:14:00.003-06:00

Shea, Allen, Liz, Robert, Patricia, Pelham, Christie & Jeff (missing just this year Seth and Meredith).

Christmas Morning

2009-12-25T08:52:00.004-06:00

4 Year old Christmas Program

2009-12-12T08:07:00.002-06:00

The 4 year old's put on a Christmas Program on Thursday, here are some pictures of the program. Also pictured are Rodney and some of his boys, Christopher, Rodney, Arthur and Kenneth.

Singing...........Parade..............Polar Express..........

2009-12-07T08:25:00.003-06:00

Rodney and all the 3 & 4 year old's sang in the Traditional Service on Sunday. He did a great job!
Later that afternoon we went to downtown Mt Brook to watch the Christmas Parade, which the kids loved because of all the candy!! From there a quick trip to the playground and on to ride the Polar Express. Rodney loved every minute of the trains, the ride and Santa. Lizzy was not to sure about Santa, hence Mommy in the picture. After giving Santa their wish list, he moved on to other kids. Lizzy stared saying, "I like Santa". It was a great time by all.

Christmas Card Pictures

2009-12-05T08:54:00.003-06:00

My very talented friend Anne-Michelle became my children's own personal paparazzi in the month of November. Here are some of the choices for our Christmas card.

The Blue Wise Man

2009-12-04T21:31:00.002-06:00

Rodney's 4k class did a Nativity play this past week. The director said it was a 2 minute program with 4 hours of prep work behind it. It was really cute and Rodney was so excited to be the Blue Wise Man.

Christmas Card Out Takes....

2009-12-04T21:22:00.001-06:00

Breakfast with Aubie

2009-12-04T21:18:00.002-06:00

The weekend before Thanksgiving we had breakfast with Aubie, Lizzy was not really sure about Aubie.....

Game Day!!!

2009-11-12T18:18:00.004-06:00

Last Saturday was my thirty-something birthday. We had planned to take the kids down to Auburn for Homecoming so we celebrated birthday on Thursday night with Jeff's family. Saturday morning we are awaken by Rodney at 5:50, saying "Daddy it's Game Day, get up". Like Father, like Son. We get everyone dressed and out the door. Once in the car I look at all of them (including Jeff) and say "what's today?" Response by all "Game Day!" My response "Hmm, how about Mommy's Birthday?" Oops, everyone forgets about mommy.
Turned out to be a beautiful day in Auburn, Rodney and Lizzy both enjoyed being able to run all over campus. We meet up with the Anderson's and Ramaley's pregame.
The kids made it through two-thirds of the first half, mainly because of the popcorn. But they got to see the Eagle fly, bands pregame performance and several touchdowns, so it was a complete day for us!

Halloween ( Part 3 of Many)

2009-10-31T20:08:00.003-05:00

Lastly we trick or treated in our neighborhood, and this was the after effect.

Halloween (part 2 of many)

2009-10-31T20:00:00.002-05:00

After naps by all, we dressed in costume and headed to the Crestline Parade.

Halloween (1 of Many)

2009-10-31T19:38:00.003-05:00

This is by far our most exciting Halloween. Cousin Ben is here and we have done it all. Our day started out with Pumpkin carving. Everyone got to pick a design, Rodney = Bat, Ben = Spider, Lizzy = Face, Mommy = M.

The Cousins- day at the Zoo

2009-10-30T14:55:00.003-05:00

This post is for Nana and Pammy. Lizzy went to school today and the boys to the zoo. Enjoy!

Jeff's Running the Mercedes Half Marathon

2009-10-26T19:48:00.000-05:00

Jeff is running the Mercedes Marathon (a half, 13.1 miles) on Feb. 14th 2010. He is a Partner in Training for The Service Guild of Birmingham. Jeff is running in honor of the little boy pictured with him, Daniel Lawrence. He is a sweet 28 month old boy with autism.
You can support Jeff, by helping him reach his goal of $1310. Donations can be made through www.firstgiving.com/jeffmundy

Abby Merrill Mundy

2009-10-03T08:37:00.003-05:00

Born October 1st at 2:41. Weighted 7 lbs, 5 oz and was 19.25 inches long. Her is a picture of big sister on the way to meet her new little sister. When I took this picture she did not know if it was a girl or a boy.

SOCCER!

2009-10-03T08:28:00.002-05:00

The start of school means the start of soccer. I am proud to say that last week Rodney scored his first goal and had an assist. He is on the yellow team this year. Also pictured is Christoper, he is our new buddy in Rodney's class that we carpool with to school. After each game they give the other team a high five good game, so cute!

Labor Day Weekend- Point Clear

2009-10-03T08:13:00.003-05:00

Since Aunt Mandy is set to have a baby in a little less then a month and can not longer travel. We took LB down to BB's bay house for labor day weekend. What started out as an all girls weekend, changed to family event when Jeff and Rodney changed there minds about going to Auburn for the game and instead came with us.
We took every ones bike with us, and had a great time riding all around the Grand Hotel, seeing ducks, boats and having ice cream. The kids also had a blast on BB's little beach "catching fish". They caught lots of little baby catfish with nets.
LB also got BB to go down the slide at the Grand about 20 times!!

Lizzy 2nd Birthday

2009-10-03T08:01:00.002-05:00

Hard to believe she is already two. As I right this (in October) she is sleeping in a big girl bed, talking up a storm and doing really well on potty training. She has very different personality than her brother. Were Rodney will sit and watch a TV show, Lizzy is busy playing all around the room. She also takes after Laura Beth in that when she walks, it's more like a skip! Here are some pictures from her very low key party. The first picture is from her cupcakes at school.

Back to School

2009-08-20T20:42:00.002-05:00

Our first day of "The 4's and The 2's". They woke up a 6:15am and were ready to go by 7:00

My new nephew- Wyatt Randall Tharpe

2009-08-20T20:32:00.002-05:00

Born August 16, 2009 @ 2:36pm, 6 lbs, 13 ozs, 20.25 inches long. Proudest parents I have ever seen! Proud Pop-pop too!

Smack-Off 2009

2009-08-20T20:21:00.002-05:00

The first annual Mundy Smack-Off, a pre-season, smack-talking, BBQ eating, beer-drinking good time!

GBW

2009-07-19T10:44:00.003-05:00

For the last 60+ years my maternal grandmothers side of the family has join at Mexico Beach for 1 week in July. It's now only about 14 of us, but we still have a great time. It rained the first three days, so Rodney ended up with his first big boy bike. We also had an all girls boat trip that ended in certain brothers in laws towing us home. Had fun Griffins, see you next year!

Point Clear July 4th

2009-07-19T08:05:00.001-05:00

The 4th of July is always spent in Point Clear with the Mundy's. We had a great time again this year. BB purchase a kayak for all to enjoy, and kids had a great time with it. We also enjoyed the new pool at The Colony and the Grand, Lizzy even got in on the slide action at the Grand. Dinner the night of the 4th was at Big Daddy's on Fish River. They have a huge sand pile and every sand toy imaginable. The beer was cold, food was great and kids had a blast dancing to the band.

Baby shower, and now bed rest

2009-07-18T15:28:00.002-05:00

Ever person I have ever given a baby shower for, has their baby early. Mandy, Robyn, Hougher and now it's looking like Carrie. Here are some pictures from the shower, and as of yesterday Carrie is on permanent bedrest.

1st Boat rides, Slip n Slide and HAYLEE

2009-07-18T15:19:00.004-05:00

My best friend Hougher's step-daughter is possibly my children favorite person in this world. She spent a couple days at the beach with us around Memorial Day and then a week in Birmingham with us to attend Zoo Camp. If I could have a third child, it would be her! Here is Lizzy on her first boat ride, in Pops boat!

The best $5 ever spent at Walmart, the slip n slide......

Class Party & Fishing

2009-07-18T14:48:00.003-05:00

It's been a LONG time since I blogged, sorry but I am just addicted to facebook. Plus our computer never seems to work right. So here's some summer events.

Rodney class party was the last week of school, here a picture of his whole class, they were playing so hard and so hot!

After the party we left for Mexico Beach, Jeff and I had a wedding to attend in Seaside on Saturday afternoon. Dad had entered Rodney in the KIDS WIN fishing tournament in PSJ, but he and Jeff played golf so I got to do the fishing. We went down to the jetties near the docks and sure enough Rodney caught a Spainish Mackerel on a cane pole (Mommy had tangled the rod and reel). We were very proud of this fish, even if he only weighted 9 oz.

Disney Day 3

2009-05-10T19:55:00.002-05:00

Disney Day 2

2009-05-10T19:49:00.002-05:00

Disney Day 1

2009-05-10T19:42:00.001-05:00

Disney 2009

2009-05-10T19:09:00.002-05:00

Rodney has been asking everyday for at least the last year "When can we go to Disney World?" Jeff and I finally decided we should do it before school gets out and it is too hot. Lizzy got to go to Nana in Tallahassee, since the magical number at Disney is 40 inches, and she is just not there. Couple more years sissy.
Day 1 was Animal Kingdom, really it was more like Dino Kingdom. Rodney is all about Dinosaurs and could have spent the entire day in that one area. Jeff and I did take him on the ride "Dinosaur", too scary for a 4 year old. Most of the ride he was hiding in Mom's arms.
Day 2 was Magic Kingdom- We had covered Fantasyland by 10 am, since Rodney refused to ride any "girl" rides (Snow White, Little Mermaid), so we first tested him out on Goofy's Brianstormer mini roller-coaster. Then on to Thunder Mt and Splash Mt. He loved Goofy's and Thunder Mt, but not real crazy about Splash Mt. Except for the fact I got soaking wet, and Rodney and Jeff did not! The highlight of his day was definitely Buzz Lightyear ride in Tomorrowland, and I must brag and say I scored the most points!
Day 3- Breakfast with Little Einsteins and Hollywood Studios. We did very little at Hollywood Studios, not that much for kids. The Playhouse Disney show was great, but hard to see. The BEST ride in the park is the Toy Story 3D ride. Jeff scored the most point on this one. We only got to ride it once, but had a great time. End of day three was back to Magic Kingdom, lots more Thunder Mt., and about 4 more times on Buzz Lightyear.
All and all a great trip, I personally can't wait until Lizzy is 40 inches and we can go back, so I can ride some of the "girl" rides!

Happy Easter!!!!

2009-04-12T19:16:00.000-05:00

Spring Break

2009-04-12T17:44:00.002-05:00

Fun Fun at Mexico Beach!!!!

Dino Dig Birthday Party

2009-03-09T11:27:00.003-05:00

Rodney's 4th

2009-03-09T11:17:00.003-05:00

He is now 4 years old. He got to pick what we were going to have for dinner the night of his birthday. He picked mexican cheese dip & chips and Sesame chicken (he calls it rice/chicken) from the chinese place we like. BB and Grandad joined us.

SNOW DAY

2009-03-09T11:06:00.002-05:00

I am a week behind every other blogger I know on my snow day pictures, here are ours. All Lizzy could say about the snow was cold, Rodney however loved it!

Mardi Gras in Fairhope, AL

2009-03-09T10:39:00.002-05:00

The Mundy crew went to BB and Grandad's bay house in Fairhope for a kid friendly Mardi Gras celebration, here are some pics.

Cousin's Ben Birthday

2009-03-09T08:38:00.003-05:00

The kids and I went to Gainesville, GA for my cousin Amanda little boy Ben 3rd birthday. Rodney and Ben play together great, and we had a great time at a Inflatable place. This place was so parent/kid friendly it even had wi-fi and a cell phone closet for taking calls without the noise. For more cute pictures see Amanda blog http://rigg.blogspot.com/2009_02_01_archive.html

7 Years

2009-01-21T15:50:00.007-06:00

Monday, Jan 19th was Jeff and my 7 year wedding anniversary. On the Friday before he surprised me with a trip to Gatlinburg TN for just the two of us. Big thanks to Uncle Wade and Aunt Mandy for keeping Rodney and Lizzy. I had never seen real snow or mountains. Be borrowed snow clothes from friends and rented everything else we needed. I took a skiing class while Jeff tried out his knees post 2 ACL surgeries. We had a great time, it was our first just us trip since our honeymoon.

Cheese......lack of things to blog about.

2009-01-21T15:43:00.004-06:00

It cold here, it's been cold and we still have at least another month to go before any hope of warm. What this means is I lack cute events to blog about, so here is Lizzy's ability to say "Cheese" when you pull out a camera.

Car Wash!

2008-12-26T15:10:00.002-06:00

Rodney decided it was time to wash Aunt Carrie's car, so everyone joined in the fun. After all it's 80 degrees the day after Christmas in Florida!

Christmas Day

2008-12-26T14:54:00.003-06:00

Here are some of the images from Christmas morning, everyone had a wonderful exciting time.

Zoo Lights, Rudolph & Chocolate Covered Gram Crackers

2008-12-20T07:55:00.004-06:00

This is a random post of events from the last several days. Last night was Zoo Lights Safari at the Birmingham Zoo. Lots of lights, fun train ride and cool games. Rodney is on Santa's Roller Something. A good time was had by all.

Next is Rodney as Rudolph, the noise was a gift from Margot in his class, it blinks.

Lastly is Lizzy enjoying the chocolate covered gram crackers I made for the Holiday's.

Santa

2008-12-15T16:45:00.002-06:00

Our country club Pine Tree has a Singing Santa buffet every year, we made it an event and asked BB and Grandad to join us. Rodney was so excited he wanted to talk to Santa the moment we walked in the door. Lizzy was equally as excited, until she got to the bottom step and saw Santa and Ms. Clause.

Christmas Tree's

2008-12-09T11:20:00.003-06:00

The Sunday after Thanksgiving we headed out to get a Christmas tree. Jeff will only buy one from the Boy Scout lot that he had to work as a kid. Rodney and Lizzy's favorite part of that adventure were the candy canes, and the fact the tree was on top of our car.

This past weekend we went to my parents to celebrate their birthdays. They have the same birthday, Dec 7th. While Carrie and I prepared for the party, Mom and Dad took the kids to cut down their Christmas tree.

War Eagle

2008-11-08T18:32:00.003-06:00

Auburn finally wins one! We took Rodney and Lizzy and meet up with our friends the Anderson's for lots of Auburn fun. The pre-game was so much fun, we only made it through about 15 minutes of the actual game.

Halloween Fun

2008-11-07T10:24:00.002-06:00

Our first Halloween event was the parade in Crestline, lots of fun and tons of Mini Moon-pies which we collected and deliver to Grandad. After a stop at BB's (she is the witch pictured), we came home to eat pizza and then start the treating. Lizzy made it through about 6 houses and was ready for bed. Rodney and Dad did a few more, and then had almost as much fun answering the door at our house.

Halloween..almost

2008-10-29T18:31:00.004-05:00

We had a trial run on Rodney's costume today, looks pretty good. I am proud to say I made the pants, vest and belt. Will post more pictures on Friday night. Sister Lizzy is not feeling well and would not partake in the trial run.

These ghosts were the treats for Lizzy's class party today. Little Debbie cakes with icing and spinkles for eyes. Pretty cute?

Beach Weekend

2008-10-29T18:22:00.003-05:00

Jeff and I traded Mom and Dad two kids for a beach house. We took our friends Allen and Shea with us for a long weekend. Jeff could not be away from football all day Saturday, so Beach Tailgate was born. We ended up watching most of the Alabama game on the beach.

Pumpkin Patch Train Ride with Nana & Pop

2008-10-13T14:42:00.002-05:00

Nana and Pop came up for the weekend and took Rodney and Lizzy to the Calera, Al train ride/ pumpkin patch. Lizzy was taste testing the pumpkins, and Rodney & Pop got to see lots of trains. I believe this will become an annual event.

Soccer

2008-09-14T16:30:00.002-05:00

Rodney had his first Sunday Soccer game today. I am truly not sure who was more excited Jeff or Rodney. Jeff's dream since I found out at 20 weeks Rodney was a boy has been to coach.

It went really well, considering there are about 80+ 3 year olds out on the field. They broke the kids down into groups of 4 on a team, then spent the first 30 minutes doing drills and the next 30 playing a game.

The picture in the car was the before, Rodney's favorite little girl from school Sohpie was there also, and the other girl pictured was on his team (she was good). Rodney scored a goal, ran alot and generally had a great time. I will also post a video, but be warned I had Lizzy in my lap as I was trying to take the video.

Lizzy's Walking

2008-09-08T15:23:00.003-05:00

Lizzy started walking about 3 weeks ago, here it is.....

Rodney's 1st Auburn Football Game

2008-09-04T15:40:00.002-05:00

He loved all of it, especially the band and the popcorn, the girls and football at the tailgate didn't hurt either.

Lizzy's 1st Birthday

2008-08-25T10:49:00.003-05:00

Tropical Storm Fay rained on Lizzy's day, but that did not stop the fun. Butterfly fun was had by all, we did butterfly foam art, Mommy with Aunt Carrie and Nana's help made butterfly cupcakes. Lizzy loved the cupcake, both to eat and to squish in her fingers. She liked pulling the tissue paper from the gift bags and then putting it back in the bag.
Without a backyard the children had to improvise, which they did a wonderful job of, and Lizzy's room became a class room, with everyone taking a turn teaching.

1st Day of School

2008-08-25T10:45:00.002-05:00

Both Rodney and Lizzy are now attending Mother's Day Out at Mt Brook Bapitist.

The difference a few years makes.

2008-08-10T21:24:00.003-05:00

My cousin Amanda and I have always made an effort to visit each other several times a year. It use to be arrive Friday, go straight out to dinner and drinks, sleep late Saturday, do lunch, some shopping, then afternoon naps to prepare for the that evening.

Whew, how times have changed...........

With three children between us, and two of them very active little boys, our weekend was more like; up early, waffles, is everyone buckled, you need which truck, wait come back, don't fall asleep in the car, but pray they nap, who needs more lemonade, please eat your dinner, keep the water in the tub, and are they asleep yet..........can I get you a beer?

More NYC pics

2008-08-02T15:43:00.003-05:00

Since this blog seems to always be about my kids, I thought it time to include a little adult content. This is the naked cowboy in Times Square. The man must make 100k +a year, he charges $2 a picture, has a bouncer making sure you pay and even has advertising on the undies he is wearing. No my hand is not touching him, he was sweaty gross and trying to cop a feel, I was laughing to hard to stand up straight.

O the joys a grandparents babysitting...........

First Catch

2008-07-22T20:46:00.004-05:00

Uncle Jeremy and Aunt Carrie took Rodney fishing at Ms. Judy's pond.

While Mom and Dad danced the night away in NYC, Nana, PopPop, Aunt Carrie and Uncle Jeremy had their hands full with the smaller Mundy's. A Big THANK YOU from Jeff and me!

Spaghetti

2008-07-22T20:44:00.002-05:00

She needs her own spaghetti shirt.

NYC Trip

2008-07-22T20:26:00.003-05:00

Jeff and I went to NYC with our friends Allen & Shay and Seth and Meredith. Had a great time, here is the proof.

Or what I should say is lack thereof, proof. Seems I did not get a picture of the group or Jeff and I together, o well.........maybe our friend will email me some.