Hayden at Five Months!

Amy and Hayden


sleeping like a log!



What a difference from the pic above!

This past Tuesday I went to see my friend Amy and her baby, Hayden. Hayden will be five months old on March 30th. Wow, time really goes by quick. The last time I saw Hayden was right after Christmas and he is a completely different baby now. We had fun visiting and Hayden was really alert when I first got there. I held him for a while, but then he wanted his mom. So, she took him and he almost instantly started to fall asleep while she held him. So, I decided not to take it personal that he began to cry with me, he was just a little sleepy head!

While Hayden slept, Amy and I (and her mom, too) caught up on everything that has been going on. When I asked Amy if he would wake up if I took a picture of him sleeping, she said, "no, he is a really sound sleeper". So, I snapped the cutest picture and he squinted and made the funniest face. It was hysterical! Then, he just closed his eyes again and went back to sleep. After he woke up from his "cat" nap (as Amy calls it), he was so sweet. I am so glad we got to see each other!

Enjoying the Great Outdoors!

not much of a fish...huh?

Me...at the foot of Angel Falls

Panther Falls

Brooks...carving our initials into the bench

Brooks and I

Angel Falls

We got educated on the way up to the falls

Well, Sunday was just a beautiful day (about 70 degrees and sunny) so we decided to take advantage of it by driving up to the Lake Rabun area to go fishing and hiking. We fished for about three or four hours but only caught one small fish...and that one fish was caught by Brooks. Although we did not blow the fish out of the water...Ha Ha...we did have an excellent time and the lake was just gorgeous! After trying our hand at fishing, we decided to go on a hike which was not too far from where we had been fishing. I love going on new adventures and especially new hikes. This trail was really neat and had lots of green, lush undergrowth. It looked like a forest. The hike took about forty-five minutes or so to hike up, but the prize was rewarding. After about 600 yards of walking, we came to the first set of falls, called Panther Falls. Finally, we reached our destination, Angel Falls, and it was so beautiful. Brooks loved it, too...but don't think he wasn't a little shocked by the fact that I had conned him into actually "exercising"! Maybe I should use this trick every time. Ha Ha.

Conner Turns 4 Years Old

the Birthday boy and me
Cane and me Cale was checking out Conner's new shoes


Wow...4 years old!



Umm...Umm

one (I'm sure) of two B-Day cakes

Brittani and Conner

Cane rubbing his hands all in the cake!

Conner opening his present from Brooks and I

Look at his new shoes!!

On Monday night, Brooks and I went over to our friends' house (Cale and Brittani) to celebrate their son, Conner, turning four years old. They fixed a really good dinner, namely, grilled pork chops, baked potatoes, baked beans, fried okra, steamed carrots, and corn on the cob. It was really good! Thanks guys! My favorite part of dinner, however, was Conner's B-Day cake. Yep, he had a really good ice cream cake and I just could not help myself. It was fun getting to see them and thier two boys. Conner's brother, Cane, is a few years younger and he was making a mess eating the cake...it was so cute though! It was fun watching Conner get some of his B-Day presents. Notice I said "some" because he is actually having his real B-Day party this weekend at the skating rink. Hope you guys have a blast!

Winter Wonderland

Isn't he the most handsome Golden ever!?


Isn't she the most beautiful Golden ever!?

Denver was being so loving!

My attempt at making homemade snow ice cream...HaHa.

Brooks and Denver

Denver and Dallas

How sweet is this?

Brooks and I

Denver, Dally, and me

Ok so, I know most of you have heard me say this like a million times, but I haven't seen snow like this since I was about eight years old! So, needless to say, I was just tickled when it began to snow last Sunday (March 1st). After eating a late breakfast at my parents house, Brooks and myself had just left to go home at about 12:30 when it began to snow. My mom called me and said, "is it snowing at your house?" I said, "no, not yet". Then, all of the sudden at about 3:30 it began to snow really hard. The most beautiful (and big) snowflakes were falling. I decided to not waste any time because, after all, who knows when it will ever snow like this in our area again. I got dressed in a bunch of layers and headed outside to let the sweetest dogs in the world explore the "Winter Wonderland" for the first time. By the way, Brooks was taking a nap at this particular time because the T.V. was out. After about thirty minutes of playing with the dogs (Denver and Dallas-or Dally as I often call her) I realized that Brooks would really enjoy this (there was already about an inch or so of snow on the ground) and so I went and woke him up. To my surprise, he was not upset. So, the four of us just had a ball playing in the snow. Brooks and I decided to make a snowman but it took forever considering the fact that Denver and Dallas kept trying to eat the snowman's eyes, nose, and mouth (they were made out of Ritz Crackers)! Ha! This was so very cute! Then, when we got ready to add the arms (sticks), Denver could not help himself!! He loves to chew sticks (what dog doesn't...right). So, needless to say, making a snow man was not easy, but at least we had good quality snow to do it.

After a solid 2 1/2 hours playing in the snow, we decided we should probably go inside because we were freezing! When we got inside, we discoverd that we did not have power, so we played dominoes for about an 1 1/2. It took four candles to provide enough light to play...and this was a lot of fun! Well, for me it was anyway...I won by about 70 points! Sorry, honey! What can I say...I dominate in dominoes!! Ha Ha. We are lucky that we have a gas stove and a gas heater. We did not get cold or hungry...thank goodness for that.

Also, I tried my hand at homemade snow ice cream, but it did not turn out all that great. Ugh! I didn't make it until Monday night and the snow was too "icy" by that time. Making it on Sunday when it was still fluffy would have probably been a lot better. Since snow ice cream is my absolute favorite, I was very upset!! Oh well, there is always a next time...right?