HE IS ON HIS WAY!!!

David is in Kuwait and making the long journey home for R & R. He left Orgun-E on Saturday for Bagram, where he has been until today. He anticipates he will leave Kuwait in the middle of the night tonight (his time) and, after stopping in Germany, will arrive in the states on Thursday. We are so excited we are about to bust!! Price has a long list of things on the refrigerator that he wants to do with Daddy when he "visits."

As one of my friends put it, we are going to go "underground" for the next couple of weeks and just focus on being together. So, I thought I'd better go ahead and post some pictures from Halloween and some of the boys since this summer (which is the last time I posted anything from the homefront!). Here are our two little trick~or~treaters all dressed up and showing some brotherly love . . .

And, here they are less than an hour later . . .

I guess that is the benefit of toddlers . . . not having to make it to every house! They were out cold by 7:30. Here are a couple of pictures from some pre-Halloween festivities . . . The cutest flying elephant ever!

Here is Price and "his favorite kind of princess," Gracen . . .

Late this summer, we took a two week trip to the greater-DC area - we spent about a week with David's parents and got to see Uncle Mark and Aunt Kristen. Then, we spent another week at my brother's house in Annapolis where we had lots of fun with cousin Sam, Uncle Beau, and Aunt Tonya. And, my parents had their boat there, so we got to spend that time with them, too. Here are a few pictures of some of the fun things we did . . .

Price practiced hoops with Grandpop ~

We hung out at the waterfront in Old Town with Nonna ~

We spent lots of time at the pool, for the sights more than anything ~ not only was there the great view of the Masonic Temple, but below there were train AND Metro tracks to watch and above there were constant planes from Reagon National flying overhead. Definitely the stuff that little boys' dreams are made of! We spent more time at the fence than in the pool ~

What a treat ~ a rare visit with all four grandparents . . .

For some reason, I didn't take many pictures in Annapolis. But, here is a shot of the birthday party we had to celebrate Daddy's birthday for him . . .

I must say that it was a long, hard summer without Daddy here. There was no "school" for the boys, and Price wasn't yet old enough for any activities except a short swim class. On top of that, in addition to a couple of run of the mill stomach bugs that we all got, Price had tonsilitis and pneumonia. Mama was tired from entertaining and nursing sick boys by the end of the summer, so the first day of school was a big treat for me. Here are some pictures from that exciting day . . .


Price was very excited to see his new classroom and meet Mrs. Patsy ~

Harper, not so excited that day. But, that was very short-lived . . . He was the biggest mama's boy ~ even around grandparents. The only thing I dreaded about school was the drama that would come when I left him each day. Well, little did I know that I had no worries . . . Harper cried the first two days and that was it! He found his independence, and he loves it. I do feel a little dissed over it, but it sure makes drop off easier!!!

Afterwards, everyone was worn out by all of the day's excitement and needed a little rest . . .

Another exciting thing we did was that I took Price to his first SEC football game ~ and it was an Auburn game of all things!!! I can't believe it. We went to the Auburn v. Vanderbilt game, and had a great time. Although it was great fun, it couldn't compare to an Alabama game. But, we are saving that for Daddy to take him to. Here are a couple of pictures in the stadium at Vandy ~

Well, we have lots to do to get ready for Daddy to come home. He just called with his flight info, which makes it seems all the more real that he will actually be here in person before we know it!