Christmas 2008

Zoey's "reading"!!

Zoey is so funny! I've been reading this book every night to her for a couple of weeks now and tonight I told her to read it...and she actually started "reading" it as she had memorized most of it. My jaw just dropped!

Let it snow!!

We had our first snow this evening and it was beautiful!!

First haircut

Zoey got her first haircut today. It was starting to look like a mullet! Angie just trimmed the back and blended the rest. It looks so cute. I got mine cut first while she sat quietly and watched then she just walked right up and sat in the chair for her turn.

Merry Christmas

The first picture is Zoey with Santa at Jeremy's work party yesterday. She looked scared but was determined to sit on his lap (we'd talked about this moment for 2 weeks!). She said a few words to him and even told him she loved him and smiled for the camera and then he gave her a lion. The next picture is one the 3 of us had taken a couple of weeks ago at a benefit. Tyler had to work and Brody just begged not to have to be in it!

Merry Christmas!!!

Ain't she pretty...cool...smart???

Here's Zoey with her "soul patch"...I told her to look mean....so cool
Here is Zoey dressed up for Aunt Laura's baby shower....pretty

Here's Zoey using the mouse...she totally learned how in about an hour one day...loves playing Sesame Street games...smart

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! HERE IS A NEW PIC AND VIDEO OF OUR LITTLE PRINCESS!! I think Zoey enjoyed giving out candy at the front door more than trick or treating herself! We had about 50 trick or treaters!

Zoey's photoshoot by Kimberly

Pumpkin patch and my birthday!

This was my suprise birthday party given to me by my mom (not in pic) and my sister. Makenzie and Monica Myers, Sylvia Ricketts, me, Meredith, Alicia, Erica, Kimberly, Vickie and Cindy. We had a great time and I got some nice gifts and one prank gift....size 4 thong undies!!

Tyler, Zoey and Brody at the Pumpkin Patch

Da-da and Zoey

Having fun at the pumpkin patch!

Parade and more!

We've had a busy couple of weeks. Brody and Meredith had home-

coming week at school. They had fun getting ready for the parade and Meredith's car won first place in the 11th grade. Zoey has been having playdates with Paloma, my niece's fiance's niece. Brody is skateboarding most every day and Tyler has school 4 days a week and works the other 3. He has recorded his first song at school. He is singing and playing the guitar in it and the computer is doing the rest. He and Brody wrote the words. Here is the link and some pics:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=418612632

Silly faces

Click on the top one to make it bigger...hilarious!

I was trying to take some pics of me and Zoey for Facebook and she kept acting silly... they came out looking like this:

Pigtails and our 10th anniversary!

Jeremy and I celebrated our 10th anniversary on the 22nd of August. Here is a pic we took of ourselves that evening.

I finally got pigtails in Zoey's hair for the first time today. She just loved them and everyone noticed how (even more) adorable she was every where we went today!

Francis reunion

We had a GREAT time at the reunion today. It was so good to see everyone! Here are some pics of today.

Zoey is being a total chatterbox. She makes complete sentences regularly and can say any word you tell her to. She can do her abc puzzle in a couple of minutes and say the word underneath each letter as she goes. Jeremy says she will be able to put us in a GOOD nursing home one day! ha! Brody started back to school last week. He has a full load of classes this year. Tyler will start the end of September. They are going to an Underoath concert tomorrow night in Nashville with a bunch of friends. Tyler's band played in Columbia last night.

Our trip to Sevierville and Gatlinburg

Reunion

We had an awesome time in Sevierville at the reunion. All of the kids had grown so much! It was nice that our cabin was right across the street from the others. Tyler, Brody and Meredith really enjoyed seeing all of the other children. Every time I'd tell them I was going over to visit they would go with me. The aquarium was awesome. We'd been before but Meredith and Zoey hadn't...I knew it would be the perfect thing for them! Tyler and Mer went on the skylift in Gatlinburg and really enjoyed it. We all enjoyed the cabin...especially the hot tub. We did not like the ride up to the cabin..twisting roads and we got lost every time we left or came back!! ha! The photo we took on the red couch at the cabin was as wild as the one last year in China! We played golf at Hillbilly Golf...where you take a tram to the top of the mountain and play down it. It was a great trip and we can't wait until next year!

Zoey counting

I finally got Brody to sit down long enough to get a pic of him and Zoey together. This one has his girlfriend Erica in it too. They have been going together for 1 year!

Zoey kept acting silly when I'd try to get her to say her numbers in front of the camera but I finally got her to...kinda. I noticed she was counting the steps yesterday when we came in to the house..that was 5 so then I put up 10 fingers and she counted them all!

My next post will be when we get back from Sevierville/Gatlinburg. We are leaving Sunday to go to our reunion with our China travel mates. It is 12 families with a total of about 61 or so people! We are all staying in cabins...some together in 2 big cabins and others got single cabins. We got a single one across the road from the 2 big ones. My parents, Tyler, Brody and Meredith are going with me and Zoey. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone! I'll get lots of pics of all of the little ones together again!

Pool and 4th of July

Zoey, myself, Tyler, Meredith and friends Samantha and Natia all went to the pool the other day. She had a ball! On the 3rd we went to a fireworks display at Sharewood Park. Zoey loved the fireworks but not the noise. We had a lot of friends and family with us that night. Brody had to go to the ER early on the 4th so that day was pretty quiet for us. They had us worried at first but after a 3rd doctor's opinion we found out he had a chronic sinus infection. He is doing much better now.

Get up!!

Zoey tries to get the boys up every morning...this morning she was yelling upstairs for Tyler to "GET UP". It is taken with my mom's camera so it isn't very clear.

Jeremy's birthday

Jeremy had a great 37th birthday! Zoey kept telling him "Happy Birthday Daddy"! She has always had a great vocabulary but she is really shining lately..putting 3-4 words together and even saying things like unbutton and hippopotamus! She can do her ABC puzzle in a couple of minutes and she says the letter and/or the picture as she does it. She is something else!!

Tyler's trip

These are pictures of Tyler's awesome Senior trip to California. He went with 5 friends he graduated with. These pics are of the trip, Salt Lake, the Golden Gate Bridge, Sacramento, the ocean near San Francisco, pool at friends mom's house and the Grand Canyon. I am SO glad Tyler got to go on this trip. I know it is something he will never forget!!

Tyler's California Senior trip

My "baby" graduated!

Tyler graduated on Friday night! I was so excited but couldn't help but cry when he walked across that stage! He then left for a road trip to California with 5 of his friends...all in a mini-van! They were in Wyoming around noon today and Meredith just told me they were in Utah around 6 p.m. tonight. They are having fun seeing another part of our beautiful country. They are heading to Sacramento where one of the boys mother lives. They hope to surf when they get there! Please keep them in your prayers. Just 16 more years and I'll have all of my kids out of school! ha!!!

Prom and Zoey's 2nd birthday

Rocketown, party and shower

It has been a busy last couple of weeks. One of Tyler's bands, DiA, played at Rocketown last Saturday night. It was awesome. They played in front of 400-500 people and did great...until the end...JMo, the drummer decided the fall off the stage. It was the end of the last song and he was drumming really hard and next thing we knew he disappeared off the back of the stage for a few seconds! He fell about 5 feet! It was scary then but we have watched the video over and over and laughed soooo hard!! I wish I had a short video of them playing but we took one long video of the whole thing. They did their version of the 80's song "Safety Dance".

Last week while Jeremy was in NC I had a mother/daughter get together. We had 14 people here and had a great time. We played a DVD/board game that was just hilarious!

Yesterday Zoey and I went to a baby shower for Jeff and Becky Smith and their little boy, Noah, from China. He was just a bundle of joy!! Zoey, Noah and another little girl played the whole time.

The week before last we had lunch with friends Harolene and daughter from Guatamala. Another day we had lunch and play date with friends Jennifer and son from China and Allison and daughter from China. It is so amazing to see these kids all together!

Zoey's ABC's

Happy Easter

Zoey had a wonderful 1st Easter!

She knew what she was doing when it came to hunting those eggs!!

Daddy picked out her little hat...isn't it cute?!!

Zoey loves baby goats!

Zoey got to feed her first baby goat with Grandaddy. She loved it!

Trip to the playground

Cindy's birthday

Cindy's 46th birthday is tomorrow but we celebrated today because her boyfriend is taking her to see Joel Osteen tomorrow. It was a beautiful day out...the first in a LONG time! Kimberly took lots of pics of Zoey, Meredith and me at the park. I will post them soon.

February!

February is a big month for our family. Meredith and Tyler both have birthdays

and we have Valentine's Day. I fell down the garage steps last week so my rear is black and blue..that's why I haven't been on the computer much!! I hope to check back soon!! Happy February!

I love this picture of Zoey with her Sweetheart shirt!

This one is of Meredith and Tyler (turning 16 and 18) at their birthday party. They had 50 people there and both of Tyler's bands played (Hwy. 31 and DIA). They did really well.

We celebrated Meredith's birthday at LaFuente. Zoey looked tooooo adorable in the sombrero!

The last pic is of Kimberly and Don with Zoey.