Fall 08

Can you believe this is my little one 2 whole years ago!

And now!!! Jackson turned 2 on Oct. 26th.

Isn't it amazing how they grow and change. He is such an amazing blessing. Here are some pictures from his birthday party.I think Charlie and Will enjoyed the cake!God has blessed us with such wonderful friends. And in return Jackson has been blessed with many young playmates. Many of you know that we are avid UGA fans and so every weekend we get together with a fun group of young families from church and let the kids play as the dawgs play.(kids including Mark-the big kid!)And then we had our Halloween fun...Jackson was a fly-fisherman-after his dad, uncle and grandaddies.and Jase was a UPS man-how hilarious is that!This has been the most beautiful fall. The Lord has blessed us with such amazing color with the leaves. It is such a fresh reminder of his love for us. We took some pics of the kids sitting on the dock at the lake house (Jase, Jackson, Evie)Many of you have asked about Mark and his first year in teaching. He is doing so well and the kids love him! It can be stressful at times, but the Lord contiually affirms to us that this is HIS plan. Here is his class on a field trip. (Mark is the kid in the middle!haha) We are all doing well. We have had a wonderful fall season with our family. Please be in prayer for our family as we said goodbye to my Papa on Nov. 15. He passed peacefully in his sleep. We will miss him, but we know that it is a blessing that he dosen't have to suffer and that we have hope in Jesus that we will see him again!

(Sept. 07)

Happy Birthday to me.

Well, the inevitable has come. I turned 30 years old! So far so good. Mark took me to a great sushi/japanese restaurant on my actual birthday and then we enjoyed time with both sides of the fam on the weekends. We hung out at the lake with the Beckler family the weekend before my b-day (Labor day). They surprised me with a great trip to the aquarium. There is nothing better than seeing your little boy awed into to silence! ha! He loved it and I loved it that he loved it! What a great trip. (the sarts (sharks) and pilgwims (penguins)were his favorite.Jackson, Will and I in a shark cage.
There was the coolest butterfly exhibit where they had just released hundreds of live butterflies.Will, Bryan, Jaime, and CharlieThanks Beppie and Bo for a great day.Totally happy and exhausted from a couple of hours of fun. So to prove that I'm 30 and still cool, I decided to try wake boarding. Focus on the word TRY, because it will take me the whole year of 3-0 to be able to conquer this goal. HAHA. I really had a great birthday. The second weekend of my WEEKLONG celebration was at the lake with the Watkins side. CRAZY!!!
Jackson's first ride behind a boat. He loved it! Jase watching dad ski....my insanity inspiration...haha! loveya dad. You are definately still cool.
Just to catch up on my almost two year old...he loves hats, shoes and sunglasses...in no certain order.

He also loves his new four-wheeler that his POP fixed up for him. He is so big!And lastly we are all still enjoying some great DAWG time each weekend with the football games and friends. Check out my new addition to my friends list on my blog. Definately cool!haha.
In conclusion, please keep Mark in your prayers. Due to low numbers of children at his school, the county has decided that Mark along with one other teacher must be transferred to a school in need across the county. This has been a difficult transfer for Mark-moving his entire classroom, moving to a school that is the middle of renovation with a room that has minimal air conditioing, and just trying to settle down into his first year of teaching. We know that God can work through this in fact God has provided and already used Mark in many ways. Also pray for his first class of kids at Tunnel Hill-they also miss Mark terribly and are having a tough time. Thanks so much and love you guys.

Winding Down.

Mr. Beckler has made it to 3rd grade!!! Yes, Mark started his first day as a Third grade school teacher at Tunnel Hill Elementary school. We have been exceptionally busy getting his classroom together (sorry for all those non-returned calls and emails!) Here is Mark's bulletin board that he created out of his own brain. How creative is he? We are so proud of him. He will do great, but continue to pray for him as he adjusts.His classroom. Good old dad (POP) helped us finish off the summer with a bang. He got us tickets to Lake Winnie amusement part. We absolutely had a blast a blast with the kids.

Riding Jackson's favorite...the choo choo!
Lesli, Jase and Jason
Nick, Evie and Stacy (I think the exhaust was getting to Nick)

Jackson will ride anything. I think he has a little dare devil in him...can't imagine that.

Jase and Evie.
Thanks Pop!

Here a few fun pictures from the summer with Jackson and the Roy girls...kids gone wild or what!

And yes, it is that time again to get the hotdogs ready...college football season. Here is Jackson with Hairy dawg about a year ago.
Here is Jackson just seeing Hairy Dawg...totally freakin' out-the phases they go through.
We also got to see Spike. (acutally Jeremy Talley at a Bulldog meeting...totally cool!)

Go DAWGS!