success

our house hunting weekend was long and had several ups and downs, but we found the one! i think it's really quite funny that the neighborhood is called charleston place - you have to turn onto hampton park drive to get to our house. (for those of you who don't know, the last house we owned was one block from hampton park in charleston, sc.) ha!

the view from the kitchen window/master bedroom. hello pikes peak!

camp tupelo

while we were in colorado, laurel got to spend time with both sets of grandparents. my mom sent some pics...

she got to hang out with her tupelo cousins (maury, lucy, and rebecca), too. what a treat!

hangin out with "bops"

big week!

a couple of weeks ago, pat successfully defended his thesis. way to go, p!

he did a great job. you can tell by the smile on that face!

hmm, i'm a little under-dressed... but VERY proud. :)

these pictures are a little better. the day after pat's defense, we flew to colorado springs, our soon-to-be new home, for the weekend. i was blown away by the beauty of the academy and its surroundings. it made me start to get excited about the move. by the way, isn't p handsome in his uniform?!?!

crash

this morning our little climber flipped over the back of a chair and hit the window sill HARD. it was frightening, to say the least.

the photos really don't do it justice. she has a HUGE bump on her head and a little strawberry by her eye. i know it could've been much worse.

she's fine now, of course; it didn't slow her down much. thank you, God, for taking care of us!

covenant child, marion harris curry

yesterday we celebrated with our good friends, wes and marion, for the baptism of their daughter, harris. we love this precious child already!

don't forget about big brother, burn! we love you too, big man.

a gorgeous Sunday afternoon with great friends. perfect.

trouble

daddy's girl

and maybe mommy's girl

hub city friends

saturday night we got to go over to the atkinsons' to watch the ole miss game.

gracie is always so sweet playing with laurel. you like the ole miss outfit i came up with?

emma and gracie are just two of the friends we will miss when we move away from hattiesburg.

practicing for cold weather

it's gotten "cold" here in the pine belt. are we ready for colorado????

choo choo!

last monday morning, laurel (the baby girl) and i took the amtrak train to laurel (the town).

we had so much fun on the train. daddy was jealous he didn't get to go. he had to stay home and work, work, work.

we had lunch with meme, julie, and uncle/cousin will, then got to spend the afternoon with meme. we also got to visit with B and mamaw before we headed home. we are so blessed to live close to family - for just a little while longer...

fun with warner in clarksdale

pat and i went to oxford to celebrate his birthday and watch ole miss get killed by alabama :( meanwhile, laurel got to stay in clarksdale with buddy, kissy, ginger, chris, warner, and baby jackson. we had a fabulous time in oxford (with zero pictures taken), but laurel just may have had a little more fun than we did! it's a toss-up.

i think she likes popsicles now - what do you think? double-fisting even!

thank you for the photos, ginger. how did we get such cute kids?

can you tell how hard they're laughing? i love it!

thank you buddy and kissy and livelys. we love y'all so much.

rayner reunion 09

two weekends ago we were in starkville with (most of) the rayner clan. we certainly missed ginger, chris, and jackson!

these two are so much fun to watch.

so are these two!! yes, that's an MSU outfit on my daughter. she is half bulldog, afterall...

rayners + rowells = a fabulous time!!

(i won't talk about how both of our teams performed that week. ugh.)