I took Mary Bratton to PANCAKES AND PAJAMAS at Mistletoe this morning!
She loved it! She got to see of friends that she knew + her teacher there!
Love these special times with my sweet girl! 
Ellis, Owen and Amy Bates, Mary Bratton and Renee Guest and
Joanne and Kate Mathison
Mary Bratton and Kate
Mary Bratton saw cute Slay Lucius from her class and ran over to him!
She is showing him where we are sitting!
They came and sat at the table next to us !!! 
Mary Bratton and Mary Grace
Mary Bratton's pancake breakfast that she decorated with whip cream and sprinkles! 
Ole Walt Grayson came to read How the Grinch Stole Christmas
MB saw her teacher and her little boy TY from across the room and
couldn't wait to get to her! 
Mary Bratton with the Good Witch of the West from Wizzard of OZ
Mary Bratton with Dorthy and the characters from Wizzard of OZ
Mary Bratton and the cute dancers. Cute Chatham Kennedy is in the front row.
she is adorable and MB felt so excited that she knew her! 
There was a fun 80's party during the friday night of Mistletoe that we went to.
We decided not to dress up this time but a very unlikely Chris Mathison got very much into the theme~!
Tal and Renee
The Guests and The Segrests
The Guests and The Chris Mathison Family .. gone 80's punk! 
me and my sweet MK
Here is Mary Bratton teaching Beau how to trick or treat in front of my birthday present from Tal.
the most beautiful painting I have ever seen by artist, Sue Yarbro!
I can't stop looking at it! i love and cherish it! 
here is the first picture when i realized that Beau had a new smile!
Christmas pictures will be interesting!
cheeeeeeeeese!
First house we trick or treated ....
Beau walks straight into his house....
I'm cracking up laughing while Christie the clown tries to get him out!
Beau exiting the strangers house!
and trying to blow out the candle on their jack-o-lantern. NOT very nice! 
My friends took a picture of my face when i saw them bringing out my cake that Mary katherine made me
Here is my face on the exact moment when i realized how old i was.
They put a candle for every year! 
lots of candles... great lighting!
look at Mary Bratton's face.... she just blew out all of my candles!
She got carried away.. she had never seen that many before. 
We went to the funnest Halloween party at the Arbor Landing Clubhouse!
there was an 80's band and everyone really dressed up cute and got into it.... which made it soo much fun!
Tal and I were 80's rockers! 
Ok - so this gets its own post!
this is Spence Aldridge as Brett Michaels. He looked JUST like him!
it was scary! Charese said that he really thought he was him and he played the part all night!
I can't even comment on this picture below....
The band would play Poison and Brett would go on stage singing!
Rockers!
David and Stacy.... Renee and Tal
Lori and Michael Brechel... Renee and Tal
I can hardly talk about this! Tal and Josh Harkins
Last night my friends celebrated my birthday with me and The Auditorium!
One of my favorite times of the year when i get all of my favorite girls in one place!
Love these girls so much and so thankful that God put each of them in my life!
And a special thank you to Christie, Amie and Tiff -
i forced them to drive around and look at Halloween decorations because i didn't want the night to end!
And by the way... there are VERY few people that decorate for Halloween... but we had fun! 
love these girls!
BOO!
Thank you Christie!
i got the cutest bracelet from Jenny Wadford
and sweet Kate Mathison made me a bracelet for my birthday!
so sweet!
soon after we got there...
the guy playing music started singing HappyBirthday
and i was thinking.... really...? already? who told him ?
and he sings Happy Birthdy Dear........ Bobby! it was hysterical
singing Happy Birthday again and crossing my fingers waiting for my name!
yay!!
Megan Murphy had come home from school with us!
there was a clown at BYB so they got their faces painted.
we met the Abercrombie's and the Segrests at Keifers afterwards and here is
a cute pic of Raylin and Mary Bratton
Laura Katherine Claire, Beau and Mary Bratton painting pumpkins!
I LOVE the way Beau's turned out! Mary Bratton was the one that was so excited about it
but i think Beau had the most fun! 
They had a bike parade and all of the kids rode around the block.
Here is my Buzz Lightyear. Beau FINALLY decided that he would wear a costume for Halloween
Sweet Emma Simpson. look at the cute sign they made for Mary Grace!
My sweet baby Camp with his new bike and the horn and bell that we got him for his birthday!
Princess Mary Grace and the Zebra ( who i love very much that is obsessed with
Mary Grace and followed her around the party so much that he
had so share her spotlight in the convertible princess ride) Love you Zebra! ( Tack)
Beau scores a goal !
airplane!
you can see how much they know what they are doing since
Beau is standing with the other team! 
We woke up early to go cheer on Tal running his 1/2 marathon on Saturday morning!
We got to see him at 5 spots thoughout the race.
This was the 2nd spot around mile 7 or 8.
The guy at the water stop gave Mary Bratton the water to give
to her daddy!
Chad and Tonya Barber have a fun Halloween party every year and it has a different theme every year!
this year was PROM OF THE LIVING DEAD!
Sooooo on Saturday... we dressed up as zombie's and went to prom and it was so much fun! i love Halloween!
I have decided that 'DEAD' is not my look! 
aren't we an adorable couple!
Ross and Lauren Hailey
Don't try this move at home! 
Joanne and I made even pretty people look prettier at the Prom of the Living dead!
Chad Barber was pimping for prom
Joanne, Georgiana and Renee
Anna Claire Bonds Birthday party was tonight.
A fun Halloween costume party! All of the costumes were adorable and the kids had so much fun!
Mary Bratton, Anna Claire and Megan McMinn
They kids were playing games ( wrapping the mummy) in toilet paper! 
After days of being in the house with Beau having Swine flu and strep at the SAME TIME.....
We are out of the house and went to the fair today!
This picture is my favorite picture ever....... here are the THREE loves of my life...
me and MB on Crazy Mouse. she was too short to ride this last year and she remembered that she was too short
and wanted to know if she could finally ride it this year! my baby grew!
Beau on the Bubblebee....... his very first ride all by himself ( or without one of us)
Mary Bratton has loved him since the first mention of a new sibling joining our family!
I'm SO thankful for her sweet heart welcoming him and I will nurture this sister and brother
relationship and PRAY that they are always close! 
i just love the progession of Beau's faces in these!
his first time to ride this. At first I thought... Oh my gosh... Big mistake for letting him ride this....
but he absolutely loved it when he figured out what it was all about!
I could hear this over and over in my head.............
when we were up at the top of the ferris wheel ... Beau said " I'M FLYING"
soooo precious
Ok - this is the worst post i've ever done but i HAD to do it!
Beau was on this little ride and the girl in front of him ( i cropped her face out) all of the sudden had a wet spot under her!
Totally tee tee'd while waiting for the ride to start. I was worried that once it started moving that it might fly back and hit him and get him wet. I know... I'm sick for even posting this! But i saw it in the pics and I think it is hilarious! 
on the slide
on the hot air balloon ride
on the rocket
we saw sweet Megan Murphy at the fair and she and MB
were so excited to ride a ride together.
My babies in a race car
in the ride the drops.....
and just when you think you are on the way out of the fair....
PONY RIDES... that don't take tickets!!
how could i resist! all so worth it! my babies had a blast and so did we!
Picking out pumpkins! one of my favorite things to do every year!
it has been raining so much that i have been waiting for a good time for us to go!!
God bless all of the little blessings in life that He provides for us to enjoy!
Happy Birthday Camp!
He celebrated his 4th birthday with a cute sports themed birthday party!
we love you sweet Camp!
we went to Papitos afterwards with the Segrests and the
Abercrombie's and Mary Bratton was excited to be all sneaky and tell them it was
his birthday! 
The kids were so cute with the pinata! some of them were so funny to watch!
( Raylin and Hank especially)
there was one little pinata mishap and guess who got hit with the bat?
poor beauy! 
We went to Day in the Country at Chapel of the Cross today!
We saw so many fun friends there! 
Mary Bratton wanted to get her face painted.
she told the girl she wanted a pumpkin on her whole face instead of just her cheek.
pumpkin head!
Beau had a soccer game this morning and it was a pretty special day for him!
These pics are out of order because I'm tired and only half awake!~ :)))
This was the first game where he actually got on the field and played.
But better than that......... keep looking below!
Here it is....... BEAU'S VERY FIRST SOCCER GOAL! Tal got it on video! Mommy was jumping up and down!
so proud of my baby boy! 
He was so proud of himself! this picture makes me so happy!!!!!!!!!
Beau and sweet Camille!
the pre game cheer! go Big Green!
oh wait... stop the game. It's an airplane! The fields are by the airport so this is
what happened every two minutess!
we went to spend some time with Stacy and the kids this afternoon!
They have so many fun kids in the neighborhood and the kids ran and played and biked until they were worn out!
Here is a sweet picture of the girls! Mary Grace, Ellie and Mary Bratton
The cement truck pouring a sidewalk was a huge attraction for the kids!
there was a cool breeze and mary grace got her winter coat! so cute!
Beau knows where Stacy keeps her push ups ! 
David came home in the convertible and all of the FUN switched to a ride around the neighborhood.
The girls acted like homecoming queens riding around! Stacy - we have GOT to get that car for girls night! 
Beauy wanted to ride too!!!
me and some of my friends just got back from one last little beach trip before fall.
People ask "how was your trip" ----- ummmm..... i could never describe these girls trips to someone who wasn't there!
These are the funnest times of my life! These girls make me laugh until my side aches.....
We have the best time together and I am so thankful that God put these people in my life!
They are like family to me!!! The bonds between us are indescribable!
The laughs, the talks, the tears! Best times!!!!!!!!
We went to the Hangout on Friday night and it was the cutest place!
I kept thinking how Mary Bratton would be LOVING it all.
they did all of the cute line dances and chicken dance and the HOEdown song by Miley Cyrus!
she would have loved it!
trying to find souvenirs for the kids!
trying to prove that we aren't too old for pigtails. even though we KNOW we are!
Tiff's are my favorite! :)
laughs!!!!!!!
The last night we got ready in 30 minutes for a "casual dinner" because we wanted to stay on the beach as long as we could!
as soon as we got out of the car for dinner it started pouring down raining.. and i mean pouring! we were all running screaming and we ran straight into this hole in the wall where we spent the rest of our night! A karaoke bar! The restaurant was upstairs and we just got our food to go !
Joanne was our entertainment of the night. There were some serious karaoke singers and JO all thought that they needed her backup singing and tamberine playing! We laughed and laughed bc some of the serious singers wouldn't even look her way but she still shook her little tamerbine all night! so much that we found bruises on her legs the size of Texas the next day! good times!!!!!!!
Here is one of the serious guys and sweet Jo thinking that he is enjoying her making it a duet!
He DID NOT!! :))) LOVE YOU JO!
We went to Oxford yesterday for the first home game
and stayed with our friends April and Scott!
90% chance of rain and we ddin't see a drop!
It was a night game so we had a FULL day in the Grove.
One of my favorite places to be in the whole wide world!
it was a fabulous day with a Rebel win! Hotty Toddy!
Beau was so happy to be in the tree!
he is looking up saying "hello" to the tree! Talking about being in the tree.
Telling everyone "look at me I'm in the tree" 
the girls could get in the tree by themselves but Beau couldn't!
He ended up throwing a fit bc he wanted us to stand there all day and put him in the tree and get him down from the tree!
Tough guy is in TIME OUT in the Grove!
I'm going to have this framed and hang it in his dorm room when he gets older!
( obviously i think he will be going to Ole Miss) 
Mary Bratton wanted to get her picture taken with every cheerleader and Rebelette that we saw!
Mary Bratton wasn't the only one who liked watching the cheerleaders perform
Beau wanted to do some lifts! 
One of the cheerleaders picked Mary Bratton to cheer with her during the pep rally!
This was the highlight of her day!!!! 
Mary Bratton is jumping so high that she is off the ground!
We got back from Oxford and went to Jack's 7th birthday!
I love a skating party! :)))
my babies on wheels
Beau loves Dave! He was skating and saying "Dave... look at me" 
Beau Beau can skate! he did so great! First time to really try and he was skating around
by the end of the birthday party! So proud of him!
Me, Jenny and Joanne took the girls to the Taylor SWift concert in Birmingham on Friday!
fun, fun, fun!!! and more fun!!!
As my friend Mk said.... the 3 of us ( adults) could have fun in a booger museum!
( sorry to offend anyone with the word Booger -- but i laughed so hard when she said that - bc it is so true! ) Ihave the MOST fun friends!
and sending us off to a fun weekend like this was a no brainer for a good time!
Mary Bratton, Kate and Bekah
Kate is so sweet to Beau and he loves her!
here comes our ride.... whoop, whoop!
yes we did!!! Jenny brought shoe polish and we decorated her van!
We got alot of looks ( and some honks) on the way to Birmingham!
We got to Joanne's parents and CC ( Jo's mom) had Taylor Swift Cd's all wrapped up waiting for all of the girls. So sweet!
they were doing their own little concert for her parents!
the girls were all dressed up, all glittered up and ready to go see Taylor!
the back of their shirts all had a star with their initial in the back!
They all looked adorable! I ordered these shirts online!
on the way to the concert.
the energy in this car was out of control!
This is Mary Bratton's face when we drove up to the Civic Center
and said " Taylor Swift is in THAT building" 
i'm supried nobody fell or got hit by a car! they were all wanting to run
and get to the concert as soon as possible!
fountain at the Civic center before we went in
This is right before Taylor Swift came out. Mary Bratton was so excited
that she looked almost nervous!
My happy girl!!! 
I love Taylor Swift even more than before the concert!
Great, great concert!!!!! WE can't stop talking about it!
she went off stage for a few minutes and showed back up in the crowd
about 2 sections away from us! everyone was going crazy!!
then she walked down and played the next song on a platform in front of us!
the concert wasn't over until 11:30 ish.
sweet Kate couldn't make it any longer
Mary Bratton fell asleep with 2 more songs to go! i woke her up after a couple of minutes so she didn't miss anything!
me and Mary Bratton were loving Taylor's escort that reminded us
very much of someone we know and love!
the last song was
"Should have said NO" and they had the rain come down like she did at her other performances!
it was soooo cool!!!
we had a fun boat ride with the Abercrombie's this afternoon!
Christie got a pizza and we just enjoyed the weather and the water with good friends!
there is nothing better!!! 
I say "who is mommy's boy?"
and Beauy says "i'm mommy's boy"
and i say 'THAT'S RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ok - so I love MS State because it means so much to so many people that I love.....
but I am an Ole Miss girl through and through!
I was so excited about the game today and I can't wait to get to Oxford in a couple of weeks!
Hotty Toddy!!!!!!!!!!!
my little Rebel! She told Daddy that is was HIS turn to
be a Rebel today! She had this Ole Miss cheerleading outfit on within 5 minutes
after we got home from church! 
Mary Bratton said that Delta needed something "OLE MISSY"
some of my besties!!!!!! 
what night is complete without juggling fire! a little hobby Tal picked up along the way!
Beau wants to blow it out like a birthday candle! goodness gracious....
our house and deck are going to burn down all in the name of fun!
then we all started a dance party! I can only imagine what our neighbors thought!
here are the kids dancing.... but they weren't the only ones!
we kept the dance party going after everyone left!
The kids could have done this all night!!!
We were flipping and turning until we were all completely dizzy!
We went to Starkville today for the season opener against JSU.
I dressed my kids in maroon and white and we all went and supported daddy's bulldogs!
I was a bulldog for the day!!!! It was fun seeing and spending time with some Bulldog friends!
Mary Bratton did not like cowbells!!! 
please notice that both of my children are upside down!
just trying to walk to the tailgate while my kids are loving flipping through the grass the whole way!
so fun!
Mary Bratton - Raylin - Beau
Christie and me
Mary Bratton had to change seats to go sit by Raylin
Practicing her cheerleading jumps in the middle of the Grill
Stacy picked up Mary Bratton from school in David's new car.
Mary Bratton was asking what a convertible was and i was trying to explain how the whole tops comes off the top of the car.
She didn't really get it!
She had NO idea Stacy was picking her up in the convertible and
Stac said that the smile never came off of her face!
That car makes me happy!!! Girls night... here we come and the car is coming with us!
So Stacy and i were talking and Mary Bratton comes out on her new scooter.....
as if to show off HER NEW RIDE! It was hilarious!
My babies!
Beau - almost 3 1/2
Mary Bratton - 6 1/2
this made me flash forward 10 years!
she was listening to Taylor Swift and singing along
while wearing her Hannah Montana nightgown!
I want to FREEZE her at this age!! 
Ok - so this is just mean .... but i have to document it to laugh at it when MB get older.
here she is crying so upset b/c I'm making her try her green beans!
Real tears over green beans!
We went to Chad's sister Rachael's wedding reception last weekend at Chad parents house!
It was a huge dance party it was sooooooo much fun! WE had a great time!
Chad's sister Gretchen, me and MK
Rachael - the beautiful dancing bride! she was so happy!
We went to the Callum's pasture in Flora and had the best time celebrating Cole's 2nd Birthday!
They have gorgeous land with a lake with ATV's to ride, horses! It was perfect weather!
The only problem is that i broke a flip flop while i was there. losing your shoes in a cow pasture is not ideal - but whatcha gonna do!
I was having to much fun with friends! By the way-- my 2nd flip flop to break in a week. Jenny Wadford says that I must be walking wrong! :)
The breeze was too strong to light the candles so we just faked it!
Look at Beau's tongue hanging out of his mouth in both of these pictures!
There were 4 wheelers and Rhino's on the go at all times!
This land is beautiful! perfect weather with great friends!
Barnes, Samuel, Jay, Anna Claire and Mary Bratton
Mary Bratton and Barnes
Mary Bratton would climb up and just stare at the horses!
Tiff and sweet Cole
Mary Bratton really wanted to ride a horse so Martin let her sit on one for a little while! 
That's right... watch out for us! 
Some of our very best friends in the world have opened a Beagle Bagel in Madison!
This has been in the works for such a long time and the time has finally come!
Tal and I went for a special little taste test for lunch today and it was SO AWESOME!!! As Beagle Bagel always is!!!
And i will just have to say......The decor is also just so pretty! Great for a family meal, a ladies lunch, a business meeting - or whatever!
they can accomodate!
Here are a few sneak peeks from today -- !
Make plans to go... but don't eat all of the sundried tomato bagel with chicken salad --- save that for me!
And save the Beagle panini for Tal! See you there... we will be there a few time a week for sure! 
these colors make me happy!!! 
Guess who had their first day of school today!!??????
wouldn't wear his shoes ... had to wear his 'BOOPS'
We got two super sweet teachers!
Mrs. Leora ( who was Mary Bratton's teacher her first year at Pinelake mother's morning out)
and Mrs. Stephanie who knows Beau b/c her little girl was in his class last year!
So thankful for these teachers who will be loving on Beau this year!
Ready to go! He is fine... talking about 'Beauy going to school"
and he says it's going to be "soooooooo fun"
( pretty sure he gets to sooooooooo much fun thing from me)
climbed in the front with me for carpool line.
you can tell by his face that he is watching and seeing what is going on!
I kept telling him how proud I was of him and he would tell me how proud
he was of ME too!!!
passing the time in carpool line! He was liking the pictures!
he was saying "more cheese mommy" 
and here he goes~!! He hates going in but he has so much fun 5 minutes after i leave!
they said he had a great day! He is still adjusting to the drop off! :)
Sweet Tracy finally just had to pick him up and take him in! 
Amy had a surpise party for her last night at her house and it was the best time!!!!!!
Joanne had a great time and NO ONE deserved it more! love you JO!
Robin Atwood, Jennifer Mathison and Renee Guest
Joanne blowing out her candles!!!!
Jennifer and Renee
Jenny and Tiff - my beautiful friends!
my sweet friends... my sisters!!! love them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and MY JENNY!!!
but this is how i really feel about her!!!!! Thank you GOD for my friends!
Thank you God for my friends!!!
I PRAISE YOU............ THANK YOU GOD FOR MY FRIENDS!!!!!!!!
just wanted to post this picture of Tal's mom - when she was about Mary Bratton's age.
( who he lost to cancer when he was a senior year in high school - 1994)
We have this picture in our den and people are always amazed to see that sweet face and always think it is Mary Bratton!
It makes me so happy when that happens!!!!
The resemblence to Mary Bratton is so obvious and we are SOOO proud that she looks like
her Lilly! Lillian Davis Guest ... our angel!
She woke us up before the alarm even went off and she was dressed and ready for first grade!
She had a great day today and couldn't stop talking about how she got to be the teacher's helper today!
We are keeping my mom's dog BAby and she also had Baby dressed and ready in her
pink seersucker dress !!
i posted about this last year.... my mom used to make me and my brother hold up sign for every occassion! it drove us crazy!
"my first day of my senior year" - whatever! we would try to escape and run out of the door before!! WELL - here we goooo...
i make my kids do it for everything too!!!
When i was printing out Mary Bratton's sign last night.....
I KNEW THAT BEAU WOULD WANT TO DO WHATEVER MARY BRATTON WAS DOING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and I printed his own little sign for him and i'm glad i did!
Before i gave him his sign! he was holding a pretend sign just like Mary Bratton!!
He was so happy to have a sign too!!!
I'm tearing up as i post this b/c i know tomorrow she will be gone again!
I am going to miss her !!!!!!!!!!
Today was orientation and she got to see her classroom for the first time! here she is walking in for the first time!!
( waving to her teacher) tears!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Warm welcome from sweet Michelle!!! ( more tears)
Please notice how cute her room is! it is a jungle theme and it is darling!
she calls the kids her little monkeys!! so excited about this year!!!
showing Mary Bratton her desk and her folder!!
my almost first grader ( starting tomorrow)
I know she is ready !! more tears!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mary Bratton and some of her friends ( And Beau b/c he thinks he's in her class)
in the reading area in her room!
The other two DARLING first grade teachers
Jillian Gundy and Tammy Jasper!
Michelle gave all of her kids 'happy's today and Beau loved Mary Bratton's
silly straw. She was sweet to give Beau one too!!!
He blew air through the staw in her face and then gave her
a hug thank you! what a charmer he is!
Happy Birthday sweet Amy Bates!
we went to Keifers tonight to celebrate with her!
what a precious soul she is!
love you and Happy Birthday!
We went to Dawn and Dave's to celebrate Dawn's birthday!
Mary Bratton watches the Food Network and loves to make things in the kitchen!
She wanted to make a banana milkshake and bring it to the party!
I first told her 'NO' let's just make it tomorrow... and I saw tears!
She really wanted to contribute and make her banana shake for everyone!
She went in our cabinet and made she we brought our own cups to hand out to everyone!
Everyone was so sweet and made a huge deal out of it - everyone took sips and even got seconds!
Look at her face! She is so proud! my sweet girl!
Mary Bratton's First Grade Class
Teacher - Michelle Canard
Tonight we had MB's back to school party at Pump it UP!
We have the sweetest teacher!!!! Sweetest kids and sweet parents!
It is going to be a great year!
Can you find what is different about the picture below?
I think that Beau thinks he is in Mary Bratton's class!
He walked into the middle of the class picture with a box of
ice cream sandwiches! 
Mary Bratton ran up to the door to see Michelle to give her the picture she made for her
and the 'happies' that we had for her!
And Beau jumps right in!
I guess that is just normal for a younger sibling to think that
he belongs wherever his big sister is! 
Mary Bratton and Olivia Compton
MB asked if Olivia could spend the night by the end of the party!
I think they are going to be buds! 
Mary Bratton and Katelyn Wall - these 2 were in K3 together at PCS
Here is one of the staff at Pump it up having to remove Beau from the
room when it was time to transition to the 2nd room. Beau was will still running up and down the slide!
Beau was running from him and he thought it was hilarious! 
A big thank you to whoever this guy was!
Goodbye Beau!
We just got back from the most fun beach trip with the Abercrombies!
Lots of pictures!!!
We had beach pictures taken with Lisa Patti during the last night!
Here are a few we snapped on the way to the car!
we were about 5 minutes away from the location and i turn around to find Mary Bratton sneeking
BLUE Fun Dip that was left over from the trip down to the beach!
She had BLUE teeth, BLUE mouth, BLUE tongue and BLUE fingers!
Tal was able to get it off with ice!!!!! Chose call! our pictures are going to be great!
coming back onto the beach after parasailing!
We bought pictures through the parasailing company and we got on the boat and their batteries
ran down on the people that went right before us! The captain took pics on his camera phone and is suppose to email them to me but I'm not sure that I will really ever see them!!!
But we have sweet memories that will last a lifetime!
Look how happy Mary Bratton is!
