Tal proposed to me at an outside chapel by a cross at Camp Bratton Green.
While we were engaged we built our own cross overlooking the water at my dad's hunting camp.
We went back this weekend to show the kids.

Both times that we went out on the 4 wheelers - Beau conked out. Doesn't he look so cute?



























We were shooting guns off of the back porch and I turned around and Mary Bratton had these on. Beau laughed everytime the gun went off. Mary Bratton whispered into Tal's ear that she needed a new partner b/c mommy's shooting stinks!

Just washing the dog..........

Does this look like a good place to wash a dog??

Mary Bratton and her friend Anna Claire were SUPPOSE to be watching High School Musical in my bedroom while I was in kitchen cooking. I after I got everything under control in the kitchen, I walk back to the bedroom and they are washing the dog in the middle of the bedroom. Delta is standing on this towel, the sink is running and they are pouring cup fulls of water on the dog. Delta is a Golden Retriever - big dog - lots of water!!! They use our shampoo and bars of soap. The two of them were standing there in just there panties all lathered up ( and that is why I'm not posting the pictures of the guilty faces standing there half naked)
They looked at me and said "we are just washing the dog" - "we put a towel down" -
Did I mention that later they both lathered up in my Laura Mercier lotion - bottle half gone!
Thank goodness that Tal and I had a date night last night after all of this!!!


























Here they are! Anna Claire and Mary Bratton.

Anna Claire is new to all of this dress up stuff - but she loves horses!! She is a daddy's girl!!
She trotted into the kitchen dressed just like the picture above and I said " Anna Claire --- you look like a pretty princess"! and she said
"I'm a horse" - and just trotted out.

Glory to God!!!

WE were driving and I turned around and saw these sweet faces and decided to capture the moment. I love these babies!!!
The moment past, we got to Little Tokyo and I wished that we had called a babysitter for Beau so we could eat in peace. He is full of life!!!Sweet and bad all at the same time. Mary Bratton has always been precious sweet but more on the serious side - like her daddy!
Beau is like his mommy. He gets bored and gets into anything he can get into. He is mischieveious. We tell him not to do something and he does it anyway to figure out if he is going to get in trouble for it. That is soooo me when I was younger.

But I know that God has given us exactly what we need in these children. They are HIS and he has given them to me and Tal to care for and to teach these sweet babies about HIM. I pray that God continues to give me the strength and patience ( even when I want to leave Beau at Little Tokyo :) ) to be a good mommy and to teach my children to have a heart of GOD.

Love you Mary Bratton and Beau Beau!!

Does anyone notice anything different?


























She got her ears pierced today!
Mary Bratton has been asking to get her ears pierced. I always told her that she has to wait until she was much older. I don't know why I finally came around but I gave in. I did think that it might add as a little 'distraction' from her scar on her upper lip.
She did great - she was such a big girl. did not cry at all. She is very proud of them. She is also very proud of her 'solution' that we have to put on 3 times a day. she has already brought it to me once.

Mary Bratton wants to give our dog Delta away b/c we just got home and Delta ate her doll.

Mary Bratton says..............

She is not making Delta a card for her birthday. No more doggie sleepovers b/c all she does is escape when she puts her in her room. When she is old enough to drive, she is putting Delta in the trunk and taking her back to the pound. She says "Delta is mean, mean mean."

Sounds like Delta is on Mary Bratton's list!

We are back from our Destin trip. Exhausted !!!! We had alot of fun!
These first pictures were taken at Baytowne Wharf.
Our nice family picture - it looks like I'm holding on for dear life.









































This is my very favorite picture!!!!!!!! My boys!!
Beau and Tal





















Mary Bratton and mommy.

Beau took Cheese Puffs to a whole new level. Over 6 hours in the car with Beau ( or any child) is not easy. So we didn't mind giving him cheese puffs to keep him quiet and occupied. After he had fnished swallowing the ones that he wanted.... he started crunching them, throwing them, and balancing them on his head ( please look closely at his hair) - it really got worse than this and there are some more disgusting pictures that I really don't want to post and gross people out.

Probably the highight of Beau's trip. He loves noise! Coming from his own mouth or anywhere else. He just sat and starred and this nice man and his vacuum.


















I rented High School Musical for Mary Bratton a couple of weeks ago. I didn't know much about it but - NOW... I know everything about it. She thinks she is obsessed. I had to go buy it for her. This is a picture of her from our balcony - she sang into that microphone all day!


























Sang all day until she passed in her Cheez Its watching High School Musical. ....

























Beau doesn't want to sit in his carseat when it is in the car - but it is so much fun he couldn't stay out of it when it is on the floor in the living room.

I love this picture of Mary Bratton and her Paw Paw

























sweet Beau Beau

























These babies LOVE their daddy!!!!! Best daddy in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beach wore Beau out!!


















I should have known better to borrow a tent from David Seago.
Some of you might remember our migit tent from our last beach trip earlier this summer. We borrowed this tent b/c our tent broke - I think everyone felt sorry for us after that huge loss Thursday night. Tal is an MSU grad, I'm an Ole Miss grad and My dad is an LSU grad - it was hard for people to understand how we were all together. HOtty Toddy!

Labor Day weekend - Destin

We took a last minute trip to Destin - booked this 3 days ago. My dad came with us and we are all having so much fun.

My sweet babies!! It makes me so happy to see them playing together. She has loved him since the day he was born. He smiles so big when he sees his sister. This kind of love is hard to describe!!! Thank you God for this precious gift !!!!!!!!!!

























Beau 16 1/2 months - Mary Bratton 4 1/2 years