Birthday Party in the Grove

Ruthie's birthday was the Sunday of the weekend that Ole Miss played Fresno State at home. We were not having her official party until a couple more weeks, so we had a mini party in the Grove!

Her very cute and very tasty cake from Sugaree's

Her Nana got her Colonel Reb cookies from Emileigh's

Loving on her new baby that JoJo and Papa gave her

Hanging out with the big kids

Blowing out her candles for the first of about 7 times!!!

She had such a fun time and we did too!! The Rebels even managed to pull out a win for us to make it even better!

Tumbling Class

     

Ruthie started Gym Tots or "flip class" as she calls it a few weeks ago. She LOVES it!!! Here are some pictures from her first day. Please excuse the quality, they are from my phone



Football Season is Here!!

Labor Day weekend we kicked off football season in Oxford!! I love this time of year!!! Ruthie is really into the Grove and game this year as well.

 Playing frisbee with Kaylee and Hunter

Webb made his first appearance in the Grove!!

She absolutely LOVED the pep rally. She was mesmerized by it all.

The game was not worth discussing, but we had a wonderful time with family and friends!!

Beach Trip 2010

In late August we took a last minute trip with Dustin's parents to Destin. It was a perfect time to go. We had the run of the place.

Ruthie and Dustin about to head to the beach on the first day

Notice how she is sitting on the sheet and leaning over to get the sand? She hates anything on her hands. When we are outside she is constantly having me wipe them off. It actually took her a little while to make this stride toward the sand.

 So as you can imagine, this absolutely shocked me! She warmed up quickly to playing in the sand

The kiddie pool was also a BIG hit. She loved it. She would just roll all over it

Applying a little lotion to Pop E's face before bed

We went to play putt putt golf one night. Ruthie spent the entire time chasing every one's ball as they hit it. Needless to say, we weren't able to keep score.

Building sand castles with Daddy

Her absolute favorite part of the trip was riding the train at the Track. She asked every night as we drove by it to go eat. We promised her that we would take her and we kept our promise. We had to ride it twice. She would have rode it many more times, but we cut her off. She is still talking about riding the train to this day!

Taking a boat ride in the kiddie pool!

We had a wonderful time! I wish we could have stayed longer. I am already looking forward to next summer's trip to the beach!!

BEWARE!!

I have majorly slacked in the blogging department over the last 6 weeks or so. I just want to put a warning out there that there may be post overload over the next few days. I am going to try really hard to sit down and get caught up!! Let's just hope Ruthie is on board with this plan.

Meet the Rebels

Last Saturday we headed over to Oxford for Meet the Rebels 2010.

Ruthie insisted on wearing her DJ Lance Rock glasses to the event. I couldn't talk her out of it, so there you go. She got a few looks and giggles from stangers as we passed by them

She did take them off long enough for Webb to try them on though. I don't think he likes them as much as she does because he didn't fuss one bit when we took them off and gave them back to Ruthie.

Running wild as usual

Dustin and I had to get our picture made with Webb and his football jersey that we got him. I bought this the week Misty and Derek found out they were having a boy. His name had not been decided at that point & Devaughn would not fit, so we went with Devo.

Ruthie getting her football signed by Coach Nutt

Webb and Coach Nutt

I couldn't believe he took him. I was going to just hold him up beside him to get a picture, but Coach Nutt reached out and got him. He was a little uncomfortable though. He asked for help with the neck support. haha!

We had a great time and just made us even more anxious for football season to start.

Hotty Toddy!

4th of July Weekend

We had a wonderful 4th of July weekend! We started it off with the parade on Saturday morning. My sister Lori lives in the neighborhood of the parade and it has been a tradition of ours since Kaylee was a baby. It was a little sad this year to not have Kaylee there. She was on vacation with her dad. Ruthie was much more into this year than last. We had a great time participating and the fellowship with friends and family afterwards in Lori's front yard.

Our float

Getting a little coke from Papa before the parade. She knows who to go to in order to get these type of things

Heading out to line up. She was so excited!!

Waving at the "paparazzi" in Lori's yard. There must have been 15 cameras flashing as we came by. She is one blessed little girl

She ate 5 suckers during the parade!

Can I get a "whoop whoop"? Her Aunt Lori taught her this new trick

After the parade, we headed to the cabin for some fun on the lake. Lori, Whitley and Steven came out and played with us.

Ruthie took a ride with them on the tube

Waving at us on the boat

They didn't get to ride full speed again after Ruthie got on with them, because she wasn't getting off until everyone else did

On Sunday we had even more fun on the water. Ruthie had too much fun swimming in the lake and had to catch a nap in her pool from last year. What a difference a year makes! She can't even fit in the thing anymore

Snoozing away

That afternoon we had a cabin full of friends and family. We cooked out, shot fireworks and had so much fun!

Ruthie got Papa in the pool with her

She LOVED the chicken wings that JoJo brought

It was a fabulous weekend spent with fabulous people!