random

here is your completely random post for the month!  enjoy!

reed and brody caught a huge catfish on #15 at the golf course!  it took the both of them to reel it in!

chase celebrated his birthday with cupcakes!

william and price won the 14s doubles in southaven. 

william won the 14s singles in southaven.  sydney won the 16s consolation.

wes won the 12s in southaven. (reed won the consolation in the 10s, but i guess nobody got a picture!  way to go, reed!)

but, he did finish 3rd in memphis a few weeks ago!

this was a huge milestone......reed ate frozen yogurt.  AND, he liked it!  TCBY for the win.  

william showing reed how to warm up before a match.

wes had a field trip to dismal's canyon in alabama.  after hiking out west, he was not impressed, but it was the perfect day for a field trip!

reed was featured in the lifeway art show for his rendition of a house and trees and sky during the fall.

now, maybe i can get back to regular posts that make sense!!  :)

ryder cup

all the people at our house were fired up and ready after the first session of the ryder cup this year.  we had a scoreboard on the mantle, and we were in full out america mode before leaving for school.  however, that didn't last long!  nothing good happened after that first session, and we went on to lose yet another ryder cup on foreign soil.  oh well.....we will be ready in two years!

tennis and zombies

a few weekends ago, we had our north mississippi junior team tennis fall tournament.  wes and his buddies brought home the title for the 12s.  it was freezing out there, but they didn't seem to mind!  it was the first time they had ever received fidget spinners as an award!!  ha!

 jax, wes, whit, and sam

they had fun hanging out all weekend.  i guess it was a backwards hat lunch?

and then they celebrated jax and whit's birthdays with pizza, cake, paintball, and zombies.  or actually, the paintball part got rained out, but they made it work!!

it was a perfect boy weekend!!

tupelo homecoming

tupelo celebrated their homecoming with a win over hernando high school.  reed and james cheered hard.

wes wasn't feeling that well, so no pictures of him!  but, william had fun at the party.  no dances yet.  just a party.  and, i think they played basketball and ate the entire time!!  still....smiles all around!

go wave!

los angeles

chase and i took a long weekend over labor day and went to los angeles.  we were given the best seats in the house at a few dodger games (thanks, susan!) and were treated like royalty!  it was a blast.  we got the behind the scenes tour of the stadium which is the 3rd oldest stadium in the united states.  it has a very cool retro feel about it.  kershaw was on the mound for one of the games, and they won both games that we attended.  i'm think that we must be good luck!

chase and jackie robinson

in the halls of dodger stadium

with the world series trophies

we had seats in the dugout club (right behind home plate) which also gave us access to FOOD!  and lots of it!  every night before the game, they had a huge set up of just about everything you could think of to eat for the dugout club members.  and then, once you got to your seat there was in seat catering.  so you could order nachos or hotdogs or whatever else you wanted to be brought to you.  let's just say that we were not ever hungry on this trip!!

pretty sweet seats!

kershaw

dozier

turner

kershaw

our awesome seats

the original trunks that carried equipment for the team all the way back when they were the brooklyn dodgers

old game tickets and stadium seats

view from the top

you can see the hollywood sign from the stadium.  pretty neat.

more jackie

we did some sightseeing while we were there, too.  we LOVED dodger stadium, but we didn't really think all that much of the city.  we will definitely go back for baseball, but I don't think we will make it a point to go hang out in LA!

santa monica pier

the very end of route 66

venice beach, including a skate park built by tony hawk, a pickle ball park, a body-building competition (gross!), the basketball court from the movie white men can't jump, and one of the original canals...

rodeo drive and beverly hills

the hollywood sign from griffith park and observatory

we went over to hollywood boulevard and the walk of fame.  it was too vegas-ish for me.  we saw it quickly and got out.

grauman's chinese theater

disney's el capitan theater

B.B. King's star (i had to stop for the delta boy!)

dolby theater

it was a quick but really fun trip!  and, the dodgers are still rolling right along in the month of october!!  i think we were the good luck charm that pushed them in the right direction!  go, dodgers!!!

the good years

you always think you'll miss the baby stage (and i guess you do in some ways), but i'm kind of liking this stage of life.  after supper one night recently, every kid was occupied by something of his own doing.  william was stringing a racket, reed was reading a book, wes was working on a school project (unprompted), and the US Open was on in the background.  everyone can shower on their own, pack their own lunches, and dress themselves.  well, maybe that last thing needs a little help, but i'll take these ages for sure!!