Trip to Blacksburg!!

We went to Blacksburg Sept 12-14 for the VT/GT game ;) IT was a wonderful weekend, as it always is there, and to top it all off, the Hokies won!!! Yay! Here are some pics from our trip.

Mommy & Preston "all Hokied up" before the game!

The fam at the tailgate ;)

Mel & Ray

Future "Hokie Hottie," as Daddy likes to call the cheerleaders...


Look- I stand!!

Daddy and Lila Anne at the duck pond on campus. It's really pretty there :)

Preston climbing a tree.

Daddy and L.A.

Showing off her Hokie spirit.
Watching the ducks ;)

Checking out things on campus.

Buruss Hall, where Ray graduated from- that's the memorial right in front.

They did a beautiful job :)
Lila Anne- all packed up and ready to go home!

My Photography Blog :)

Hello All! Just wanted to share my other blog link with you:
http://www.sweetpeaphoto-melissa.blogspot.com/
It's just a place for me to stash all my favorites, while I work on building my portfolio for my newest business venture SOMEDAY (I know, I know...) but I LOVE it :) Why can't I have it all??

We had a little play time today to the mall! Really, it's just a good place for me to play with my camera :)

Pre-K!!!!!

Well, I awoke this morning at 5:30, to the tears of my Baby BOY! He had puked in his bed, poor guy! We went into the bathroom, cleaned up, did teeth and snuggled back in Mommy's bed. A hour later, my alarm went off and Preston tried to say he was still sick, though he was clearly feeling better... I think we may have had a case of the NERVES! Thank the Jester family for that! Anyway, I talked to him about it, and he agreed that he would go and if he felt sick, he could come home. Turns out, he had a WONDERFUL first day of school, and was all better :)

Getting ready to walk out the door for my first day of Pre-K!

New Spiderman shoes! I am SUCH a stud!!!
Cheesein' it up for Mommy... my paparazzi!!!
Look at this face! Hard to believe I was sick just hours ago....

I am growing into my backpack from last year.... still looks pretty big on me though :)

All smiles in the car :)
Here I am, in my new classroom. The stickers on my hands represent love from my family, so I can think of them all day! Even one from fishy... God rest his little fishy soul!
Here I am finding my apple with my name on it! The teachers were happy to see that I can pick my name out of all the names in the class :)
I readily start working on making a monster truck at my "math center" :)

Labor Day

Our last chance to go to the pool was today. Here are some cute pictures :)

Ok, so I didn't know Ray was taking this picture, and it'spretty bad, but it's the only picture I have of my new haircut :) It's pretty short on that left side, but I think I will let it grow out now to match the longer side.

Happy Birthday L.A.!!!

Lila turned 1 on Suday... where did the time go?? She is so big now, she starting to walk, she is finally crawling and she is taking whole milk, from the fridge, out of her big girl cup! No more bottles!! YAY!!! I can finally pitch them all. Still no teeth yet, but they gotta be coming soon, right??

She celebrated with a "garden party." Here is the cake made for her :)

Just a really cute picture of Aunt Sue and Preston!
The very sleepy Birthday Girl!! I had to wake her up only 45 minutes after I put her down, just so she could eat her cake, and we could get on with the party!!
She was such a GIRL when she ate her cake... barely even made a mess. She is always so dainty!!
Well, she made a little mess, but hey... she's ONE!!

Opening presents. A new book!!
Two of the silliest boys (and I say BOYS) that I know!
This tops the cake!