We will miss you

My grandmother's sister, Ruth, passed away Saturday night. For those of you who know Mamie Kosko, it is her grandmother. We were at the hospital for most of the day Saturday to take care of BJ (my grandmother) because she was so upset. BJ and Ruth were so close for all of their lives. There were 10 children altogether in their family. BJ was #7 and Ruth was #8. They had their children together and went on MANY vacations together. We will miss Ruth every day and can not believe that she is not with us anymore. However, we can truly take comfort in knowing that she is in heaven with our Heavenly Father and her parents, her brother and her sister. We love you Ruth and will miss you greatly!

Peek-a-boo

Banks loves to play peek-a-boo in his "house". Taylor caputered these steps tonight!!

Wedding bells!!

We went to Gulfport this weekend for Michael and Laura's wedding. It was so much fun. They are such great friends and we were thrilled to be a part of their wedding. (I was the proxy and Taylor was a groomsman).
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Herlihy

Where has the time gone?

Banks absolutely loves his CAT aka:"big truck". He fills it up with his toys and pushes it all around the house! He is getting so big. He is talking in phrases all the time and his vocabulary is getting bigger and bigger!!
My mom and dad think I am REAL cute!!"
Banks loves to sing "Itsy Bitsy Spider"!!

Banks' new ride

Banks FINALLY likes the 4-wheeler that Mc (my brother) gave him for Christmas. He is not much for items that make noise...so it took him a while to like it! We bundled up and went for a ride! Thanks Mc for such a fun ride!

I have been tagged!!!

The rules of the game:Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog. Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself on your blog; we all want to know them. Tag random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs. (I'm not sure how to add the link.) Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

1. I have died before!! Yes, I know it seems strange but when I was three years old....I decided to go swimming in the deep end!! My heart stopped and thank goodness for Ron Evans and his daughter who found me and brought me back to life!
2.When I had to get my MMR shot for college....I fell out and had to go lay down on the bathroom floor!
3. I have anxiety when I look at the fan blades at our house and there is dust! Not to say that I am a neat freak but for some reason that BUGs me!!
4. I have to take a shower EVERY night before I get in bed. I can not get in bed without doing this!!
5. I am 29 years old, a wife, and mother and STILL can't stay at our house alone. When Taylor goes to deer camp. I have to load up all Banks' stuff and go spend the night at Neise and Poppy's house!
6. My favorite part of the week is Saturday mornings when Taylor, Banks, and I are playing! I love spending time with my boys!!!
7. I am truely married to my best friend. We have been dating since our freshman year in college. I love Taylor so much. This March we will have been together for 10 years!!! He is the best husband and daddy ever!!

Now I tag Maime and Diedre

My daddy's hat

Banks loves to put on Taylor's hat. He is learning so much everyday. He knows all of his facial features (e-As, eyes, "mose", teeth, etc) and here he is with Taylor counting. Obviously they were on the number 2!! He can say, "one, two, three"!! Then he wants you to clap for him. He also knows the colors blue and green..Next week we will move onto RED!!! (Can you tell...I am such a first grade teachers!!!)

Banks is getting...

ANOTHER COUSIN!!! YES, Salli and Jay are having Baby #2!! We are so excited for them and Clark. Clark is going to be a great big brother!! Salli is 8 weeks and due August20th. Congrats to the Hobson family!!

A Night Out...

We went to the Alluvian two nights ago for a little get-a-way with Josh and Lauren Ginn. Josh is in law school with Taylor. We went to Gardenias (sp?) for supper (where the amount of food that we consumed will make you sick!!) but it sure was yummy. We missed Banks terribly but it was fun to have a night out.
Josh and Lauren...who were celebrating their one year anniversary!!
Christina and Lauren..."Hey Lauren, where are your eyes??"
Taylor and Josh loved this picture of duck hunting in the Delta!!

Merry Christmas 2007

I do not know why i only have a couple of pictures from Christmas. I guess I was so busy opening...i forgot to take pictures. We had a fabulous Christmas. It is so much fun to watch Banks. Eventhough he does not understand that whole Santa concept now, he loved seeing everyone and opening his MANY presents! Here is the precious tricycle that Neise and Poppy gave him. He loved "scooting" all around the house on it. He is showing it to Papa!
Mc (my brother) gave Banks his first four wheeler.You push a button and off he goes! So fun!!
Zoom....out the door!!
Here are Mimi and Papa with their great-grands! (Clark, Mimi, Banks, Papa, and Hadley)

Christmas in Canton

We went to Canton last night with Taylor's family to see all the lights. Both of the boys loved the lights. I think we will make that a family tradition to do every year!
Zee Zee, Pop, and Aunt Lucy stood in line (while we went into the animated museum) so we could all ride on the fire truck. Look in the background and see Julie, Tommy, and Wyatt.
Taylor, Banks, Tommy and Wyatt had a great time on the careousel (sp??)
Zee Zee and "her boys"!!

Where is Rudolph?

Here he is!! Neise got Banks this Rudolph nose while she was in Las Vegas. He loves it. He kept putting it on his nose, my nose and Neise's nose!
Taylor and Pop went to Montgomery Island hunting last weekend so Banks and I hung out with my mom and dad. Sunday after church we went to Canton to see Santa Claus. Well, Santa was not there but Neise and Banks rode the carousel. He loved it. Thanks Neise and Poppy for keeping us intertained since Taylor was out of town.

Merry Christmas

Here is the picture that we used for our Christmas card. We finally got one that Banks was looking at us! It only took Taylor putting a bear on his head dancing around...to get his attention. We hope you have a very Merry Christmas!

How many picture does it take....

..to get a good picture for a Christmas card? None of these made the "cut". Either I did not like the background or Banks was not looking. These are just three of the MANY that I took. You will have to wait and see which one made it.....

Praise the Lord!!

Here are Banks and Pawpaw at one of Hayes' soccer games. Pawpaw went to the doctor two weeks ago because the noticed that he was tireder than normal. The doctor did some test and scheduled a heart cath. Well, when they got in and examined his heart...they foudn three blockages...so next step..triple bypass surgery. He went into the hospital TUesday (after Thanksgiving) for the surgery. We all went to Greenville. After about a 5 hour surgery and a phone call from the nurse that there were really 4 blockages, Pawpaw got out of surgery with quadruple bypass surgery. He came through GREATLY! The surgerons said that his "insides" looked like that of a 55 year old (He is 82!!) He has been in ICU since the surgery just for monitoring but is doing remarkably well. We know the reason is because all of the prayers people were saying for our family. THANK YOU SO MUCH! You will never know how much it means to our family. Hopefully, Pawpaw will be in his own room soon then come home to recover. BJ has been so strong through all of this. Next April (I think) they will celebrate 59 years together. Thank you BJ and Pawpaw for being such a role model for all of us. We love you very much.
BJ and Banks at the soccer game!