Emory's First Haircut

I finally broke down and got her hair cut. Well, I had the ends trimmed so you can't really tell it was cut at all. She was so excited about going so I decided to give in!!! Maybe next time I can cut a little more...baby steps!

JDRF walk

Rachel and me after the walk.

Courtney and Emory with her balloon Winnie the Pooh.

Jack got tired of running so he hitched a ride with Hope.

Back at the end of September, Chase and Emory and I joined with some friends of ours to walk in the JDRF walk. It raised money for Juvenile Diabetes. A few months ago our friend's son Jack was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, so a large group from our church volunteered to walk and help raise money for "team Jack Attack." We had a great time and could not have asked for better weather for the event!

UAB Football

This was the 3rd attempt at trying to get a picture of all the kiddos.

At the Alumni house

Future UAB blazers

Over the last few days I have learned that the board of trustees, that has screwed UAB over before, has done it again!!! I understand that our football team isn't great but those boys try hard and just want to play football. No, we aren't Auburn or Alabama or any other SEC football team for that matter and in some ways that is awesome. At least our boys heads aren't so big they can't walk through the door and they genuinely just want to play football, they aren't searching for fame and fortune. After all they are only 18-22 years old!

Our football program needs a boost and the on campus football field is just what we need (and maybe a new coach)! Except UAT thinks otherwise, or maybe I should say Bryant Denny, Jr. thinks otherwise! I have never been and Alabama fan and never will be! When we first moved to TN, the first question people usually asked was "are you an Alabama fan?" When we would say no they would say "oh so you must be an Auburn fan?" Our response, "actually we are UAB fans!" And as a UAB fan, it is heart breaking to see people (ie the BOT) or someone, continue to belittle us and stop our progression. We will never be a football program as big as Alabama or Auburn so why not just give us our little stadium and be on our way!!

My family bleeds Green and Gold and always will!!! GO BLAZERS!!

Labor Day Weekend

So not even tropical storm Lee could keep Chase away from High Falls on Labor Day weekend. It was very nice having the WHOLE park all to ourselves!! Chase LOVES this place! Honestly I don't get it. Don't get me wrong, it's pretty and I enjoy spending time with my family, but jumping off rocks all day long isn't fun to me! Although I would jump more if you didn't have to scale the rock face to get back up!

Chase showing off.

The girls and Ian preparing to jump.

As you can tell by my shirt it was raining slightly!

Ian caught a fish/minnow with his hands.




The whole group!!

Happy Birthday Sammy!!

So I'm 2 months late in posting this but I'm not surprised so you shouldn't be either!! :) Can't believe our little Sammy is 1!! Your Uncle Chase, Aunt Erin, and Emory love you VERY, VERY much!