Soccer!!!

Friday night I went to Paris to spend the night with Fred and Jennifer. Liz and Tori went too. Liz had 5 photo shoots in Paris on Saturday, and Tori went to help. We had a good road trip up. Saturday morning Fred and Lee came up ( Zach came after work). We went to watch Clayton's first soccer game of the season. They won and Clayton scored a goal. Who knew that soccer could be so exciting! Better than the Olympics!



Clayton enjoyed having his aunts spend the night. He woke them up Saturday morning for some snuggle time.


Jack enjoyed the game. Well, the dirt at the game anyway.

Go, Clayton ,Go!!

Soccer is great fun!

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You don't hear from me (Fred) on this site very often. I starteded this blog about a year ago, but it's been Renee that's kept it up and running. But tomorrow is a very special day for us, so Honey, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR OUR 35 YEARS TOGETHER. I love you sweetie. I hope you have a GREAT day. I'm looking forward to our weekend away together next week.

August Birthdays

Last night we had a birthday party for Fred and Tori. They both have birthdays in August. Fred grilled burgers; Lesa made her famous " cowboy beans" and peach salad; I made the favorite desserts for the birthday honorees - chocolate cheesecake for Fred and hot fudge cake for Tori. We had a good time visiting and playing on the Wii. We were very pleased that mom and dad ( aka Nana and Grandad) got to come and that she got a good report from the doctor this week. All the siblings ( except Dan and Tami ) spent the night and this morning Beulah fixed breakfast for everyone. It was such a wonderful evening and morning. I am so humbled that God has blessed me so much with my family. They are all the greatest - the parents. the mother-in-law, the kids and kids in laws, the grandkids - not to mention the best husband ever! I get choked up just thinking about them. Here are some pictures from the night.



Jack is having a good time!

Stephanie trying to do the Dance, Dance Revolution steps.

The birthday people getting ready to open presents.

Nana and Clayton

Liz, Zach and Jennifer enjoying their dinner.

Landon ( Lee and Tori's nephew) trying on my reading glasses. Too Cute!!

Lee and Adam with some Mario Cart.

Colley /Sellers Wedding

Tonight we attended the wedding of Lindsay Colley and Kyle Sellers. Lindsay is the daughter of our good friends Dennis and Lainie Colley. We had a great time. There was good food and lots of fun dancing. Brad Colley designed the layout and decor for the wedding and reception. It was gorgeous! We wish the newlyweds a long and happy life together.


Kay and I had a good time on the dance floor. Fred even danced with me too.


The flower girls were the hit of the dance floor.

Lindsay and Boppa ( her grandfather) had a special dance.

Michael, Sharaze and Autumn

The entrance to the reception hall.

The reception hall. Brad did a good job.

Lainie and Lauren

The beautiful bride!

Dennis and Alex Sanders having their dance.

Gorgeous Sharaze and precious Autumn.

Mightymite Triathlon

Yesterday Fred IV and Lee participated in a triathlon in Forest City, AR. They had a 500 m swim, a 15 mile bike ride, and a 5K run. They both did great. It was a good time of bonding as well for Fred and Lee. After the race the whole family went to Grandma Beulah's where she fixed a good lunch of fried chicken, fresh vegetables and blackberry cobbler.

Incredible Pizza

Last night was the last night that we are going to have the boys all to ourselves. Fred and Jennifer are coming today and spend the night with us tonight. We wanted to do something special. We had never been to Incredible Pizza, but had heard good things about it. We knew that the boys loved Chuck E. Cheese so we gave Clayton the choice of which one to go to. He chose Incredible Pizza. I think it was the go - carts and the bowling that won him over. We had a great time. It was a lot like Chuck E. Cheese in that there were about a million kids there, but it was bigger and had lots more stuff to do. When we got back in the car, Jack said in his sweet baby voice ( with no prompting) , " Thank you Pawpaw". It was precious! Clayton said that they call it Incredible Pizza because it is incredible. I know that Pawpaw and I were incredibly tired. It was a fun ending to a fun week.

Fun with the Boys

I have some very special company this week. We are keeping Clayton and Jack until Saturday when their daddy ( Fred IV) and Lee do a triathelon in Forest City. We have been having a lot of fun. There has been swimming, photo shoots ( Liz took their pictures last night at Howard McVay Park), and of course lots of Wii. I really think that Pawpaw MIGHT be able to beat Clayton once before the week is out. Or at least that is his goal. He really wants to beat the 4 year old. I think it is a matter of pride. But Clayton told Fred, " I'm pretty good ,Pawpaw. " And he is. We went to Target yesterday and I found some really cute rain boots on sale . As you can see, Jack really likes his.