Goin' Boatin'

Last Wednesday night Dakota and I went down to Dad's camp and stayed the night. As soon as we got there we went for a boat ride before it got dark. I think Dakota is finally getting comfortable with the boat. He normally wants to sit in our lap, and hold on for dear life. I think Keiara helped him out a little this time. They had a really good on the beach: playing in the sand, looking for shells, and playing in the water with Pappaw.

When we got back to the camper Keiara and Kota went hunting for frogs. They found 7 of them in all different sizes. Dad fixed an awesome supper. We had filets, mac-n-cheese, fries, and "river" potatoes ( cut up potatoes, seasonings, dumped in foil, and cooked). No hot dogs and chips down there :) IT's crazy how well they eat down there.

Other than getting eat up with myself mosquitoes ( 10+ on my right leg, below my knee!) we had a great time.

WiLd & cRaZy!!!

Since we decided that we were going to stay and not move we wanted to start doing some things around the house.... like paint. We were at Home Depot and they had samples of themed rooms, Cars being one of them. We really liked the colors, and went with it. This is our version of a Cars room. Dakota calls it his "cool "car-car" room". We were pretty impressed with the way it turned out. Jassen and I joked that the day he gets tired of it he can paint it himself :)

Oh, so messy!

I have to admit that I try to stay clear of anything Dakota can make a mess out of. For instance... icecream cones. We have just started letting him eat them on his own. He does pretty good. Now if only we could teach him how to keep up with the drips. :)

Call Me Crazy!!!

July 20th Dakota turned 4!!! We got home from the Florida on the 19th about 530 PM....... Had his party on the 20th at 2 PM! Sounds crazy I know. Everything went great. He had family and friends over to celebrate. The theme this year was VeggieTales. The favorite toy this year were WordWorld games, and accesories. It is a GREAT show on PBS. He also got some VeggieTale books and videos, which he can never get enough of!

Well, he has one more year of preschool and our tiny little baby will be starting Kindergarten :( There are days I can't wait, and other days I can't believe he is growing sooo fast (age wise :)).

Just Us 3

Family Pictures

The Carter Family

Pic #1- My Aunt Billie Jo, Zachary, andhis girlfriend Jessica

Pic #2- My Uncle Jarod, Carrie, Briley, Addison, and Carson

Pic #3- My Uncle Chris, Cindy

Pic #4- My Mom and Fred, our clan!, and Logan's girlfriend Casey

Pic #5- Mammaw and Pappaw

Pic #6- Mom, Fred, Logan

Pic #7- Mom, Fred, Dakota, and McKynley

Pic #8- Mammaw, Pappaw, Mom, Chris, Billie Jo, and Jarod

Pic #9- Dakota and his Pappy

Vacation Time!!!

July 12th we traveled down to Destin, Florida with all of my Mom's family. Yes, there were 20+ people in one place! I know some families woulod end up in fights, and it would up in disaster. But we all had a great time.

As soon as we arrived Saturday evening we walked the two blocks down to the beach. This was my 46 yr. old mother's first! time to see the beach. It was an emotional time for her. This was Jassen's first time to vacation in Florida. As you may see Triana and Darel are missing. Triana accidentally took the wrong week off, and couldn't get it switched.

Just about everyday we went to the beach for little bit. The pool was the place of choice most of the time. I think Dakota is going to be like Monica and I and love the water. If he were only 10 lbs heavier, and 3 in. taller it wouldn't have been such an exercise for Jassen and I in the water.

We went to a couple of area attractions. We went to the Gulfarium (min. SeaWorld) one day. The adults were not that enthused, but Dakota loved it. We seen dolphins, sea turtles, sharks, alligators, penguins, sea lions, etc. We walked out on the pier next door. It was a fishing pier, and if you didn't watch out before you knew it you would be hooked ( literally). We saw a few big fish that had been caught. The jellyfish were horrible. You could see them from the pier. Even at the beach you had to watch out for them later in the day. On Wednesday we drove to Pensecola to the Naval Aviation Museum (pictures to come). Jassen and Fred could've stayed all day reading through all of the history. I did enjoy looking around, but I could only take in soo much.

It was a great week, and we had a good time. We were so grateful, and very blessed to be with our family.

Thanks Mammaw and Pappaw for starting all of this.

"We may not have it all together, but together we have it all!"

Bath Time

Friday night Monica stayed and visited for a while after she got off of work. Both kiddos needed a bath, and soo we just put them in together. McKynley is sitting soo well right now, and Dakota played nice. :)

The one picture is titled "Lil' Ms. Ewok". You know which one

I'm talking about. :)

2008 Clampitt reunion

Memorial Day weekend we had our Clampitt reunion at Ben Hawes Sate Park in Owensboro, KY. My Mammaw Carter was a Clampitt. Her two sisters and their families were there along with our families. We have this reunion every three years. We have family in Oklahoma, Kansas, Illinois, Wyoming, and a couple of other states. It is fun to see everyone, and see how much our younger cousins have grown. We have 3? sets of 5 generations in this family: Monica, Myself, and a cousin. We had a great day playing washers, cornhole, and playing on the playground.

March for Babies 2008

This years walk was a great success. With Monica, Matt, and McKynley joining us we are now "Cousins 'R' Us". We had over 40 walkers and raised over $1600!!! This is such a great event, and thanks to those who donated and shared this time with us. Love you guys!!