Boys' Weekend

Phillip, Jonathan, Lofton, and Jude traveled to Missouri this past weekend for a boys hunting weekend. Lofton informed me several times that it was a boys weekend, so I am still unsure why Landon wasn't invited; boy, I would have had quite a girls weekend if he would've been. Lofton and Jude didn't hunt, but they did have a great time playing with Mimi and Pops. Mimi made crafts with them, and Lofton loved her hot cocoa. Phillip and Jonathan "didn't kill anything" as Lofton relayed to me.

While the boys were gone, Landon and I had some fun together. We did some Christmas shopping on Friday, and on Saturday we went to the Eagles' first basketball game. Landon loved the game and all the attention he got. But, Landon really missed his brother, and Lofton obviously missed Landon too because when Lofton came home he ran right past me to give his brother a big hug. I didn't send my camera with the boys, , but Mimi (Jonathan's mom) got one that I stole from Amy's blog.

CMAs

Well, Phillip scored all access passes to the CMAs again, and Amy and I went, but it took some pep talking to get us to go. It is hard to believe, but Amy wasn't feeling well, and I was swamped with school work, so we actually contemplated staying home, but Jonathan made fun of us and reminded us that we would kick ourselves the next day for not going, so we rallied and went. It was well worth it. It was a great show. My favorites besides seeing Hugh Jackman present were Kid Rock singing "All Summer Long" in his Titans jersey and of course, Kenny Chesney! We conveniently ran into Reece Witherspoon back stage, which we planned. We decided to leave as she was presenting so that we would just happen to be walking through back stage to get to our car as she was walking off the stage. It worked, but I knew then that Amy wasn't feeling well because her camera stayed in her purse. Last year she was incognito most of the night snapping pictures with her camera phone, and she couldn't resist asking Kenny for a picture with him, but this year, Reece stopped right in front of us to chat, and we both just stood there like a deer in the headlights.

Titans are 9-0

The Titans are currently 9-0, and that is a big deal at our house. Yesterday, the whole family got in on the action, and we all put on our Titans gear after church to watch the Titans beat Da-Bears. It is an exciting season. GO TITANS!

Halloween 08

Lofton woke up on Halloween morning asking me if it was really FINALLY Halloween. We had decorated earlier than normal, and Mimi bought his costume early that I think he thought it would never get here. His Halloween celebration began with a party at school which Daddy attended. Daddy was the hit of the party because he brought chicken fingers for all the kids. I stopped in at Lofton's party between classes, and he was so pleased to show me that Daddy had come to his party.

When we came home from school, Mimi was at our house. She watched the boys while I made a Halloween themed dinner. I was so proud of myself; it was an easy meal, but I never voluntarily cook dinner. After dinner, we all got dressed up and headed out. Landon was so funny; one would have thought that it wasn't his first time to trick or treat. He knew exactly what to do, and he knew the prize that awaited at every house- candy. He couldn't wait to look in his bag after every house. He ate a sucker along the way too because he just couldn't wait to get home. When we did get home, he tore into his bag. I thought I was never going to distract him from it. It was a great night.

Happy Halloween