"WEEK"END IN REVIEW AND THANKFUL THURSDAY

OH MY GOSH..FINALLY...I HAVE SOOOOOO MUCH TO CATCH UP ON..THE MAIN PROBLEM HAS BEEN THAT MY HOME COMPUTER IS SOOOOO SLOW AT  DOWNLOADING MY PICTURES..SO IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO BLOG FROM HOME...IT NORMALLY TAKES 25 MINUTES TO UPLOAD ONE PHOTO..SOMETHING IS MAJORLY WRONG WITH THAT..BUT I HAPPEN TO BE AT THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW (MORE ON THAT LATER IN THE POST) AND THEY ARE UPLOADING QUICKER THAN EVER...SOOOO HERE IS TWO POST IN ONE...HAPPY READING!!

*THIS WAS WHAT I WANTED TO POST ON MONDAY ("WEEK"END IN REVIEW)*

IF THIS IS ANY INDICATOR HOW THE REST OF THE WEEKENDS FROM HERE TIL DECEMBER ARE GOING TO BE...THEN I AM GOING TO BE ONE EXHAUSTED MAMA!!! THIS ONE WAS CERTAINLY MAXXED SLAM OUT...BUT WAS SUCH AN AWESOME WEEKEND...

FRIDAY NIGHT WAS MADDOX AND SAYLOR'S SCHOOL FALL FESTIVAL..IT IS SOOOOO MUCH FUN....MOST OF THE CLASSROOMS ARE FILLED WITH GAMES AND THERE ARE ALSO SOME OUTSIDE GAMES TOO WHERE THE KIDS GET LOTS OF CANDY..THEN THERE IS A DUNKING BOOTH...A CAKE WALK....A DOG POUND AND THE FAMOUS AUCTION THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE GYM..MY MOST FAVORITE PART OF THE NIGHT!!!..THERE ARE ALWAYS THE NEATEST THINGS TO BID ON...AND OF COURSE YOUR COMPETITIVE SIDE COMES OUT A LIL'...ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU REALLY WANT THE ITEM..

CAN YOU SAY WRAPPED??? THIS GIRL SURE KNOWS HOW TO WORK IT!!! AND BEFORE YOU KNEW IT..SHE HAD MIMI BIDDING ON THE HOLIDAY BARBIE...SAD TO SAY WE DIDN'T WIN IT..BUT WHEN YOU CAN GET FEATHERS IN YOUR HAIR..IT KIND OF MAKES THE LOSS OKAY :)

                                  THANKS NANA FOR OUR FEATHERS!!!

AND THIS IS KATIE....MADDOX'S BFF GIRLFRIEND THAT WAS BORN ON THE SAME DAY AS HIM....HER MAMA AND I WERE IN THE HOSPITAL TOGETHER AND THEY HAVE BECOME BEST BUDS EVER SINCE...SHE IS THE ONE THAT SAID "YOUR HOT"...SCOTT TELLS MADDOX ALL THE TIME HOW SHE'S A KEEPER :)

PLAYING ANGRY BIRDS WITH KATIE AND BLAIR..MADDOX IS TRYING TO WIN BLAIR SOME "GOLDEN EGGS"....

THIS YEAR AT THE FALL FESTIVAL, SCOTT WAS ASKED TO BE IN THE DUNKING BOOTH TO HELP RAISE MONEY..HE WAS SOOOOO EXCITED (CAN'T YOU TELL)..THE WHOLE WEEK HE WOULD TELL ME ALL THE JUNK HE WAS GOING TO TALK TO THE LIL' KIDS WHEN THEY WOULD COME UP TO DUNK HIM..HE KEPT TELLING EVERYONE HOW COLD THE WATER WAS AND ACTING LIKE HE WAS FREEZING..IN REALITY THE WATER WAS SUPER HOT HE SAID..BUT HE LET THAT BE HIS LIL' SECRET...URBAN WAS THE MOST EXCITED ABOUT SCOTT BEING IN THE DUNKING BOOTH..HE THOUGHT IT WAS THE COOLEST THING TO BE ABLE TO DUNK HIS DADDY!!! AND HE GOT HIM ON THE FIRST TRY!!

URBAN MIGHT HAVE HAD A LIL' ADVANTAGE :)

SCOTT IS ALWAYS SUCH A GOOD SPORT!!!

URBAN THOUGHT HE HAD DONE SOMETHING AWESOME BY DUNKING SCOTT...AND HEADED STRAIGHT TO PAPA..SO HE COULD GET SOME MORE MONEY TO DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN :)

EVEN MADDOX...SAYLOR...AND LONDON.... ALL GOT TO DUNK DADDY!!

THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE NIGHT WAS PAPA BIDDING ON AND WINNING MADDOX'S CLASS FISHING BASKET..AND TO URBAN IT FELT JUST LIKE CHRISTMAS!!

FALL FESTIVAL IS SOOOOO MUCH FUN...CAN'T WAIT FOR NEXT YEAR'S BIG EVENT!!!

ON SATURDAY...WE DROVE TO KINSTON, NC FOR THE HUGHES FAMILY REUNION (MY MOM'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY)...ME AND THE KIDS RODE WITH MY PARENTS SO SCOTT COULD ENJOY THE AWESOME WEATHER WHILE RIDING HIS MOTORCYCLE..I WAS EXCITED THAT DAD WAS DRIVING SO THAT I COULD FINALLY GET SOME PICTURES OF HIM ON HIS PRIZED REPSOL!

THE KIDS LOVED SEEING THEIR COUSINS AND ALL OF OUR OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS TOO..SAYLOR TALKED BO INTO PICKING UP ACORNS WITH HER...BO IS THE HUSBAND OF MY MOM'S GRANDMOTHER'S NIECE (WOW...PROCESS THAT ONE)

AND UNCLE PHILLIP WAS STEALING ALL OF URBAN'S LOVE!!

THIS IS MY GREAT AUNT SHELBY..MY GREAT UNCLE MILLARD..AND MY GREAT AUNT DAISYE...THEY ARE THE ONLY THREE SURVIVING SIBLINGS OF MY GRANDMOTHER WHO PASSED AWAY IN JANUARY OF 09'....THERE WERE ORIGINALLY ELEVEN CHILDREN..I GUESS THAT IS WHY FAMILY REUNIONS ARE SO IMPORTANT TO ME THESE DAYS..I LOVE FAMILY!!

I THINK THIS HAS NOW BECOME MY MOST FAVORITE PICTURE OF ME AND MADDOX...I KNOW HE'S MINE BUT HE IS THE SWEETEST LIL' MAN I KNOW!!

LONDON HAD THE BEST TIME WITH THIS FORT HER AND MIMI BUILT..OF PINE CONES..STICKS..AND ONE BIRD FEATHER...SHE HAD THE FEATHER AND WAS TALKING TO THE PINE CONES WITH IT..SHE WOULD SAY "HEY MR. PINE CONE..HAVE YOU PLAYED WITH MR. FEATHER TODAY?"... 

AND MADDOX THE CLONE TROOPER JOHNSON FOUND A HOSTAGE...A WILLING HOSTAGE AT THAT!!

A REUNION IS NOT A REUNION WITHOUT A FAMILY PICTURE...THIS IS MY CROWD WITH MY MOM AND DAD AND MY AUNT AND UNCLE...WHAT A GREAT DAY WITH FAMILY!!!

SUNDAY WAS THE MUCH ANTICIPATED....LEGO-FEST IN RALEIGH, NC...SCOTT...ME...AND MADDOX WENT WITH MADDOX'S BEST FRIEND, CALEB..AND HIS PARENTS...TOM AND DARLENE...OUR ALLOTTED TIME WAS FROM 9-1:30..THIS WAS OUR FIRST TIME AT LEGO-FEST..AND I WAS SOOOOO IMPRESSED..I THINK US ADULTS LOVED IT AS MUCH AS THE KIDS...HERE ARE SOME PICS FROM THE DAY!!

I DON'T DO CROWDS VERY WELL (LOOK AT MY FINGERS DIGGIN' INTO MADDOX..POOR CHILD)...WE WERE WEDGED IN THE MIDDLE OF SIX LINES SURROUNDED BY WILD KIDS...WHILE WE WAITED FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES TO GET INSIDE THE EXPO..

IT'S HARD TO PIN POINT THE COOLEST THING OF THE DAY..BECAUSE HONESTLY THERE WERE SO MANY COOL THINGS FOR THE KIDS TO DO..BUT THE FIRST THING WE DID WAS THE KIDS GOT TO EACH BUILD ON A SQUARE..MADDOX BUILT OLIVE GARDEN AND CALEB BUILT A MILITARY COMMAND POST ATTACHED TO THE OLIVE GARDEN..WHEN YOU WERE THRU WITH YOUR LEGO CREATION, YOU TOOK IT TO A GROUP OF WOMEN THAT TOOK YOUR CREATION AND STUCK IT ON THE MAP OF THE UNITED STATES TO HELP FILL IN THE MAP...WE ARE IN TEXAS (SCOTT WAS HAPPY ABOUT THAT)..AND THE NEAT THING IS SOME TIME THIS WEEK IT SHOULD BE ONLINE AND WE CAN ACTUALLY ZOOM IN AND SEE OUR PIECE OF THE STATE THAT WE HELPED BUILD...

LIGHTNING McQUEEN TOOK 2500 HOURS TO COMPLETE..HE IS SOLID LEGOS FROM ON TOP TO UNDERNEATH...THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE THE COOLEST JOB EVER!!...TO BUILD LEGOS ALL DAY!!

WE WILL DEFINITELY GO TO LEGO-FEST AGAIN IF IT COMES OUR WAY!!!

NOW...FOR...THANKFUL THURSDAY

"HEY DADDY"...MY DAD IS HAVING A HEART CATHERIZATION TODAY...HE LOOKS HEALTHY AS A HORSE, DOESN'T HE? THE DOCTOR THINKS HE HAS ONE MINOR BLOCKAGE..AND POSSIBLY NONE (FINGERS CROSSED FOR NONE)..WE HAVE BEEN AT THE HOSPITAL SINCE 1:45 PM TODAY AND IT'S NOW 7:12 PM AND HE'S STILL WAITING PATIENTLY TO BE TAKEN BACK FOR HIS PROCEDURE..I'M THANKFUL FOR FAMILY SICK LEAVE..SO THAT I COULD BE HERE WITH HIM TODAY..YOU SHOULD SEE US ALL IN THE HOSPITAL ROOM..OH THANK-YOU TECHNOLOGY...I'M ON THE LAP TOP..DAD AND MOM ARE BOTH ON THEIR CELLS AND SCOTTJ IS ON MOM'S I-PAD...AND FOR THE RECORD..I BEAT DAD IN THUMB WAR!!! ANYTHING TO HELP PASS THE TIME...PRAYING FOR A GREAT REPORT...I LOVE YOU DAD!!!