The Saints came marching in!!

My parents used to have season tickets to the Saints and my Dad was telling about one time he took Dean to his first Saints game and everyone was throwing paper airplanes in the dome...he said they were everywhere!! I bet season ticket prices for 2010 are going to be slightly higher than they were in the 70's!! What a great game it was, we are so proud of the Saints, SUPERBOWL CHAMPS 2010!

We stayed in and watched the game, the boys stayed up and celebrated the victory!

My cousin Bethany is doing her internship or whatever its called at the hospital Wellness Center here in Laurel where Joel works. So we met her for lunch today, its so nice to have her so close this semester!

This is a pretty Oak in our front yard that has had some issues we could never put our finger on, holes in the bark. I swore it was bees but driving up yesterday I spotted the culprit....Woody.....Woody Woodpecker. That darn bird has done some major damage. Joel is trying to shoot it with his .22 rifle but surely there is a more civilized way to get him to move on to the woods and not our trees.....Any suggestions??

We check the mail together daily unless weather is acting up, thought we needed to document :)

Deeeelissis!!

"Mmmmm.....this is deelissis!", this is what Harrison said as he began to eat his dinner one night this week...I have NO idea where this came from that is not something I or Joel say, but needless to say it made me laugh out loud. Hudson's BFF changes between Harrison and Charlie on a daily basis and he has been coming to get me and tells me I need to go outside and give Charlie a hug, I guess Charlie tells him to.

I took the boys to Mickey D's last night while Joel was at a game just for an outing and change of scenery and they were soooo good. They stayed in our booth and ate ALL of their dinner. They smiled and greeted the patrons as they came in or left, we had small talk and enjoyed each other's company. As we are leaving, we walk out of the door and one runs around the front of the building and the other towards the back (it is night at this point and the drive-thru is packed) so I had to make an instinctual decision which way to run and I took off to the one closer to the road, Hudson, grabbed the back of his shirt and ran the other way. While reaching for Harrison a lady in the drive-thru rolled down her window and offered her help. Embarrassed, I smiled told her no thank you and grabbed Harrison's arm. I laughingly told her I don't usually do this by myself for this reason, as I am herding my sheep to the car door. She kindly smiled and said, "Well you're doing a good job and they will remember your time and effort with them". She was probably over 40 and had her older kids in her older Tahoe, it was kind of symbolic, like me 12 years from now... she was so genuine. It made me smile on the way home, I wish I would have thanked her. So the lesson learned was genuine goodness and kind SIMPLE words are such an impacting gift to someone so speak up when you get the hankering!

Here are some pics of bath time with Daddy, he bathes and dresses them while I clean up dinner so I snuck in and did some documenting :)

Hey you guys!!

My Mom and I were fixing the boys beds the other day when Harrison ran in and said, " Hey you guys!!" It was funny, not sure where he got that or if I say that sometimes. We got a new elliptical and a great new piece of furniture this past weekend which took some rearranging and resetting but we are all put back together now. After we put the monster of a workout machine in the office I heard squealing and laughter and knew to grab my camera and run check......this is what I found

Hello Sunshine!

This weather has got us moving outside and I love it! My mom has instilled in me how important sunshine is for children, to get fresh air and Vitamin D not too mention the sleeping benefits after playing outside. The boys have been riding their scooters and trikes, in which Harrison CAN steer and peddle all by himself, Hudson likes to catch a ride on the back or he is really good at scooting! We are excited about our weekend playing outside with Daddy and probably starting to work in the yard. Here are some pics from this week! Have a great weekend!

They got into my lip gloss .... AGAIN.

Harrison on his bike!

Playing in a band with Mrs.Carol, so fun!

French Press Coffee

So my coffee pot bit the dust... and now I am using this every morning!

My french press, it takes a little bit longer but I don't mind it as much as I thought I would. I want a one-cup machine, I just want to research them some more because that is a serious relationship! Here is Hudson who knocked all my pillows off my freshly-made bed today to pretend to be asleep and here is Harrison NOT pretending to be asleep. Have a great weekend!!

Downtown Charlie Brown is Back!

We got our doggy back from training school this past weekend! His manners are much better and he can do some cool retriever things. He was a 100% outside pup but I will have you know this baby has been sleeping on his bed right next to my bed every night, he stays there all night and doesn't roam or bark just snores louder than Joel!! We are glad to have him back and so are the boys. We were trying to have a welcome home photo shoot and well we didn't get a good pic but I guess its hard to get 3 puppies to be still and smile! The boys couldn't decide if they should sit or stand and who they should be by. They now love to play "puppies" they bark and crawl around and want me to throw something for them to retrieve.

Hudson got into Joel's hair stuff so Joel just went with it and styled him up high before bath time!

Come on in 2010!

We are glad to see 2010 in this family! We started this year out COLD, we had not been out much because of it, so we bundled up and got outside to throw the football and play on the playground for a little while on New Year's Day.

Here is Uncle D helping Hudson on the Monkey Bars!

This would be my QB ;)

I don't know about anyone else but this cold weather has worn me out, I'm ready for sunshine and green grass already. The boys have had a cold and haven't slept too well on top of being inside for over a week it can get a little hairy at the Pierce house. I didn't even have to ask I know my mom just "knows" ... after she talked to me yesterday morning over the loud crying in the background she said she was on her way (YESSSSSS!!!!). Soon after she got here they went down for their nap and I was going to jump in the shower. When I got out (in less than 15 min. mind you) she had cleaned out my refrigerator! Just like that! It would have taken me forever and I would have had to wait for Joel to get home, I just don't do well with that kind of cleaning project (yuck!). She amazes me! Thanks Momma!

Here are a couple of pictures we have taken this week. Harrison on his motorcycle that Santa brought, their shirts are from here . A friend I went to high school with makes them, very cute and soft!

Now let me tell you about little Hudson, I think we might have an architect among us! They got Duplo blocks from Lucy and Grayson for Christmas this year and I bring them out usually once a day for some creative play. Today I got them out so I could fold a load of laundry. Hudson started saying, "Momma wook! Wook Momma!" and this is what he built!!

All by himself! He was proud and so was I!