Happy Thanksgiving!

May you each find that God has blessed you beyond your understanding this year. I realize we are not nearly thankful enough. We truly are blessed. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

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There are three new posts! Happy Reading!
Love,
Claire

South Dakota Hunting Trip

Dub went to South Dakota last week for a pheasant hunt. He had a great time. Here are a few pics from his hunt.

Good Job Daddy! We are glad you had fun!

The Baxter Family!

John, Hannah, Tracy and Daniel

Tracy... this was my favorite one.

New Hair!

Here are the pics of my new hair cut and color. It really is hard to get a pic of your hair in a mirror. (: What do ya think?

The BB Gun!

Back tracking a bit. October opened dove season. We went to an all day dove shoot with the boys. Warren got his first BB gun for the big event. We had some target practice then headed to the field. Warren was so excited. We quickly had a little hunter on our hands. Dub only brought my gun so ...I got to shoot. I would "Knock them down" then Warren and Daddy would go find them and "finish them off." He really like the experience. Will had a blast too. He would tag along to retrieve the birds. He had no problem carrying them back to the truck. He tried to feed the dead birds sunflower seeds. I decided to pass the gun off to Dub when I turned around and Will had a dead bird dangling from his mouth! He had been carrying it and decided to place the birds head in his mouth so that he would have free hands for other things. That was tooo much for me. I passed off the gun and kicked into Mommy mode:)
The boys both helped to clean the birds. Warren can give you the full details on how to clean doves. He has it down. He even could do it himself. It was a great day of family fun. The pictures are all out of order but you will get the idea.

Getting the hang of it!

The boys and there birds.

Getting ready to clean the birds.

Satisfied with his take!

Checking on how they did hitting the practice target.

Stay behind the shooter Will!

His first gun!

Even Daddy loves the new gun!

We have had many shooting sessions since the big day. Warren is getting pretty good!

Happy Halloween

We are READY... Are you? We are planning to go to our church's fall festival tonight. Both monkies are getting into character.
We would also like to say Happy 81st Birthday to Nanny!

New Presidential Canidate?

Check it out. Did anyone know this was happening? I can't believe I was in the dark!
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We are BACK!!!

Wow. What a great trip. Perfect! We relaxed, rejuvinated, laughed and slept! (:
But now, we are back and in full "Cornell Form." Since we got off the boat yesterday we have... Driven to Mt. Dora, spent time at the office (Dub), gone to Wauchula to get the boys (Claire), returned to Mt. Dora, took the boys to the movies, took pictures of my "three boys," bought Warren his first bb gun, and we all went to a dove shoot all afternoon!
Not bad for a few hours(:
Will post more later Dub and I have some dvr shows to catch up on.

Will Will Will... the adventure began early!

We went to drop the boys off in Wauchula. While we were there, Mom had the entire family over for dinner and a pond side bonfire. Dub and Will were playing in the front yard. While having boy time, Will injured his arm. He did not cry but kept holding it saying "hurt". We applied ice and TLC but thought little of it. This morning we woke up and were getting the boys dressed for church. When I pulled Will's pj shirt off he said hurt and grabed his wrist again. We just could not leave them and not know if he was really hurt. Warren went on to church with Mimi and Papa while Dub and I took Will to the ER for an x-ray. On the way he would not even pick his arm up.
We got great news... He did not have a broken arm!!! YEAH!! He has what they call "Nanny elbow." Nothing we can do besides motrin and time. He will be in Mimi's capable hands, so there is no need for us to worry. Just getting the boys dropped off for the free childcare cost us a pretty penny (:
We were able to make it home and play a round of golf. It was a great way to kick off our time together. We are off in the morning. Hopefully, the excitement has passed and now we can get to the R & R!
Bon boyage!

BEAUTIFUL>>> PERFECT>>>AHHHHHH!

I LOVE IT!

The last three days have to be my favorite weather days of the year. The cool air always seems to charge my spirits. I find myself singing more and dancing around the house. (I know you all just laughed at the thought.)

(: Fall is my favorite season. So may happy memories associated with this time of year. College fun, starting to date WW, getting married... the list goes on and on.

Last night we went out to eat in Sanford. The resturant has a playground so the boys played the entire meal! Dub and I sat outside, enjoyed the breeze and ate almost our entire meal with out kids! We decided it is our best choice for date night when we do not have anyone here to babysit for us.

We are all packed and ready to go on the trip. YEAH!!! We drop the boys off this weekend. We are going to try to squeeze in a round of golf this weekend too. Monday AM I will get my much needed manicure/pedicurre while Dub works for a few hours. By lunch, we will be floating!

The picture is a sneak peak of Warren's Halloween Costume. Have a great week. Enjoy the breeze!

Will is 21 months!
Warren is 4!


They really are best friends.

It is very common to find the boys laughing together.
It still amazes us how they look so different. Both are beautiful.

It has been on my heart to get my act together and take some pictures of the boys. Wednesday I loaded them up and went to get the shots. Hope you enjoyed just a few from a very productive afternoon.

12 days...not that I am counting

On October 13th Dub and I will celebrate our 7th wedding anniversary. Hard to believe it was only seven years ago. We have had so many blessings in those 7 years, it feels like a lifetime worth. Anyway, Dub was planning a weekend get away for us. He was handeling the plans. I just had to hold the weekend open. Well, I was online earlier this week and I found a great deal on a cruise. I called him at work and within hours we were booked. He is now off the hook for planning.(: I know he would have planned a very nice trip that would have ended up costing a fortune. So, we depart in 12 days for a 4 day cruise. Just US! Can't wait!

Feeling a bit guilty

To my frineds who blog reguarly... I truly reading about your lives. I guess it is my de-stress time. Howevr, I never go through the work of posting on my own sight. I know... LAZY!
The boys are growing fast. Will is starting to talk more. You see, it has been hard for him to get a word in when Warren is around. Dub keeps saying " I wounder where Warren get the "talkitiveness" from?" I guess he is implying ME. (:
Anyway, life is good and keep up the good work blogging buddies. I am checking in often.

Hayley at the Mall

This is our good friend Hayley. We love her. She is just a few weeks older than Will.

Pics of other folks

We went to the mall with our friends Kristen and Hayley. They brought their neighbors with them. There was a beautiful azala bush outside Dillards on our way in. These pics we snapped in a few crazy minutes in the parking lot. What do you think?




Nothing like kids at Easter time. The flowers made me think of hunting eggs at Grandma Terrell's house.

Some new pics of the boys.

We were headed outside to get a few pics. But, when we got out the door it was raining. Instead of yard shots, we got a few right outside the front door shots. Doesn't matter what the background is, they are still cute kids.

Warren's favorite pose. 3 and a half.


Will 14 months.
Warren was not happy we couldn't go out in the rain.
Will - just having fun in the kitchen.
Dub says boys and flowers don't mix. He may be right.

Be impressed that they are not covered in anything but cuteness. No food... no dirt... just cute boys. Happy Easter.