War Eagle!

Campbell got to experience her first Auburn tailgate and her first Auburn football game this Fall. (not on the same day...) We took her to tailgate - and several games later while Honey & Papa were babysitting, they took her to her first game!

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Happy Reformation Day!

We are not big Halloween people, so we'll just say these pictures are from us celebrating Reformation Day (an important day in the history of the church - celebrated the same day as Halloween) instead! :) Campbell was the cutest Sweet Pea I have ever seen - and she even got to try some candy... Daddy gave her a lick of his Dum Dum - but in the picture it looks a little like she is smoking... whoops! We took her to a few of our friends houses in Birmingham and she had a blast!

 

 

 

 

Long time no see...

We finally made a trip down to Mobile to see our good friends new baby - Taylor Villacampa. Campbell loved meeting her newest friend... It was so good to spend time with people we love and miss so much - Nick and Robyn, Annie and Scott (and Paige and Annalee!), JD and Danielle, Demetrius and Amy (and baby Jayden!) - and all of our friends from Grace Community Church. (Campbell's middle name came from this special place!) The Lord really blessed us with the most amazing body of believers while we were in Mobile - it made it so hard to move! They still are and always will be a very special part of our lives. We miss you guys!

 

 

 

 

Dr. Pamela Boyd - Auburn's Professor of the Year!

My mom was awarded Outstanding Professor at Auburn University for 2007 - congrats Honey! This is a huge honor, and we are so very proud of her... God has really given her a gift to teach. She was nominated for the award by several of her students. They had a ceremony at the Conference Center and many of her students came, as well as my moms elementry school teacher who inspired her to be a teacher - it was amazing.

 

 

More pictures from Atlanta...

 

 

 

Our Atlanta Trip

This was not a recent trip - but the pictures were too cute not to post...
We finally got to Atlanta to see Nathan and Taylor's new house and let Campbell meet her good friends Owen Morrison (son of Matt and Ginny) and Dylan Brown (daughter of Nathan and Taylor). We had a blast and wish we could see them all more often... we miss you Morrisons and Browns! The kids were so cute together...

 

 

 

 

My New Years Resolution...be a better blogger!

Happy 2008 everyone! I am not a big resolution person, but there are many things I would like to do better. One of those things is blogging. I could give you a million reasons (okay fine - excuses) as to why it has been since SEPTEMBER that I posted anything - but instead I will just beg your forgiveness. :) So, to make up for the last few months, I will try to capture all of our (mostly Campbell's) happenings... I will try to do better!

Shady Skate 280

 

 

Although the above picture needs some explaining, I must first brag on my sweet husband...

When we lived in Mobile, there was a skate center down the street from our house. I always begged him to take me, and tried to force our friends to go too. Not only did I want to go skate - I wanted a skating birthday party. Yes - you heard right... a skating birthday party. Well that never happened, and then I got pregnant and couldn't skate at all. I had since forgotten about my strong desire to go skating, since I had seen no skate centers in Birmingham.

So, on Saturday night - the day before my 26th birthday - Ben blindfolded me and said we were going to dinner. I got in the car, very excited but curious. (those of you who know me well, know that I LOVE surprises...) 20 minutes later, Ben helped me out of the car - my eyes watering from the blindfold, and I heard this loud thumping music in the distance. As we walked, the music got louder - until Ben opened the door and took off my blindfold. Several of my favorite friends jumped out and yelled surprise over the music of... SKATE 280 - Birmingham's premier skate center.

Finally, I got the skating party of my dreams - complete with all the skating, rap music, pizza, diet coke, and Zoe's chocolate cake my heart desired. Not only that - but they welcomed our party over the loudspeaker, we got to see Emily get plowed over by an overzealous speedskater (and no, it wasn't Ben), AND Auburn beat Florida! What a night...

Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!

So, first I should apologize for taking so long to get an update posted... and -this is my first official post! Ben has finally showed me how to navigate the blog, so I am taking the reigns because of his busy schedule...
This weekend my parents came up for my birthday, and today we took Campbell to the zoo for the first time. The weather was perfect - and we had a blast (other than parking forever away and having to take a shuttle - school bus - to the actual zoo, with baby, parents, grandparents, stroller, carseat, diaper bag, and baby bjorn all in tow!) Don't know just how many animals Campbell actually noticed - but she did hear the tiger roar (go auburn!) so that was good enough. :) Here are some pictures...

P.S. Parksies - for some strange reason, the Gators weren't out at their exhibit today - they must have had a rough weekend...

I Know, I Know, Its Been Forever . . .

This isn't much, but just a couple pictures until I can get a proper post together. We've been so busy moving in and starting residency these past 2 months, which is no excuse to not post on the blog, but still. Katie is doing a great job getting the house in shape and taking care of Campbell. Campbell is eating all kinds of fruits and vegetables now and loving them. I need to take some pictures of the house soon too, and post those. Hopefully soon. . .

 
 

Family Beach Vacation

Here are a bunch of pictures from the week long vacation we just took with my (Ben's) family. There were 13 of us total with all of my brothers and sisters and there kids, my parents, and my grandma. We had a lot of fun. This was Campbells first time in a bathing suit (it matched her cousins) and first dip in the pool. I think she liked it even though it was kind of a shock to her at first. I even saw a wild dolphin give birth as I was about 10 yards away in an ocean kayak (see photos). It was pretty awesome, I'll have to tell you the story. Anyway, enjoy.

Going Away Party

Tonight J.D. and Danielle Adams hosted a going away party for us at their house. I know its a little early but we are going to the beach for a week after this and won't have but a couple days left once we get back. It was mainly friends from church and stuff. We had a really good time and are very thankful to them for suggesting the idea. During the prayer before we ate, J.D. was praying and Katie got really sad and teary. That kinda made me sad thinking about leaving, but she fought it back and remained composed. I have to admit though, this Sunday at church thinking about it being one of our last, I started getting really sad. We had a rough time in Mobile when we first moved here at the beginning of school four years ago. We didn't know anyone, hadn't gotten plugged in to a church, etc. God really blessed us by allowing us to find Grace Community Church and all the wonderful, Godly friends he has allowed us to meet and with whom to cultivate meaningful friendships. We hate to leave because we love you all dearly and will always hold you near to our hearts and think of you fondly and often. May God continue to bless you all in the time to come. And we promise we will come visit as often as we can, hopefully my work schedule will allow it. We promise to keep in touch, seriously. We love you guys.

And So It Begins . . .

Well we've started packing (sniff...sniff, tear rolling down the cheek). We figured we needed to go ahead and get a move on cause we are leaving to go to the beach with my (Ben's) family for a week and will only have about 7 days to pack and be ready to drive off after that. I have rented a Uhaul and will be packing it myself all day Memorial Day(if anyone wants to help with the heavy stuff). We've actually done the entire downstairs already including the kitchen. Unfortunately last night we realized we were perhaps a little overzealous when we cooked dinner (on the grill, no pots) and had vegetables and realized we had already packed the salt away. Oops. Anyway, please keep one eye on the clock over there and hang out with us, QUICK!

Graduation/Baptism Weekend

Here are some photos from this weekend. One of Katie and I in New Orleans where she took me for a surprise getaway. The rest are from this weekend which included my Honors Convocation for school, Graduation on Saturday, and the Baptism of Campbell at Grace Community Church.