PAST Time for a Haircut

So, 95% of the time, I give the haircuts around here.  Yep...that's why sometimes they look better than others, but it saves a pretty penny when it comes to adding up the many heads that need clipping! There is the rare occasion where there's been an exception to that rule, but usually not! 

 

Caleb's hair...well, let's just say...it was time!!! PAST time!!  And I can't even blame it on him.  It was me!  Somehow days kept passing, even weeks, and I still hadn't gotten to him, even though he had been asking.  He decided for basketball season, he wanted to go with a short cut...he's had them before a few times here and there, but it's been a while.  SO, below is the process!

 

Thankfully, Caleb, aka Cousin It, didn't usually wear it this much in his eyes,

but for the full effect, it made a nice "before" picture!  (:

Hair, hair, and more hair

 

The finished product...I think he's cute as can be!

 (and I think he lost about 10 lbs!!!) 

Friends from Georgia!

We were SO excited when our friends, the Gilkesons, got to come visit for the weekend! Fred and and Kenny worked together at Landmark for 11 years, and he and his sweet wife, Sheila, were two of the first people we met when we moved there several years ago.  We became fast friends, and for most of the years we were there, we not only knew them closely through Landmark, but also went to church with them, as well...so many great expieriences and memories together!!

 

Fred has been a highly successful wrestling coach for Landmark for years, and since Kenny was starting up wrestling at GCA, who better to come and kick our guys off here than, Coach G?!  The guys here figured out real quick the many similarities between these two! It was a great start for the program here, and we had a lot of precious time together just hanging out once the work was done!

Gracie and Elly playing outside

Sheila is an incredibly talented artist and art teacher, so, naturally, we wanted to take her down to the galleries in Leipers Fork, just down the road.  You see where the two men ended up by the third gallery?  (take note:  there are peanuts sitting there by the fireplace...took theese two about 2 seconds to find them and plant themselves!)

 

 

Had to take them to check out Sweet Cece's!

I'm not sure Zech let go of Fred's hand the whole time they were here! (:

 

My guys with us at Sweet Cece's enjoying the entertainer that night

 

 

Nothing like old friends...so thankful we got to have some time catching up in person!!!

Love you, Fred and Sheila!

There's Something About Little Girls

 

I have to say that a little girl in the midst of all these boys adds a dimension this house would not have known otherwise!  It still cracks us up the way girls naturally have the posing thing going on, and boys, at least most of the time, just do not! Snapped these few shots as we were heading out one day.  Love this dress on her...her daddy picked it out himself (and we, literally, NEVER buy new clothes!! Can you say, "thrift store", "consignment"??? ) But when he saw it, he said it was so Elly, he couldn't wait to give it to her.  As you can tell...I think she liked it just a little bit, too! (:

 

 

 

Rollin Roar and Rap Off

My husband's done a lot of crazy things in his day, but this is one I never saw coming!!  GCA does a big fund raiser every fall called Rollin Roar, and this year the big reward for raising all your money was to get to come to the big showdown between R-Mac and K-Dawg (for those of you who don't know, R-Mac is the headmaster at GCA...he and Kenny have known each other for somewhere around 17 years)  Well, needless to say, the fundraiser was a HUGE success (made right at $65,000...amazing!!!) and the rap off was definitely a hit!  Here is one of the signs that hung in the hallways at Grace for 6 weeks before the big day came...can't explain how hilarious it was walking down the halls seeing this everywhere you went!! I will say, these two were GREAT sports, and really made the day so exciting from the start for all the kids (and adults, for that matter!)

 

 

Here are several fun pics of the day...starting with the big rap off battle, and then lots of outdoor fun for the day!! 

 

 

 

 

 

And the winner is....K-DAWG!!!  (he-he!)

 

My cuties ready to rollin roar!

 

I was helping with the twins class all day, so I didn't get any pics of my older kiddos and all the events they had going on!  Great day for the family and for Grace!

The Dallas Hillbillies

No, I don't know them...that's all I have to say (:

Hillbilly Day at GCA 2012

Just Life

A little bit of this and that from the month of October...

Finishing Football

Well, what an incredible first football season at GCA! So proud of all the hard work and accomplishments for this first year team. Being Middle School, the season ended the end of October...something the Dallas's have never done before! I think everyone at GCA would agree, we felt like we were just getting going when it came to a close! Here are a few shots from the last game of the season...