the cole family

its fall yall

2011-10-19T12:01:00.000-07:00

we have been in full swing around here as usual. lets start with labor day. we basically had a friends /family reunion at pops and kitty's house in heber...and i mean at one point there were 12 kids playing! we cooked ribs and drank plenty of cold beer and caught up with friends and our dallas cousins too. airey and campbell got a chance to hang with them for the 1st time and he and andrew hit it off. they both loved sports so they were fast friends. we had a couple boo boo's on the trip poor mckinley busted her lip {right after the 9 hour car ride no less} and campbell got his 1st shiner, lol. its was all in good fun. the house was set up like an outdoor play land so they took full advantage of 5 ride-on's 2 golf carts...2 bouncers and every toy on earth and snow cone machine to boot.

after labor day we have had soccer in full swing. airey has really taken to it .it may have something to do with daddy as the coach :). He scored 3 goals at one game! we have also been enjoying weekends around memphis including chuckie cheese, cedar hills farm, pumpkin patches,putt putt,go carts,birthday parties and play dates with the cousins! its been a great month. we even saw disney on ice with our neighbors.

on our front :a lot of frames ...a lot of frames....a lot of frames and Rog being out of town twice and we looked up and its almost halloween! hope to be blogging more soon! until then...the coles

ag center

cousin rivals

labor day kiddies

disney on ice!

c o u s i n s

sneaking in a date night at widespread no less....we are old....lol

the coles month

2011-08-28T18:19:00.000-07:00

well we are in full on school mode now after our official first week. airey is going 5...Y E S...5 days a week now. i can . not. believe. it. How has my lil man grown into a full time school boy already? He is just loving it too. Mrs. Nicole is so sweet and he actually has his assistant teacher form last year Ms. Angela who he loves..{and side bar she was a fighting okra, so you know she IS good}. Campbell is in 3K now and has Airey's old class room and he thinks that is just the BEST because he use to beg to go into Braa, Braa's class room. Oh course i tried to prepare Clair how different they were, but i think it still surprised her just how much...First day he had a major meltdown {over scheduling conflicts} he wanted lunch 30 min before lunch time and essentially he cried until i picked him up at 2:30...hehe....gotta love his little dramatic heart. This week has been better, only slight meltdowns....meltdowns non the less...but we are hoping he gets acclimated to a REAL schedule. I have really enjoyed the one on one time we have on Monday ,wednesday and friday.He is my lil running buddy. Im so excited to have this time with him and have him realize that he can choose things to be into and not have to copy everything airey does, so im anxious to see.....

Airey started soccer this year and our very own Daddy a.k.a Coach Cole is his coach. We had the first practice this Saturday and he was ALL over it. He is so sports obsessed and jumped right in. Cant wait for the 1st game. Campbell stood sideline begging to get in so we may have to look into signing him up sooner rather than later.

Also We have been super busy the last month: I had my girls weekend in Nashville and it was U B E R fun and no short of gossip, shopping and wine...a girls favorite things. We tried all the yummy restaurants and even slept in, ordered a pizza and pay per view Bridesmaids...I have to be honest it was the 1st time i can remember getting thru one whole cup of coffee before it getting cold {re-heated in the microwave, my daily ritual}. Props to my hubby for taking great care of the boys.

Roger had his turn the next weekend for his guys trip to Pickwick with all his high school buddies...as im sure you know they don't really tell us what they do but the gist is: poker, beer, poker,beer,lake,beer, poker, movies,lake,beer and oh did i mention beer and poker? anywho, they had a great time catching up because they come from literally all over the country and its great for them all to get together and talk about how much they miss their wives of course ;) ....all of us{wives} did confer and we all got flowers out of the deal...so not bad :)

In bigger weekend news August 14th Campbell turned 3! We had a pirate themed par-tay for all his buddies at the YMCA pool and boy they had a blast! Its so great to see them all swimming around, joking and actually playing with each other now :) Campbell loved all his pirate themed everything...and ate 1,247 cookies in one day plus 34 cupcakes. He had a sugar high like i have N E V E R seen. We are so proud of our TWO big boys now and the next chapter of no babies and big kids.. so far so good. We love our boys and they love each other....life is good! Until next time

argggggg im 3

holding up 3 with mimi and gigi

at 3 years old he swims like a fish, so PROUD

the fam!

because yelling at them will make them go our right?

our little stinker

night and day

2011-08-11T07:20:00.000-07:00

i have always said my boys were different and have always said Campbell want to be and do everything like his big brother, well.... not until i was just filling out the form for prek registration last night did i realize how different they are...hence the title of the post.

st. louis sent home a blank sheet and said describe your child and include special qualities and personality info etc....as i am writing out Campbell's here is some of what it entailed:
* campbell is a character
* he is very funny and has never met a stranger
*he loves being a Ham a.k.a. center of attention.
* he is very dramatic
*He loves to wine and cry when he doesn't get his way but EASILY stops at a quick glare from Mom
*He goes from 0-10 on anything at all, play time, cry time, nap time,etc... wide open
*He is such a snuggler
*He responds so well to positive reinforcement
*he will steal you heart
*He is our little actor
*enjoy our little man antics

Then i move onto Airey's form and start filling it out and it doesn't dawn on me until the 4th sentence
{remembering the details i JUST wrote about CJC} how DIFFERENT these two are. as i write I am starting to realize it is a flipflop of campbell's form..here is a snippet of Airey's:
*Airey is such a sweet boy
*He is shy and timid when in new surroundings
*He will warm up after a little while
*He doesn't like doing things in front of large groups
*He is tenderhearted
*He wants to obey and do the right thing
*he loves pleasing his elders
*He responds well to discipline and is very adaptable
*he loves people being proud of him
*he is a sports NUT and obsessed with the outdoors

Ok it doesn't take a psychologist to figure out these boys are night and day different. i think i just didn't realize until it was written out...just how much. it makes me such a proud mom to see how different they are and to have the parenting challenges for two very different personalities... a lot of people say... Campbell is me and Airey is Roger, as this is written...i agree!

mcbeach

2011-08-04T14:29:00.000-07:00

boy oh boy did the cole's and johnstons have a fun vacation at mcbeach: for starters mcbeach is a house that i found out about from a blog that i advertise on and an avid follower of hers, so i completely trust her opinion. its a house she and her family go every year so when we found out they were opening the rentals up to the public this year roger and I jumped at the chance. i cant even describe how it lived up to my expectations...it has to be the most charming kid friendly home on the beach. when i say we just packed our clothes for 8 days and nothing else...thats what we did! It had all the toys inside and out a kid could want, beach towels and beach toys galore and even a pantry fully stocked with all your cooking supplies! needless to sat we will be spoiled from here on out! mcbeach was any family home come true. it was built for kids!!!! i never had to worry a second they might break something or spill something b/c thats what kinda comfort you felt and lets face it thats what makes or breaks the relaxing,lol....am i going on and on???...yes...well we loved it! haha.

the kids had such a fabulous time together with alex and reed...i mean 4 boys....and no broken bones or split heads...we did good. they all know how to swim and all are potty trained etc so it was the 1st vacation of literally just chilling out and letting the good times roll. we woke up and cooked breakfast, hung out on the deck and then spent the afternoons beach side with our toes in the sand and a cold corona...life was good. the boys took great naps and so the adults lounged and read books and magazines. kristy and i took turns cooking dinner and it was great! we took all the boys out one night to a great place with a pirate ship playground that provided the hour dinner wait with pure entertainment. The adults even got to have a night out in Grayton beach at the RedBar...yummy. We enjoyed the beautiful weather and the couple mornings it was a little cloudy we took the kids into town a few times. They had a carnival in walking distance, bouncers and tons of yummy ice cream places too. We ventured to rosemary beach for a little Sugar Shak and shopping as well! If you are ever in PBC i highly suggest Buddy's Seafood steamed seafood... honestly it was the best shrimp i have ever had... perfect for a take out too for your 1st night when NO-one wants to cook {thanks for the info Miki}.
Airey and Campbell were obsessed with all things Alex and Reed and enjoyed having the BIG kids to play with. The boys loved all using the boogie boards and building sandcastles. Expect a minor incident of me and a skillet and a 2nd degree burn...all was perfection{thank goodness for my internist on call saving us an e.r. trip}...ill be wearing one pieces form now on... ;).Having such a relaxing trip has really been so great for both of us and the kids, we all got to unwind and enjoy each other. enjoy the pics below....counting the days until next year!

the car ride was scary easy! our boys really were a dream, only stopped once!

the boys!

yes i know campbell needed a haircut...

our family beach pic

this pic sums up the silliness

love this pic of rog and his boys after a game of beach football

all the cabinets and furniture and walls were written on with cute sayings, this was one of my fav's

and yes we did leave our worries at the beach....

adult time

airey riding the waves

the owner of mcbeach's brother is a childrens author and has this book Tim and Sally's beach adventures signed for our boys...too sweet!

our boys bunks

gotta love a clothes line

until next year....

4th of july....a lil late

2011-07-18T13:43:00.000-07:00

we had such a great 4th weekend, it started with a road trip down to jackson to stay at uncle terry and aunt whitney's and the whole fam was meeting up there for fun, games, the lake and cold beer of course. on the way down we stopped in at my cousin sarahs to see gigi and have a little fun pool time. Our newest cousin baby ava was there and airey just doted on her non stop. She is such a doll! So glad to have a baby girl in the family now! airey completely swims like a fish on his on, jumping from the diving board swimming to the ladder. Such a big boy! Campbell will put his head under and kick but the "swim nazi" aka miss donna {side note im not being racist, literally that is what everyone calls her}, scarred him a bit with her tough love so we are working on over coming that ;).

loving baby ava...

boys will be boys! this pic will resurface one day i have a feeling....haha

once we got to Terry's the fun began! Rog got out the slip and slide and of course had to show the youngsters how to use it so......we ALL {the adults} went slip and sliding! Later we had a huge crawfish boil and enjoyed uncle tip's homemade onion rings and games of shuffle board.

Sunday we made a trip into town to see papa pete. the boys loved singing songs they learned at Holy Spirit summer camp for him.

Afterwards we met up with my friend Nicole, her hubby and little girl Ella. It was great catching up and her lil girl just stole my boys heart of course. Now they constantly say i want a sister!....im wont go into why thats not in the cards...lets just say its not in the cards, unless that is God's has a plan for us. Later that day we hit the lake and soaked up the sun. We cooked out later and the boys were spoiled by their Pops and all the "uncle's" Brad, Terry, Kevin, Dave, and Nick. Campbell calls Uncle Brad, uncle "Bread" too cute. All the guys are so good with our boys and they eat it up!

We are so lucky to have such a big and fun family! Hope you all had a happy happy 4th!

Until next time....The Coles

golf and parties...

2011-06-29T06:19:00.000-07:00

st. louis had the annual HOLE in ONE golf fundraiser for the school and boy we took advantage. We went two nights. the kids love going to play with all their friends on the playground and eating hot dogs and snow cones. Airey got to hit balls with Dad after he got finished volunteering at the Ball table. WE are so proud Roger has joined the Men's club and this was his 1st duty. He and Brian Johnston worked together in the tent and they actually loved it, they are all geared up for next year!

enjoying the bouncer at the Hole in One!

hitting balls with Daddy

this is what they looked like by the end of the night, haha

roger has his annual father son golf tourney this weekend. the guys love to battle it out before hand and argue over who gets how many shots, who the "grips" of the year will be, and who will Melt like Klondike. the smack talk continues through the entire year...boys....well roger and his dad had a good chance against their own partners Maness and his Dad coming into the home stretch of their "Amen corner" at MCC...aka Glenn eagle in Millington and imagine my Jim Nance voice..."Roger is 90 yards out on a par 5 in the middle of the fairway. I think this is another chance for birdie and the Title...." and well they both sailed it over the green and no up and down form there...so bogie...Which meant they finished out of the Top 3. oh well they had SO much fun together and that really what its all about and so Dave took the trophy. lets hope {for God's sake} we can live with out Dave's utter ridiculous rants about how unfair the Father son is and he will HUSH up for at least a year, LOL.

well the boys and i had birthday party relay race {two in one day} which actually made for a super fun day and a complete day of cupcakes and ice cream for all three meals...which is just fine in my book and the boys quite frankly. our little georgia who came into this world a little over 2 pounds turned 2 years OLD! such a miracle to see her now! I will never forget that tiny diaper though...We celebrated at the big back yard and the boys and kiddies favorite spot was the wadding creek. boy oh boy these little girls gave our ALL BOY boys a run for their money ;) Next was little Hazies birthday full of sweet treats! every kind of candy imaginable and yummy pink lemonade. the boys wore out more energy in the bounce house and on the swing-set. I enjoyed catching up with the pattersons and their family and Lewis and Airey enjoyed a game of catch. after the boys took a long nap they were still ready for an early bedtime so i got a sitter and met roger and all the gang up for a post golf outing with all the spouses at east end....that about wraps it up....great fun, great friends, and great weekend!

sunday afternoon FUN consisted of Popsicles and Water Balloons!

roger trying to get one to bust on Airey's head, LOL

YUMMMMMM...... Happy Week!

fathers day

2011-06-21T20:16:00.000-07:00

We are the luckiest bunch on the planet to have such an amazing father and husband to celebrate this father's day {and every father's day...obviously, haha}. I mean the man puts up with me and my shenanigans on a daily basis and this my friends is not an easy task. we let dad go play gold at his favorite spot the MCC in millington and he lucked up and got to play with his old cove neighbors the Pattersons. .....But I'm getting ahead of myself......

First on friday night we treated us both to steak on the grill that was UBER yummy and put the kids to bed early. I would say all was well when we put the kids down but Campbell on Thursday had developed a fever virus that lasted 4 days. such a pitiful sad lil man he was. We were suppose to go celebrate at the river but that stopped us in our tracks so we had to improvise the weekend plans, but somehow those always end up being the best weekends. On Saturday Daddy stayed home with CJC and Airey and I went to the Big Backyard to celebrate Keaton's 3rd bday which was SO much fun and Airey I enjoyed our little date. I even broke him in right with a "quick" run to Josephs ;). Saturday afternoon we stopped by Mr. P's to treat Daddy to one of his favorite meals: hot wings! That night we watched movies and laid around ,which was super nice and relaxing. Sunday we cooked Daddy breakfast in bed and enjoyed the morning giving him handmade cards, a poem and staying in our pj's until he went golfing. I took the boys Sunday to putt putt driving range for Airey to hit balls, then to the arcade and snow cones all around. It really was a perfect weekend despite our fever virus. When life hands you lemons...make lemonade and thats what we did. Happy Father's Day to all the Dads! We wrapped up the father day festivities with Pops and Kitty over for din din Monday night and Airey of course showed off his golfing skills he has been fine tuning. It was good times had by the Coles. We love you Daddy!!!

golf tourney

2011-06-17T12:15:00.000-07:00

we had the annual st. jude classic this past weekend and it was chocked full of fun as always. i actually finished up frame work early so i had three days off before to get my cooking done {which is my fav b/c i love getting in the kitchen and whipping up yummy recipes}. I don't get to cook as much as i use to b/c the frames a somewhat become a full time job so i enjoyed making homemade pizza's we grilled out on Thursday to kick off the festivities and chicken dip, fireside dip, mac and cheese, potatoes, and italian pasta salad for the rest of the weekend. Y U M. We love getting to hang out with all our our family and the boys love seeing their cousins and all the family friends that came out. It really is like a family reunion of sorts. The boys spent most of the time upstairs in the bouncer until they realized that Ms. Bobbi and Mr. Jimbo would let them "swim" aka dip in their fountain to cool off....

and the very special treat of the weekend {besides seeing all our friends and out of town family} was uncle Ed's band JD highway played at mr. p's hot wings friday and saturday night. Roger and I got a sitter for both nights to hear them jam. Saturday was extra fun b/c the rain came and cooled things off so we even got up to shake a leg and we ran into Grizzlies' Mike Conley, love a celebrity sighting...

Roger and I sweating it out Friday NIGHT, still cold ones and friends made it a F U N night!

Of course the golf was great. it ended up going into a playoff and I got to see the finish at #12, so once again it did not disappoint and raised lots of $$$ for St. Jude !

The boys enjoyed watching some golf after their dip :) and Airey even got a players OB ball! He still carries it around....

G O O D T I M E S....until next time
Cheers!

summer fun

2011-06-14T17:18:00.000-07:00

The summer has started off right....we had a fun trip to visit terry and whitney in jackson the 1st week out of school and spent it doing what you do in the summer....visiting family, hanging on the lake, doing some fishing and spending time with the fam. Uncle Terry took Airey and Campbell out to catch lots of fish. We have two little anglers on our hands :) We had dinner over at Kevin and kim's new house one night too. On our trip to jackson we got to stop in and see Papa Pete. He was so excited to see us and the boys....funny story..... we left with a orange teddy bear, that we are not quite sure is legit, haha...but it made Campbell's day and thats all Pete wanted to do :) We enjoyed catching up with him and airey was obsessed with hearing about everything in his room.

We have been doing a lot of catch up with our friends this summer. We had the Pattersons over for pizza one week and went to cook out with the johnstons the next week. we had family and friends over for memorial day. that was a fun day for all the cousins to play :).

The big news in the Cole household is Campbell is OFFICIALLY Potty Trained! He was SO easy to train and it literally was all done in a week..(I count my blessing every night) He is loving the freedom of being diaper free and being more like Bra Bra. They even have tee tee races, lol. Here is a shot of him free bird on the plasma car, he loves his undies so much he goes anywhere in them...literally even out in the front yard...ughhh.....B O Y S

Airey has been all INTO golf these days and is obsessed with hitting his clubs all afternoon. He also still loves baseball and to practice his Southpaw skills with Daddy. He recently was in the playroom playing catch with Roger and said "Wait Dada...lets have a game: Dada you be the Ump, Campbell the pitcher and Ill be the Hitter"....but first we have to "pledge the allegiance"...Rog said he went over to our singing snow globe and pressed it to hear Jingle Bells and said everyone put your hand on your heart and look at the flag....HAHA...Roger replied "where is the flag" ...Airey "right there" into to the blank wall. Gotta love a kids imagination! We took the boys to a Redbirds game a couple weeks back and he literally was enthralled in it all so that fact he remembers the whole ritual DOES NOT surprise us one bit.

Another big celebration was Gigi 79th birthday! I mean COME ON...does she look a day over 60, i beg her for her secrets to the fountain of youth all the time, lol. Really what amazes me more than how she looks is how she acts. She has more energy than me. I swear the woman works 4 hours a day in her award winning yard and still has time to meet up with friends and family and be the entertainer of the party. I hope one day to be like her and I know that will be a tough job! She is the complete love of mine and my boys life. We are super lucky to have her in our lives and be so present and and amazing with my boys. Very few people in life can saw their grandmother actually play and literally run around with their children. We love you Gigi!!!!

As for Mom and Dad.....

Roger and I have been lucky to squeeze in a date night here and there and recently got to go to Iris which was soooooo delicious, i have dreams about the Brussels sprouts salad and strawberry explosion. Our trusty babysitter Hannah is back for the summer so we are hoping our date nights will be weekly again soon!

airey finished prek-3

2011-05-31T17:43:00.000-07:00

we are just so proud of sweet airey and finishing his 1st official year of preschool and passing with flying colors. It was so great to see the report card aka: Early Childhood Assessment from 1st semester and see how much he grew and learned until the end of the year! Airey's teacher Ms. Claire taught kindergarten at St. Louis for 5 years and his assistant teacher Angela has been teaching preschool for years. We are so lucky to have such accredited amazing teachers at St. Louis.
Airey's milestones:
-learned to write his name
-knows the days of the week
-his birthday
-his full name
-counting past 10
-recognized his numbers
-can connect dots of number and letters in order
-left handed and holds his crayon correctly
-assemble puzzles
-know all his shapes and colors
-he can recognize almost all upper case letters and 1/2 of the lower case.
-1st semester he only knew the sound for letter "b" now he knows 10 sounds

And unlike my very first report card in the teacher assessment comment section" I quote...{and I quote this because my mom saved this report card in my baby book and never lets me live it down, haha....} "Sarah Ella is a sweet child but really has a problem bossing all the other children around" I haven't changed a bit.....lol
Airey teacher comments:" Airey had a fantastic year in 3K. His letters and sounds are really coming along and he tries SO hard for us! You have such a super sweet boy and we are so proud of him" awwwww makes a mama tear up! We are so proud too!
We had his and of the year program that Pops and Kitty got to come too. It was such a great, fun little concert they did for us! Airey was front and center and actually sang and participated this time vs. Christmas program, hide the face game :) They played a slide show at the end of the program of pics through the year and gave all the parents a copy! Such a fun memento. We also had his end of the year family picnic with pizza and even a ice cream truck. We snuck Campbell out of MDO to go with us too. What a fun memory. What a big boy we have, its just amazing! Thank you God for sending us this precious Child. All the glory is yours.

a look new /a new promise

2011-05-17T05:49:00.000-07:00

i really really want to start blogging more so what better way than to get a new facelift to motivate me, i mean thats what works when i want to work out (i.e. new running shoes= i wanna run) so lets hope it sticks. this blog one day I want to print out and give to my boys on their 18th birthdays as a scrapbook/baby book and chronicle of our family's shenanigans ;).

Over the past month and a half we have been busy {which goes with out saying} Easter, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Mothers Day....So the boys are finishing up the school year soon and i can not wait to get airey's 1st pre-k assessment! He is such a smart lil guy, so i know his official report card with be all AAAA's... Campbell doesn't quite get a report card yet but the book his MDO teachers made for me made my heart melt with his pics throughout the year and references to Double Trouble and I love my Mammy, etc.. speaking of Lovies ... Roger and I decided the easter bunny was going to take Airey's Lammy "to a new baby to live with" in exchange for a basket of goodies. Well i wasn't as prepared to say goodbye to the lovie that he or I loved so much. I bought Lammy when I was 5 weeks prego and it was the very 1st purchase I made. Roger and I slept with Lammy in the bed with us until he was born and Airey has slept with him 4 1/2 years since. I went up that night at 1am to get him and when I pulled it out of his little sleeping hand {a image ill never forget} my heart broke a little: one, because i realized I was taking something he loved SO much and two: because it meant i didn't have a little boy anymore. Well i smelled it and held it to my face for an hour and sobbed like a baby while Roger consoled me. I put him in a box and hope one day when airey gets a little older he can come for a visit. The dentists said it was time b/c the thumb sucking needed to go and so we decided well if we are going to break airey we might as well break campbell. I bought this Malva stuff you paint on their nails and it DID the trick. I have two thumb free boys! I took lots of pics of them sucking their thumbs and especially Campbell {he looked so sweet!} so honestly it was the best thing and they both did UNBELIABLY great! A little tears on day one nap and bedtime but after that it was done....Kids are always more resilient than we give them credit for {thank God for that}.

easter was super fun i think we went too 1,237 egg hunts all of which were SUPER fun for the kids especially with numerous Bunny Sightings! We hosted our Annual Cole Boys easter egg hunt on Good FRiday. We added a crawfish boil this time which was a huge hit! It was a day of good memories made with friends. my brother and fam came into town the rest of the weekend and we ate and drank and relaxed.

last week roger and I made it to two of the grizzlies playoff games. GROWL towels up! What an exciting adventure for our city and the Griz, we all BELIEVED. They payed the OKC Thunder tight and it went to a game 7, unfortunately we lost ,but what the excitement did for the city among all the flood drama was amazing! I cant wait until next year!

This weekend we took the boys to a redbirds game and the boys got to meet the players before the game and get autographs. I use the term "meets "Loosely... airey hid behind rogers leg and threw his hat to the players, lol. The redbirds won and a great time had by the coles {even the the root beer float i took to the face}. We have also enjoyed the Shelby farms new playground a couple times! Baby Georgia had a fundraiser walk for the March of Dimes at the grounds and we were speechless at the ridiculously fun playground! We had to go back that next week. If your in Memphis you and your kids NEED to go for a visit. Well i better wrap up I know this post is already toooooo long. Pics to come later (Mac is full....aka about to have to buy a new computer...sigh...)

Take care xoxo,

The coles

5 years...

2011-04-04T12:15:00.000-07:00

i had to blog about this before i forget all the amazing details....

well in October i started working on a big surprise for my hubby. we had already planned a trip to Napa and Carmel to celebrate our 5 year anniversary, but i wanted to make the trip memorable. we had always tossed around the idea of renewing our wedding vows at our 10th anniversary, but once i saw the pictures of where we were staying i knew it was the perfect place to do it. well i kept it a complete secret for about 4 months and the only one's who knew were the resort and the seamstress Sue Ann Ising that actually took the train of my dress to recreate a new fun summer dress to renew my vows in. It turned out after 8 fittings to be the perfect dress. i cried when i put it on...after Sue Ann and i started tossing around ideas I had to let a few folks know so i could get some opinions etc and my little secret staff kept mums the word through the whole thing. (Thanks to you and you know who you are!) The next thing was finding the perfect minister and photographer and figuring out just how i was going to spring this on him and more importantly how I was basically going to pull the whole thing off without him getting suspicious. Well the people at The Carneros especially Brooke, their staff wedding planner, made it easy breezy! They found me the perfect Irish Catholic Reverend, the perfect photographer and florist...all which didnt get done until about 3 months before. Rev. Dalton called and chatted with me about 5 or 6 times and made sure he felt he knew us and our family well. He was just amazing...i now wish i had someone to video all the meaningful readings(he read from our first wedding) and all the wonderful prayers he had for us. More about that later....The photographer Megan Clouse was my culprit in handling the surprise! She had the idea to deliver a note to him and she would get his face on camera so he could have time to process the whole thing! She was right...he was so overwhelmed and emotional but confused too...haha. the note was done by a great gal on etsy.lettergirl.com. Basically it said "Marry me.... again....love, your bride"

By the way i feel i'm purging tons of info so excuse the incoherent parts, haha i have two babies about to wake up and i want to finish before i forget it all :)

I was "at the spa" he thought getting a massage,but really i was in hair and make up and changing into my dress that i had shipped out earlier...btw it didn't arrive until 2 hours before....sweating bullets!!!

roger knew he was to be ready at 4 for drinks before we went to our nice anniversary dinner and to toast at 4:30 the day/ time we got married so that part went off without a hitch....except a minor button breaking before i left for "the massage" that i sewed on really quick.

well as my hair and makeup were finished and I was all dressed, my bouquet arrived and Meagan came to get the note from me to take down to Roger at our cottage....when i saw Megan i LOST it....i teared up and my heart heaved out of my chest....it was like getting married all over again....so i began the walk to our cottage and saw Megan around the corner and i knew Roger had been surprised and was waiting on me in the backyard...happy tears streamed down my face and that 100 yard walk seemed like a mile...i was so anxious to see him and see his face and just KISS him....

I walked in and we saw each other and it was almost more special and meaningful that day than our wedding day...tears were streaming down both of our faces and we just fell into each other arms for what seemed like forever....Megan and Rev Dalton gave us a minute to say something to each other before we started the ceremony and i told roger how happy i was as his wife and how happy i am as a mother to our amazing boys and we both said things to each other very intimate and meaning full that i will keep private and just for us....but we both cried again...Rev. Dalton then asked us to walk up to him and as we walked to think of the last 5 years, and of the journey of our marriage, and our two precious children, and how we have come to this place today.... he walked us through the day we got married and read the readings and prayers and then he asked we remember the day each of our boys was born. first he talked about holding Airey in our arms for the first time and then of the day Campbell was born and knowing our blessing of another healthy child, and of course Roger and I lost it again....we touch rings and he blessed our marriage once again and he asked us to repeat vows to continue to show each other affection and love even in the hectic times and reminded us both that the best gift we can give to our children is to let them see us love each other every day in how we spend time together and how we spend time with them as a family and lastly to remember to put our marriage first and the rest will take care of itself. that if we nurture this sacrament God has given us that we will be the best mother and father to our boys that we can be....we closed with another first kiss and then walked again down the stairs as husband and wife. We cant thank Reverend Dalton,Megan and all the staff at The Carneros that made that amazing day happen. Everything was so perfect and we are so lucky to have each other

.....Much Love, Roger and Sarah Ella

where do i start..

2011-03-20T16:18:00.000-07:00

so i have succumbed to the HONEST fact that i will not be blogging but once a month, well in my book that will be ok and it will be enough im sure. you people dont really care about long drawn out updates, so we will have short concise monthly ramblings ;). we have been super busy as we all are with two kids and two jobs....we have had mucho fun playing outside the last week and are hopefully saying HELLO to spring and goooood buyyyy winter. we had a fun weekend at the Johnstons for the NCAA tourney and my bracket may as well be torn into a billion pieces and thrown to the wind. turn outs the only person below me didnt even fill out a bracket.

over the last month we had a fun weekend in oxford for a friends wedding festivities {she was such a beautiful bride}, not to mention i love her taste and the reception flowers, food and band were A-mazing. Rog and i enjoyed spending the weekend hanging out,shopping,eating and sleeping in{thanks in all to Gigi}. in February i had a deviated septum and turbinate surgery which was a lot harder to recover from than we expected..i wont go into all the gory details but it was pretty terrible. i think i am finally about to get back to normal but that took up about two weeks of our lives we will never get back! ughhhh....enough about that. By the way, thank God SO VERY MUCH that i have such amazing friends that brought food, snacks and literally fed us and the boys for 8 days strait! we felt so loved to be taken care of not only by Gigi and Mimi(We coudnt have made it through with you!) but our neighbors and friends.

the boys have been up to their usual shinanigans with fights and monkey see, monkey do. Airey and Campbell had a slumber party for spring break with aunt katie and uncle ed and their boys and partied like rock stars{Literally until 11pm}. They still haven't quit talking about it! Airey got to have Gigi come to his class and read for his show and tell and that was super special for me and him. I loved seeing MY grandmother reading to MY sons 3k class. Well Airey was student of the week this past month and brought Tony Romo for show and tell and had Gigi read Hello Bully...hehe ....we must represent both the Cowboys and Bulldogs :) He is so roger! he runs around playing sports non stop, even asking for a dish towel the other day and i didnt ask questions...next thing you know he tucked it in his football pants! I mean come on, everyone knows the quarterback has to keep their hands dry. Campbell is a completely copy of me and a complete copy cat all together. He is so full of a quick fuse and drama like me. He knows how to turn on the charm though.....he knows how to work a crowd. aka. anyone. Well we are excited about summer: We have swim lessons, bible school, soccer camp and a fun summer school at Holy Spirit planned with the cousins. Hope you all are doing well! See you soon! Love, the coles

our mess....too cute

found this pic from Pops when trying to transfer photo's and i JUST cant believe he is 4 (this was taken on his 2nd birthday...campbell is older than that now....surreal..

playing the gator this week with the neighbor Mia

we took the boys to the Grizzlies vs. Knicks game...Melo killed us :(

Gigi reading Hello Bully

Airey's 3K class

Making his poster for Student of the Week

where have we been?

2011-01-19T15:10:00.000-08:00

oh gosh, i cant believe its been so long since my last post...we have been swamped with fun! i turned the big 33 in mid December and had the most amazing birthday with friends down in the Delta at the Big Pink Guest House. Three couples dined at Madidi and finished the celebration at Groud Zero. im a lucky gal to have such fun friends and create hilarious memories ( too many to post!).

christmas was absolutly great. we kicked off the week with airey's 1st christmas program in which he covered his face the entire time and would NOT sing a note, it really was priceless, he is so shy and it was too funny to have the one kid that literally wanted off the stage every second. it created a memory to last forever! we stayed here and enjoyed christmas day with just the four of us. we didnt get out of our p.j's all day. i started a roast early in the day with a yummy beef tenderloin and about 6p.m. we got ready to eat only to discover i NEVER turned it on..sigh...so we did what any family on Christmas would do for dinner at 7pm..ate Chinese take out. well it definitely created a memory we will never forget. Christmas morning airey waited around for campbell to wake up for about 20 min and decided lets WAKE him up...i cant take it any longer..so we got the most precious video that i'll treasure forever... in the dark we said "morning campbell" and he replied with a huge smile "wake up....meeee???" to- die- for- cuteness! as for new years, roger and i got a nice surprise from Gigi when she decided to come up and spend the night with the boys and told us to head out and celebrate..well....so WE DID...we decided to hit up Tunica and then down to ground Zero for a little Super Chikin (thanks gigi!). New Years day we had a little get together over here for friends, family and football. the kids had a blast running around together and the adults enjoyed "self entertaining kids". You forget how much fun play dates are ;). well we also had a first over the holidays...Airey has his first slumber party with cousin Lewis. He came over to spend the night and it amazed up how well they both did (actually slept all night...that is of course after they stayed up taking until 11pm). * Spend the night conditions by Lewis Cole: Aunt Sarella, do you make french toast at your house?...answer, YES... lewis....reply: ok ill come spend the night!....lol....So needless to say i cooked bacon and french toast the next day for my sweet nephew and he ate every bite! what a sweetheart ;) other cole breaking news is Campbell is in a BIG BOY bed, he transitioned about 3 weeks ago and has done great ever since, sleeps well, naps well...he really is a big boy. Mom didn't do so well, as roger took down the crib i started bawling like a baby...because of course this realization i don't have a baby anymore. well after shed tears and realizing that really 2 is my favorite age and he is so precious and cute and just steals my heart with every little new thing, i knew it was going to be OK.

as for the new year's resolutions around here, its all about prioritizing. the frame business and rogers career are booming and we both got a little overwhelmed at the end of 10' so we are trying to learn to say "no" and im trying to not Overcommit. I have a hard time saying no, but im doing better and setting better boundaries so i can keep my priorities in order : God, Husband, Children, house keeper, cook, room mother, frame business owner in check (with God's help!) We are SO truly blessed with the amazing marriage and family and careers. we do try to remember to pinch ourselves and not curse ourselves these days and remember to take it all one day at a time. Airey and Campbell have been doing so great in school and are learning new things everyday. Campbell of course is just a monkey see; monkey do little boy with big brother, and airey had been testing the waters as most 3 year olds do...that leads me the the next big milestone around here, AIREY is 4! I can even wrap my brain around it, it seems he was born yesterday and i can just remember every little thing about the day he was born, and now its been 4 years...unbelievable. He is so smart, he recognizes his letters, starting to learn to write his name, and got a great 1st semester report card (his very 1st!) He is counting bigger and bigger and has amazing conversation skills and enunciation. He upgraded to an even bigger bike for his birthday and is getting soo tall! He had a fire truck birthday party at the Fire Museum of memphis and boy oh boy, these kids had a blast! he enjoyed every second and even cracked us up as 14 kids are all calling "mommy" at the same time as cake is being served, airey decides to yell "miss sarah ella" to get my attention, lol. too funny. Then over the weekend family came by to celebrate. Gigi,mimi, grandaddy, uncle terry and aunt whitney. Airey picked Buffalo Wild Wings for his bday lunch and watched sports the entire 2 hours. He is OBSESSED. He sleeps in underarmour (courtesy of pops and kitty) and wears jerseys of all kinds non stop! We also gained a new family member recently as Kevin and Kim got married a couple weeks ago, wow..what a fun wedding!!! Congrats to them and we wish many happy years of marriage! We have had an amazing start to 2011 and hope the fun keeps rolling along, until next time...the coles

Enjoying the new Christmas Ride!

3 and 4K Pre school Program! Our little shy guy :)

New Years Eve Family pic

Christmas Morning!

Slumber Party!

Sledding 5" of Snow, whooooo

Campbell's Big Boy Room

my monthly rambling

2010-12-08T09:05:00.000-08:00

...well the stockings are hung by the chimney with care and reports from our elf Leo...be bad?.... "dont you dare!".... we have had a fire in the chimney and the fresh wreaths on the door...then 65 degrees came and killed them...ill have to buy more...we have written our list to the old jolly man..hoping for wii and of course, iron man..... the coles are ready for the excitement christmas day...when the little ones scamper down the stairway.....too see all the gifts from Santa himself and know that Leo was a good ole' elf....merry christmas to you all....hope your holidays are bright...we will know all's right with world if only for one night..

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

homemade ornaments with my boys

we had a super turkey day and were SO blessed to spend it with my family in chattanooga at my brother and sis in law's. they completely rolled out the red carpet with shrimp that looked like lobster and steak the first night. of course thanksgiving dinner we all pitched in with a few dishes and seth and roger went to my brother restaurant Champy's to fry us a turkey...boy oh boy...it was all yummy yummy...and 3 lbs later im still trying to get that off before christmas...ughhh. seth had the cousins a 4 wheeler hay ride when we got there and a bonfire! i just absorbed it all and counted my many many blessings! we couldn't be a luckier family and what a day to remember all we have and are thankful far..God is so good! the last day we hit up the smokey mountains christmas tree farm to pick out our real tree (not suppose to have one for allergy purposes...but i would just rather suffer than have a fake one). well we really went for the height of the living room ceiling as pics will show..we quoted about 15 lines form christmas vacation the whole process...hilarious..the hubby and i chuckled the whole 6 hour ride back...a great start to the holidays! well its up and lit and HUGE...im so proud of my enormous tree...i ran out of lights and ribbon, but i still love it. we have made a couple visits to santa's lap and both boys did great! we are looking forward to the weeks to come and remembering all that is fun and festive and of course the true meaning of christmas.

the coles have been having a fantabulous month. we tailgated with friends at the msu vs. ark game and much to our overtime chagrin...we lost, but anytime we get a chance to go starkville, it never disappoints. airey got to pose with the egg bowl trophy and Bully no less and have his face painted. mom and dad got to enjoy friends and great tailgate food and adult beverages. gotta love the SEC and the atmosphere anytime they play. i just cant imagine a better time.

a whole lotta fun...

2010-11-15T14:34:00.001-08:00

well over the last few weeks the coles have celebrated halloween, mom had a girls trip, a family outing or two , a baby shower, a wedding shower {or two}and added a new family member...dont get to excited its not what you think....

i will try and be brief, but you know how i am... i'll do my best...the boys had such a super halloween weekend. i hosted airey's 3K preschool party the wednesday before halloween and came as tony romo and boy did airey just light up. he is completely obsessed with him and talks about him non-stop, oh you think im exaggerating....NON STOP....by the way we have officially entered the 20 questions portion of airey's life and it is daunting....we have 100 questions to every single observation or task...our patience has officially been tested and we are trying our best to answer each and every question with a long responsive answer...but gheeesh. well anyway where was i...oh yes...so airey loved his school party! we then celebrated saturday at aunt katie and uncle ed's with lots of friends. the boys bounced in the bouncer in their costumes, which campbell was oozing fluff by the second. as for their costumes airey was batman at school, tomospider at pops and kitty's and finally spiderman at the actual trick or treat in the neighbor hood. campbell i decided was going as a deviled egg...we had thought piglet or something, but it just wasn't campbell, so i remembered this costume a guy wore to a party years back and he was a deviled egg. how perfect for cjc! as you can tell from his face when i put it on him....he was...well ...."devilish". i knew it was the perfect costume, hehe. all in all we enjoyed just being a family for the weekend. we carved pumpkins, toasted pumpkin seeds, made popcorn balls and trick or treated until 8:30. boy what a holiday! such a fun one for all of us. mom and dad got in on the halloween action at Kim and Kevin's costume shower hosted by the wedding party. Rog and I love Mad Men, so decided to go as Don Draper and Megan. I think we nailed it! Rog was such a good sport as i told him i was going to dye his hair for authenticity...well "just for men" doesn't wash out as i had hoped....so he has a little skunk do , but i think we are one haircut away from ditching the black.

mommy got away for my annual girl's alluvian trip and all of us ladies had a fabulous time. we did the spa all day including having our make up done. we felt like princesses...or sheba's as roger calls me ;). we had a great time laughing and catching up and feasting on yummy food and drinks at Gardenia's. that trip is such a perfect girlfriends getaway and i treasure those girls and the time and memories we get to make together {even the jason shelby odds}.

this past weekend we celebrated again with kim and kevin at a Las Vegas party hosted by the families. they had bartenders,craps and a roulette wheel...mastered by the "man in white" aka Terry the mayor cole. we are so excited for kev and kim and are looking forward to the january nuptials! another fun celebration was Saturday afternoon as me and the girls hosted a baby boy shower for my dear friend kim. the beauty shop was the perfect place for our chic mama. im so excited for her and nate and know she will be an amazing momma! sunday we had a laid back family day that started with church and then three little pigs for lunch {yum} and then rog suggested we take the boys bowling. OH what fun....it was great to have something that we all could do together and take turns :) the boys cant wait to go again. we got home and watch the cowboys resurrect themselves {thanks goodness jerry finally fired wade} and my sweet hubs grilled me a steak and we had a date night in...perfect end to a perfect weekend

our bowling baby

OUR NEWEST MEMBER OF THE FAMILY....baby jaguar..gigi and i went to goodwill in oxford and campbell fell in love with the bargain .25 cent jaguar, he sleeps with him, feeds him, and carries him around non stop...so now he is Linus with the blanket and now a jaguar

megan draper...

spiderman

we had have some sick days lately too....we all got it about 2 weeks ago..ughhhh

don draper with his classic lowball

the deviled egg....

airey's 1st school day picture....im a terrible mother...i know he needed a haircut

campbell being all boy

me and mommy to be at the beauty shop

airey and campbells pumpkins

the girls trip

cute costumes

close to home

2010-10-25T18:16:00.000-07:00

well the coles have been keeping it close to home the last few weekends and its been nice. we had the most amazing lazy sunday yesterday and i cant remember the last time we stayed in and lounged in our p.j.'s. we have been watching lots of football and enjoying some much needed weekends at home with the boys. we cooked out with the johnston's last weekend for the bulldogs big win, which the boys couldn't have had better time and that goes ditto for the adults. this past weekend took the boys to their first CBHS football game and it was a biggie against MUS. Rog loved showing them his old stopping ground and the boys wagged their footballs around all night. Airey couldn't get enough of the "purples"...hehe. The next day we had our godsons' Gray 3rd birthday party, which was a pumpkin decorating theme and it was just too cute! Speaking of Pumpkins the boys and i went to Russell's Farm supply to get ours for this year and lets be honest its off the square and ......So is YO-LO yogurt....im semi obsessed so the boys and i go to the collierville square at least once a week.....anywho....what was i saying....oh yes, anyway we went to get a couple of pumpkins and ended up with 10 somehow??? well there are so many new kinds to choose from..heirloom...cinderella....regular....white... gourds....love them all....love the fall! The boys got to ride in a wagon so airey decided he needed to fill it with the whole pumpkin patch, so needless to say ill be needing some pumpkin recipes soon.

airey is obsessed with dressing up these days and cant decide what to be for halloween. We got him a cool lightening mcqueen racing suit in Chicago and he has batman and a construction worker, so we will see what Sunday brings. Campbell is going to be a a pirate (we tried whinny the pooh piglet costume b/c he is in love with anything Pooh) but when we tried to get it on him he flipped out, so we will see how that goes too ;) The boys have been just rough and tumble all the time now wrestling and running everywhere together. We are so glad they have each other especially two boys, its really fun to see them go at it! Hope you all are doing well and we will follow up soon with an annual halloween post.

boys will be boys

ok maybe campbell was the butt of the joke....literally

CBHS

watching the "wave"

decorating his pumpkin, wart style

we have been doing lots of fall baking, so i let them in on the all time best part of baking...THE BEATERS! yummmmmm

tomfoolery

mama got a new do!

yes campbell in a bucket with his mammy

sweet cheeks

lil heartbreaker

the boys helped me make caramel apples....yummm

love that smile!

10-10-10

2010-10-14T19:02:00.000-07:00

run roger run....26.2 miles completed in 4:03. we are so proud of daddy and his 3rd marathon! i just teared up every time the groups would run by and i would try and catch a glimpse of roger. i stood in utter amazement at all the 50,000 runners and the hard work and goal setting it takes to run a marathon. that just tells you an ounce of the character that roger has and everything he does he does 110%. we are so proud of him. we love you daddy!!!!

not only was the marathon a wild and fun experience, but we got to spend 4 days in chicago together. we had so much fun laughing over deep dish and cold beer and having romantic date nights too. we had a completely amazing meal at art smith's (oprah's old personal chef) restaurant. i mean come on ..a gourmet deviled egg and a pickle platter. i was in heaven. of course the staff was so incredible and even gave roger a complimentary cake for an extra carb boost ;). if your ever in chicago, you MUST eat there. its super small in this old house off elm that looked like a cottage ... just a perfect date place. we got to hang out and celebrate post race with roger's great friend Adam and his super sweet wife Tiffany. We laughed and cut up and talked about our crazy boys (they have twin boys!). we love getting to see them when we get a chance and cant wait to see them again at Christmas.

also in chi-town we hung out at a fun sports bar for the cowboys( dont even say a word...), shopped all down michigan avenue's magnificent mile (turning roger's arms into clothing racks...no seriously i did) he was such a great sport as i drug him into saks, bloomies,h&m, and even cartier(hey.. a girl can dream right???)

we love getting the chance to get away and we are so blessed to have my mom and my grandmother enjoy keeping the boys so much! they didn't stop talking about mimi and gigi and campbell wouldn't even come to us when we got home :( Airey on the other hand, for the 1st time actually realized we were gone and told mimi and gigi he missed us and called roger to see if he won the race (so cute...tear). He was napping when we got home so when he woke up and saw roger he threw his arms around him and wouldn't let go ( it was a moment that touched his heart like never before!) and when he asked if he wanted to see mommy, he ran outside and stormed down the driveway as fast as i have ever seen him run and was tearing up yelling mama, mama, mama the whole way! He jumped on top of me and i melted! Oh my we are so blessed to have each other and then come home to these two amazing boys that truly are God's perfect gift!

the little heartbreaker

our monkey

roger ran on the MS team and raised of $1500 for MS research in honor of his mom "Kitty"

din din at TABLE fifty-two

the deviled egg

giordano's.....deeeeeeep dish ( i could only eat 1 piece!)

all the runner names were engraved into a wall outside of nike, how cool?

another month!

2010-10-06T11:06:00.000-07:00

.....another month has gone by without an update from the coles, well we obviously are as busy as usual and just squeeze in everything we can it seems like each and every day. the boys are back in school and just really loving it. airey's teachers are just so sweet and he has taken a liking to the assistant angela{found out she is actually from the Delta..so glad my boy can pick a Delta girl out of the crowd} Campbell just loves being in the 2yr old class room and is adjusting and loving it all. He is learning so much and we are trying to work on abc's and colors, as you parents of two children no HOW HARD it is to set aside time to teach the 2nd child all that good stuff that you had hours to do with the 1st one. But Campbell is typical 2nd child, always causing drama and trying to be the center of attention, while airey is your typical 1st child pleasing his mom and dad and being the leader. the boys really play so well these days...airey tends to get a tad frustrated that campbell doesn't get the rules of the imaginary games and things he comes up with, but he is so patient to explain again....and again.....and again.. to little brother.

i have been working hard on frames and roger at his new job. he actually got to take a business trip out to San Fran and get in a little golf recently too. we have stolen a date night here and there are looking forward to our fun trip to Chicago this weekend!!!.....CAN U TELL HOW EXCITED i am???? Roger will be running his 3rd marathon {he is amazing!} and Mimi and Gigi are bravely taking the kids on for the weekend.{Lord help them }

as for the weekends, we have been enthralled in every minute of football: college and the cowboys of course and even got to make our 1st State game last weekend, which the DAWGS beat Georgia for the 1st time in many years. Airey loved ringing the cowbell and made it the whole game not missing one play {he is his fathers son after all}, and wandering off...long story...trust me i dont have to blog about this one, I WILL NEVER forget it !!! We hit up another tailgate a couple weeks back with our friends Brian and Kristy. The boys loved playing with Alex and Reed and all the fun tailgate toys, mainly an RV that someone had, ha. We hit up cooper young festival before that and i got the most fabulous piece of art by Susuan Hood, and the kiddies got wooden hand carved fishing poles.

We got to cook out with the cousins at katie and ed this past weekend and the boys just have so much fun together. it really is very neat to have 4 boys so close in age and the adults had cold beers and good times watching all the "3 and under mischief". Airey has been super into soccer and costumes these days (he wore batman for literally 4 days strait even for pj's: is so funny and cute. Campbell just follows him around like Robin, so we are going to have to get that costume for him. This week he says he is a "famous soccer player" so we currently... as we speak{type} taking his nap in soccer cleats. OH the life of boys, as they tormented a frog for about 3 hours this morning, im having flashbacks of all the crazy stuff Seth did as a little brother, and i find myself praying, A LOT, haha...Well that about does it, and i really will do my best to post more!

where do i begin...

2010-08-29T16:36:00.000-07:00

wow a month has flown by and our heads are still spinning..what a whirlwind month packed full of fun. after we had terry and whits wedding we headed out to cleveland,ms so the big boys could participate in the annual 6 man scramble, man do they have fun together and the girl didn't fair too bad either; with a weekend full of shopping, laying out,eating and a few adult beverages in between. they didn't win this year, but in 115 heat, you cant blame em'. there is always next year ;).

after that we had a fun weekend at the river with my family. it was the 1st time my mom, dad and gram had been to heber and we did it up right with lots of fishing, relaxing and cooking GOOD food. the boys took the boat out one afternoon and the girls hit the banks with a bucket of crickets, guess who caught the most....hmmmm LADIES win!

after that we geared up for sweet baby campbells {not so much anymore} 2nd birthday! since we were going to florida the next day it was only fitting for a beach themed bash! we had a small get together with close friends and family and let the babes run wild. it was so cute to see all the kiddos up around the birthday cake digging in at the same time and later all 7 of them hit the baby pool in their diapers {major blackmail /bribery for those photos one day...} campbell was showered with love and tons of gifts and the best gift of all is his brother...the two of them are completely inseperable and have become best friends and enemies all at the same time, but the enemy part is all in good fun. i always said i wanted one of each, one boy/one girl, but seeing the two of them have each other for life as best friends is amazing and i cant imagine if they didn't have each other. what fun the years up coming will be. campbell is stringing together 4 or 5 words together at a time and loves to call airey bruh-bruh. he sips from a real cup now, runs at full speed, can count to three, he does{tries} everything airey does, some with success and some with knots and boo boos after, but he keeps up. He twirls his hair like his momma and says everything twice....i.e. wa-wa..for water. He has really developed his personality this year and is still as dramatic as always but is MUCH better at communication now. He tells us what he wants instead of meltdowns. He is so darling and adorable with his bowl cut i literally could eat him up. He loves to cuddle and is just a sweetheart when he wants to be. He is obsessed with Pooh and sleeps with him ,talks about him and watches pooh movies non stop! We are so lucky to have our little "camels"/"merca"

I cant wait to see what the 2's bring!

The morning after the party we headed out on what we thought would be the longest journey of our lives {12 hrs in the car with a 2 and 3 yr old} most would agree, but to our COMPLETE amazement they did fantastic! not a fuss or meltdown...i have to give a shout out to RCA for the dual car dvd player who gets ,lets be honest about 99% of the credit for the peaceful ride. boy oh boy did we have fun in orlando. mommy shopped, mom and daddy sipped by the pool and watched our boys play and swim and the whole 9. we played putt putt, we swam, we went to the arcade, we did the beach two days, downtown disney, lego land and numerous dinner outings....whew we packed it in, but at the same time we did totally relax and just enjoy our family. it was really the first time since campbell was older we could all enjoy it all together. roger and i are so completely blessed and amazed at this family we have created all thanks to the many answered prayers of the Lord and our amazing Family and friends...life is so good, we have to pinch ourselves, a busy life but a great life.

On that note roger got a promotion at Fedex and is a BDA- business development analysts for Global Sales now for Dell. he had a great 1st week. He said is was like trying to take a sip of water from a fire hose but he loves it! A complete new adventure and we couldn't be more proud of him. He has also joined the Men's club at St. Louis and is looking forward to getting involved with all the programs for the church and school. I am Airey's 3K room mom and cant wait to plan all these parties, everyones knows i love a good party. Well that brings me to school. Campbell started in the 2 yr old room at MDO and just loves it, they tell me he is their fav and they want to just eat him up. Airey is in the St. Louis 3K and has the most adorable teacher and the program is just amazing! I know he will learn so much. He is with his bestie from MDO Elliot so he is right at home. He cant wait to go this week.

I think that about does it....sorry for the LONG post, frames are getting on a much more workable schedule now, so hopefully it wont be so long between post, take care! much love,

the coles

rog and i enjoying a night out with the 6 man team at crawdads

the family in orlando

another shot

silly brothers!

before church one week :) i love how grown they look!

HAPPY 2nd birthday CAMPBELL!

airey took soccer camp! He is a pro.

the 6 man team

river fun with gigi and mimi

terry and whits wedding, our little ring bearer

Terry and Whitney's Wedding Weekend!

2010-07-21T08:57:00.000-07:00

This past weekend we had another great wedding in the Cole family as Terry and Whitney were married at the Collierville Methodist Church.

The weekend was jam packed with fun activities. On Friday, we had rehearsal at the church. Airey was so excited to participate and carry the rings down to Uncle Terry with Lewis. They both did so well in the rehearsal and we were hoping it was a sign of things to come on the big day.

After the rehearsal, Tip and Judi hosted everyone down at the rendezvous for the rehearsal dinner. It was such a great time! They rented a huge party bus to take everyone from Collierville to downtown Memphis. Then we ate, drank and caught up with a lot of good friends and family. Good times were had by all at the vous as they always do! Thanks Tip and Judi for such a fantastic evening!

We decided to host an after party at our house Friday night since the groom, Terry, was staying at our house. It was a rare late late night for SE and myself.......staying up til 1am talking and catching up with a bunch of old friends and cousins we dont get to see often enough.

After a few hours of sleep we were back at it again on Terry and Whitneys big day! First things first, at 7am before golf we celebrated uncle Terrys birthday (yes he also had a birthday on his wedding day....what a big day for the mayor) with a poodle cake picked out by Airey and Campbell. They sang happy birthday and were so excited to get cake for breakfast.

The wedding was later that night and it went great. Lewis and Airey were fantastic ring bearers and with a small nudge from Aunt Katie, Airey made it all the way down the isle to drop the rings off and get a hug from Uncle Terry. The rest of the ceremony was beautiful and went off without a hitch.

The reception followed at Equestria and was a blast. There was plenty of good food, dancing and catching up with old friends and family. Another late night was in order and we stayed around to send Terry and Whitney off to their honeymoon in style! Congratulations to Terry and Whitney and we wish yall the best as you start your new journey!

On Sunday we tried to play catch up with the time we missed with the kids all weekend. We woke up and took Airey and Campbell to one of their favorite places ever......Putt-Putt. Airey has become quite the golfer and loves to go hit balls on the range. Campbell played on the putting green while Airey hit and they both enjoyed the game room after range balls were over. We followed up Putt Putt with a lunch at Central BBQ! It was a great Sunday family afternoon.

Now its on to the river with mimi, grandaddy and Gigi this weekend. Hopefully this heatwave will go away sometime soon!

Until next post,

The Cole's

a month gone by!

2010-07-05T06:25:00.000-07:00

airey running to his best friend elliot...cutest moment ever! we got to have a play-date with his friend from school last week at the big back yard

rog and his boys

st. louis hole in one

Roger and I at the Pat Green Concert!

my sweets boys bribed by cookies for a pic!

well followers of the cole fam, i have to apologize for a month long hiatus on the blogging. I have been so blessed to be super busy with frames and we have been going non stop since airey and campbell got out of school, we had two full weeks of swimming lessons and then a week of VBS at St. Louis, so about 3 weeks after school we finally had a moment to settle down and then we started heading out of town and celebrating 3...yes...3 cousins weddings and wedding festivities! Paige and Brad tied the know on May27th in Jackson, our cousin Shane captured the most amazing pics at the wedding! Congrats Cous, and welcome to the fam Brad! We loved being a part of your beautiful day!

we hosted such a fun fiesta couples shower for terry and whitney and oh my did we have fun; one it was so great to see them celebrate good times ahead with fam and friends, but it also fell on the same week as the st. jude golf tourney { which is one of our most favorite weeks of the year}. airey loved catching lightening bugs, practicing his golf swing and playing with all their grandparents,cousins and godbrother too :) Campbell was surprising good as long as he had a bucket of ice water and plenty of random things to put in it...We thought this year we might actually see a live finish with the boys in tow when it went to a 3 man playoff hole on #12, but they all par the hole and finished up on 18, oh well.

as for fathers day weekend we kicked it off by celebrating our cousin Meredith and her new hubby Nick Canale's wedding with a beautiful bridesmaid luncheon at Memphis Country Club and a Wonderful rehearsal dinner at Chickasaw (thanks for including us Murf!, and BTW we had no idea that was your nickname, but we love it!) . The wedding was completely over the top with the most breathtaking flowers I had EVER seen! The ceremony was beautiful at St. Peters downtown {where Pops and Kitty tied the knot ;)}. It seemed all our friends and family were at the festivities, therefore we all took advantage of the great food, drinks and band until after midnight, which for all of us with kids, we patted ourselves on the back.

as for our actual fathers day happenings, we cooked daddy breakfast in bed and took the boys to putt putt and airey and roger got to hit balls together. we then hit up the vinyard vines fathers day cookout and hung with papa and fam for a bit over burgers and beer. on saturday we took airey and campbell downtown to the flying fish for lunch and strolling downtown and then to a REDBIRDS GAME....airey is on the verge of complete and utter OBSESSION....it was most definitely the hottest day of the year but Dr. Bill our pediatrician had given us the best seats int he house! We were in the 1st row right behind home plate!

as for the last couple of weekends we have been in town and enjoyed some much needed family time. we have just hung around and cooked out a lot on our green egg and enjoyed the last week of nice weather. we have 3 big 1st birthdays, one 4th birthday, and one 3rd birthday to celebrate this past couple of weeks and oh what fun! georgia (little miracle 2 lb 10 oz when born) turned 1!!! We had mucho fun at her fabulous and i mean fabulous 1st birthday party! This week our sweet nephew Cole turned 1 and we celebrated with tacos and cupcakes at Aunt Katie and Uncle Ed's! I won't get into the funny story of Katie's worried head of the candle on Cole's cupcake.....funny memory caught on video...haha! We celebrate our little god-sister Hazie 1st birthday this weekend and....This week will party at Lewis' and Cole dual celebration at Pump it Up....And last but not least we will be traveling to Chatty to celebrate cousin Jacks birthday!!! Whewww....did I forget anyone! I am already so forgetful and senile I feel like... so im sure in the years to come I will get all the birthdays confused and mixed up so I will apologize in advance...We hit up the St. Louis Hole in One this past week and that gave the boys hours on entertainment and of course Airey had to have his own bucket of balls to hit. Later that weekend all the girls made our way to Beale to Whitney's bachelorette party....i will not blog of the happenings....aka...boxers.....chest hair....but fun watching whitney and her "to-do" list!

as for the 4th, we are so thankful for the freedom we have and this amazing country we live in....we thank thank our service men and women and God enough for all they provide for us that we all take for granted to often...help the day remind us all what we have and to be grateful for our country. On Friday Rog and I headed to Pat Green for a fun concert and even sat by him at dinner :)....we ran into lots of peeps from Memphis and it turned into a big party! The next morning we had the Jamison family reunion were Airey has officially started swimming underwater half the length of the pool on HIS OWN! We are so proud! What yummy country cooking and catching up with family. The boys love their MiMi and GiGi! On Sunday we got a Slip n Slide and boy of boy.....the kid came out in roger and i and we couldn't help from making at least 5 trips down it ourselves {to show airey what to do course,haha} until that is...I ripped the slide when i flew out the end and into pine needles and the street. The patterson gang had our whole fam over a 4th celebration yesterday and the boys loved the fireworks {non flammable of course} Yummy burgers and blackberry cobbler topped the weekend off just perfect! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend....until next time{hopefully not a month} enjoy the pics....

The hubby and I at Paige and Brad's wedding reception!

my boys on fathers day...

uncle kevin and airey catching lightening bugs

4 boys and a golf cart....can we say share....

great shot of airey and his daddy on 17 fairway

the couple! whit and terry, hola

the newlyweds! paige and brad

couples fiesta shower for whit and terry with our buds, marybeth and brad

we hit up a cool concert for date night at the levitt shell with the Johnstons

swim lessons with mrs. donna

the girls and i had a sex in the city premiere par-tay!

a wedding and the weekends

2010-06-02T12:45:00.000-07:00

really one day they will LOVE each other....ie campbell

the smith gang!

rog and his cat daddy!

rog and his "REAL " catch!

we had the most fun last weekend as we paired up with my bff and her fam and headed to stay with Terry and Whitney at Lake Caroline. Its always great when we can get our four boys together because i know one day they will all be so close. Uncle Terry got the boys worms and fishing poles so this was airey 1st experience with fishing and rog just couldn't contain himself! He loved showing him how to cast and how to put the bait on and of course how to reel in the big one....(on a side note there were no big ones, but thats what dad told airey anyway...see pics for proof). The adults has mucho fun out on the lake and Mama even skied for the 1st time in 12 years and lets just say i had to go have a professional massage to get the muscles in working order. What we do to impress our kids....well never again....another note, brad actually broke a rib knee boarding to impress his, so i guess I came out on the better end of injury at least. i have always loved going out on the lake and i loved sharing that experience with my boys in hopes they will have the same passion one day.

this past weekend was a biggie too! aunt paige got married! rog and i headed down for the weekend (alone...thanks mimi and gigi) which we always enjoy..... nice. we love going to weddings to remind us how much we love each other silently repeat our own vows. we loved having the chance to cut a rug together on the dance floor and celebrate great times with our entire family and many friends that made the trip down! The rehearsal dinner was great and we even snuck out with Katie and ed to a fun underground blues bar 911. Saturday after the bridesmaid luncheon ,before the wedding we got away for a nice day lunching at MINT and laying by pool....so . Fun adult times :)Congrats to PAIGE and BRAD MCCORMICK!!!! We enjoyed every minute!!!

oooooouuchhhhhhh....

terry and airey drivin the boat

me and my lil one...

the boys 1st fish

airey had his beer goggles on...root beer that is....

lately...

2010-05-15T15:11:00.000-07:00

We have been uber busy at the cole household these days. Frame business is "a boomin" and we are so blessed that I am able to stay home and raise my boys and still make our family some "fun" money and doing something I LOVE!

As for the kiddies, Campbell is just a MESS! He is so dramatic these days, we swear he is going to win an academy award one day. A friend actually said to me the other day "see, you DID get one boy and one girl, haha!" He is saying so many more words now and is finally getting a little better at communicating rather than fit throwing ...(fingers crossed). He says Play,Juice,Read Book, Thanks, Help and Please. He is just cute as a button and he steals my heart everyday, after all he is my baby and my last baby so I love I can still hold him on my hip and rock him like a baby :) I know there is a reason he challenges me so much and I know he was meant to be my little "merca"..what i call him for Mercy Me as he makes me say about 10 times a day! For right now, Im going to enjoy that I can still wrangle him and dread what he will put me through as a teenage boy!

Airey has gotten into his treacherous 3's we call them...one thing about the two's is they are learning and doing so many new things everyday and you are watching them become a big boy, well...the three's come with testing and no fear and smart comments and they think they know EVERYTHING now. It has been very challenging and we have come to a winning method to control the authority finally ;) We have started a GOLD star chart that Airey has and he earns one gold star per day that he checks off good behavior on the chart (Saying YES Mam, NO sir, Sharing, Minding, and NOT Arguing back to every command ...thats the biggie!!!!, he says, but...but...but I...I...but I....haha! So as of today he earned his 10th gold star and before you ask, no he missed 4 days w/out one because he didn't check off the Good list, so he would work extra hard the next day to make sure he earned it! Every 10 earned stars he gets to go pick a prize so we know are the proud owners of our 1st scooter (Lightening McQueen of course). He holds the door open for girls, which i love and shakes a mans hand and looks him in the eye of course. He is now into fads, silly bands being the NEW thing and he is just a real BOY now, no more toddler, he is a inquisitive,learning and leaping little man!

I had the most most blessed mothers day and cant believe I get to have these two boys all for me, they truly are a GIFT from God and I keep reminding myself of this in crazy days at home and know I will look back and cherish even the hair pulling moments with them. The family and I spent the weekend as a family and headed to Greek festival for fun and I enjoyed breakfast in bead from my boys and my hubs grilled me a delicious steak. On Sunday we headed to spend the day with Mom, GiGi, My brother,sis in law and the cousins. Jack had a blast with Airey and Campbell and we just loved all getting together. Its so rare these days, so its MORE than nice when we do. Hope you all have been well and we will be in touch....until next time

-the cole patrol

Churchill Downs!

2010-05-06T18:05:00.000-07:00

There is PATTY O'PRADA! #2 in the Derby! My pick!

ICE BOX, was #3 and he was mine and Rog's pick, I had to bet on ice box b/c thats what my Mam-maw always called the fridge, it makes me smile :)

happy couple in our derby seats

the staduim where the tumputer playes the song 10 min b/f each race, love that sounds...dadada...adada.dad...dada

Wow.....we are speechless after of fun filled weekend and trip to the KENTUCKY DERBY! It had been #1 on my bucket list since I was about 12, because we all know I love fashion and celebrities, plus betting and horse racing to boot....its a DREAM come true! Roger of course has always wanted to go because it is one of the most famous days "in sports" to be a part of. We are so thankful for everyone who made the dream happen...Pops and Kitty, Mimi and Gigi, and an extra thanks to David and Debbie Barnes that we stayed with, who made us feel we were at the Ritz. Welcome baskets of Kentucky Derby memorabilia and even a care package for the ride home( on a side note ...boy did we need those goodies after getting trapped and re-routed because of the flooding! 13 hour car ride home.....another memory we will NEVER forget!) We got to the turf club about 9 am and beat all the traffic into the Derby, so we got to take a tour of the terrace and take some great pics. It was so surreal, the whole thing! From watching the horses race to actually picking winning horses and counting our lute, haha...like $59 bucks...but lute non the less ;) We enjoyed seeing all the different people and even met a couple of friends throught the day. The famous hats and celeb sightings didn't disappoint, but the mint juleps did, YUK, those things are terrible! We got to see Smokey Robinson,Jerry O'Connell and Rebecca Romine, the Jackson 3, Tom Brady, Justin Timberlake, Aaron Rodgers and a lot of other sports guys! Roger got his pick with one of his favs, Kenny Mayne from ESPN, that was a HUGE highlight in our trip! We actually got to move to our seats for the actual Derby and the sun popped out for just about 15 min for the race, must have been God smiling down. It was so cool when the jockeys and owners and trainers all walk the track to intro the horses and getting to sing My Old Kentucky Home will give you chills. What a great time and now on to #2 on my bucket list...TALLADEGA!!

georgia's baptism

2010-04-21T13:22:00.000-07:00

croquet anyone?

airey's in game face mode

loving the pink car

the beautiful table and a frame i did for her baptism inviation

We had such a great time this weekend as one of my very best friends little girl Georgia was baptized. she looked so beautiful and the reception was something strait out of Southern Living! The boys had such a great time playing with all the kids and we had fun catching up with the adults! Congrats Shelby's! We love you Georgia! A photographer there caught these precious shots of the boys! :)

mr.potato head

2010-04-16T11:34:00.001-07:00

airey smiling with his new pal, mr. potato head! he loves to dress him up and ask "where are his contacts"? "why glasses mommy?" haha

ms walk and trip to chatty

2010-04-12T07:07:00.001-07:00

Airey had his 1st trip away this weekend without his brother. Mimi and Gigi took Airey to Chattanooga to go visit my brother and his wife and his cousins jack and joey and oh boy did they have a great time. they rode on uncle seth's motorcycle, went to the bounce house, baskin robbins and played with cousin joey's turtles,ha. Mom said they had a great car ride and all reports say he was a good boy.

Rog,Campbell and I participated for TEAM MC (Mary Cole) in the WALk out MS event in Collierville and were so proud of all the support and funds that were raised! Special thanks to all our friends that donated and walked in support of this great cause! Hopefully we are close to a cure for this devastating disease.! Until then we continue to pray for strength for those fighting this disease and all their day to day struggles to continue to stay positive. We love Mary aka Kitty! To learn more and how to help visit MS mid south chapter site.

Left to Right..Mary Cole,Roger Col,Campbell Cole,Sarah Ella Cole,Kim Jackson (Jon Jackson,not pictured) Keaton Jackson,Kevin Cole,Kim Hammic,Lewis Thomas,Paige Cole,Katie Thomas,Brad McCormick,Ed Thomas,Baby Cole Thomas. Also not pictured Emily, Adam, Gray and Hayes Patterson and Roger Cole Sr (photographer!)

easter and anniversary

2010-04-05T07:08:00.000-07:00

Easter was so much fun this year because we had TWO egg hunters! Campbell really caught on and hunted as well as brother did! We hosted our 2nd annual easter egg hunt and had a great turn out on a beautiful day!

Saturday night we had crawfish and cousins in town and Sunday we attended a great production of the Passion at my mothers church in Grenada. It really has Airey completely enamored with Jesus now and asking lots and lots of questions which is wonderful :) He was really moved my the performance and couldn't take his eyes off the stage. I was nervous it would be too much for him but he handled it great and turned out to be our first REAL discussion about God and he really understood, its amazing what a 3 year old can comprehend. Then the fam had a fabulous lunch (minus a couple kid meltdowns!) and took time to really count our blessings! Hope you all had a wonderful Easter!

our family :)

the cousins!

airey and lewis showing off their eggs!

my newest little egg hunter, ;)

Our party Easter BUNNY Georgia!!!

Well on march 31st roger and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary! I cant believe it has been that long and wow what we have done in 4 years...whewwww....we have created with the Lords help and blessing a beautiful family...its surreal to look at each other and then at our boys and know that this all came from our love.

Well my mom and grandmother were so sweet to keep the boys all weekend and we enjoyed hitting up the Arcade downtown and Pearls for lunch and enjoying our city that we haven't done in a long time. It was nice to be in our own bed, but not have to get up and out and the daily chaos of two kids. As for the big day on Wednesday, which by the way reminded us so much of our actual wedding day 72 and sunny and windy, PERFECT! Pops and Kitty kept the boys so we could go to a nice dinner at Houstons, yummmmy. We are so blessed to have such amazing family that love keeping our boys! We couldn't do it without YOU! And on a side note Roger and I took the boys to MDO a couple weeks ago and we hit up Graceland, which Roger had never been too, and now he is officially a fan, I mean how can you not after you see the Jungle Room!

19 months...

2010-03-17T14:34:00.000-07:00

sweetness....

well our little (not so little anymore) baby is 19 months now! he is saying things like, juice,more, bra bra (thats airey!) , pleeeese and fianlly says mama whooo! He is getting better at communication and showing/trying to tell us what he wants. he is really getting into books, which is great and loves taking anything he can from airey! He is in the 75% for height and just 10% for weight...so tall and skinny ;) taller than airey....i see competition already in our future. He understands so much of what we say to him which is great, he knows NO and Time out and spank spank, haha! Just wanted to post a cute pic I took today! We had mommy baby time last night when Rog took Airey to a grizz game. Airey got his own basketball and hasnt stopped dribbling since. They had a great time and made a great memory.

We had a fun weekend this past week with Rogers old running buddies form High school. His best friend all through elementray school Adam and his wife Tiff had new TWINS BOYS and the Johnstons hosted a fabulous Sip and See for them and all the old crew hung after afterwards.....i.e. guys in the kitchen talking about old times...girls in the living room talking about them, lol ;) Sunday we hung out with Pops and Kitty and saw the bullies loose a heartbreaker.....booooo hooooo....rog is still not over it. Kids are back in school now and looking forward to wrapping up the year and having a fun summer ahead full of the outdoors, we cant wait!

this and that...

2010-03-09T12:04:00.000-08:00

Well its been so long since my last post I can even remember what we have been up, haha. I have been selling lots of frames which has been such a great adventure and I really get to explore my creative side doing them :) It has been taking up a lot of time hence, no blogging ;). Airey has just learned to pedal his bike this week, such a big boy now! He can't wait to ride with the neighborhood kids. I got a iBert baby holder for Campbell so I can put him on my bike and we can ride a lot together this summer. Campbell is still trying to get to 100% with his sickness, but hopefully we can dry up this runny nose for good soon. He is saying a lot more now, and Airey antagonizes him constantly, so we are ready for him to yell "STOP" and kick him one! We know our days as referee are coming soon. The kids have loved playing outside in the great weather with all our neighborhood friends, that it makes up super sad to think about leaving our little Collierville. NO bites on the house yet, but thats just fine b/c we haven't found anywhere we want to look at yet either. We are on Spring Break this week so hoping to get in some fun things if the weather will cooperate. Roger and I are hitting up Newbys for a date tomorrow for the Crawfish Boil (which is where we met 5 years ago, crazy!) We will celebrate our 4 year anniversary this month on the 31st! Until next time....hopefully sooner than the last ;)-the coles

We had a fun visit with our 2nd cousins and Mimi,GiGi, and Aunt Sarah last week! Campbell likes Mimi's glasses

Campbell running from brother!

the antagonizing begins....

awww we love each other and our thumbs and mammy and lammy

and back to rough housing again!

been sick :( and busy

2010-02-16T12:11:00.001-08:00

Well we have been sick a lot the past month so there isn't much to report sadly :( Airey is on his 3rd round of bronchitis and breathing treatment/antibiotics and Campbell is on round two..they had tried to be in good spirits but as you know sick baby=fussy babies. It so sad and we hope to get them well soon! We are ready for spring around here! The boys have cabin/sick fever so bad they are trying all new kinds of tricks to occupy the time....Hopefully sunny and 60 soon :)

Weekend before last we had a busy one! Our great friends and neighbors invited us down to Rog's all time fav the Rendezvous for ribs and a bday celebration for Jon and we had the pleasure of meeting some great new friends! That Saturday the Pattersons hosted a dinner for us and the kiddies to play! What a fabulous meal and boy did the kids have fun together! Gray is so big and Hayes is just So animated! Sunday was the big game! GEAUX SAINTS! I have to admit I cried like a baby when Drew Brees held his son in the air after their victory! What a priceless moment in his life and probably a SuperBowl moment I will actually always remember. Hallie Kelly had us over to her house for the game for yummy food and adult beverages! Thanks for all the fun Hallie! My mom, aka Mimi, came into town last week and was here to help with sick babies and let Roger and I go out to celebrate valentines day. It was so romantic...flowers and Elfo's and wait.....2 martini's...whoopsy! But it was well worth it! We had a big birthday around our fam last week too. Aunt Katie turned the big 3-0! We surprised her with all her friends and family and it went off without a hitch. Happy Birthday Aunt Katie!

Big Boy is 3!

2010-02-01T14:30:00.000-08:00

Wow, everyone says time flies but honestly I wasn't prepared to actually admit my 1st born is three years old now! He has become such a big kid in every way :) I feel like I soaked up a lot of it... and just then... I will say wasn't it so cute when Airey was a baby and he would hold his thumb in between his two fingers, and Roger will say "that was Campbell"..oh no I am already confusing all the baby memories and they are 3 and under, and Campbell is just 18 months uhhh! Some things feel like yesterday, as in the day he was born, and others feel far away, but bottom line is.. Roger, Campbell and I are so lucky to have such a sweetheart in our life. He is growing by leaps and bounds and can reason his way into anything (where does he get that,ha) but he is really shy too, which is so cute because it reminds me of Roger. He knows about 1/2 his letters and can count to 29, he is recognizing some words and loves books and counting, but lets be honest his first love is sports! He spends as much time as he can practicing tackles with Daddy and kicking soccer goals outside and riding his tricycle. He says he is ready to ride his big boy bike, so we will see as the weather gets better. He is going to be attending the new PreK 3 at St. Louis next year and we are so excited! His teacher seems so sweet and I know he will lean a lot. His vocabulary is already off the charts. We went for his 3 year check up last week and he is 50% for everything and did so great getting his finger pricked (not a single tear) and even went tee-tee in the cup for Dr. Bill, the Dr. said Airey is his best patient! He is officially completely potty trained (no diapers even at night!) and sleeps in his big bed (the one Roger grew up in!) and he even attended Big Church this week, and will start Sunday school soon :) He is so grown and loves to correct Campbell and get on to him and of course Taddle, oh here we go.....! He is still learning the concept of share and we almost have to have two of everything at this house! haha! Campbell and Airey fight over everything, monkey see-monkey do! They are getting better but it is testing our patience to the limit ( we pray hard for patience in this house!).

To celebrate the big 3 the week started with his 1st Grizzlies game at Fedex Forum, which on a side note was evacuated 5 minutes after we left in the 3rd quarter (blessing!) Airey loves watching the Griz with Roger now and we thought it was so cute when the announcer said "time Out" Airey said "oh no...what did they do? they are in trouble"...tooo cute. Then on Thursday his class had him a cute little party and sang happy birthday! On Friday his actual birthday we took him to his fav spot for lunch, Chick Fil A for nuggets and fries and he ran into Hudson a great friend from school and they had a blast, playing Tag. Friday, Marybeth,Brad, Riley and Park came into town so we all went to Chilpulatpec to see the Miriachi Band play! They sang to him and even dressed up as a grasshopper for the kids, which they were terrified of, but he didn't get it, so he sent them into super fright mode! See pics for this face! We enjoyed seeing the Smiths! We don't get to see them near enough. Well our 1st party on Saturday was at Gibson's donuts, Airey's favorite Saturday hangout :) We invited all his school friends to celebrate! They made him a huge donut cake! Our friends and family joined us at Seize the Clay later that day for a fun Pottery Painting party to cap of the celebratory week. Thanks for all the fun memories we loved seeing all our friends, children and seeing how they are all growing up together is the best part! We will have so many fun memories of the Pattersons, Thomas', Shelbys, Johnstons, Hoppings, Jacksons, and Smiths! What a week.....He enjoyed every second of it!

his favorite gift! Mimi gave him the Cowboys set! He wore it for 3 strait days, lol!

Donuts with his school friends!

Gray our godson at the painting party, so cute

Alex , Reed, Dawson, and Hayes doing a great job on theirs!

Campbell is the same size of the apron :)

Riley, Park, and my boys getting help from Mimi

airey and his matching cupcakes and shirt

looks like such a big boy taking this pic with Riley

enter grasshopper, terrified.....

Full on melt down!

dallas...

2010-01-25T10:17:00.000-08:00

We'll as we all know now the Cowboys didn't make the Super Bowl this year, but a few weeks ago Roger and I were in Stuttgart for a very sad day....my best friend Bonnie's mother passed away and we went to be there for the family and pay tribute to an amazing life....when you talk about death you realize that life is so short and we only get one go around, so in Debby's inspiration we were at I40 about to head back to Memphis and Roger looked at me and said "we could take a left here and head to Dallas for the cowboys playoff game...i thought...no way we can line up sitters, find tickets, find a place to stay and we were wearing dress clothes, no other clothes, toothbrush, contact case,etc...but as chance would have it... it worked! Katie and Ed babysat a couple of hours and our sitter Hannah was able to keep them for the night, and as for the clothes, we had a Supermarket Sweep through Target!!!! It was such an exciting adventure with my husband and we had so much fun on the joy ride down... being spontaneous.. and COWBOYS won their 1st playoff game in 13 years and we got to witness it in Jerry's House :) We are so thankful for all those memories we made and all the help we had from friends and family to make it happen! I would post pics, but we didn't have our camera and bought a disposable at Target but the pics were all so blurry (i.e. those camera's are TERRIBLE!!!)! We hope do that again in the future....Life lesson....you don't always have to have the perfect plan...sometimes the Perfect plan is no plan at all.....until next time....the coles

happy 2010

2010-01-04T10:15:00.000-08:00

We had such an amazing 2009 and cant wait to see what 2010 has to hold for us. Since we have put our house on the market hoping to move close to the boys schools in east memphis, I'm sure we are in for a busy 2010 with a move and Airey starting a new pre-school and campbell starting his 2nd year at st. louis. We really hope to get more involved in church this year now that we feel we have a little more time. We are so incredibly blessed with amazing family and friends and we were able to celebrate the new year with them both. New Years eve we had a great dinner and party at the shelby's with a few other couples and actually made it to midnight! Friday night Katie and Ed hosted a delicious New Years' day dinner. We spent Saturday night out celebrating Rogers childhood friend Brian Johnston's bday at the Happy Mexican and then on to a little local bar. We had so much fun playing old G & R/ Waylon on the jukebox and hanging with friends. Sunday we were tired and super lazy and it was a perfect way to cap off the holidays! Happy New Year to you all!

merry merry!

2010-01-02T08:14:00.000-08:00

Wow what a blessed and wonderful christmas we had this year! It was great to celebrate Jesus' birth and feel all the love and laughter with family and friends.....the week of Christmas roger and I had a fun wine and cheese party at the Kelly's Tuesday and followed that up Wednesday with a family Christmas at the Thomas' where we enjoyed watching lewis, airey, and campbell run and play together (that has really amazed us all how the 3 of them just play and play while the adults actually can relax a bit!) Cole will not be too far behind them either :) That really has been the best part of us having all boys. Thursday we headed to my family's christmas in Grenada and we all got spoiled rotten with a yummy feast and presents all around. Airey is so sweet and appreciative it just warms your heart, he gets so excited over anything he gets! Campbell is still really interested in the boxes of course. Well Thursday night we set out our cookies and chocolate milk and headed to bed as airey wanted to go to bed at 6 he was so excited but since we were on the road it wasn't until 10pm so they slept in until 9, which Roger and I would have loved any other day but we were up at 7am just so excited and counting the seconds until they woke up to see Santa came! They headed down the stairs and Airey just hung his mouth wide open with surprise.....WOWWWW......a Motorcycle, he REALLY got me a motorcycle! The boys loved their prizes! Airey worked all morning "building a house" for us on his workbench(thanks pops and kitty) and then switching back from motorcycle to tricycle (thanks mimi). Another big hit was a golf glove that he wore 12 hrs strait, haha....Campbell enjoyed his mower and loved rocking in his rocking chair mommy painted for him and He LOVES his stuffed animals, its so cute :) That afternoon we headed to Jackson and spent the weekend brunching and drinking and cooking out with the Tip Cole fam. We had our annual gag gift opening Saturday night which is always a good laugh...(see pics) Sunday headed home and hosted a birthday dinner for Mary and capped it off right! Hope you all had a blessed and Merry Christmas! The Coles

Pops got me.....Luggage locators for my keys and whatever else, haha....i LOOSE everything, LOL

We drew my inlaws.....what do you get them???....MATCHING snuggies of course, monogramed hot pick no less as BIG PAPPA and PRRRRR......

Pops sporting the snuggie :)

Lewis ans Airey helping uncle tippy cook fried green tomatoes

The entire Cole Family 09

last time we took a pic under Judi's tree was 5 years ago, my it looks different now....it was in 05 just me, rog and nelly....

Christmas morning wearing brothers shin guards eating reeces out of the work bench in his new chair, he knows how to use it all at once,lol

love my mailbox

watch out here comes the POLICE

blower!

My workbench

SANTA came :)

With our great grandmother GiGi

Airey and mimi

opening presents!

N'awlins....

2009-12-23T07:36:00.000-08:00

Roger and I got to have a husband/wife weekend this past week and we headed to THE BIG EASY! Since it was the week of my 32nd birthday and Cowboys vs. Saints were in town on a Saturday night it was the perfect excuse to go! We got into town Friday afternoon and check into our little boutique hotel...it was so cute then we headed to the MOST amazing restaurant we have ever eaten, it literally was Top 3 meals of my life....check it out Cajun Soul Food, i had a myer lemon salad with fried Hog jaw....FAB! We had fried alligator and hushpuppy boudan, yum with turnip and black eyed pea gumbo! If your ever in NO we highly recommend it! Its in the warehouse district www.cochonrestaurant.com :) We met up on Frenchman street with Terry and Whit for some liv jazz later that night. Saturday was breakfast in bed, shopping in the market and on Royal and then bloody mary's ,margaritas, and oysters with the cousins. Saturday night we hit up Lucy's and then Tommy's Wine Bar for th Big Game! COWBOYS WIN!!! What a way to end our trip with a victory and the Saints fans were very gracious and we all mingled in harmony, hehe :) Sunday was a little sleeping in and back to our sweet boys ...

My mom and Gigi kept the boys and they had a blast! They hit up McD's a couple times went to see all the town Christmas lights and Mimi got roped into a few trips to Dollar General to toy shop :

We are so excited about Christmas this year and Airey is just counting down until Santa's..... arrival

ho ho ho....

2009-12-11T14:14:00.000-08:00

The Cole Patrol have had so much fun doing so many holiday things this season from decorating the tree, seeing santa, teaching the boys about giving and baby Jesus and the REAL meaning of Christmas. It has a whole new meaning this year....Airey is so into it! He is excited about celebrating Baby Jesus birthday and his own in a few weeks too :) Pops got the whole family into the Can food Drive at Kroger this week and Airey loved giving all the food to santa and making sure all families had food to eat on Christmas. We have also enjoyed riding at night to see Christmas lights and Campbell just shouts...ooooooohhhh.....ooooohhhhh....We visited the journey to the North Pole where the kids made reindeer food for Rudolf and adorable ornaments! He loves seeing Fedex airplanes at night, he thinks they are santa's sleigh flying over to check on him and Campbell and the red blinking light is Rudolf's nose :) They love our tree and to our surprise they haven't broken a single ornament and just love looking at it! It Airey's job each morning to turn on the lights and we do the "drumroll" ( a personal shout out to Christmas Vacation!)

Another LARGE event in our home this past week.....Two weeks ago we told Airey that he had to be using the potty for Santa to visit and be on the "Nice" list and he went full force! We quit wearing diaper about 10 days ago and we have an accident here and there but He wakes up dry and hasn't had an accident at naps or anything. He has problems when he is playing and still hates to stop to potty so we learned to put him on the potty about every hour and half and we can avoid accidents all together! Yipeeee! Having just 1 in diapers is the best Christmas gift a mommy could ask for :)

Ho ho ho and happy holidays!!!

Campbell with his John Deer Tool Box off the fix something!

Airey's 1st ever homemade Christmas Ornament

Th Whole Cole Gang!

yummy ice cream!

The Cole/Thomas Cousins

a very thankful year...

2009-12-02T11:22:00.000-08:00

Well as many of you know Papa Pete sends out his annual Christmas letter updating those far and wide about his ever expanding family and the generations he has created. This year Roger was asked to sum up our 2009, It was such a great summary of why we are so thankful this season, i wanted to pass it along...

Sarah Ella, Roger Jr., Airey and Campbell have had a very eventful
2009. Campbell started walking in November and is into everything
within reach for a 15 month old. He loves playing with his older
brother and constantly tries to keep pace in every activity. He is a
daredevil, mostly acting first and thinking later! Airey, who will be
3 in January, is all boy and loves football, soccer and basketball
with a little cars and 4-wheelin thrown in on the side. He continues
to expand his vocabulary and carries on full-fledged conversations
with anyone that will listen to him. Sarah Ella has her hands full as
a full time mom and part time entrepreneur. She has her own
stationary business and distressed frame business which keeps her busy
during the few moments she has to spare with two toddlers. She loves
to cook and entertain for family and friends and has put together her
annual Mother’s Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas parties this past
year. Roger Jr. is going on 4 years with FedEx in the pricing
department and enjoys golfing and running whenever he has time. He
ran his second marathon in Nashville this past April and has taken on
a new hobby, fly fishing, after Roger Sr. and Mary decided to get
their fabulous vacation home on the Little Red River.

What a great year and we look forward to 2010 with great optimism and I'm sure it will be full of memories as 2009 was....Hope you all had a blessed thanksgiving. Much Love.

The Coles

Mimi and GiGi came in town for a brunch I hosted the day after thanksgiving for mine and Roger's family and The Glenn's and their brood....We even had Uncle Terry and his fiance Whitney with us! A great time we had and afterwards GiGi and Mimi took us all to see Santa and out to shop and eat....as you can see Campbell was not a big fan of the Ol'Clause but Airey stepped right up to tell santa he wanted a motorcycle and leaf blower for Christmas. On a side note Santa asked GiGi what her "little Lady wanted for Chritmas" and asked her to "sit on his Lap", LOL....Hope Mrs. Clause doesn't find out...whoopsie....he had the hots for GiGi, haha!

Airey at Bass Pro Winterwonderland mailing his letter to Santa

Campbell coloring and Airey enjoying the Choo-Choo set!

Our Big Boy Walking!

2009-11-29T19:11:00.000-08:00

Our sweet little Campbell has finally taken his first steps...its bitter sweet....im so happy he and Airey can run and play together now, but it reminds me he is no longer a baby and that makes m a tinge sad :( But all in all I couldn't be prouder of my lil man. He is saying about 10 words now and saying something that sounds like "Miami" when he wants somethings, haha! He understands so much....for example Kitty said I like your new shoes campbell and he looked and pointed at them and giggled and smiled, he is a little sponge of knowledge! Its crazy to see how far he has come in 15 months. We love you baby boy!

enjoying a kit cat bar mommy gave him for th car ride...whoopsy daisy!

his first steps

getting the hang of it

WALKING Nov 24,2009

alluvian and the backyard

2009-11-09T06:55:00.000-08:00

The girls headed to the Alluvian for our 2nd annual girls trip this weekend! We got there Saturday by 9am and had massages, steams and mani's in the spa which was FABULOUS! We all got treated like queens for the day! We left the spa around noon and headed to the really delicious and cute Delta Bistro for lunch and by the way a fried green tomato BLT with roasted pepper pimento cheese, YUM!.....Shopping, shopping and more shopping.... Then we proceeded on to the awesome patio for afternoon beverages and had a grand time! Love my girls!!!! Then we had a really lovely din din at Gardenia's with our own private booth. Sunday we got up early and headed to the rooftop breakfast which was to die for. Cleveland was next on our list and we got to see Marybeth's new creative shop Locals that is carrying her art and my frames, so proud of her! Then on to the Open houses in Cleveland to get in a little more shopping and back to our sweet kiddos and SWEET husbands for holding down the fort, thanks Rog! The boys while we were gone hit up the literal fort at the Big Back Yard with aunt Katie and Uncle Ed and the nephews along with Pops and Kitty. They had a ball!!! Dad also took them for Gibson's donuts Saturday morning and as Roger said he got to make memories with his son's and it was priceless. Hope you all are well, we will chat soon!

Boating at the Big Back Yard

the boys at The Big Back Yard!

Me and Bon after getting beautified at the spa

At Giardina's Hallie, Marybeth, Me and Bonnie

The gals in our booth! CHEERS!

Halloween Mariachi Style!

2009-11-04T07:19:00.000-08:00

We had a mucho fun weekend! We all got dressed up for trick or treating as a Mariachi Band! Airey and Campbell love the one at Chipultapec on Friday night so it was a perfect family dress up idea :) Rog and I had just as much fun as the boys and just really enjoyed seeing the boys hav so much fun running (and campbell wagoned, ha) from house to house, but even Campbell learned to grab the candy and say "tic teet" and "tank you", so cute!!!! I cant believe this was Campbell's 2nd halloween, wow a lot has changed since last year. He is pushing the bar stools around and anything that will move with him, he will be walking SOON. I cant wait to see him and Airey running around together. Hope you all had a fun halloween as we did with all our friends and fam!

Sunday Mimi and Gigi decided to keep the boys for the night so Daddy and I got the night off. We enjoyed going to Brookhaven and watching the Cowboys win and having bloody mary's and being a dating couple again, it always reminds me again why I love this man and my life so much! We then were lazy all afternoon and got up and headed to Huey's that night for din and drinks. Monday we got to sleep in and the house was SO quiet....so peaceful and in a way we haven't heard it in 3 years.....but also we missed them like crazy and I could wait to see them Monday afternoon!

trick or treating!

my men, love the staches!

the 4 man band!!!

the 1st house!

the cha cha's

my sweet boys!

Haircuts and Happenings

2009-10-29T09:38:00.000-07:00

The crew at the Rendezvous for Rogers 32nd bday!

Campbell having a Meltdownn at his 1stt haircut, awww :(

ALL done! Yay! sucker in hand :)

Well I had to bite the bullet and go get Campbell's haircut for the 1st time. I have nevr had to take Airey because since its curly I can trim it myself and you cant tell if I mess up, haha. Well, Campbell had a full on MELTDOWN, he wanted no part of bribery i.e. suckers, treats or anything! He wanted no cape, and no scissors near him! Eventually he sat in my lap and with his head on my chest for her to give him a sweet bowl cut. Enjoy these pics!

My sweet better half celebrated his 32nd birthday on Tuesday and we had friends and fam to the Rendezvous for Rog's annual FULL order of ribs! Thanks Pops and Kitty for a great dinner! I made my 1st homemade cake (a fishing bobber!) Turned out pretty cute, even though a few thought it was a christmas ornament (now thats an idea for later....) We also celebrated the big day by going to the river with Pops and Kitty and Rog and his Dad, got to go out Saturday with Matt Milner, a great fishing guide in Heber( check his blog on my page-FISH ON) and they "tore up" rainbows and browns! Happy Birthday my love! We wish you a great year and many happy more to come!

catching up

2009-10-19T13:28:00.000-07:00

we had a fun filled weekend of catching up with friends! Saturday the Johnston's had us over for some football and chili along with the Van Epps. The 6 boys had a blast together and Im sure Brian and Kristy are STILL cleaning up the mess that ran room to room! We enjoyed catching up with the adults while the boys enjoyed playtime and had my "pink" pumpkins for dessert....long story....of course I buy food coloring to make orange pumpkin cookies.....and of course it somehow doesn't make it into the pantry....and of course I find it as soon as I used the only food coloring I had "red" to make pumpkins.....haha....story of my life! Sorry about getting off track....back to the weekend. Sunday we had the Pattersons over to grill out and see our Godson Gray and his lil sis Hazey :) Boy did Gray, Airey and Campbell have a great time squealing and chasing each other all over the house! Hayes was so sweet and is just getting bigger by the second. Campbell is SO close to walking now that he had to play catch up all weekend with the big boys, so it wont be long :) Great catching up with our old "highpoint" friends over a great bottle of wine and good convo. Until next week.....Take care....love, the cole patrol!

the cousins

2009-10-16T07:40:00.000-07:00

Airey and his goggles painting! He is crafty like Mama!

airey and jack with the nerds!

side hug only, haha

hello to all! We had a fun visit this past weekend from my brother and his fam! Jack and Joey had so much fun playing with Airey and Campbell and boy did Campbell keep up! I was so impressed. Jack even to got sleep in airey's room with him and they actually fell out about 10pm. I would check on them and they were in their beds... but talking to each other until then, sooo cute :). We cooked out after the boys went down and enjoyed hearing all about my bro's new restaurant Champy's and all they they have been up to. I babysat Monday so Seth and Crissy could go to meet friends and I was impressed how well I handled all 4 of them for 4 hours, LOL everyone survived! The boys played in the cove and rode Joey's dirt bike, the golf cart, and our mini 4 wheeler was a hit too. It is just amazing to see them all grow up together and just love each other so much, reminds me of being little and how much I enjoyed my cousins :). Campbell is now saying "Moooo" for a cow and "Tweet" for a bird and says Mama and Dada all the time. He points to his nose now which is so cute because in Campbell fashion he puts his finger UP his nose when he points. Airey is busy being independent and learning how to challenge us for sure. He is obsessed with riding(aka) pushing his bike, he cant quite pedal but he loves it anyway. He sings all the words to Big Green Tractor which cracks us up and also loves The Fireman by George Strait (but has to wear his fire helmet to sing it). He bosses Campbell around saying "Do you hear me-Campbell!" The best lately was Uncle Seth said "Hold your Horses" to him wanting candy and Airey burst into tears....."I WANT THE HORSES, I WANT THE HORSES......HILARIOUS! We all fell out on that one! He got some binoculars from Pops and is now a bird-watcher which is adorable and is loving to paint like mommy. Enjoy the weekend! Take care! A special HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR GODSON GRAY today!!!! We love you GRAY! Have a Happy day!!!

buddies with Bully

2009-10-07T14:27:00.000-07:00

MY men!!!!

enjoying playtime at The Junction

going deep......

I took the boys on Friday to see the new Teton Trek and this is right before he ran into it and I had to buy at new wardrobe at the gift shop, LOL

We took the boys to their 1st together Bulldog game this past weekend. We had to rival with the Shelby's since Jason went to GT, Bon -MSU and Rog MSU.....and well we all know how that ended....but we had a great time :) The boys loved playing football at the tailgate and playing with all the other kiddos. They really surprised us how well they did all day and and with no nap, they even made it through the 1st quarter, whoo! Airey was obsessed with his Pom-pom and watching every move Bully made! He is still talking about BULLY. We may have even turned a corner on CJC hating his car seat b/c he and airey slept the whole ride home, hooray! They are just becoming best friends and enemies as brothers should. They love to love and also have started to love to fight and take each others things! Im sure I am in for it being a mother of two boys, but love every minute :). Campbell is cruising and wanting to keep up with Airey so I know it want be long b/f I am chasing too.....as Mam-Maw said "Lord help ME!" Life is great and we hope all is well with our followers! Until next time......

lately...

2009-10-02T13:25:00.001-07:00

Roger and his Godson Cole

the front row, LOL Mary Robinson, Thomas, Airey and Campbell

the baptism

hey to yall, as I like to say! Sorry it been a while since a family post, so here we go with the cole family breakdown. We have been in town and have been enjoying this amazing weather! We celebrated our newest addition to the fam "Baby Cole" as Airey calls him, baptism this past weekend with all the Thomas klan! Roger is the Godfather so we are so proud he can lead his name sake to a life of always loving and looking to the Lord :) We took the boys to play putt putt and we made a trip to the zoo to see the new Teton trek which was fun until Airey decided to rush into the geyser of water and had to buy a change of clothes in the Zoo gift shop, hahaha....We have grilled out a lot and enjoyed the nice weather. We dined out at Jarretts with the Shelbys and caught up and shared a bottle of fine wine (thanks POPS!). I surprised Roger Thursday night with a covert operation that started with meeting the girls for margarita's at Salsa (which was fun!) but i exited early and Pops and Kitty were in on the plan and were the "babysitters in waiting"/"visiting" Roger thought. I came back and walked in a said "change clothes put on your boots" and I will give you more clues on the way, then as we got closer I asked "where did we meet"....his response "we are going to NEWBYS!".....right....then next clue (even though he missed it) was Charlie Robison playing on the itouch the whole way there! So i played our song El Cerito place that he sings and said "how would you like to hear our song live?" HE WAS SHOCKED! Loved the priceless excitement on his face :) I said Happy Early Birthday! So we went to see Charlie, but after 3 hours he was sooooo late, we had to head home :( We got to see a cool opening act and share cold beer and play darts, but never got to hear Charlie......BOOO But we had a blast being together and We will CATCH him next time hopefully! We are headed to Starkvegas tomorrow to root on the Bulldogs and take the boys to their 1st game live! Cowbell here we come!

delta girl distressing

2009-09-25T06:48:00.000-07:00

i have started a new blog for the frames and furniture I have been distressing and here it is, please follow it too :) http://deltagirldistressing.blogspot.com/

just chillin...

2009-09-14T13:47:00.000-07:00

Canoeing at the house in Heber with Lewis and Airey

Airey's 1st day back to St Louis MDO

Just Chillin this weekend, watching Cars

Paige and her Bay!

campbell chatting it up

airey and baby cole

me and rog right after I kicked his butt in Spades!, Nice cigar honey :(

Terry and Whit

It was so nice this past weekend to stay home just chill out! We have been traveling the last three weeks and it was relaxing to watch football, grill out and have a nice glass of wine (and hubby ....a cold beer, ha). Airey and Campbell have started MDO back and have LOVED it! Airey is singing his ABC's and 1,2,3's and is just so smart! His memory is amazing, he NEVER forgets anything! Campbell is pulling up on it all and has said his first word "YES" hilarious! He looks at you and says YES...haha. They learn so much from the other kiddos and its nice for Mommy to have a break too. I got to lunch with Emily and Hayes and catch up on all things girl and decorating related (thanks em).

For Labor day we had so much going to Heber and spending time with the whole fam....we had Katie,Ed and their gang, our cousins from Dallas Mike and Mary Bevel, Paige and new fiance Brad, Terry ,Whitney, Uncle Tip and Kevin, and of course Pops and Kitty :). The boys played in the blow up bouncer non stop, well except to drive the gators and go canoeing. The weather ended up being so nice and we grilled out every night and watched OPENING weekend of College Football, HOORAY! Roger got a chance to do some fly fishing on Sunday and caught about 20 between him and Kev, what anglers they are, So PROUD! its always great to spend time with family especially since these boys and cousins are changing so fast and growing up tooooo quick, we all just try and savor every moment. PS: Dont even THINK about mentioning the Bulldogs loss to Roger....he is still in mourning :(....but YAY COWBOYS WIN!!!!!

Beach Babies...

2009-08-31T08:02:00.000-07:00

the beach babies!

at sharkeys, airey could not be bothered with a family pic while on the pirate ship, haha

sweet campbell

Roger dug this huge hole to play in for the boys!

gelato in seaside

airey looking for more seashells

Bud & Alleys, where our wedding reception was....awwww

Daddy and Campbell

playing together, so sweet :)

Well what a time we had at the beach....It was a long overdue vacay for all of us, and our 1st family vacation, or as I was expecting a RE-Location, but to my pleasant surprise, it was really a VACATION! We had so much fun with our little boys and boy did they just eat up all that Daddy and Mommy time and making us laugh for hours on end! Campbell and Airey LOVED the beach. They didn't mind the sand in their hair and eyes and hands (BTW, they ate about a pound each I would guess, hehe..)Campbell crawled strait for the waves every time an Airey looked for seashells and jumped the waves. We cooked in a lot with all new seafood recipes I had and made huge breakfast too. Roger and I enjoyed reading the paper and sipping coffee while the boys would explore the condo and balcony every morning. By afternoon they would be pooped from the beach and sleep about 3 hrs, so Rog and I enjoyed Bloody Mary's and yummy dips and just having fun talking and relaxing with each other, we even got a chance to read a book. Campbell learned to pull up while we were there and has started pointing at everything, both hands even, haha....Roger said he looks like Romo calling out the linebackers on the line LOL. We had an cool wade pool and playground on site and that was fun for a change from the beach and for late afternoons. The condo had fun activities for the kids like bandana painting and caramel apple dipping and always passed out popsicles, Airey's Fav! There was so much for the boys to enjoy as well as us! We took them to Seaside one day to Bud and Alley's where our wedding reception was, and to take their picture right where we stood taking our 1st wedding photos was surreal, wow. We have come a long way in such a short time! They enjoyed ice cream and the walks on the beach and especially one lunch at Sharkeys that had a pirate ship playground! It was so wonderful to spend 8 days together as a family and we feel so lucky and blessed to have such good boys and a unbelievable loving marriage. I couldnt do everyday without the help of my husband and all the love he gives to me and his sons. We are so thankful for that time together and all the memories we made :)

Family Pics!

2009-08-29T13:26:00.000-07:00

Will Jacks of Cleveland,MS took our family pics and Campbell's 1 year photos a couple weeks back at my friends home in Drew,MS.....Beth has such a beautiful home and land so we are so grateful for the beautiful backdrop for the photos. Attached is the link, he still isnt done editing but here is a slide show! Enjoy :)! http://blog.willhjacks.com/pics/cole0908/showit

Campbell's 1st Birthday!

2009-08-17T14:19:00.000-07:00

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY CAMPBELL! At 3:11 one year ago I fell madly in love with with my new son. We were surprised you were a boy b/c my pregnancy was so different from Airey , but you are SO different from Airey! You have brought our family such joy and excitement and we love you! You are such a sweet heart and a little drama baby after my own heart! You have brought us such great memories this past year and you are our little chunky monkey! Even though you are just in the 10th percentile for weight and 50% for height at your check up today your little thighs are just so chunky I can just eat them....haha. You are pulling up on your knees now and I know will be chasing brother soon :) You have your little quirks of being so picky with what you eat and when you eat and love to shake your head back and forth NO NO if you do not want something. You love to clap and can wave when you feel like it and just smile all the time with that big gap between your teeth (7 of them!) You love drinking at eating what WE have or what brother has, but never your own. We took you to the zoo for your actual birthday and you loved the farm animals best and hearing all the cows moooo and sheep baaaaa....You had your 1 year pics yesterday and just did great! When the spotlight is on you, you eat it up (where do you get that?????...hmmmm). We had your big birthday party on Saturday and you had a ball (literally) in the bouncer and love your cake and playing with friends and family. It was a monkey mania and it just made you and mom and dad SMILE :)

Golf,Carter, an Fun

2009-08-10T07:59:00.000-07:00

Mr James Carter Lynch

Mom and Dad having adult beverages after the babies are asleep

Lewis, Gray and Airey Bouncing it up!

The Love Birds!

Roger and His Dad played in the Annual Father Son Golf Tournament this past weekend and the boys had a blast! They didnt bring home the trophy but had a great time with all their comrades. A future family member Brad McCormick (Paige's fiance) and his Dad brought home the Gold, So congrats to team Rocky Top as I understand it (orange pants.....??? Really????, ugh!). We had fun getting takeout with the family at Pops on Friday night and the boys and I hit up the playground at Chick a "Lay" as Airey calls it on Saturday and enjoyed the festivities at Pops Saturday night with all the Father Son participants. There were kids everywhere....its funny in how in less then 3 years the 4 of us couples have doubled our population with 8 kids, WOW...Sunday Roger and I and the Pattersons hosted a Sip n See for Baby Carter Lynch. The kids again had a great time together. Airey and Ella Catherine have really bonded and were connected at the hip (literally at one point....yikes, sorry about that Matt....!) What a fun weekend and so glad to meet baby Carter and see our out of town friends and fam. Looking forward to a nice quiet week, but on Friday my baby boy Campbell will be turning 1!

Well, well....

2009-08-05T12:04:00.000-07:00

Well, well.....it has been a BUSY two weeks to say the least. Week before last I taught VBS at St. Louis Church and I was in charge of Crafts for 6-10 yr olds....fun because it gave me a glimpse of my two boys at those ages.....and to be frank.....IM SCARED! Wow, how fast can a 6 year old insult you and have both hands covered in paint an moss stuck in his hair.....2.5 seconds! I had a blast with the girls, they loved crafts and painting, they boys.....well they would rather play tag, but cute all the same. Funniest boy in the class was named Bear, I noticed everyday he had on a different Alabama T shirt so on Friday when he wore a Tide jersey.....I had to ask, so "you like Alabama"....well he said "my name is Bear isnt it!", hilarious...."I was named after the GREAT Bear Bryant" LOL. Kids.....gotta love it! I also was busy that week getting ready for Baby Georgia, Bonnie, an Jason's shower which was a ton of fun , tears (happy ones), and great goodies for baby! Georgia is now home at over 4 lbs and just thriving! Mom and Dad are sleep deprived but are doing an amazing job. We are so proud of them! That weekend the sickness came....ughhhh....the boys were in the VBS nursery one week and we all got sick....ear infections, soar throats, cough and congestion for all. We all got better one at a time and were able to pick back up on Monday.

This past week was super busy too we had a week long slumber party at Kitty's! The boys loved hanging out with their Grandmother eating McDonalds whenever they wanted and a gallon of M&M's for all day snacking :), So on Friday morning we packed our bags and headed to the annual 6 man golf tourney in Cleveland MS where my BFF Marybeth and her hubby Brad live with their two boys Riley and Park. We were suppose to have our big family pics done at a barn and out in the cotton fields and wildflowers of the Delta, but as 6 days of rain preluded that, we had to reschedule :(, so in two weeks back to the Delta Dirt again. The guys Dave,Terry, Kevin, Brad,Rog, and Matt Lynch did their best in the match, after day one they were tied for 1st in their flight and won an Eagle contest for almost $200 each in merchandise, whoooo! Great shot Terry! Day two, they got sandbagged by a scratch golf team that well don't get me started.....anyway they played great and had lots of fun! We had a babysitter Friday so we all headed to Crawdads for yummy steak and Saturday night my mom Mimi kept the boys so we could sleep in and have fun at the party at the CCC. Marybeth and I had so much fun having girl time and catching up....Gotta love Good Friends and Good Times! Until next week.....

cook outs.....

2009-07-20T12:29:00.000-07:00

Friday started the weekend off great with a big play date at the house with all the babies....Hayes and Cole made their play date debut and baby Georgia was there in our heart =). Mainly we just had girl talk while the babies slept and Lewis and Airey played. That night we headed to a cookout (#1) for the Mayors...aka "sweet t"...aka....Terry Roundface Cole's birthday. Roger and I had good laughs with the old crew and enjoyed celebrating with Uncle Terry's cheese fries cake.....yes cheese fries, and if you know Terry this is no surprise....hehe. Saturday night was another (#2) cookout hosted by our great friends Bonnie and Jason Shelby and let me tell you we had the most amazing dinner, honestly Emeril style! Thanks guys! Loved hanging out with great friends on a great night. Airey loved playing with Mr. Juice and Miss BonBon and we cant wait until Georgia is there with us! Campbell has 8 teeth now and crawling all over, he waves Bye Bye and claps too. He is such a big boy...he is drinking whole milk now and only one bottle a day, so we are almost out of the bottles and baby food and i cant wait.....AHHHHH sweet relief...... Airey and Campbell entertain each other now and its so nice to have a break, dont get me wrong I love my boys, but a gal needs a rest you know???? We had a low key Sunday with VBS setup and hanging with the neighborhood and (#3) cookout with hot dogs and mac and cheese (Rogers fav!), until next week.....enjoy this beautiful weather :)

Chatty!

2009-07-14T12:55:00.000-07:00

In the TN replica of the river playing with my boys!

This is the cousin shot.....this REALLY is the best we could do. haha

Airey and Jack getting into everything

Roger enjoying a Moon Pie on the way....Chatty is the Home of the Moon Pie BTW

Me and my snuggle bear....he wants to snuggle every night from 7-7;30 b/f bedtime and I LOVE it....its my favorite time of day :)

Well the Cole Patrol headed to Chattanooga this weekend to spend Jack's 3rd birthday with him and see Seth's new restaurant Champy's Famous Fried Chicken....home of Blues, Brews and Bird! It was so amazing and I am so impressed with what Seth and Crissy have accomplished. It was the coolest place from the homemade hot tamales to the pork skins hanging from old car tags and the tin bar and claw footed tub to hold the 40 oz beers! Love everything about it! I wish he would open it here! Congrats guys- you have opened a gem!

Jack's 3rd birthday was Saturday so we started out the day feeling a little slow from the fun night before (i.e. steaks and wine and too much beer!) . We headed to Champy's for lunch for fried green pickled tomatoes and yummy tamales. After that we went to the Aquarium and it was so fun. It had a 3 story high shark tank, a butterfly exhibit, a replica of the TN river, and every kind of fish from all over the world! The boys were mesmerized. If you have a chance, GO GO GO! It will take all day its sooooo big. They even had a tank of mini sea-horses that were less than a 1/4 long, TINY. Seth grilled out for us that night some burgers that gave Dyers/Huey's a run for their money. Jack had a fun truck cake and the boys just played with all his new toys including a ride on Gator! Seth took them on his dirt bike in the back yard and Airey has decided to be a X-game rider....haha. Campbell loved crawling around at high speed to try and keep up and laughed at all the big boys. He will be 1 next month and I cant even believe it.....i will have two toddlers and no babies :( sad in a way but so glad we are out of the woods....they really entertain each other now that Campbell is mobile and that presents a whole new chapter of crazy, but it is all fun and we enjoy them so much. Campbell has his own personality of dare devil! We can already tell we will make multiple ER trips with him and have broken bones and stitches im sure..its funny how different they are and no one can prepare you for that....its wild.... Airey my snuggler cautious little tenderheart and Campbell my wild man dare devil are the loves of my life and Roger and I look forward to watching them grow and become little boys so soon! Much love and until next time...

the 4th of july

2009-07-08T06:38:00.000-07:00

We got a chance to go by and see Papa Pete, the boys Great Grandfather! He loved the hugs from Airey and all his talk about the Bulldogs!

Mommy and Airey with his first Sparkler! Thanks Conner and Stephanie!

His weed-eater googles served as welder/sparkler protection, LOL

Terry and Roger posing with the boat that won the SPIRIT award at the parade

We got in a little putt putt this week too! Airey is really getting the hang of this golf thing

Sweet baby Hayes

Happy fourth to you all! We had an amazing and exciting week and weekend! airey welcomed a new god-sister this week! Olivia Hayes Patterson was born July 2nd and weighed 6 lb 5 oz and was 20 in. Congrats Adam, Em,and Big Brother Gray! I also got to see Miss Georgia, Bonnie and Jason baby girl that was born June 29th who has been in the NICU b/c she was born at 29 weeks, but is 31 weeks now and doing GREAT :) She is just perfect! I has been such a blessed couple of weeks with these 3 new additions. Hayes, Georgia and our new nephew Cole are just little miracles and we cant wait to watch them grow and grow and one day all be playing together.

As for the big holiday....My mom "Mimi" took the boys for two nights so Roger and I could go to Terry's at Lake Caroline in Madison a few days early to go boating and have a little husband wife time. It was so much fun heading out on the lake with all our friends and hanging, grilling, dining and drinking (a little much of the Mayor's famous "1776er....erggh....hung-over" drink of the weekend) We picked up the boys Saturday and Airey had gotten into a fire ant bed and something else at Mimi's....so his foot looked super scary so we headed to the only open dr. on the 4th holiday and spent all day there trying to get seen....4 HOURS with two babies in a waiting room....yikes! Thank God Uncle Tip and Aunt Judy came up there to help us! The Dr. did a culture and believes airey got staff infection and gave him a shot an antibiotics. This of course was just par for the course after I got bit by a brown recluse and was in the Dr. 1st thing Monday and got 3 shots and on antibiotics too, what are the freakin ODDS...haha...Of course he didn't skip a beat! He got chocolate milk and a new weed-eater for being such a good boy at the doctor. When we got back Uncle Terry, Whitney, Dave and Julie took him to the Mermaid and out on the lake for a while and we took him to see his 1st fireworks. He lovvvvvved them! So it ended up being a great time with family and friends. Hope all our troops and men and women who fight and have fought for our freedom were in all our hearts that day and everyday and we thank you!

MEET TAYLOR COLE THOMAS!

2009-06-30T08:51:00.000-07:00

Our latest news!!!! Taylor "Cole" Thomas was born yesterday to Katie and Ed and Big Brother Lewis! Our new nephew weighed 7lb 6 oz and was 19.5 in long and was born at 9:55 am on June 29th! We are such proud Aunt/Uncle and SO PROUD of their new cousin are Airey and Campbell! He will make the 6th grandson with our two families combined so we almost have a football team! He looks like Ed so far...but we will see! Congrats Katie,Ed and Lewis! We love you!

Happy Fathers Day!

2009-06-23T11:01:00.000-07:00

Roger fishing in front of our dock

Airey and his Gator =)

Cool shot at 7am! A Little "boggy" as Airey says, lol

Roger and Matt w/ his first catch of the day

We headed out Friday after Airey's final swim graduation to the new house in Heber Springs to celebrate Fathers Day with Roger's Mom and Dad and the boys. It was a HOTTT one but we still had time to take the boys to the playground, Airey to ride the Gator and Roger and his Dad got in some father/son fishing time. Matt Millner, a trout fly fishing guide, took the boys out early Sunday and man oh man did they catch fish! 70 to be exact. Pops even caught two at one time! Wow, they had the magic touch =o). We enjoyed eating out and cooking out and basically a lot of eating and I cooked the Fathers a big breakfast to celebrate and surprised Roger with a plate with the boys foot prints on it that said "following in daddy's footsteps" it was toooo cute! Roger and I snuck in a movie and mexican this past Wednesday and I must say if you haven't seen the "Hangover" you MUST! Kinda frat boy vulgar in parts, but what did you expect??? its called the Hangover .....haha, Defiantly good for a laugh!

As for the boys, Campbell is finally army crawling at least considering he is 10 months now :) He has 7 teeth and is just sweet as pie. He loves his Mommy and loves to follow every thing brother does. He is starting to eat real food. He gobbled up 2 nuggets and 4 fries at Chick Fil A yesterday while Airey played at the playground and came back to discover his food was gone....Campbell didn't care, he liked it! I took the boys to their 1st movie today and Airey LOVED it, Campbell got hungry but im impressed how well they did. The movie was cute too, Tales of Desperado, a story of a mouse :) Airey is into everything, we think he has hit the terrible 2's. He is just rough and tough all the time and a ball of energy. He hears everything I say and pays attention to it all. No slip up's around here, lol! He tells me "im mad" "leave me alone". I am constantly telling him stop, no, don't, quiet, or something. This Mommy thing is a real full time job NOW! No going back, haha.....i love it, and am enjoying the boy he is becoming! I cant wait for what tomorrow brings!

A packed weekend!

2009-06-15T13:26:00.000-07:00

The Three Musketeers! Airey, Gray and Lewis on piano!

Sweetest Pic I have ever taken.......awwwww

The Gals enjoying the Golf!

A rare family shot!

Mr. Keith Urban.....GREAT!

Enjoying the concert

Airey SWIMMING with his face under water! WOW! So proud!

All Airey's swim class lined up and ready to show off what they have learned this week (parents are not allowed except on Friday Graduation Days)

Were do i start this week....its been crazy fun and busy! Airey started swimming lessons this past week with the ever famous Swim Nazi, Miss Donna....but dont let the name fool ya.....she is AMAZING! She had a mid-way graduation on Friday morning so the kids could show off what they had learned so far. Airey has learned to swim with this face underwater and jump off the side of the pool. He is still scared to jump off but Miss Donna and our assurance helped him. He has started kicking better this week and has requested goggles b/c he likes to open his eyes underwater and look at all the cool toys Miss Donna has on the bottom! We are so proud and we know by his big graduation this friday he will take on the diving board jump, yikes!

Wednesday we kicked off the big St. Jude Classic golf tourney at Pops house with Graham (Loren Roberts Caddy) cooking us yummy lamb chops and a fabulous dinner. We came out all weekend and watched golf and got to hang out with great friends and consume way to many margaritas and cold beers. We actually got on SportsCenter a couple times too! One, we saw Camillio Vegegeas (sp?) hit one from the fairway at Big Rogers into the HOLE!!!! It was over 200 yard shot and it made the #2 play of the day on SportsCenter (the best shot i have ever seen in real life!) and we went to watch Phil Mickelson on #12 and made it on TV again! The celebrity is really starting to go to our heads....i just knew people were going to start asking for our autographs....haha. We had a LARGE time with the boys and our friends all in one place and had most of our cousins and family there too! It was exhausting but a lot of fun and now its time to re-coop!

Friday night Roger and I went to the Keith Urban/ Sugarland Concert at the Forum and whooooo hoooo......it was unbelievable! They put on a show and we were soaking wet with sweat from dancing and thats when you know you have had a good time....we had planned on a romantic date beforehand, but mother nature vetoed that with tornadoes hitting everywhere, WOW.....so we settled in for a little take out McAlisters....(the club is so underated!) We enjoyed getting our "Country On" and loved the time together!

Hope you all have a great week and Happy Early Fathers Day to all!

Love, The Coles

Date NIght and Birthday Fun!

2009-06-09T11:51:00.000-07:00

The BIRTHDAY boy! Happy 2nd bday Lewis!

campbell enjoying swing time

airey of course in the jumper pit

My sweet sweet campbell.....trying to stand up!

Well Roger got an early Fathers Day gift (that was suppose to be a surprise...long story...a lot of pouting on Rog's part so it was spoiled!) of tickets to Cross Canadian Ragweed. This Texas band that he LOVES! So we had an amazing dinner at Itta Bena before and let me just say that place is AMAZING....you have to try it! Its above BB Kings on the corner of Beale....oh how fabulous everything was..even have Le Crema Pinot Noir by the glass....yummy. We headed to the concert and had fun dancing and being a newlywed couple all over again! Its so fun to date your spouse, almost more fun than in the beginning because the love has grown so much deeper and you appreciate so much more the little moments you get to spend with just each other...I love you Roger!

Saturday was Lewis' 2nd birthday party. It was all Thomas the Train. My nephew had a ball! Lots of friends and family to share the big day with and the last birthday with just him...since his new little brother Cole will be here this month! Happy Birthday LEWIS! All the kids had a blast and we got to cook steaks out with the whole family including Ed's sister, hubby and their kiddos Mary Robinson and Thomas....Airey is IN LOVE with Mary Robinson and hasn't quit talking about her since. Sunday the boys Roger, Ed and Pops geared everything up for this weeks St. Jude Golf Tourney. Please let us know if you want to come out! We would love to have you...the more the Merrier and its Phil Mickelson's return since wife Amy was diagnosed with breast cancer, so we can be there to cheer him on! There is a great field of players this year with some big time names. I cant wait for all the fun and golf! We have it all set up on #17. We have plenty of passes and parking .....and FOOD! Until next time! -Fore!

Redbirds and Sprinkler Fun!

2009-06-02T17:02:00.000-07:00

Airey at the Collierville Sprinkler Park!

Campbell and Mommy soaking up the Rays!

Airey on the Big kid ride!

Airey with Hat and baseball in hand!

Airey got to meet Rocky Redbird and even prays for him at night, haha!

the Cole Patrol

Hello! The Coles have had a busy week. I have been trying to keep the boys busy so we hit the sprinkler park three times this week and it has been a blast! I got to meet up with a great friend from high school and her two kiddos, and then Rog took us on Sunday. Friday Night we went to the Polos and Pearls MS Charity fundraiser and it was great to hear the testimonials and help out a great cause by bidding on the Silent auction. We won a Larry Bird autographed basketball, Roger was flipping out over it! We also got a couple of great gift certificates for fun date nights too. After the MS party we met up with friends and cousins at Mi Pueblo for a margarita- Fun night! Saturday was the big anticipated Redbirds game. Airey and Campbell's 1st live baseball game. Airey was mesmerized by it all! Uncle Terry got him a ball and we got him the cap and he would let go of them to save his life. He got to ride this totally cool ride that was meant for 6 years and up , but our brave one didnt back down! He obviously isnt going to have his mothers fear of heights..hehe. Campbell loved all the action too and hanging out with Stephanie, Miss Whitney and of course Aunt Paige :) We had so much fun taking the boys to do that- It was incredible to see the look on their faces at how much they truly were in heaven (its what parenting and having kids is all about)! Sunday we hit the sprinkler park with Dada for more outdoor fun and Last night we cooked out with the in-laws and Aunt Katie, Uncle Ed, and Lewis to catch up with the family. We are such a blessed and lucky family and I am reminded of that in the little things every day!

As for the boys- Campbell has decided that crawling is for the birds and he literally rolls everywhere he wants to go. I mean he will roll from room to room. Its hysterical! Its like the peditrician says there is "only 1 Campbell Cole" you can throw out everything the 1st baby taught you and start over! They are so completely different! Campbell is a Mommy's boy, which I LOVE! Airey was always a Daddy's boy. He is babbling seriously----Airey covers his ears its so loud...babababababadadadada--gagagagag in a high pitch squealing voice....i have to say its cute but loud. He wont be in Church anytime soon, haha! He got three more teeth this week so that made for a foul last couple of days, but he is all good now. He is eating so much more baby food down to 3 bottles now and loves Goldfish, Crunchies, even chocolate chip cookies (thanks Aunt Edna). Airey is talking so much....complete sentences with even the right tense and person used...like "I am" doing etc...."Me too" ....Starting to ask "Why" a lot....not annoying yet, but he is just inquisitive???? It's wild to have a conversation with him b/c he completely gets everything I am saying! We are so blessed to have these two healthy boys and I couldnt be any prouder of them... or my life.....Until next time.....

Showers and Showers!

2009-05-27T07:12:00.000-07:00

The boys at my Mothers Day Luncheon

3 generations! Look at those beautiful Grandmothers!

the cole patrol~

sweet outfit.....love this face!

Campbell and his hat and toast.....lol

Hey there! Sorry for the delay in post, so we have a big Re-cap today so hold on tight! Well as for Pete he is in a swing bed place now and doing much better! His heart is recovering so well and he has really had a string of good days lately. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers! They WORKED! We are so glad Papa Pete is doing great! Last weekend I helped host a baby shower for my dear friend Emily and her little girl arriving in July: Olivia Hayes Patterson. We can not wait to have a little girl around here! Airey needs a girlfriend, or Campbell if she likes younger guys, haha. No really the shower was so much fun and I got giddy seeing all the monogramed bloomers and smocked dresses....I love it all! I have had a fun time with the boys home this summer so far: We have done it all! I took the boys to putt putt and riding bumper boats witch was too funny....seeing me with a son on my lap and holding the other on my hip, all while steering a boat was a memory that will last a lifetime! I have gotten to take the boys to the zoo twice and to the playground a few times a week too. It will be so fun having them home with me all summer and I'm sure we will meet up with our neighborhood stay at home Mom crew for fun cove action and play dates! Roger and I had such a fun date night this past Friday when we attended Zoo Brew. Basically Roger was a kid in a candy store, i mean 100 beers from around the world.....he almost lost it....he was running from booth to booth and trying them all! We met up with Bonnie and Jason and had fun talking and catching up: Me and Bon gossiping-Juice and Rog: Golf talk, LOL! On Saturday we took our 1st family Vacay to Heber (Hince the 2nd SHOWERS in the title, b/c it poured all weekend!) with just us and the boys. It was so relaxing and even though it rained Airey and the boys still rode the Gator and Golf cart in the rain and I got to sip wine on the patio and read a good US Weekly! We are looking forward to this weekend as well. We have on Tap the 2009 MS Polos and Pearls Party at La Pavillion (if you are interested please let me know $75 each tix! Love to have you!) Then we are going to take the boys to their 1st Redbirds game Saturday night for Dogs and Cold Beer (the Beer for us, the Dogs for the boys of course!) Hope to blog soon!!! Cheers! The Coles

Campbell is 9 months!

2009-05-19T12:42:00.000-07:00

Wow! I cant believe my baby will be 1 in 3 months! That just cant be :(. We had his 9 mth check up yesterday and he is 75% for height so Dr. Bill says he will be 6 ft tall! I love that! Only 25% for weight so looks like tall and skinny! haha! He is doing great rocking back and forth trying to crawl, so any day now we hope! Thought I would attach this cute pic of my "c-bell" Notice the outfit matches the car...not intended but too cute!

Mothers Day!

2009-05-12T13:19:00.000-07:00

Happy Mothers Day to all! I invited the whole crew including both sides of our fam to Mothers Day lunch at our home after church and on our way back we got some sad news...Rog's grandad Pete had fallen ill and been admitted to the hospital...He had a heart-attack but thank the good good Lord he survived....He is still critical so please pray for Pete, the Coles and all his loved ones. We had a wonderful time with everyone here together, but our hearts were heavy for Pete. We will keep you posted and thank you for the prayers!

Pete at his 90th birhday bash with his whole family....Wow at the children and legacy he and Josie have created.....Campbell was still in my belly and Cole will complete the bunch June 30th with his arrival!

Off to Heber!

2009-05-04T08:48:00.000-07:00

The week has been a goodie but a long one.....I helped my friend Bonnie paint her little ones new nursery this week (PINK, and I LOVE IT!) and she took the two of us out to Houston's to celebrate and we had much fun catching up on all things girls adore. Thursday night I went to a really cool workshop at Antiques and Abby's Too about decorating and I soaked up every word! They had a designer that had won a few challenges from HGTV and he was fabulous! My...my.... we had a great weekend...Katie and Ed are due in early July so this was one of the last weekends they could go to Arkansas and enjoy the new river house so we all headed to the Little Red Friday afternoon. Lewis and Airey had such a great time with each other and running Pops around like crazy entertaining them! Pops got the boys their very own Gator and boy oh boy did Airey love it! The rain didn't stop him from off roading into puddles and having a grand ol' time, THANKS POPS! Airey cracked us up with his sentences and his growing vocabulary including "nebulizer" which is what Campbell was on all weekend, his Asthma was flared up (poor baby!) and we took Airey in this morning and his Asthma is acting up too and wouldn't you know mine as well, ahhhhhh! We are all three on Singular and our inhalers! ( Why did they have to get this from me, boo hooo!) We grilled out Friday night and listened to the thunder all night, but something about rain on a tin roof is soooo soothing. Saturday we were in for thunderstorms again, but had a blast cooking chili and playing Apples to Apples which is the craziest game ever and Katie laughed so hard we thought she was going into LABOR! Great game Katie! Kitty kicked our booties in the last game. We did get a trip into the local toy store there in Heber and the boys got to pick out a rainy day toy, so they loved looking at all the goodies. What a wonderful weekend spent with the whole Cole gang!

Country Music Marathon!

2009-04-27T11:16:00.000-07:00

Well I hate to brag (I really dont...hehe) but I am so proud of Roger for running the Music City Marathon in Nashville in 82 degree heat in 4:08! Unbelievable! I am swelling with pride! His 4 months of training paid off and we couldn't be more thrilled for him. We headed out Friday Morning to Nashville and to stay and hang out with the Lynch klan and boy did we have fun! Ella Catherine (Matt and Amy's 2 yr old) played and played. They bathed together, they danced in their matching Elmo p.j.'s after bath time, they chased each other all around the house, they lounged in their lawn chairs and chalked up the driveway and even shared food and drink and TOYS! They were like mini soul mates, haha! Campbell enjoyed watching the two of them and loved the wagon rides they all got to take together! That was so fun to see for all of us considering EC is going to be a Big Sis in just 3 weeks. We cant thank the Lynchs enough for the food and fun and hospitality! They took complete care of us while in town! We couldn't have done it w/out them! After the marathon Matt and Amy had lined us up a sitter for an adults celebration night, which was a blast! Lime is this really cool new place in the West End of Nashville and we got reservations on the patio and fresh Mojitos (sp?), yummy! It was such a great weekend and it was great to hang out with friends and Airey even got to have his 1st slumber party...Wow what a weekend!

the trio waiting on Roger at mile 26!

Roger with Medal in hand on the Cumberland River (sorry i forgot to rotate it!)

wow what a finish! he is still standing! he had to seeek the Medical team right after, he thought he was going to pass out and starting seeing white...scary...but they gave him salt packets, ice and hydration and he bounced right back! What a trooper in 80 degree weather!

Ready for dinner date w/ the Lynchs'

Matt, Amy, Beth, Me and Rog headed to Lime

Airey giving his water bottle to EC ....awww * notice he is wearing Rog's medal proudly!

At the finish....i cried....I am so proud!

EC and Airey , Bath time!!!!

Campbell enjoying the wagon!

Distressing and a Wedding....

2009-04-19T13:45:00.000-07:00

foot board....i have had this bed 11 years, it was a dark cherry finish....wha-la!

now a navajo white....i love it with new new accent fabric for pillows and bed skirt!

hello! ok, i have a new obsession and i think i really might start doing this on on the side. It all started when we needed a t.v. stand for our bedroom and i couldn't find what i wanted...imagine that, or the price tag was WAY out of my $ range. So we needed something temporary from around the house, so we decided to bring our desk downstairs, Ah-ha! thats it! It fit perfect. I decided I would paint and distress the desk...So i did and then got on a roll. I got Roger to take apart the bed Friday at lunch and had painted the desk, queen bed and distressed them all by 6pm...I hate to brag but they honestly look like they are just really old, but fabulous! I have found A NEW talent and calling! Roger got crafty and took the drawer off the front of the desk drilled out a hole and put brackets to suspend the Directv box so it fits in perfectly....so we have a whole New look to our bedroom for about $21.95! WOW!

saturday night was sophie kauerz wedding and that was a blast! pretty rainy but they say that is good luck :). She looked beautiful and I just love going to weddings to remind me of when Roger and I took our vows and to see two people be so madly in love like we were and still are on their wedding day always makes me smile (and cry....I do at every wedding during the vows..i cant help it!) We even got to cut a rug and catch up with old friends! until next time....the coles

Happy Easter!

2009-04-13T10:52:00.000-07:00

Mommy and my sweet sweet baby Campbell 8 months tomorrow!!!!

the whole gang...Campbell I think was about to loose a leg his socks were so tight...

playing with his butterfly, the only shot i got in his outfit...bad weather!!!

ohhhh new sand box toys.....

sharing with brother...awww

Hope you all had a Happy Easter and the Bunny was good to ya! Airey and Campbell got lots of Goodies and Candies as Airey says! We had a great relaxing weekend. We will be out of town a lot coming up and going and going so It was nice to play it low key. We took Airey for his first Putt Putt golf experience and that was a thrill....he actually did pretty well.....wonder why? His Dad and Granddad wouldn't be avid golfers or anything? He shot a two with his own club and ball on hole#12 and gave it a good ole try on the rest. He would putt about 4 times, then after that he lost patience and would just pick the ball up and throw it in the hole....so on #18 when the hole just takes your ball, he had his whole arm down the hole yelling.."my balllllllll, it took my ball!!!!" From there we went to the Zoo and that is always a good Saturday staple for fun and entertainment. Dad topped it off with a trip by Central BBQ for some wings and we cooked out yummy steaks that night & polished off a bottle of wine....a VERY nice little Saturday.

Sunday was a nice Mass and off the Martha's for lunch and it was DIVINE! Great seeing all the fam/cousins and having time to catch up on everyones lives. We were glued to the Masters for the showdown between Phil and Tiger....WOW, that was goooood. Then rooting Kenny Perry on with all our might.....somehow he lost.....DANG it! He had me at Hello, what a sweet family man, so sad he couldnt wear that green jacket out of there....oh well, great try for someone about to be 50! Sunday is Pizza night and off to bed early.....but on side note Airey gave us a big laugh when he was eating his pizza and I said to him "eat that piece and then you can get down...." he looked at us and said "no prob-lemo" heeeeeeheeee No problem in spanish....that boy is good...he cracks us up! He is already bilingual..He gave the band at Chipultapec Friday night a tip and when the guitar player said thanks....he said " de nada" LOVE IT! Hope you all have a beautiful week.

Uh-oh! Look Who Loves Lammy...

2009-04-08T06:37:00.000-07:00

A LAMMY BREACH.......Uh oh look who's sucking their thumb with Lammy.....

For those of you who know Airey that means you know Lammy. It has been a rough week for Airey's Lammy, not only did our new dog Annie take right to it, swinging it in her mouth and nibbling on it, which almost sent Airey over the edge (not sure what the "edge" is for a two year old, but Im pretty sure he almost went over!), but his baby brother has developed a really FOND liking of old Lammy and Airey doesnt like it one bit....its like a major security breach and when I say security breach i mean it! Lammy is his security blanket that he loves more than anything! We slept with Lammy in our bed until Airey was born beacause someone told us they love your smell and will sleep better in their cribs if they have something that smells like you, so we did and it worked! He loved Lammy from the start and has been his BFF ever since....so watch out Annie and Campbell, the WAR is on! "THATS MINE, MINE MINE" "MINE LAMMY"....as quoted by Airey,haha!

Excuse the extra post!

2009-04-07T11:24:00.000-07:00

Ok, you can read or not read the next part, but i have decided that this blog is somewhat of a baby book for both my boys...i kept Airey's baby book for about 17 mths and Campbell's is so hard to remember to do! Second child syndrome and I HATE THAT!, I said I would never do that to the 2nd one and never understood those Moms who did,, haha....the joke is on me, your just to crazy busy to remember to write in it all the time. So basically I have decided to print this out one day and put it in a bound book for my boys so that they can ahve this as a diary of our lives and family, so I am going to be putting in milestones and antics from each boy to have as a reminder and much easier to do than a baby book! Airey is cuteet than ever now! I LOVE this age! He says 'ok" instead of having to say yes mam b/c its easier and not at rude as uh-huh, that cracks me up. He knows his colors and points out each car we pass as "red, blue, geeeeen", etc...He knows how to count to about 15, but always forgets 4 and 5, He can say his ABC song, but misses QRSTUV..but im still impressed. He loves for me to sing him Somewhere Over the Rainbow b/c thats what Miss mill "mrs. Camille" sings to him at MDO. He completes sentences! He has become more aware and scared of things lately. He loves playing outside and playing w/ his brother! He is obsessed with Lady Bugs,he thinks they do everything to him.."where did you get that cut on your arm?" answer: Lady bug....YOur ear hurts? Yes mama....lady bug...Your sad?....lady bug, they are his arch nemesis ! He wants me to draw them and spiders all the time! he says he is in a band called the Baby Spiders with Lewis and Uncle Ed! Good Choice of band mates!

Campbell is still hating tummy time, so im wondering if he will ever crawl or attemp it..he has brother to go get him everything he wants! He smiles all the time! He loves the camera and loves MDO! He can get enough Johnny Jump up. He really will not eat much baby food, still likes the bottle a lot! He rolls around to get where he wants to go and has a mohawk 24-7, I cant get that hair to stay down, ahhhh! He is such a happy camper! He gabs a lot now and loves to play with anything that isnt a toy, of course. He has two bottom teeth and is cutting more as w e speak!

Well that is a wrap up for now! Im sorry i bored you guys! Have a great week!

Easter Egg Hunt!

2009-04-07T11:05:00.000-07:00

Well we had the 1st annual Cole easter egg hunt hosted by my boys Airey and Campbell this past Sunday and needless to say they had a blast! All their friends and our friends too got to join in the festivities and a good time was had by all! Watching 2 and 3 year olds hunt eggs is about the cutest thing ever...except they would find one and want to eat it immediately before moving on to another egg....so we had some practice for this weekend! The kiddos played in the backyard while the adults kept a close eye, but I have to say, to have 10 kids all together and no crying to be heard....it was amazing! All the boys and girls we so well behaved and ran each other ragged! I have a feeling all the kids slept well for Mommy and Daddy after that hunt :)! Thanks to everyone for coming! We had so much fun! Thanks to all our friends for all the cookies, juice, and rice crispies treats too! Cant wait for next year, when will have 4 more babies to join in....my oh my this crowd is growing fast. On a side note there were so many prego ladies at the hunt a neighbor said "Do you have to be pregnant to participate....hehe!"

Meet Annie!

2009-04-03T07:34:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone....(drum roll please......!!!!!!!!!) introducing the Cole's newest family member Annie Boo Cole, the "Boo" after Kennett Boo of course, and we liked the ABC initials....but the main reason for Annie's name is we got her on our 3rd anniversary so she is our "Happy Annie-versary" present! Well her story goes....She was with a family since she was 8 weeks (she is about an year old now) that basically just had her tied to a tree on a 10 foot leash and she was totally neglected so a neighbor reported it and our vet's office got her two weeks ago. They normally never take dogs in but it was a client of theirs who rescued her so they wanted to help, and once you see her sweet face, who could turn her down! Those ears are toooo cute! The vet's thought about us b/c they know what we went through loosing Kenett and Nelly has been So lonely. She wouldn't play anymore or even roam the backyard, she just stayed right under my legs all day...she has been so sad :(. Well we took Nelly in for her year check-up and there she was Love at first sight! They said she would be perfect for us: non aggressive, loving and just playful and fun! We took the boys in to meet her and she gave Campbell kisses right away and Airey liked to pet her! She just came right to us like she was home....Roger and Nelly also went to meet Annie (who was named Katie at the time....that won't work-Roger's sister is Katie, haha!) How fitting that the vet is where Kennett went up to heaven and where she sent Annie to be with us :)! She is so funny, she loves nipping at Nelly's back legs and running underneath her, hehe! She is fitting right in and has slept all 3 nights we have had her, no accidents in that department, whoooo! She is fast as lightening LITERALLY, i cant even see her when she is running, its like something out of a movie! We need to enter her into the fastest dog in the cove competition and get her into those obstacle course dog shows, its ridiculous, seriously FAST!

We are so blessed to have her and wanted to introduce her to you all! Love, The Coles and new sister Annie

First Bath together!

2009-03-27T10:06:00.000-07:00

campbell working on his shapes!

trying to diaper, dress, and dry 2 is tricky business

mohawk!

campbell inthralled in the book

The boys had their first bath time together this morning! Airey read a bathtime book to him and Campbell loved splashing with brother! He also liked showing off his mohawk! I did save time to get two clean in one shot! It was nice! They had a great time and it cut bath time in half! It is just getting better and better with two, life is good!