Snaaaaakeeeeee!!!!

When we come home and it's dark outside, we always shine the light that is on my key chain to make sure no snakes are around us. Dustin is the one that actually started this, and I just went along with it. I thought it was unnecessary. The other night, Landon was shinning around before we walked up the steps and ran and told Dustin to shine the light in a certain area. Sure enough, there was a snake!!!! We couldn't tell if it was a coral snake, which is the deadliest snake in this area, or just a king snake because it was moving around too fast. I finally convinced Dustin to kill it first, then we will find out later. I mean, a king snake can still bite, right??
It ended up being just a king snake, but this taught Landon to stay away from any snake, good or bad. I'm just glad that Dustin started this and Landon was being very watchful that night. I feel certain that my boys will always protect me! :)

Red and yellow, kill a fellow. Red and black, friend to Jack. ;)



First Day of 4K

I know this is a little late, but here is some pictures of Landon's first day of school this year!

 Breakfast of Champs: Strawberry Oatmeal, milk, and orange juice! :)

 I love his new bookbag!!!

In his classroom! We both LOVE his teacher, Mrs. Mason! 

Nothing better.....

than a Sunday Nap in Mom and Dad's bed!

Recap!

The last few weeks have been CRAZY! I started school August 16th and just haven't had to time to blog! Here is a recap of the last few weeks!

FIRST TIME BOWLING FOR LANDON AND BRYCE

MY OLDER SISTER, MIRANDA, TURNS 30

DUSTIN TURNS 30!

Landon made him have some kind of candle on it, so we put the candle from Landon's 2nd birthday on his cake!

cheesecake I made just for Dustin

Had a cookout for Dustin's 30th birthday and the Carolina/Georgia game. Landon

and Boyd played with the water hose.

Had a new deck built! Love it!!! Hartsville Lumbar and Barns did a fantastic job!!!

His grill, his grill cover. Tried to get him to get the Clemson one. ;)

Fire pit. Many nights of smores!

Hopefully I can do a better job on keeping up with the blog now that I'm caught up! 

Never Forgotten

You ever have that "smell" that comes to you at the weirdest times and reminds you of something?? That happens to me all the time. I can be shopping, at home, eating or playing with Landon and all of a sudden, I smell it. I smell the NICU room that Trevor was in. I smell the soap that we had to scrub our hands with three times before we were allowed to walk back there. I smell that way he smelt. I can smell the medicine. I can smell the way Trevor smelt after me and Dustin gave him his first and last bath. It floods me with memories, good and bad and stops me dead in my tracks whenever I smell it. Its like I am shocked and I am smelling it for the first time since he passed, only 2 years ago Tuesday. September 13th is the worst day of my life. If I could, I would sleep through that entire day. But I know I cant. I think about Trevor EVERY day. But on this day, its so hard to think of the good times that we had with him. Like the first time he opened his eyes for us, or the first time he grabbed Dustin's finger and squeezed it. All I can think about is this is the day that he left us. The day that no parent ever wants to face. The day that our hopes and dreams of bringing him home were shattered. Me and Dustin were on the deck a couple night ago, drinking coffee and star gazing. I said, "Don't you just wish that there was a way that we could just peak up to Heaven and see Trevor. Even if just for 10 seconds. To know, and see with our own eyes, him up there. Smiling, playing, and most of all, healthy. I wonder what he looks like when he's not sick?" We both just sat there, knowing that was an impossible request. I'm sure we wouldn't be satisfied if God would let us see him. We would always want more. I can't wait to see him again. I think that when I finally get my hands on him, for the second time and for always, that I want be able to put him down!