Best Wife ever!!!

Ok I wanted to have some pics of this before I posted it but I can't wait any longer. Many of you know my wonderful wife Annie and how she surprised me and took me to the Troy LSU game for my birthday. Well she topped it at Christmas and I have to brag on her for two reasons 1) ladies take notes on the awesomeness and 2) men she married me (still shocking to this day!!!)
So I took a personal day on the last Friday before our schools Christmas break because we were headed to Miss. for a family function that night. I knew her mom was going to watch the kids that night so I thought maybe we had a night to our selves or maybe we were going to N.O for the Troy Bowl game. Well we get to Miss. and arrive in front of her parents house. She makes me stop she calls Katie Compton (Dr. Ben was unavailable) to tell me we are going to Birmingham until Monday kids free to hang out, relax, etc... I am pumped so we jump back in the car and start to drive. When we get to their house I am told we have another surprise! She tells me to cover my eyes and go inside. Katie and Ben jump out wearing winter clothes and I read a sign saying "We're going to Gatlinburg" (PNTYP for Ben and Katie) So I am dumbfounded and pumped because we haven't had a vacation just the two of us since our first valentines day 6 years ago. It was so much fun and we had the best time! So yeah my wife know how to give a Christmas present and I am supposed to be the creative one. As 2008 concluded I have to say Annie 2 Scott 0. Year goes to Annie!!!

A few cute ones....

Santa came to our house early this year!

My precious precious girls!

Christmas Pics

So, we tried to get a family picture last night, but
it got dark too quickly, so we'll try again later. We did
get a few of the kids but it was a little too dark as well.

They are getting too big too fast!

My sweet girls loving on little brother!

Troy vs. LSU

If you are winning 31-3 with less than 4 minutes to go in the third
quarter, and you manage to lose somehow...then you deserve to lose.
It was unbelievable! It made for a great game though. Maybe next
time Trojans!

We were sitting way up high, which made for some great pictures,
but it was FREEZING!

Scott and I got to go to this game, which was his birthday surprise.

We had a blast! We ate good, stayed up WAY too late driving back,

snuggled up to keep warm, and we would do it all again tomorrow if

we could!

Pumkin Patch!

This is the reality of taking pictures with 3 kids.
Trying to get everyone to look at the camera and smile--
Almost Impossible!!!

Close! Good Enough for me!

My little punkin among pumpkins!

Big sister Paige is also proud of little punkin!

Annalee (aka Miss Personality) finally deciding to

smile at the camera.

Sweet babies of mine!

Annalee still not looking at camera!

Not too bad!!!!!!!!





We went to the pumpkin patch the other day to take a few pics. Of course, the day we chose was FREEZING, and the wind was blowing like crazy! Also, we got there and the kids were all excited and the pumkin patch had a sign up that said it was CLOSED due to a bad shipment of pumpkins! This is the Parks luck by the way! We found some pumkins that were still a little decent to take pictures with. We never actually purchase pumpkins there anyway, but the kids like to play and pick them up. That was absolutely out of the question because almost all of them were rotten! We had fun anyway and several friends came out there too. The highlight for the kids, however, was going to McDonald's after the fact! Go figure!

Sundays...

I had to get a quick picture of my little ones this Sunday morning. Don't they look thrilled?

First Friend

On Friday, We picked up Paige's friend from school and she went home with us, and we all went to Scott's high school football game. As you can see from the pictures, Paige was as giddy as ever! She loved having a friend come home with her. Annalee didn't think it was too shabby either! I hope Annalee doesn't turn into that sister that Paige's friends want to hang out with instead, when they are over. Annalee's pretty cool you know! Anyway...I digress. On our way to the game, Scott looked at me and said "Paige has a friend in the car"! Is she already this grown? Where has the time gone? Some of you may be laughing, thinking "She's only four!", but this is my baby girl and she's almost 5! She is getting so big so fast and starting to speak with such conviction, that I would swear she's almost a teenager! Yet, she's still got such a sweet innocence about her and her sensitivity is so heightened that it brings her right back to where she should be. Anyhow, I'll end with a few overheard conversations in the van:
Story 1:
Friend: This looks like a baby cup (sippy cup-only thing allowed in the van!) Is this a baby cup
Paige?
long pause

Paige: (looks at friend very matter of factly) It's a cup.


Story 2:
Friend: Paige, your van is so cool! (when did I ever think I would hear those words uttered?)

Paige: (looking sheepish) Awww, thanks! (giggling)