A Day at the Zoo

Nana and Papa came to visit.  The boys and I decided to take them to the zoo.

Gabe and Pierce with Willie B

The boys at the gorilla exhibit

We saw the komodo dragon.  He went to the bathroom right in front of us.
Gross but cool!

Gabe, Pierce, and Nana

The boys had to have thier picture taken with the warthog

and the panda.

Papa, Nana, Pierce, and Gabe

Labor Day Party at Paul's

Paul, Clay's uncle, decided to have a Labor Day party.  He killed two of his hogs and Papa Gabe made stew.  Everyone was invited and asked to bring a side.  It was a perfect afternoon and night.  A lot of good food, good people, and good fun.

Waiting in line for the food.

Jack and Sonya loaded down and hungry.

Jodie enjoying her plate.

Kaye and Todd eating too.

Jack, Ken, Sonya, Debbie, and Joe

Gabe with the Threats

Jamie, Gabe, and Clay

Having an ice fight.

There was 2 different kinds of buggies.  They were beautiful horses.

A perfect ending to the evening.  Fireworks!

Grandmama, Squirrels, and Lunch

Clay woke up and wanted to take the boys squirrel hunting.
They headed out to Grandmama's house and a little while later, I got...

this picture texted to me. They both shot their first squirrel.
They stopped by to talk to Grandmama. She asked the boys about German Oven Cake, so Clay invited her over for lunch.

The boys convinced Grandmama to play crazy eights while Clay and I made lunch.

Grandmama got to eat her first German Oven Cake for lunch today.
She liked it!

Family

Sonya and I decided we wanted to have pictures taken outside.
I had gone to a wedding at this location and thought it was beautiful.
We went on one of the first weekends in November.
My friend Natasha took all of the pictures. She did an excellent job.

Everyone by the mill.
back row: Heather, Clay, Poppa Gabe, Ken, Sonya
front row: Pierce, Gabe, Nana Cecelia, Grandmama Martin, Sarah, Jack

Nana and Poppa with the grandkids
I love this picture.

Grandmama with some of her great grandkids

The "Original" Martin Family

Grandmama, Poppa, Nana, and the grandkids

All of us.

Silly Family Pictures

We had lots of pictures taken along with some silly ones too.

Here are a bunch of the kids and of course, they do act silly.

Pierce, Jack, Gabe, and Sarah

Clay and Pierce

Act RIGHT!

That's better!

Those are some cute kids.

Gabe and Sarah

Looking cool.

He missed the football.

We laughed so hard trying to take this one and the one below.

Out of ALL the pictures, this one is probably my favorite. It is perfect of Pierce!

Pierce and I went ahead and met the photographer early. We were looking for good spots to take the pictures. The photographer just took random pictures, like the one above, and this one. I loved the candid shots.

My Family and Me

Here is my family. It was hard to pick just one picture. I finally picked four and found a frame that held them. Enjoy!

Mother's Day 2010

We went with Nana to church on Mother's Day. Sonya, Ken, Sarah, and Jack were waiting on us at Nana and Poppa's house when we got out of church.

Here are the grandkids with Nana.

We took pictures of all the Mothers and their babies.

Me, Gabe, and Pierce

Sonya, Sarah, and Jack

Sonya, Poppa, Clay, and Nana