boys will be boys

LEGOS! so my family comes down from pennsylvania. we are all getting ready to play cranium. then aaron finds the legos. he dumps them out. michael joins him. then mandy's boyfriend, kevin, joins in. brett is just staring at the legos. i just started laughing to myself. "brett, if you want to play with the legos, go for it!" so he starts playing. there goes our game of cranium. it's all good, because the legos are hannah's. who doesn't love legos?

anna and i at the bridge on our road (yes there really is a bridge, just way back in the swamp.) so it was soo nice that sunday, and iwanted to go out and enjoy it. so i called my uncle to see if we could use the four wheeler but he wasn't home. so i called my grandfather to use the golf cart. so anna and i walked to my grandparents home and took out hte golf cart. we rode it back to the bridge with abbey tailing us. i noticed it was not as "juiced" up as it usually is. we laughed that we would have to push it back.so we took pictures of us and the sunset. we get back in and drive about halfway and the dnag thing starts to die! so we drive it further and we are creeping like snails. i mean, we could easily WALK FASTER then the cart was moving. so we start pushing it. abbey gets ahead and turns around to look at us like," hey, whats taking you guys forever?" so here we are, anna and i, pushing this 500 pound golf cart AND ITS GETTING DARK. did you all know that a couple weeks back thye found two BODIES back there? of course they weren't murdered. they overdosed on drugs. its a party scene back there. ususally there are people coming in and out of there but no, not tonight. not even a nice hunter to tow us out. so we pushed it 1/4 of a mile back to my grandmothers, not to mention we had to push it a little going up the hill. ahhh, its never a dull moment.

here we are! getting ready to paaar-tay! shannon and ethan's black and white party. hot dang!

hmm will these pictures load? probably not. bummer. well they are of hannah and i and linnea and hannah on christmas eve.

i am alive.. i promise!!

hey yall! merry christmas!! hope you all are doing well! ii LOVE this time of the year! i have dial up therefore i can't post alot.. bummer. but i'm working on it:)

adelyn faith

sorry couldn't resist, love this baby too:)

what a cute babe! i especially love to watch her "dance". she does all these poses, almost break dancing. she is great! bright, thanks for enteraining us and bringing joy into our lives:) lol..

the boy who has my heart

what a ham! he is so funny.. putting two and three words together and bossing ali. hilarious!! my favorite is when he rolls his eyes back, and flutters his eyelashes.

here are my chicas at CSU. Deborah has the long long hair, and Jessica is my roomate. this was at a cruise around the charleston harbor. it was rainy but fun times!! they are both cool chicas:)

ella reese

i just love this picture. ella banks is one of the cutest little girls ever! this was at her 2nd birthday. she is such a ham. ella dances and sings around in cirlces and does her best to keep up with matthew. (which is alot!)

charleston

hey guys! sorry i haven't posted in 2 months. dial up at home prevented me from doing so. but i do have wireless at school. well i just want to share with you what i did tonight. my room mate jessica and i slowly got ready for going on a harbor cruise. then we looked at what time it was5:55 the vans were leaving at 6!!! ahh, run!!! so ewe raced downstairs, and there was only one van with no one in it.so i went up and asked "can i follow you to the harbor?" the girl said sure! so i pulled up my car and jessica, deborah and i followed them ... i have never driven so crazy before! we had to fly down 26 to keep up with vans! so we get down there, and board "The Spirit of Charleston". it was great. we cruised around the charleston bay while dancing. it was funny because both deborah and jessica are from the missouri and are not use to being on large boats. so it took them a few minutes to get used to walking let alone dancing on the boat. it was pretty fun!! i'll post pictures when i get my cable for my camera. well call me email me.. i miss you soooooooo much!

p.s.

grease is in all reality a dumb movie.. but what where they thinking when they made grease 2? man alive that is a DUMB movie!!

one month and a half

well, i wanted to post pictures but i forgot to pack my cord for my camera. everytime i tried to load pictures, they would n't load... curse aol! well folks alot has happened.. jack got married, hannah got married, rick did too! but all my pictures are not available!!mwaaaaahhhh!! anyway, i just registered for classes at Charleston Southern. (www.charlestonsouthern.edu) i really would appreciate your prayers as i am preparing for this and that i wouldn't get homesick.. (ask Jeanne!!!) lol... can't wait to see anna in august! well, i really wanted to post ALOT more.. bummer. i'm going to try again VERY SOON! mom, hannah and i cooked up a storm tonite. we made pretzel salad, two peach cobblers (which we are eating one tomorrow at the ogburn cook out!), shrimp & scallop marinara, crab soup, and french bread. GOOD FOOD!

happy 20 days late birthday blog postto hannah-banana!

HAHA!! i'm so sorry hannah, i meant to do this alot sooner. anyway.. happy 17th birthday to han-bo-nan!! i know i have better pictures then this but i'm limited right now. more pictures of hannah when she was a baby coming soon!

pictures of hannah wit hthe dumbfounded face coming too! any questions, linnea can do the face for you..hahahaha!!!!

hannah was the cutest baby ever!

(lost for a title)

well, meg emailed me this picture from last summer.. wow!!! wait it was the summer before that.. yea. double wow!!was it really that long ago? that was a good summer..beach like everyday!! well my friends, this summer is going to be just as awesome if not better!! hoo-rah!i like this picture of evan. noctice the drool-drenched shirt, and the muddy rain boots that are alomst up to his behind.lol. that stick was his drumstick to making his own music on the metal tables. he wondered around the porch to bang it on all sorts of things to see what musical notes he could make . very cute. off to more adventures!!

patience...

i'm sorry ya'll it's taken me forever to post. when i have tried, the site won't load right or my pictures won't come up. its too painstaking sometimes!!! these children love being outside, which i am not going to complain, and they love blowing bubbles. evan had to wear his red rain boots that day because 1.) he wanted to 2.) it was very muddy out there. the weirder part is that he hept saying "ew.... ew....ew..." because there was mud on his boots. how funny. evan is ali's shadow, he follows her everywhere. just adorable.

WELCOME TO OUR WORLD!!!

well, last nite around 11pm, Lara and Time had to drive up to easton. the little man had decided he was ready. i am very excited to announce the birth (at 5 am, april 4) of John Isaac Banks!!!! he is 7 lbs. and 20 inches long! proud siblings emma, matthew and ella are anticipating when they come home. grammy and poppy render are very excited to have anothergrandchild in their family. cousins kyleigh and adelyn are very excited too! welcome little john isaac!


isn't this also jamie peipons birthday?