Retro Tuesday

Each tuesday, I'm going to try to pull out a picture from the past just so we can all see how fast they're growing up. Here's a pic from August 24, 2007 when Chloe was 3 weeks old.

Christmas is Coming

Chloe is ready for Christmas!

More beach fun

Caitlyn enjoying the surf in Daytona

A belated Happy Thanksgiving

I missed out on Thanksgiving wishes this year since we were down in Florida for the week. I have lots of pictures to post. Most show our two little ladies having great fun at the beach. Here's Chloe enjoying the slightly cool morning down in Daytona.

Halloween Washout

Halloween 2009 will be remembered by one thing: Rain. It was 58 degrees and raining for our annual neighborhood trick or treating. As a result the pictures were really at a minimum. Here's a shot of Chloe as Minnie Mouse. We had to add pants and a shirt underneath to keep her warm, Her whiskers are smudged off, and her hair is still wet. But you know what, she loved it. We went to the first house to get some candy and she was invited to take a piece of candy. She carefully looked over the bowl, selected some skittles and put them in her bag. Right after that she looked at me and explained "I did it!". By the end of the night she was a professional.

Happy Halloween

Laura and I headed out last night for an adult halloween party. Laura went as Nadya Suleman, aka Octomom, and I went as the Swine Flu. Hope you all have a great halloween and check back tomorrow for pics of the girls.

Pick a Pumpkin

Caitlyn and Chloe went through the whole patch today to try and find the perfect pumpkin. Judging by their smiles, I think We're all winners.

Pumpkin Patch

We headed out to the pumpkin patch today and Chloe picked out a winner. Check back this weekend for lots of Halloween pics.

Football 101

I was watching a football game with Caitlyn this weekend and tried to explain the game to her. I told her the white team was trying to carry the ball to the other end of the field. Caitlyn said "They do that because if the other team gets the ball they will take it and hide it somewhere that the other team can't find it." Needless to say, We're going to have to watch a little more football before it all sinks in. Hopefully, Georgia doesn't run off and hide the football in this weekend's game versus the Gators.

Caitlyn's School Picture

Here's the very first yearbook photo for little Miss Caitlyn Cross.

Our family

Me, Mama and the Yunguns' headed out to the North Georgia Fair tonight. We reckoned it was near time to get one of them fancy pictures done up. I think we look mighty fine. Go ahead and click on that there picture to get you a good look.

Caitlyn's first day revisited

Here is a previously unpublished photo of Caitlyn's first day at school. This was taken in front of our house before we headed off the school.

Car Wash

Here's Chloe helping Daddy get the car nice and clean.

Flood of 2009

It's been raining here for the past few weeks and it finally got to flood stage yesterday. My normal commute is about an hour and it took me over 5 hours to get home after they close I-575 and I had to detour all around northwest Georgia. The good news is that I was able to head up the street and get this picture of an old mill by our house. That is usually a little creek that runs by, but it was quite the river today.

Here's a shot of the DOT cameras of I-575 a few miles from our exit

Flamenco Girls

Back in April, Mommy and Daddy were lucky enough to visit Barcelona. While shopping on Las Ramblas we saw these little flamenco dresses and decided the girls would love them. They put them on last week and had quite a little dance party.

Time for football

It's finally time for college football. Daddy, Caitlyn & Chloe spent the day watching the games, ending with a big 62-3 Gator win. We're all ready for another big year for the Gators!

Jonas Brothers

Caitlyn and Daddy spent saturday night rockin' out to the Jonas Brothers in concert at Philips. We were in row 6 and got a great view of "the boys" I think this is Joe, or maybe Nick, or maybe Kevin...

Fun Run!

Caitlyn enjoyed her first fund raising event by participating in the 2009 Boosterthon Fun Run. She finished with 20 laps and raised $180 for her school. She's running with her friend Grace P below.




Here the class lines up for the beginning of the run.

More from Chloe's Birthday

Bus 509

Caitlyn finished her first day in school with a ride home on the bus. Of all things, this was the one thing she was most looking forward to and it didn't disappoint. Caitlyn got to sit with her friends Maddie & Grace

Caitlyn's first day of school

Caitlyn headed off to Kindergarten today....

and wasted no time getting down to work.

Mommy and Daddy couldn't be more proud of our future Astronaut/Scientist/Artist/Dancer/President/Doctor/Actress or whatever it is she chooses to do in her life. Good luck Sweetie!

Please take the time to click on the "comments" link below and leave your wishes and congratulations for Caitlyn. I'll be putting them all together and saving them for her to view when she gets older. She will also be excited to hear about it today!