A Parenting Milestone...

Christmas of 2008 will forever hold a special place in my heart for this scene seen here. It makes me realize that through all of the tribulation, trials, effort, ups, downs, etc., my sweet children, if but for a small moment, understand where importance lies.

New Fancy Clothes from Granny

The Teamsters
Kirby Rhianne

Tys Rix

Myklin Rhea

Fallon Reese

Kid's Christmas Clothes from Grandma and Grandpa McKoy

Tys Rix

Fallon Reese

Myklin Rhea

Kirby Rhianne

Halloween Day (More to Come Tomorrow!!!)

Sweet Little Fallon Reese at the Elementary School Parade (she's a Hershey's Kiss)
There's my monkey

Mykee at the Parade

Miss Giesa, Kirby's Kindergarten Teacher

Kirby in the Halloween Parade at School

Mykee with her homemade eyeball cookies

Googly-eyed Kirby

Scary girls!!!

Kirby's Ballet Class

Mykee with Teacher Tricia

Mykee and Joel at their Gardner Village fieldtrip

Mykee holding hands with Teacher Tricia

Mykee off to her Ballet Halloween Party

Halloween Happenings

Tys Eating Caramel Apples at Gardner Village
Off to hunt for the Perfect Pumpkin

Autumn Hills Ward Halloween Dinner

"Mmmm, Nummy Treeeeat, Mom!!!"

Beau, Kendal and Brand New Baby Luke McKai Petty!!! (Not Pictured, Cade)

Jamie, Tys, and Mykee at Gardner Village

SPOOOOOOKY!!!!!!!!!

Dad and Darlin's

FHE Pumpkin Carving Time!!!


Spooky Rice Cereal Treats

FHE at the Pumpkin Patch

Costume Parade at Gardner Village

Ride-With-A-Witch at Gardner Village

Kirby's Snowman Costume Made With Love by Grandma

Making train tracks with Paw Paw

Sweet Little Reesey Piece

Jamie and Erin at Gardner Village

Kirby and Mykee off to Brooklyn's Birthday Bash

Daddy Was In Charge, 'Nough Said.

A Rare Moment Captured

Through the valleys and mountains lies a beast that can not be tamed. A beast so frightening, that many quiver at the thought. The creature never rests, never stops moving, and seldom ceases to eat. It is a TYS. The TYS is a rare being. Even more rare, is the opportunity to see the TYS being still. I caught this unbelievably exciting moment on camera. Behold!!! TYS IS STILL!!!!

Ode To Erin

My sister bought this outfit for Baby #1, which was a surprise baby for us. Baby #1 turned out to be our Kirby girl, so she did not wear this outfit. My mom had it stashed away for Baby #2, which turned out to be sweet little Mykee Rhea, and my mom kept it stashed away. 20 months later, Baby #3 was our first little boy! My mom brought the outfit to Louisiana, where Tys Rix was born and I've had it ever since. Today, I pulled it out of his closet and for the first time in 6 years, Erin's baby shower gift was finally worn!!! Thanks for your pick, E, and thanks to Mom for keeping it a fun surprise for our first McKoy Boy. (No cheesy grins from this almost-two-year-old, he is in his "I refuse to look at the camera and pose, stage.")

Little People, Big World

I LOVE Little People. I seriously could go head to head with Fisher Price on what we have "in stock." Stacey and I used to play for hours and hours on Sunday afternoons with our camping set and our airport when we were growing up. All was fine until some wacky mom decided to let her kid eat a little person, thus forcing Fisher Price to make giant chubby ones.

I remember being bummed for years about it, until I had kids and then, the chubby Little People didn't bother me as much. We decided to spend a couple of days creating a village with all of our Little People sets, minus a few stray ones that were upstairs in Tys' room that I didn't feel like digging for and of course the Christmas sets which are put away. My absolute favorite picture is of Mykee's school bus, which I'm sure violates fire codes, and seat belt laws, but it was a riot watching her shove about 15 kids into a three-seat bus. Tys loved destroying our village, and Kirby and Mykee loved setting it up "properly." We had a great time.