KNEX and Lego

The kids have discovered K-NEX and have had a great time building neat things -- Bryton has added them to his Lego repertoir.

New Store in Starkville!

We are so excited to have our own PigglyWiggly in Starkville! It isnot a great store but I love just saying that I shop atthe pigglywiggly.

Cute Girlies!

Eric took this picture a few weeks ago and we love it! We wanted to share with you how big our girls have gotten in the last little while. We already have a 10-year old and are quickly approaching the "tweens." Emoree's latest comment on everything Eric says is, "Oh, Dad." She is stunned at how cool we are as parents - NOT! Shae on the other hand, thinks we rock! Anyone else out there experiencing almost, pre-tween, angst? Oy vey!

Bryton's Design

Bryton's School - Overstreet Elementary - held a contest for a t-shirt design. Bryton created his design and Eric helped him on the computer. The third graders voted and Bryton's design tied for first place. You are looking at the back of the soon to be Overstreet t-shirt. Pretty cool! Does anyone know how to turn pictures? We are new to this blog thing . . . !

Em the ball girl

Emoree had the opportunity to be a ballgirl for the MSU LadyDawgs on Friday. Her coach set it up for her. He has been very impressed with her tenacity this season. She further impressed him with her skills of catching balls that left the field at the match. She causght a few in the air or on the fist bounce -- some came at her kind of hard too. He called her sticky hands. We are proud of our soccer Em!

The fruits of our labors.

These images are no where as artistic as those of Micah and Lizzie but, here are our first slices of watermelon from our garden. it was a very delicious melon although it was not huge. This variety grows round melons the size of a soccer ball. Shae could not understand why I did not pick out 'all those gross black things' -- meaning seeds. We have decided we are a seedless variety loving family. How do you buy seeds for seedless melons?

Muffins are warm lovin from the oven

April is a wonderful baker. I think her speciality is muffins. She and the kids enjoy trying new recipes, especially those from the Family Fun Magazine.