8 years old ?!?!?!?

Happy Birthday to Tanner!! I just cannot believe that he is 8 already!

He is growing into such a fine young man. I try not to brag about him but I thought on his birthday it is only appropriate. :) He has so many wonderful qualities and when I had the opportunity to sit down with his teacher... I was just bursting with pride. I am just amazed by him every single day.

I hope you enjoy some of the recent pictures of our fun for his special day.

*** Have lots of pictures to share and another post BUT blogger has not bee cooperating*** I will keep trying!

Exploring Louisiana!

Well, we chose to explore Louisiana over the last few weeks. Here is the first of a few posts. We did a 7 mile family hike on the Sugar Cane trail. It was only about 30 minutes from our house and it was wonderful. We did not see a single person all day! We did see a few deer, a fox, a frog, a lizard, and lots of spiders. I am so happy that the boys are at the age where our Adventures are able to be a little more adventurous. Thanks for stopping in.. please come back.. I am trying to get this blog in shape and there are more posts to come.

Much love,


Tammi and the boys!

Lunch at school

So, this week I had the pleasure of having lunch with 2 very handsome boys. First was on Monday I went to the school and dined with Tanner. I just have to say that Tanner is such a sweet, caring, thoughtful boy. I enjoy his company so much and lunch was no different. We sat at a special table with a table cloth and even flowers in the center. He was very attentive and mostly wanted to talk about me.. and my day.. and how I was.. and of course introducing me to as many friends as he could flag down. Here is a picture of my date #1.

Today's date was with Evan. He was also very excited to see me. It does amaze me that my two boys are sooo different. Evan is such a daredevil. He does everything at mach 10. He does not stop to think. He chose to eat right at his table with his classmates. It was a little brush of celebrity for me.. being Evan's mom.. as apparently he has his classmates convinced he is pretty important. :) He is a bit of a class clown.. which I am not so happy about but it is the joy that he has about life and school and everything in between that makes me smile... :) I am the luckiest mom in the world to have these two wonderful boys in my life.

We are so blessed.

Evan being silly as usual

Thanks for stopping by...

Much love,

Tammi and the boys.

My little bits 1st day

Well it is official! My baby is in kindergarten!! The first picture really shows how he feels about it! He was so happy and excited! Evan embraced kindergarten just as he has all of life.."let me at em!" Evan is always the one to want to grow up so fast! He has to do everything his brother does even if he is almost 3 years his junior. I am proud of him.. but I wish he would slow down just a bit... I mean it is so hard on the mama. Enjoy the pictures and thanks for stopping in!

My token bus shot.. I will take this picture as long as they let me.

The crew.. Evan was so happy to be among them. I love all these kids!!!

Family shot.. Believe me I needed those dark glasses :(

Me and by boys

I love this picture I just wish my lense did not keep fogging up from the humidity.

It all started with a good breakfast.. his choice..Cheesy eggs and chocolate milk

Gosh I love this kid! He is my heart!

Good luck at school little bit! No matter how old or independent you get.. you will alway be my baby!

Much love all.

Thanks for stopping.

Tammi and the boys

Another school year...

Tanner and friends waiting for the bus

Smile

The getting on the bus picture.. :)

Another school year is upon us. It happens so fast!! I can't believe that Evan will be starting kindergarten this week. But we have one last week together...so we will enjoy this week and he will start next Wednesday.

I hope you enjoy the pictures of the new 2nd grader from this morning. He is so excited about school and I can hardly wait to hear how his day went.

Enjoy the pictures.. more to come.

Love to all!!

Tammi and the boys!

I loved this...

Okay so this has nothing to do with the boys... crazy I know...

but I love this:

I hope it works and I hope you enjoy...

More to come!!

Thanks for stopping!

Tammi and the boys!

As promised....

Well I made a deal with a friend that I would update the blog today.

Now I did not say that it would be some AMAZING update. But I said I would update. So, I am.

Well, I am having a particularly emotional day today so this will be a post about my boys growing up.. WAY too fast.

The other day Tanner asked if he could make his own sandwich and he did. It looked pretty good too. He even wanted to take pictures of it for the "blog" or facebook.. there might be a bit of a problem there. Well he made the sandwich himself and took the picture himself. The picture turned out a bit dark.. but here it is...

That is spicy mustard, turkey, and pepper cheese on a roll. This is Tanner favorite sandwich and he eats it about everyday during the school year. This is the first time he made it himself.

So, between that and a little bit who is headed to kindergarten VERY soon this mama might have a bit of a breakdown. How did this happen? I know everyone always says.. " they grow so fast" and how true it is. I did not expect them to be self sufficient so quickly as well.

Thanks for stopping in... I am still planning some exciting things for the blog to come. I am not ready to give up on it just yet... even though my long hiatus might have had you thinking that.

Much Love,

Tammi and the boys

FAIL!!

So I know... I said 3 x a week.... week one was good.. week 2 fail!! I just do not know why?

We had a summer busy week. I even took some great pictures. None of which I have downloaded... but here is a list of somethings we did this past week.

Swim lessons..

Hockey

Pool

Indoor play areas

We had a ton of fun! Mom even took some time our for a much needed dental cleaning! And even better a cut and color!!! :)

Okay pictures to follow.. I will keep that 3 x a week goal in place for next week.

Thanks for being so forgiving.

Much love to all.

Tammi and the boys!

Heelies...

So you may remember this...

Can you believe that Evan is now old enough to wear those same shoes???

Crazy right??? Well I just snapped this pic.. and he was out the door. I will have to work on a few more. Can't get this on to sit still. Oh and as for his hair.. well that is a work in progress.. I am growing it out to work on a different style. He has great hair and it is so fun to play with.. but he won't let me touch it most days.. :(. Of course Tanner who will let you style his hair and do anything you want with it... his hair has cowlicks all over it and I pretty much need to keep it shaved.. :)

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed my little trip down memory lane.. I know I sure did!

Can you believe 3 days in a row??

No.. I have no aspirations of daily posts.. I just do not think that will happen. :)

Enjoy your day all

Much love,

Tammi and the boys!

It is hot here

Kids at spray park

tanner showing off lost tooth by the pool

boys playing in our pool

Visiting the local lake

Kids on the boat to crab islans

All 3 boys on the gulf beaches

Boys enjoying the boat ride

Taking a break from wake boarding for a pic

the base pool ( one of 2)

Yes it is hot here... we have found the only way to handle the heat is to spend time in the WATER. We have been doing a lot of that. We bought a small pool for the yard that the kids love. We also spend one day a week at the base pool. The boys have taken swim lessons which they loved! There are some local parks that have spray areas that we have enjoyed and we also made a trip to the Gulf coast and took some time to enjoy the beach there and the water. So far we have had so many adventures this summer. Hard to believe that school starts in just a few weeks.

I will post more of what we have been up to soon.

Thanks for stopping in! :)

Much love,

Tammi and the boys!

Remember us??

No really??? Do you? I mean it has been so long. I know. I am going to blog at least 3 times a week. I have enough to blog about no doubt.. these boys sure keep me busy.. all day every day.

Here are some pics of our adventures in our new home!

More to come.. I will be bloggin at 3 times a week.

Love to all... or all ya'll... :)

Tammi and the boys!

Graduation

Well this picture is of our Afit family ( minus Hank) and we have been so blessed to be surrounded by these friends during our time here. We were glad to get a group photo at Graduation last night. It is hard to believe that our time in Dayton is coming to an end. We are excited about our move to Louisiana and out next adventure but we miss our friends. We do know that our paths will cross again as it is a small air force.

Thanks for stopping.. I will try to post more ..soon!

Much Love,

Tammi and the boys.

What a difference a year makes

So I was uploading some video and I came across this one of Evan skating almost exactly a year ago.... I had to upload it with the video of his first hockey game... made me realized how far he really has come in a year.

Here is the latest of his first game.. more bloggin to come.. thanks for checkin in on us!

Much Love,

Tammi and the boys..

Congratulations Donna and Mark

I had the pleasure of attending a wedding of a very special wedding on Valentine's Day weekend in New Jersey. My "oldest" friend Donna was married in Atlantic City. I had such a wonderful time the only thing is that I was sad that it was such a quick trip. I am so very happy for Donna and Mark and so glad that I got to be a part of their special day.

Big changes are in the works for both the blog and the Halls.. try to hang in there with us and check back when you can!

Love to all,

Tammi and the boys.

Real fancy blog!

I want a fancy blog!! I am not smart enough to figure it out. Does anyone know someone that they would recommend who is reasonable that I can have rework my blog???

Please let me know.. I really think if I liked my blog more I might update more often!!

Thanks for stoppin in..

Much Love,

Tammi and the boys

P.S. The picture is of our sweet Lola. Tanner got Lola for his birthday. She is such a sweet lovable dog. This was her on Christmas morning... ( hence the baskets filled with random toys ;) )

so behind.. I know

So, the thought crossed my mind.. to just admit that facebook has taken over the blog. But I did a bit of soul searching and eventhough I am soooo far behind, I am not ready to give it up just yet.

There are sooo many exciting adventures for our family lately. We have been really enjoying our time in OH as it starts to wind down. We have made some great friends and the boys have grown up so much in these last two years. I will try.. I say TRY to be better about this...

But for now, some hockey pictures of Tanner.

Love you all!!

Tammi and the boys