Clearing out the cobwebs.....

Hello loyal readers!
I know it’s been too long. Summer has come and gone in such a blur and now the trees are finally changing colors and losing leaves. I shared my experience giving blood on my last blog visit. Well, it will be my last. Evidently I’m even stingy with my blood. I didn’t rebound well at all. In fact, Alicia, I was in the same predicament that you were, I just chose the wrong road so my ending wasn’t as satisfying as yours. Everything happens for a reason though.
Silas and I had a wonderful, yet quick trip home during his birthday. He was such a trooper on the plane. I was so proud of him.



I was, however, surprised in how unhelpful our fellow man tends to act. I struggled 8 times up and down an airplane isle with only two people offering to help me at all. One of these only offered after I found my seat at the back of the plane. I was wearing Silas on my back while carrying his Britax marathon car seat that had his backpack and diaper bag strapped in it. Nobody really seemed to think I had quite the load until they noticed the toddler strapped to my backside. People!! They’re everywhere I go!! UGH!!
Silas loved riding the Kawasaki mule with his cousins. I was still feeling pretty drained from the giving blood thing so I was glad E & E were able to keep him entertained.



My one regret was not making it to the lake. It was at the top of my list of things to do, it just didn’t happen. I miss it so much and just wanted to share it with Sie, but I guess there is plenty of time for that later.

We made the early flight home only to be delayed in Atlanta for a few hours because a light bulb was out on the plane. Our dear friend Jess came over to help Sie celebrate his 2nd birthday. You can check out the details on Steven’s blog.


Steven and I actually spent our first weekend away from our sweet boy. Grandpa and Nana were sweet enough to take time to come and stay with him. Steven took me to a ranch in Townsend, TN. We were real cowboys for the weekend! We learned how to prepare our horses for the ride, groom them, and everything. It was so much fun.




We made another quick trip home at the end of September so that Steven could take Elizabeth’s senior pictures. That made me officially old! We had planned to reconnect with so many of our friends, but there just wasn’t enough time.
Silas really enjoyed some of the same things his Momma did growing up. He LOVED the farm. He rode the tractor with his Uncle Mitchell and enjoyed every minute of it. On our way out of town, we stopped in Beedeville to see Papa. Papa let him get in just about every combine on the Madden Farm. Silas didn’t know what to think at first, but soon was driving the big machinery. He's our little farmer!





It melted my heart. Even when we were back on the interstate, he pointed out every combine he saw and demanded that we stop the car. Silly boy. Needless to say, he really enjoyed the trip to Arkansas. I, however, did not as much. I apparently came back to Tennessee with a little visitor. That’s right folks, I picked up an intestinal bacteria. It was miserable—I’ll leave it at that and spare you the details.

Anyway, I hope I didn’t lose all of you forever. My plan is to blog about halloween before Thanksgiving gets here. Stay tuned…..