Merry Christmas From Regent Cardigans!

Homecoming

Brent is now a sophmore and tonight was the Homecoming dance. Isn't he handsome? He is starting to look so mature.

Putting on the boutineers turned out to be a bit more challenging than putting the wrist corsages on the girls.

Don't they look great?


I think they are having a great time at the dance. I live less than a mile from the high school and I can hear the band while sitting on my back deck. It is quite festive.

Happy Homecoming, Brent!

Where Did The Time Go?

May 2, 1989. I still remember bringing Kenny home from the hospital like it was yesterday. I remember putting him in his crib and just watching him for the longest time thinking how amazing he was.

Is it really possible that we can go from this event to moving him to college in just 20 years? It does not seem that long. Where did the time go?

I know that I have been fortunate to have him stay home for his freshman and sophmore years, but I still am not ready to let him go.

Can you tell from the ball cap where he is going too? His empty bedroom has left me with many mixed emotions.

Kenny and Brent share a brotherly hug. They don't look like brothers at all, do they? I promise, they really do have the same father. :o)

Here are Kenny's roommates helping him move into their new apartment.

The new roommates; Kenny, Justin & Chris.

I love you and am proud of the great, young man you have become, Kenny. :o)

Roll Tide!!!

A Birthday Wish

My youngest turned 16 this week. I asked Brent what he wanted for his birthday. He said to get his license. So I said, but what do you want to DO for your birthday. He said get his license.

So guess where we went? To the Dept of Motor Vehicles on his birthday. He passed his driving test. His good friend, Maddie, was there to get her license to. At the time we took the picture, she had not taken her driving test yet. I don't think she would have had such a big smile on her face if she knew that she was about to fail the test. :(

Happy Birthday Brent!

Boys and Their Toys

I made a run to the store and took the boys with me. When I was done shopping, I went looking for them. I think this just goes to show that boys are never to old to play with toys.

PS: They both are 15 years old. :o)

Wrestling

My boys can never let the grass grow under their feet, so Brent decided to join the High School wrestling team. He had his first tournament yesterday. It was in a very hot and very crowded gym. My husband arrived after lunch. As he sat down on the bleachers by me he said, "Ahhhh, just smell that testosterone". Ewwww. It must be a guy thing.

We counted at least 10 schools there. It started at 8:00 am and finshed up at 10:30 pm. What a long day! I think it lasted so long because they only had 3 mats going.

Brent was in the 127 lb class with 20 other boys.

That's Brent in the blue.

During one match, he split his lip and got blood on the mat. They had to stop the match to wipe up the floor and Brent.


Brent and his coach wait for his next match.

But the really cool thing was that not only did Brent come home with a split lip, he also came home with a 3rd place medal out of 20 boys. Not too shabby for a newbie, huh?

Randomness

Brent and I were cleaning my house on Saturday morning when I hear him say, "Mom, are you expecting company?" I say "No". Then he says, "Grandma is in the driveway." I didn't believe him, because my 85 year old mother lives in Ocala and has recently moved into assisted living. From day one, she has been telling me that she wants to give her car to my youngest son because she does not drive anymore and that I should pick it up. I guess I did not move quick enough.

She talked my sister into driving it to my house, but did not tell us that they were coming. I opened my door to find them standing there. Mom hands me a set of car keys and says, "Here is the car for Brent. Can you call us a cab?" At first I was quite confussed. I thought that I had a brain freeze and forgot that they were coming for a visit. Turns out they decided on Thursday to drive here on Friday, drop the car off and take a greyhound bus back to Florida. They stayed at my house for a total of 45 minutes.

I had enough time to buy them milk shakes before they took off again. It was quite an effort for them to make that long drive. I wish they would have stayed a little longer.

When my Mom makes her mind up about something, she does not waste any time. I am now the owner of FOUR cars. My son does not turn sixteen for a while still.

My driveway is starting to look like a used car lot.

Two For The Road

I am now the proud mother of TWO male, teenaged drivers. :o)

I took Brent to the DMV to get his license this morning.

Wordless Wednesday

"Frog Boy"

Circa 1995

Wordless Wednesday

My son the Cyclops.

Back To School

I can't believe that my youngest is now entering 9th grade. Doesn't he look so happy about the event?

Here he is waiting across the street for the bus.No, we really are not trying to sell him just because he is defective and has a broken collar bone.

Happy 15th Brithday Brent!

Brent - 1 year old.

Photo Hunters

When I saw the topic of the week at Photo Hunters was "Emotions", I immediately thought of this photo.

It is of my young son, Brent. He was not too happy about getting his picture taken that day. I always thought his little meat lip was cute.

What a Shock!

Here is my entry for Photo Hunters . The theme today was "Bad Hair"

Brent gave Mike a hand working on the A/C. He was standing under the return vent when I snapped this shot.

I Won't Quit My Day Job

I decided that I wanted to take a new picture for the front page of my website. I loaded my camera, my dogs & one willing/unsuspecting son into my truck and headed over to a local park. I thought we could snap a few photos and be back home in a matter of minutes. How difficult could this really be? My dogs are fairly well trained . . . . or so I thought.

Boy, was I wrong. They lay around the house all day long and don't move for hours. I had no idea that when I really wanted them to sit still and not move, they would be unable to do so.
After taking a dozen pictures of Dixie not looking at me (she was sure that she was going to fall into the water) I decided to try a different spot.

This location did not work out much better. They kept trying to leave and check out the fountain.

They actually posed themselves for this picture but I was hoping for something a little better. I thought I would try one more spot.

At this point, I really began to wonder "What was I thinking?"

I decided to quit with this shot and call it a day.

After 90 minutes and approx. 100 photos, this turned out to be my favorite picture of the day.

Saturday Photo Hunt

The theme for this week's Saturday Photo Hunt was "Candy" . . .

There was a time when my boys were really excited to get Snickers and Reese Cups in their easter eggs. I now put money in the eggs too.
Can you tell what type of candy they prefer these days?