Santa Kenny Lands at Starbucks

My son has worked at our local Starbucks for the past several years. They asked him to play Santa this year.

I think he fit the part rather well.

He got to enjoy milk and cookies.....

...and listen to many Christmas wishes.

Santa's Elf passed out sample cups of their specialty coffees. I liked the Caramel Creme Brulee the best.

But I think I know Kenny's favorite part about being Santa.

It had more perks than just free snacks. :)

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

AL/LSU CBS Pregame Show

This Fall, Kenny transfered from a community college and started his Junior year at the University of Alabama, majoring in electrical engineering. He and his roommates have been having a great time being chest painters and have been on TV the last 3 home football games. What made it even nicer was that AL won all 3.

Here are a few images that I tried to take of my TV screen from those games:

Kenny at AL v AR .....

..... at AL v SC .....

..... and AL v TN.

Kenny called me today to let me know that CBS is going to have him and his chest painting buddies on the LSU pregame show in 2 weeks. :)

Roll Tide!!!

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!!!

My 6th Photo

Hi, I am back after a month long break.

I have been tagged by Dawn at Days at Daybreak to post my 6th photo. Here's how it works: You have to check your Photo Archives (or wherever you store your images) then select the 6th file folder, open it and post the 6th picture contained there. After that, tell the story behind it.

This is my son, Kenny (he's the one with the red tie) with a group of his friends. He is in college, but he was invited to attend a prom with one of his female friends in the spring. I am not exactly sure what they were doing in this photo because all the girls have their hands over their hearts.

So now I tag; The View Ain't Bad From Down Here, A Day In The Life, Lyberty Girl, GITU and who ever else would like to play. :o)

Tate Farms

Fall is not complete for our family without at least one trip to Tate Farms. It is a great family-owned business that opens up to the public for the month of October. My first visit there was on a field trip with Kenny's 2nd grade class.

It would be like missing Christmas in December if we did not make our annual visit.

They always decorate and have many cute things to look at . . .
. . . . and lots of different equipment for the "kids" to play on.
There plenty of beautiful horizions to look at for the "Sky Watch" people.

We decided to go on the hay ride in search of the perfect pumpkin.
Kenny studies the crops . . . .
and spots it.
Success!
He loaded it into the back of the trailer and we headed back to the farm.
I am not sure who those people are but I thought their John Deere diaper bag was pretty funny.
The Tates always grow a great variety of colorful, lumpy, bumpy gourds. Some of them are so ugly that they are really cute. I buy bunches of them and put them every where in the house. (Note. If you own Cardigans, do not put them on your coffee table in a pretty glass bowl. The dogs think that you have put out tasty snacks for them and eat them.)
We hit the jackpot this year. Kenny and I went on closing day. We stopped by their little shop on the way out. A young kid that worked there told us that he was totally sick of pumpkins. He gave us a cart and said for $20 we could take what ever we could fit in it. Kenny snagged this big boy for starters. I should have had him stand in the picture for a size comparison. I am sure that it weighs as much as my 3 dogs combined. I now have pumpkins and gourds EVERYWHERE.

I love fall.

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.

Crying Out Loud!

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

Poor Little Kenny.Circa 1989

Actually, this baby is now a sophmore in college. When Kenny was a senior in high school, all the seniors were asked to provide a baby picture for the year book. I have lots of cute photos of Kenny, but this was the one he chose to use. :o)

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?

Photo Hunters

Here is my entry for Photo Hunters. This week's theme was "Time". This collage sure makes me realize how quickly time goes by.

The picture in the 12th grade slot is a self-portrait Kenny drew in 2nd grade. I need to replace it with his senior picture, but I thought the drawing was cute.

Happy 19th Kenny!

He asked for his favorite pistacho cake.

19 years old

1 1/2 years old

More Prom Pictures

Kenny's prom date passed off a CD to him with more pictures from last week. Don't they all look fantastic?

I am not sure what they are doing, but these guys always make me laugh. Justin, I love that white tux!

Another Prom

Even though he is now a college freshman, Kenny still managed to make it to the prom this year. A group of his friends from church went together and one of the girls asked him to be her date.

Isn't he handsome?

I took a picture of the flowers for his date. I thought they were pretty.