Family Fun Festival

Tatum's school, Arnold Mill, had a family fun festival on Saturday. The rain held off and we had just enough clouds to have a really enjoyable day! He had a blast and we got to hang out with one of his new best buds from Kindergarten, Wesley. I found out he lives very close to our house so it will be great for play dates!




Here is a link to all the pictures:

Family Fun Festival

WHOO - HOO!!

I PASSED the first section of my CPA test!!

I'm super excited! Now only 3 more to go!!

1st sleepover!

Tatum spent his 1st night away from home at a friends house this past weekend! To say Mike was hesitant is almost understatement of the year!! But I knew he would in good hands with my friend, Tabitha. The boys had a great time! Check her blog for the full story and pics!

Another Scrapblog page

This is so cool!!

1st Day of School

Tatum started school on Monday, August 4th. He absolutely loves it! His teacher, Mrs. Havens, is great and we LOVE her already!

I created a scrapblog of his first day so check it out!

Beach Trip

We went with the Mowen family to Gulf Shores on vacation this past week. I took a ton of photos so I hope they don't bore you to tears! We had a great time and lots of great memories!

Beach Time

Can you believe this?

This is the same kid that was afraid to get into the water when the trip started! What a difference a week can make!!!

Names

Another friend posted this website and I thought it was pretty cool. http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager Just type in any name and it will tell you when the name has been popular over the last 100 years. Neat Stuff!!

Welcome to the World, Shelby Reese Wagner

Shelby Reese Wagner born to Jennifer and Chris Wagner on July 22 around 7:30 am. She weighed 6 lbs, 10 oz and 20 inches long. She is absolutely beautiful!! I'm so glad I was able to visit with her. You'll be seeing more pictures soon!

Weekend at the Cabin

My dad, Mike, Tatum and I went to my parent's cabin in North Carolina for the long 4th of July weekend. It was so relaxing and exactly what we all needed. Here are a few photos of our time there.

Weekend at the Cabin

We didn't even leave the cabin to watch fireworks in town. Luckily, our 'neighbors' had fireworks on Friday and Saturday which we could kinda see through the trees. It was just enough though to satify our needs.

A week with Gigi and Guppaw

Here are a few pictures of Tatum's week with Gigi and Guppaw.

Gigi's Birthday was Wednesday, June 25th and the three of them went out to dinner.

Tatum got to hold the Bible during the morning assembly at VBS. He was really excited to get picked.

Tatum swimming with some friends after VBS.

Kindergarten Begins!

Last week, we got a postcard in the mail with the big news...Mrs. Havens will Tatum's kindergarten teacher!

I can't believe school starts in just a little over a month!

Trademark

Tatum Mowen ™

A trademark (represented by the symbol ™)[1] mark is a distinctive sign or indicator of some kind which is used by an individual to identify uniquely itself from others. A trademark is a type of intellectual property, and typically a name, word, phrase, logo, symbol, design, image, or a combination of these elements.

Tatum noticed the other day that 'lots of stuff' have his initials on them and couldn't figure out how everyone knew he was going to buy that stuff. "It's amazing!"

Another example of how the world revolves around him! :)

Blast from the Past

Tatum got a LiteBrite this weekend which was one of my favorite toys when I was little. We made a couple pictures and are having so much fun!

Jackson's Photo Shoot

Poor Jackson had to endure the pain of one of my photo shoots which happens when I have a moment of boredom! He likes the attention, but just pretends to dislike it. :)








It took some coaching.....













But I finally got the perfect shot!!








**No animals were hurt in the making of this blog**

Coloring Contest

Tonight, each of us colored a picture and then Tatum awarded prizes. The prizes were Pop-Tarts so I was pretty thrilled to win 1st place! Here is each of our pages and my prize.

Mommy's picture

Daddy's picture

Tatum's Picture

Tatum working diligently on his picture.

1st Place Prize - it was so cute becuase he wrote my name and #1 on it!

"T" is for Tatum

We went to the mall last night and stopped by the sports store. Tatum saw the Tenneessee hats and thought the Big T was for Tatum...naturally, as the world does revolve around him. He really wanted the white and orange one, but I could not allow it. Mike was getting a kick out of the whole thing because Tatum couldn't understand why I wouldn't let him wear the white and orange "T" hat. We finally settled on the one he is wearing. At least it is BLUE and ORANGE!

Lion Country Safari

On Saturday morning, we all went to the Lion Country Safari. It's a drive thru safari where the animals just walk around your car...except the lions - they are all fenced in. It was really amazing to see animals so close. Tatum's favorite part of when the ostrich 'attacked' the car. I tried to get a picture of the ostrich's beck pecking at the window, but she was too fast. Several other animals came right up to our car...like I said amazing!

Lion Country Safari

Megan's Graduation

We went down to West Palm Beach this past weekend for Megan's graduation. It was alot of fun for all of us to get together. Here are a few pictures from Friday night.

Megan's Graduation

Help Day

A cute story....Last night, Tatum was telling us that it was the last day of April and that was pretty exciting to him. So Mike said that May 1st is also called May Day. Without hesitation, Tatum said, mayday means someone needs help...so May Day is really Help Day!