Aspen!!!!! 🤣
This blog is gonna crack YOU up!
I did your 12 year old blog and after staying pretty much on track all your life.... I fell off track and a 1/3rd of the year has gone by. There are SOOO many fun memories in this blog though. You've flourished and had a great 2025! I can't wait to share my memories with you here.
What I will say is that it was HARD to keep the pictures in order and sometimes they wouldn't MOVE when out of order - and right now we both have COVID. SO!!!!
Enjoy the pictures and the many, many fun memories and know you loved SO much by your Dee Dee!
We ended the last blog at your birthday! You are my bopsie in so many ways and another one of those ways is our love for a fruit tart on our birthday! We love the ones from Whole Food! SOOO yummy!
You have loved your 4wheeler and I sure have had fun watching you.
You helped Pops fix Scott's boat dock. You are very good with things like that!
Pop's was so thankful for your help!
I've only been on a couple of times but I had to try it! LOL
I need to get my bike out and ride with you more!
I got this "thank you" card in the mail from Rachel. Seeing you on the front of the card took my breath away. Literally. It's a picture from last year but look how much thinner you were! CRAZINESS! You have really grown this year!
I love this picture but I can't remember where we are! 🤣You love your Pops! ❤️
You keep me laughing ! 🤣
We went to one of Thomason's games!
You are always hunting something! You are really talented!
I love our time together! 💜
You love playing with Pops in the basement! SO many options! LOL
You designed your CF walk shirt this year and did a phenomenal job! Everyone loved it!
It makes my heart happy when you come up to do a math investigation! ❤️
Sometimes I look out the window and see you two riding by! LOVE IT!
I've gotten into the habit of taking you to church on Wednesday nights and I love that. You got in the church with some Peeps and we both had to laugh! Yep! That will a big fat NO! 🤭
I don't remember what was said but I love this picture! You love your Mama!
The day I realized how much your foot has grown. MY shoe was too small! WHAT???
I love to see your picture on fundraising things for CF! You are an Ambassador for the Tau Tug fraternity!
It makes my day when you come up for a visit!
Team Aspen raised over $12,000 this year for CF - well over $200,000 since you were born! GO, TEAM ASPEN!!!!! 🥳
Have I told you lately that I LOVE when you ask to play games? You come up to the house and spend time with me and I love that so much! 💛
You finished 6th grade!!!! HOW? You are no longer in elementary school and it still feels strange at events at the church! LOL
We love the Wii!
SO handsome! We were able to spend Good Friday with you and B! ✝️
Only you! 😆 You shot a crow and stuffed it! 😂
Look how creative you are! You wanted to add Mrs Tracy's daughter - Brianna's name on the sleeve of your walk shirt.
What a HUGE heart you have. I am so incredibly proud of you for being tenderhearted and caring. 🦋
We went to Good Friday service at my friend, Barb's house!
And then we went to Athens to see a movie! 🍿
This picture is too cute to delete but it won't move down. So there! LOL
Easter!
Love having you all together!
Your beautiful Mama celebrated her birthday ON Easter! 🥳
You still love to do our Easter egg hunt!
We dyed eggs!
I love this family picture! Duke's first family photo! LOL
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You won!!!! $20
We were able to go to the mountains for the Porsche event again this year!
These guys raise a LOT of money! Close to a million I think!
I even gave it a whirl...
This was your favorite one!
We left the next day for Gulf Shores!
It didn't take you long to have fun!
I love this picture! We celebrated the start of Pop's 60th birthday on this trip!
We rented a pontoon boat and had fun!
We love going to Doc's to eat!
We even stopped and had a snack and got back on our pontoon! LOL
You and your Dad split some raw oysters! Ewww! LOL
We bought a sand flea picker upper! LOL
You were exhausted!
I love this picture of you two cuties!
We went over to Dauphin Island again too!
You were a fan!
Y'all caught our dinner! 🐠
Your Mama loves this place so we stopped too! We got a Pina colada smoothie!
Your Mama was chilled!
We found a few shells!
Awwww! ❤️
We went to The Armory to show Mrs Tracy our walk shirts!
Everyone loved them! 💜
Look at those freckles!
You communicate really well!
Always on the hunt...
I loved watching you play summer basketball. We missed 4 games while we were in Montana!
You had such an awesome coach!
We opened the pool for the first time in 4 years. You helped Pop's!
You got new shoes and whoa! LOL
Your coach gave you this cross necklace. What a great testimony it was. You loved it!
Investigate time! ♥️
It's geometry! LOL
Happy Mother's Day! ❤️
I LOVE practicing with you for CF events. You are speaking at the walk.
You were NOT ready to get up!
Walk day, 2025!
But first... a couple of cute pics! hahahahaha! I love to watch you in action! 🏀
Bow Valley is like - please?
Let's practice some more! 😆
We got there early enough to get a picture with all the people! LOL
Your 13th walk! Incredible!
I am SO incredibly proud of you and how willing you are to speak to crowds!
You'll be my height by the time we walk in next year!
Part of Team Aspen 2025! 💜
Dr McCarty loves you!
Mr Jay from church came to support you!
I missed so many pics this year because of rain but I was happy to get the ones I got! You and Mrs Tracy!
Mrs. Marsha loves you! ♥️
It was forecasted to storm all morning but it rained only a few minutes! Praise the Lord!
What a great family picture! 💜
Raegan started coming at our first walk and now you are 12 and she's 21
I sure do love you! 😘
Your signature pose! 🌟
I'm glad we had a tent!
We went to Vogel after the walk to celebrate!
Praise the Lord for the progress that has been made!
Your friend, Bella, came!
Craziness!
Back to basketball 🏀
You wanted to come up and play a game with Marsha and Scott and of course we said YES!
Your Mama is the best cook! She made Pops breakfast for his birthday! 🎉
Go, Aspen - GOOOO!
Happy 60th birthday to Pops! We went to Bleu Canoe -one of his favorites! ⭐️
We went fishing...
And stayed in a cabin near Helen...
You love fishing with Pops!
Winner! 🥇
Playing card games!
Your Mama made Pops his favorite. We took it to a coffee shop the morning we left. YUM!
You love to make fruit salsa! 🍓 🥝 🍏
You are so much like Pops and your Mama with your food ways!
LOL! My readers are so cute on you 😂
We tired! 😆
The pool is open! WOOO HOOOOO!
Date days with you sometimes include Smoothie King! 🤴
You love to play Wordle!
And get your hair cut! 💇
I love this picture! You're silly! 🤪
We went to Academy and got you this fishing contraption! LOL
And look what it got you! LOL! GO, YOU! ❤️
Day made! You brought me flowers from the yard!
We went to REI and got you some shoes for fishing/hiking! Yep a size MEN'S 9.5!
And Mexican! We had quite the day!
Your Mama helped you make frog legs! HOW FUN! 🤩
We were in MT and loved hearing about it!
It makes my heart happy to be missed! ♥️
Success!!!
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Back from our trip and ready to cheer you on. You missed me so I could use these!
They brought Gunner over before they took him to be put down. He was doing really badly. SO sad. 😞
We took you to get a new BB gun!
You swam a lot at the beginning of summer....
We made our blueberry star cake for 4th of July 🇺🇸 Your Mama made the most delicious poundcake!
Great job everyone!
I LOVE LOVE you coming up after dinner and playing games! I'm going to have to hire you in the winter! LOL
You are silly like your Dee Dee and I LOVE it so much!
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You are SO creative. I can't wait to see how you use this later in your life!
We went to the Blue Rooster in Monroe before they closed. I talked you into the eclair and you loved it! We brought your Mama back a treat too! 😋
We went to Longhorn's and you weren't sure if a 1/2 rack would be enough 😂
We tie dyed shirts on the 4th! I was so glad we could celebrate together!
Great job!!!! 👏
I love our game nights and how you can ALWAYS see me taking a picture of you! LOL
Such a heart of gold. You came up with this on your own and made it for Mrs Tracy. What you didn't know was it was her birthday and she had prayed how she missed things Brianna used to make for her. What a gift. I sure do love you BIG!
I love that we dyed shirts!
You are so funny! 🤣
Your team won the championship! You couldn't play in the final game because you split your head open on our diving board doing a back flip! 😱 More pictures on that later! hahahahah
I may have won this night! LOL
You love to have all the meats!
And the expensive honey is your favorite! LOL
You found an injured bird and tried to rescue him! I love this picture! 🥰
Your Mama is so smart! She gave you two Dude Perfect tickets at Christmas for JULY! It seemed so far away but it was perfect timing. You all had so much fun! You went to Frontera's for dinner. The one in Loganville closed - so you were pumped to go! 😋
One pic and done! Your Mama said lighting almost struck! LOL
How CUTE are you two??? ♥️ ❤️
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We got a new battery for the 4 wheeler but it didn't fix the start problem. The starter will have to wait! LOL
I was gone when you hit your head. Pops was home to help your Mama. I'm so glad.
Championship rings!!!! GO TEAM!
OUCH!!! The doctor wouldn't let you play your last game!
We went to support your team of course! SO FUN! 🤩
It has been a HOTTTT summer! Close to 100 and index way over many days! Your Mama was so sweet to come up with this fun day in Winder at this cool park. It was so hot we stayed about 15 minutes. LOL She also took y'all to get a XXXXXXX! What's it called? Covid brain! hahahahaha!
Not a smoothie. A slushy? NO! A snow cone? NO!!!! hahahahahahahaha
Your bird friend didn't make it but it was fun to meet him! 💜
I can't remember what I bet you a dollar for but I know it was fun! LOL
It's HOT! And we're on our way to NC! This picture is a funny memory! LOL Let's just say Truett had been screaming for a LONG time! 😆 😜
We made it to Cherokee, NC! How many bears can we spot? A LOT!
The Blue Ridge Parkway was beautiful and we made a picnic without rain!
Packed to the max!
We watched about 5 minutes and said... OKayyyy...
Moving on! LOL
We got Mellow Mushroom in Gatlinburg for dinner!
You were a big help with Truett! Grateful!
You are a huge fan of the town of Cherokee!
We drove around looking for bears! 🐻
We saw 11 total but the first one in the first hour at our house. We were in the basement and Pops was upstairs taking a nap when the bear OPENED the door and came in the house! WHAT??? Something we will always remember! SOOOO funny!
Y'all were able to play with the 2 cubs on the glass doors....
The next day we saw a Mama and 3 cubs at the house!
HILARIOUS! 😂
We loved 🦜 Parrot Mountain!
You were a PRO!
You hung out with Pops and I some at night. You may have been a little tired! ha!
I love that you came to snuggle in the morning! ❤️
We rode the mountain coaster!
I love this picture! So photogenic! 💛
You and Pops were able to fish twice! You loved the place we took you!
You had your own set up on the upper floor with my bedroom! You were a fan!
We checked out this portion of Pigeon Forge - you are just like me! TOO MANY PEOPLE!
We're not fans of Gatlinburg but we love the Smoky Mountains!
Bear watching!
You caught like 7 fish!
You and I jumped out of the car for ice cream because Gatlinburg is NUTS! 😝
We found a CFA! HOORAY!
You always climb higher - at Clingman's Dome!
We went on a short hike!
You said you would cut this flower if I had a place to put it! 💛
What a beautiful day and a way to cool off on a 90 something degree day!
You brought your snail - Jeff? Is that right? You brought him home but he got thrown away! HAHAHAHA!
BEAUTIFUL! 🤩
You found a Jesus in Cherokee!
We went into a lot of stores!
Your two prizes!
You went Back to School shopping with me and Nelly and Thomason! We found this cute little Italian cafe! Of course we chose a fruit tart! 😊
How cool is this picture? You had heard an owl in the yard and found it in our tree! You ran and got Pop's phone and took this picture! I printed it and framed it for your room! I love how you wanted a picture! 🦉
I LOVE YOU!
Fun times!
You are my buddy. My mini-me and I adore you and time spent with you! 💛
These pictures go through the end of July - so I'll share some August pictures later. But hasn't this been a fun life recap??? What a blessing the past 4 months have been. It's so easy to forget all the exciting times when we look back over the months. I'm grateful even more - now that I've made the blog - that I can look back and see all the many blessings. Because in the routine and in the crazy - there has been SO much to be thankful for. Health. ♥️ Safety! 💜 Good memories! 😆 New experiences. 🌟 A bear story of a life time! 🐻 Your CF walk and raising over $12,000! WHOA! That's big! 💰 Celebrating your Mama's birthday 🎉 and Easter! Such gifts! Having a winning basketball 🏀 season and learning SO much! SO many game nights and riding 160+ mph in a Porsche. 🚗 Not many people get to do that! 💫 Getting a 4-wheeler (how fun) 🤩 And even the blessing of not being hurt TOO bad when you busted your head on the diving board! 🏊 And we can't forget going to the beach 🏖️ and celebrating Pop's being 60 and OH! going to the mountains! 🏔️ Fishing 🎣 and hunting and even cooking frog legs!
I hope you look back over these 4 months with a sense of wonder - how did we do SO many cool things in 4 months? Even the homeschool pictures. You are SO incredibly blessed to be schooled by your sweet Mama! I am praying you will realize that this year and work harder than ever.
I am praying you have your best year. 7th grade seems impossible! I'm praying you'll do your work - take it seriously and finish on time. And... have some free time for some field trips! ♥️
I'm praying you'll make some great friends! I'm praying you will continue to grow in your relationship with the Lord. I'm praying you will stop and think about the word GRATITUDE - and take extra time to be grateful for all the blessings the Lord gives you. 💛
You are growing SO quickly it's hard for me to grasp! I love being able to watch you grown. I am GRATEFUL! SO grateful!
I love you SO incredibly much. I'm grateful you like to come up and hang and spend time with us.
And guess what? We are GOING TO head to Brevard, NC to fish at some point. ha!
I love that you want to play Wordle. I love that you come up to show me things! I love that you are a people person and can talk to anyone. I love that you love going to church. I love that you have a sweet heart. I love that you are funny! I love that you are adventurous and having fun! I love that you love the outdoors and fishing with Pops! You are so good at making things and so creative. You are so talented. You have so much going for you and I am SO proud of you!
I love you to the moon and back and back again!
Dee Dee 💛
