Saturday, August 28, 2021

8 years and 5 months - Wanting to be one of the BIG guys! 💙

Happy 8 years and 5 months sweet, Aspen! 

What a praise to have had another healthy month for you and our family. I give the Lord all the praise and the glory. 

It's been a HOT month but we sure have loved being outside when we could. You two love to swim. Sometimes your Dad will come home from work and swim with y'all and sometimes Pops joins too. 

We went to Monroe and to see Mrs. Michele. You got a sports devotion and your Mom picked out a dinosaur book. 

We went to Scoops and had the whole place to ourselves. Your appetite has really increased lately it seems. You are now eating a big waffle cone with your favorite Italian ice! 😉


You love to come up to our house and watch hunting shows with Pops! 

You three are pretty competitive with your golf! 

SO much fun! We had a nighttime swim. 

You love your Mama! 💛

Sunday nights are grocery night. You love to get some mango! 

Your Dad picked up a yellow watermelon from Crowes! We all got to try it! 

"One two three four... I declare a thumb war! 😆

Since Pops isn't working right now... it's been fun to watch you two hang out more! 

I love when y'all run up to the basement to hang! 

You are super competitive and don't give B many chances to win but this shot... HE GOT YOU! 😉

Helping Pops brush Bow Valley! 

OH MY HEART!!! When you grab my hand to walk with you... my heart melts! I love you SO! 

I love to sit outside and get some sun and I LOVE for you to run up to our house and tell me about your day! 😍

Climbing anything you can! 

Playing with the goats at your Dad's friends lake! 

Catching some sun after a swim! 



Fishing at Hard Labor with Pops and your Dad and B! Pops really was excited at the size of this crappy! LOL 



We're going to have a fish fry! 





Watching funny videos on the phone...


Killing some wasps! 

Eating some noodle with your Dad! It's so cute how much you want to be like him! 

You are so good with Truett! You love to hold him! 


Heading down to your house with Nelly! 


SO funny since you play with Sam during the day...


Chilling in our basement! 

Helping with the fish fry! You love to cook! 

Helping your Mom measure! 

You are so strong! You help bring in groceries on Sunday nights like a grown up! 😲

Fishing in the creek is a favorite thing to do! 

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I saved some quarters for you to count and roll! I love how you divided up the change to count!

Playing a game I had for y'all in the closet! 

Pop's showing you his new knife! 

You rolled $10 to take to the bank! 

You love when your Dad comes home from work! 


Using a stick to knock down some sugar gum balls! You did this for a long time! 🤣

Bow got bitten by a snake! 

Reading B "When you give a moose a muffin!" Your Mom loved every minute! 



You all have fished a lot this month! 



You caught the biggest crappy! 

Pops brought home his Columbus office animals! LOL 

Your mailbox was knocked down so your Dad had to put up a new one! 




Y'all play well MOST of the time! 


You've had a growth spurt! 

Golf cart time! 🥰

Your Dad has a lot of patience. You LOVE to climb on him! 

Getting something out of your kayak and you wanted me to come take a picture! 😁


We're ready for cooler temps! 


Your great, great, great, great, great grandfather - Alexander Means, was one of the founders of Emory College. This was his house in Oxford, GA! 

Ironically, he is buried about 10 minutes from our house and so are your great, great grandparents. 

Spend the night time! You wanted Wendy's for dinner! 


You are a HOOT! 

Pop's took you and Bennett to McDonald's and CFA for you! You were NOT happy that B was going. You even pouted and stomped outside! 😲😆

YAY! Your Mom is homeschooling you two next year. Your books came from Abeka! 

I LOVE to watch you running up to our house! 

Pop's picked up some birds from the post office for his friend, Charlie. Chukars! 

You learned a new trick from Sam! 


Watching Pop's wash his truck! 

You love your Mama and Daddy! 💛

Reading jokes from your book...

I hate it when you are sad but I love it when you want to snuggle! 


Watching an episode of Outdoor Boys! 💙



Your first time to bring the trash can up ALLLLL by yourself. You are so cute! 


Truett thinks you are funny! 



Snuggle time! 💛


You love golf! 

SOOO hot! Looking at the salt behind your ears! 

Trying to watch Sam online at his church. We had dinner outside by the pool. 

It never gets old to you! 


You are creative! You made your own squirrel tail necklace! 

Heading to fish in Clayton, GA! 

SILLY! 


You rode with us and we made it to the Talulah River. You wanted to roll down the windows and take it all in! 


You are SO cute in your waders! 





I loved watching! 


Y'all had so much fun! 

We brought our ENO's and chilled! 


You can give a stare! LOL You are a little sassy and can be stubborn too. You don't take instruction very well but you are learning. You are SUPER independent. 

We stayed at this cottage in Clayton.

Fishing, fishing and more fishing! 💙

We ate at Universal Joint in Clayton. You wanted to check out the menu! 

I love this cross on the side of the mountain in Clayton! 

Watching Netflix while me and Pops played Phase 10 with your Mom and Dad! 

And then we played Go-Fish with you! 

Playing outside our cottage! 

We went to Dry Falls in Highlands! 


You loved that you could go behind the waterfall. We went to Highlands to go to Secret Falls and the trail was closed! 😜🥺


If you can climb, you will! 


Time for a hike! We hiked to the top of Scaly Mountain. 



Such a beautiful day and about 15 degrees cooler than home - 75 degrees! AHHHH! 



I love that you love to hike! 


You picked this flower for me on the way down the mountain! 

We got an apple/ice cream in Highlands! You found a dog to play with! 

You all went to a fly shop and me and your Mom went into Wander in Clayton! 

What a beautiful day to fish! You saw a huge trout when we got out of the truck! 




You couldn't always fish where you wanted to. You are learning the how's and the why's. You are SO sweet. I love to watch you grow and process and figure things out. 

Always exploring outside! SO thankful for the land we have! 


You LOVE watermelon just like your Dee Dee! 


Me and your Mom went to Ingles and we came home to you and B playing with Pops in the basement. I love when y'all come up to hang with us! 


 You and I played a game of Go-Fish! 

Snuggling with your Mom and Truett! 



We are still in the midst of a pandemic. Actually, it's been almost 18 months and COVID-19 might be worse than it was when this started. Pops and I pray every day for a hedge of protection around our family.  There are so many unknown's through all of this. We are praying that the Lord will protect us all. We are praying for you to remain healthy.  

Our world is in a sad place. SO many stressors but I am so grateful that you don't realize all that's happening in our world. You and B get to homeschool (PRAISE) and you get to explore outside in between. My heart is overwhelmed with gratitude that you two can school at home. 

This next week is a BIG week for you. On Monday you have an eye doctor appointment (your first) to check for cataracts. This is a requirement for you to start Trikafta. You also have your annual CT scan at CHOA on Monday. On Thursday you have clinic. It's going to be a LONG week for you but we pray that it will be time to start Trikafta. We have prayed daily for you to be able to take this medicine and have incredible results. 


💜PRAYER REQUESTS - 

* Eye doctor appointment to show healthy eyes 
* CT scan to show clear lungs
* PFT's to be over 100 
* Approval from Dr S to start Trikafta and for insurance to be easy to deal with
* Weight gain - increased BMI 
* Trikafta to have amazing results and for your liver to handle the medicine
* School - for you all to do well
* Safety for our family in this pandemic 


Aspen... your Dee Dee loves you to the moon and back and back again. I'm so grateful for you. I'm grateful for your sweet heart and your love. I'm grateful that I am able to watch you grow. I pray for your relationship with Jesus to grow and grow and that you will always trust in Him! I pray for your future spouse and friend choices. I pray for your safety in this pandemic. 

You are creative. You are independent. You are stubborn. You are logical. You are an explorer. You love all things fishing. You love all things hunting! You love all things water. You had so much fun in the mountains and fishing in the river. You love to draw and make things. You can get an attitude but you are just trying to figure things out. You love jerky and milkshakes. You love to get "adult" meals. LOL You love fruit. You love riding your bike. You love playing with our neighbor, Sam. You love nature and being outside but you love a good episode of Outdoor Boys. You love telling jokes. You love games. You are SO much fun. You want a 4-wheeler for Christmas. 😉 

You make me smile. You bring us all so much JOY! 

You get to go dove hunting with Pops, your Dad and Co-Chri next weekend and you are PUMPED! 

I can't wait for cooler temps this next month. I am praying for your clinic visit and can't wait to build more memories with you in September. 💛


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