Hobbies

Dave's favorite hobby is of course turkey hunting. Unfortunately for him, he only gets to enjoy it for 2 months out of the year. He did get to go to Tennessee the weekend after Easter, but didn't kill anything while there:( He said the long-beards were all "henned up". I am pretty sure he is planning to go back again soon.

He did kill one last week. Here he is with the jellyhead. Dave has been telling Houston that a dead turkey is called a jellyhead. Now jellyhead is one of Houbaby's favorite words.



I have finally found the time for some hobbies of my own. I am happy to say that graduate school is winding down. I will take my finals next week, and then I will have the entire month of May off. This summer I will do my second internship at the high school, and since I PASSED both the PRAXIS Test and COMPS, I will graduate on July 23!!

My newest addiction is sewing. I love my new machine, and can't wait to have more free time to practice on it. Over spring break, Shelli got me into appliqueing, and mother gave me some sewing lessons. Here are a few of the things I've done so far.

An outfit for Kyleigh

I bought this dress at Wal-Mart and appliqued it for Blakeley.

I also appliqued a "Reese" onesie for Avery.

It's going to be a stormy weekend with a possibility of severe weather. I can't wait to stay home all day and sew. Maybe my turkey hunter will be here in the dry, safe house too!

St. Patrick's Day-Easter

My class tonight was canceled, so I have decided to devote some time to get this blog somewhat up-to-date.

First of all, it is turkey season at our house, and that is a very important thing to my husband. These days he can either be found at work, in the woods, or asleep on the couch because because he's been, or should I say WE'VE been up since 4:00am.

On St. Patrick's Day, Josh and Dave got a real-life lucky charm which helped them to kill these two turkeys. Here's Josh with the turkeys and the new lucky charm, Avery Bryant Till.

Sweet Avery is such a good baby! You can read more about him on Anna's blog.

Dave recently had a birthday too! I can't say that he looks his age, but I can definitely look at photos of myself pre-graduate school, and now and see a BIG difference!

Avery and his parents stopped by to wish Dave a happy birthday. He has been to our house several times, and has slept through every trip!

EASTER 2010

I stole this picture of the boys from Shelli's Facebook. I was not able to catch the three of them together in a good picture on Sunday, and they were just as cute then as they are in this photo!

The Rodgers Family

Kyleigh has such a funny personality for a 10 month old. She is so growny. Her attitude and the looks she will give you are something else!

The egg hunters

In this photo it looks like Laeton Reid feels outcasted by Kyleigh! He does get jealous of her, but he also LOVES her too.


Aunt Christy wanted a photo of all of the Clark family, but this is the best we could do. My husband, Uncle Roland, and Justin were MIA at the time.

Here we are on our front porch before church Easter Sunday. I had set up the camera and tripod, and Dave was less than pleased when he stepped out the door and saw it. You can tell by the look on his face here:) Truthfully, he was in a bad mood all weekend because he was missing the opening weekend of turkey season in Tennessee. I don't know who in the world decides on the hunting seasons (obviously not a woman), but they should know better than to schedule it to open on a holiday! Or on my anniversary or birthday:)

SPRING BREAK BEGINS IN 3 DAYS!!! The students and teachers here need/deserve a break, and we are hoping this beautiful weather (minus the pollen) continues!

Baby Shower for Josh & Anna

Saturday night Dave and I hosted a baby shower for Josh and Anna. (No,we are not having a baby boy---Stick a blue balloon on your mailbox in this neighborhood, and all kinds of rumors get started!) Avery's due date is March 17th. Soon we will have a sixth March birthday to celebrate in our family. We had lots of fun, and once again got a lot of little jobs done around here that would not have been accomplished otherwise. I finally found the time to pull out my sewing machine, and turn my snow day into a sew day on Friday. I have been wanting to make cafe curtains for the breakfast room for months now, but have been too busy or too sick. Dave wasn't crazy about my idea. I don't think he fully understood what I meant by cafe curtains, but once I got them up, he approved. I bought the rings with clips on them, so I can make curtains and change them out seasonally. I'm already dreaming about some navy and white nautical fabric for summer, and orange for Auburn football/autumn. I love my new machine. I can't wait to make some outfits for Avery and Kyleigh. Hopefully it won't have to snow again for me to find the time!

Then Sings My Soul

February 12, 2010
Snow in Alabama!!

There is no doubt that nature is His greatest masterpiece.
Thank you God for giving us such a beautiful creation to enjoy.
How Great You Are!!

I have noticed a pattern. Every time Dave and I plan a party at our house, the weather becomes quite unusual. This time, however, no complaints at all!! I was so happy to have a snow day. My biggest excitement was to get a picture of our new house covered in the white stuff. I've been dreaming of doing that since before we started building. I didn't think it would happen so soon after moving in!!!

We woke up at 6:00 am on Friday morning to rain/sleet. I was SO DISAPPOINTED! I was just about to go back to sleep, when I look out the back windows and saw

SNOW!!!

I turned on the logs and enjoyed the view all morning.

My view from the couch.

Look at those big snowflakes!!

By afternoon, the snow had stopped, and everyone in the neighborhood was ready to
PLAY, PLAY, PLAY!!

Dave rolled the snow up like carpet. He didn't know what he was going to do with it.

This might end up on our Christmas Card this year!!
I'm sooooo thrilled to have a photo like this!

John built an igloo.

Dave decided to turn his snow into a chair. Here's Tamara modeling on it.

He rolled up another and made an ottoman.

Group shot around the igloo.

"Eskimo Kiss"

What a wonderful day! We are worn out, but trying to get things ready for a baby shower here tomorrow night for Josh and Anna. I didn't spend my whole day playing. I had a snow day/sew day too. I'll post pics of what I made and baby shower photos SOON!!