The Clanton Gang

Sunday, September 6, 2009

All we needed was a big, red nose!

Nonna left a bunch of Halloween stuff when she came to visit. This was the best thing we found in the box! It took a while to talk Wesley into wearing it!

Easter Weekend

We had a really fun Easter weekend, full of fun, friends and the Savior. What could be better?

Easter Egg Hunt
Saturday Morning began with the annual Church Easter egg hunt. We got there a couple minutes late, so pretty much all the eggs were taken! We hid a few for Wesley to find. He wasn't quite sure what to do at first, but enjoyed it once he figured it out.

Maddie, hunting for eggs in the big kids' field.

Maddie with friends

G-Day Game

After a quick nap for Wesley, we went to the G-Day game. This is a free game to celebrate the end of spring practices and kick-off the beginning of summer practice. (At least that's what I found on a website.) ESPN was showing the game, so there were a ton of people there. We all know I really don't like football (unless it's BYU playing), but I had a fun time. The stadium wasn't too crowded, it wasn't too hot, there weren't any obnoxious fans (no alcohol was being sold) and we ran into our friends, the Flynns, who used to live in Athens.

The Flynns

(Katie, I hope you don't mind that I stole these from your blog!)

Maddie and Olivia

Not the best, but hey, it's a family picture! They're a rare thing!

Easter Morning
The kids awoke to Easter baskets from the Easter bunny. The Easter Bunny didn't bring quite as much candy as he has in the past.

Wesley and Maddie in their matching Easter outfits. I figure there aren't be too many years left that I'll be allowed to dress them alike. I'm going to take advantage of it while I can!

Easter Afternoon
After a great morning at church (and listening to great talks about the Savior and the Atonement), we had our friends the Hancocks and the Stuckeys over for Easter dinner. The food was yummy and the frienship was great! Wesley slept through dinner AND the Easter Egg Hunt, but all of the other kids had a great time.

April, continued

As always, better late than never, right?

In early April, Nonna & Poppa drove over the spend a little time with us for Nonna's Spring Break. One day we went to Ink, a children's museum in Gainesville, GA. We had a ton of fun, even though Maddie and Dad had to go to school/work. The museum is like a little community, complete with a bank, restaurant, grocery store, hair salon, vet's office, pediatrician, and MANY more fun things. The kids (Wesley and his cousins, Carissa, Carsten & Caitlin) had a blast!

Playing Grocery-Cart-Bumper-Car

Poppa on the Fire Truck

Sliding, on the LITTLE kid slide

Poppa, trying to get us removed from the premises

Pretending to be an army man

Wesley, the waiter

Officer Wesley

CUTE picture! (Wesley loves Caitlin!)

Princess Caitlin

Carsten, the ferocious mutt

Of course, Poppa brought his motorcycle. Wesley can't wait until he's old enough to really ride!

Crying (who knows why!) and rocking the 80s look!
(Wesley had to wear his Cars shirt every day for a while. Thank goodness that's over!)

And Nonna and Wesley went to eat lunch with Maddie.

Maddie, pretending to love to read. LOL

Wesley, with Maddie's first grade teacher, Ms. Harper.

We LOVE Ms. Harper!!

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Mother Goose

In April, Maddie played Mother Goose in the first grade play, which meant she had the lead role. I was a little nervous because she had a lot of lines and a solo. But I should've known Maddie would have no problem with that! (We are certainly NOT alike in that aspect!) She did an amazing job!! We were so proud of her! (And thanks to Aunt Corie and good friend Steve for coming to watch!)