High School Football

My little secret is that I LOVE football. Especially High School football! Some of my favorite memories are of Redskin football games, cheering, Homecoming, and watching the games. Now Kade is playing and I get to go and watch him play and it is just so much fun!! There is just nothing like the atmosphere at a home high school football game. I love it!!!!


The boys at the homecoming parade. They are too cool!! Ok, they are really pretty goofy but they are having fun.

We made Kade pose so Mark could have a picture of them in his Man Room!

Kade is laughing because he told Kensie, right before I took this, do NOT kiss me!! She didn't , what a good sister.

Puppy Days Of Summer

Well Mark went and did it. He got a PUPPY!!! His parents have a Corgi named Porfie. Mark just loves that dog. For over a year he has been telling me he was going to get a Corgi and he finally did. Doesn't he look thrilled?

Here is Zoey! She really is a cutie.

She is very much a puppy. We forgot just how much work they can be and how much damage they can do. She chewed up one of Kensie's favorite high heel shoes after church today. That is just the latest casualty. Not to mention house training. The joys of puppies!

Aren't they cute!

Firsts for Kensie

August 1996: Kensie's first day of Kindergarten

August 2009: Kensie's first day of College

What's in a Name

Well for Kensie Shay a lot is in her name. You see, she is named after a very special person. My best friend, Shayla Anderson Taylor!



Here are my two favorite Shay's!!!

What Grandma's Love Best

During the 24th celebration all of my brothers and sister were home. After the parade we decided we would head up to Greer for a picnic. It was beautiful. Nice and cool with wild flowers blooming everywhere. When we were little we would always pick the wild flowers and give them to our Mom and Grandma.

This little cutie is Shayli, my sister Liane's granddaughter. As you can see she loved the wild flowers. We were sitting visiting and here she came and handed Liane a couple of stems. She said "Grandma I brought you some...........WEEDS!"

Sure enough she did!!!

The Tale of Trailer Trash

Introduction of main characters:

This is my oldest brother, Mark. He is the star of our tale. He is a very big tease, he lives in Taylor, and works at the Paper Mill. If you know about the Mill you know that it is shut down way more than it is running, which means very little, if any hours of work.


This is also a very important part of the tale. When Mark knew all of his siblings would be home for the weekend he realized how cramped the parents house would be so he brought his travel trailer and parked it right in front of the parents house. He had lots of room!

Last but not least, Anden. He is my sister Liane's grandson. He is three and so very, very, cute and very, very, smart.

*a little disclaimer: I only heard this story so if parts are not completely accurate please be understanding!

Anden wanted to know who this guy was who had this cool place in front of the house so he asked him what his name was. Now this guy explained to him that he was a guy who didn't have a job and lived in a trailer parked in front of his parents house so he should just call him Trailer Trash.

Anden loved Trailer Trash. You see Trailer Trash let Anden play in his trailer and even gave him rides on his quad. He always asked, "Where's Trailer Trash?" When his mom and grandma's were going to the store he did not want to go. He told his mom to go find Trailer Trash and see if he could stay with him. To Anden, Trailer Trash was just too cool.

All of the others who were around really did love to here Anden talk about Trailer Trash. They all thought it was just too funny and of course egged it on a little bit.

Well one afternoon walking home from playing at the park, Anden just couldn't wait to see Trailer Trash. He told several random people that he was going to find Trailer Trash. This is where our tale turns a little sad. His mom, hearing him tell strangers decided it was time to put an end to Trailer Trash and told Anden that his name really wasn't Trailer Trash but really Uncle Mark. From that point on Anden called him Uncle Mark.

The end of our tale really isn't a sad one because Mark, you will always be Trailer Trash to us!!

Harry Potter Review

I LOVED IT!!! Kace keeps telling me it is his favorite movie so far. I have totally come to terms with the fact that I just love anything Harry Potter. It just makes me happy :) I have to say that Ron just might be my favorite. I can't wait to see the last two movies.