5 Years Ago Today

I thought that I would also include some pictures of the day Carson was born.

They grow up so fast.

Carson weighed 9lbs. 9oz. and 211/4 inches long.

Big Brother Cade got to see his brother for the first time.

This is my favorite picture of Carson
My Sweet Baby Boy

Happy Birthday Carson

My little boy is 5 years old today. We had a good day. We picked up his cake and ate at McDonald's. You think they would get tired of McDonald's but they never do. After picking Cade up at school, we came home and he got to open up his presents and eat his Backyardigan's cake. He of course ended the day with a bath. Him and Cade stayed in the tub forever. They were playing with his new Wonder Pets bath toys. I found them both in Cade's bed sound asleep with their toys all over the bed. Sleep tight my baby boys...

Carson's Backyardigan's Cake



The presents that Cade and I got yesterday.

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He has 5 candles to blow out this year!

One More Day....

Carson's Birthday last year #4 was really small... Just Us, Mom, and Dad. We had cake and presents at Dad and Mom's house. Robby and I took Carson shopping and let him pick out a few things. We try not to make a big deal out of Birthday's, we keep it to just family.
Today Cade and I ran to Walmart to finish birthday shopping for Carson and met my Mom for supper and to pick up Carson. Tomorrow is B-Day and I still have a few things to get. I need to call Walmart and order a cake and wrap the presents Cade and I bought today.

Carson blowing out his candles to his Bumblebee cake...

Life was all about Transformers last year.

All My Boys!!!

Count Down

I thought that I would do a count til Carson turns 5... My little boy is growing up. Sometimes I just want to cry when I think of my little boys not being little anymore. It actually brings tears sometimes. I can already see changes in him just the few days a week that he has gone to day care while I have been working. Which by the way I am done with for now. I was ready maybe now life can come to order again. He seems more grown up. He has already learned so much. He is learning how to write his letters and numbers. He has brought home some of the cutest projects. We went shopping for his birthday tonight. Robby is going out of town for the rest of the week hunting, so we decided to get him some birthday stuff tonight. I will probably get him a few things to open on his birthday Thursday. We are headed to Chuck E. Cheese on Saturday with Heidi, Bo and some friends. Hopefully Robby will make it back in time to go with us. So Mr. Carson has quite a week ahead of him. Here are some pictures of Carson.... Baby steps.

Carson's 1st Birthday.... All he wanted was Papa. So Papa got just as much cake on him as Carson did.

The 2nd Birthday want alot better ... We did the whole train theme. The boys where going threw these pictures with me and we watched a video of Carson and the cake. It brought tears...

Carson's 3rd Birthday was a Wonder Pets theme. Boy.... did I have a hard time getting this cake made. It was before the Wonder Pets became popular.

Stay tuned for more......

Time for an UpDate!!!

It has been quite a while since I have done this.. I keep thinking that I should but there never seems to be enough time. I am still working as many days as I can at Honda. I am so exhausted after working there all day and trying to keep up with everything else. I am came home Friday and my house was a disaster. I couldn't even see my kitchen table. The dishes where out of control and the laundry was stacked to the ceiling. I should have taken pictures because I am not kinding. It is now Tuesday and I finally have things under control... until I go back to work Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

The Star Wars "Clone Trooper", "Batman", and The "Zombie"

Cade finished Football a couple of weeks ago and Carson finished his last Soccer game on Saturday. It was freezing. We drove to Shelby for Trick or Treat. We went with Heidi, Bobby, and Bo. Whittney her husband and little girl went with us too. It was only an hour but the boys got plenty of candy. Now I don't have to here about buying a costume every time we go to Walmart... Now its Carson's birthday in a couple of weeks and Christmas is coming soon, so its can we LOOK at toys.

AKA... Bo Arms, Carson Manley, and Cade Manley

A couple of weeks ago we where grilling out pork chops and Robby yelled for us to come out and look. In the pasture behind our house were 4 deer, all does. It has been a while since we have seen deer behind our house we use to see them all the time when we first moved out here. Not anymore, I think because behind us there use to be just a few houses and now there are quite a few.

I still don't have my car back, it will probably be the first week in November. I think it was around the 14th of October, Carson and I where pulling into the drive way and a car hit us from behind. Our house is right after a curve and the kid, 18 years old, looked away for a minute and didn't see us and bam hit us. I actually looked into my rear view mirror for some reason and had enough time to react. Instead of going into the creek I was able to turn the wheel and stay in the yard. My bumper was completely gone, we found my extra tire in the creek after the body shop called and asked us about it. The whole front end of the kids car was gone. No one was hurt thank goodness. I was really sore my neck killed me for 3 days. I has ice on it every night. I think that is what saved me. I am definitely a more defensive driver now. Carson is even better about listening to directions while in the car. I don't have to ask him twice about his seatbelt or tell him not to take it off before the car stops. He is actually telling everyone else while we are in the car and explained what happened to us. So for now I am driving a Toyota Highlander.

So right now life has been about work and more work. I am thinking that this Honda thing isn't going to last much longer. We just got two new people in the area so when their trained I think that the extra days will end. Only time will tell. Maybe then I will get caught back up on all the things around my house. I will be able to enjoy Christmas decorating since I didn't fall decorating like I usually do. I might get to finish all the little projects that I want to get done.

"First's"

Whoa... time out. Life has been all about football and soccer. The boys both had their first game last week. Cade had his on Thursday and Carson on Saturday. Cade is playing flag football and Carson is playing soccer. It is alot of running for Mom and Dad, but I enjoy watching my boys playing sports. I hope that they always like to play.

Cade is #15 and they deceided to put their first name on the back of the shirts instead of last names.

This was a week of First's for Cade

On Monday Robby came home from work, him and Cade worked on riding his bike with out training wheels. There are not alot of places to ride bikes around here. So he will have to learn the hard way, in the grass.

He also lost his front tooth yesterday, by way of a string and door!!! He is such a brave little man. It would have to happen now... school pictures are tommrow.

Thrill Seekers

Over the weekend we went to Cedar Point. They have some new rides that really push the limits. Honda had their annual event there, so Dad and Mom went plus they bought tickets for Heidi and Bo. We had a really nice day, not to hot and there was a breeze coming over the lake. I spent the day with the boys, Mom, and Heidi. We stayed in Snoopy's Camp or Kiddy Land, which were on opposite ends of the park go figure. Robby bounced from there and riding rides with some of his friends and Kevin. I even played babysitter a few times so that some of our friends could ride the rides. All in all it was a pretty good day. Cade even rode some of the bigger rides, which surprised me he is not a thrill seeker like Carson is. Bo even wanted to ride some of the big boy rides. Heidi said that she is not taking him back up until he is old enough to ride all the rides....

We all rode the Farris Wheel so I got some great shots of the park. The last time that I was at Cedar Point, I went with Jess in High School. He is a thrill seeker and we had to ride all the rides. I was scared to death when we rode the Magnum which at the time was the biggest ride in the park. I can't even imagine riding some the rides they have now. The new roller coaster Millennium Force makes the Magnum look like nothing. Plus they have one that goes from 0 to 120 miles per hour in a matter of seconds. I was content to stay with the boys.

These pictures are for you Jess... I thought of you when I saw the difference in size between the Magnum and Millennium Force.



These are some pictures from the day....










Maybe the Maier family will come to Ohio and we will all go to Cedar Point... You guys are do for a visit. I got really good news over the weekend though. Aunt Marilyn is coming to Ohio with Uncle Steve. I can't wait.... See you Aunt Marilyn when you get here. We love you too Uncle Steve, but Aunt Marilyn is more fun!!!

The longest 5 minutes....

This weekend has been pretty busy. We went bowling on Saturday. Robby was working with me on using some new techniques. So needless to say I didn't bowl very good. I average about 140, but I didn't on Saturday. The boys bowled pretty good too. Cade can throw it down the lane. Carson had a couple of strikes... he got to throw the ball about 4 times I think. We stopped by to see my Mom afterward and the boys ended up staying with her.


I have to tell this story just because I think that it is so funny and it is something that would only happen to my sister.... My Dad went to Shelby on Saturday so before coming home he stopped at her house. While we were at my Mom's, she got a call from Heidi.. The only part I heard through the phone quite clear was "You could have warned me." Heidi had a bunch of girls over and was having a party (not a home interior party either....) !!!!! I can just see her face when my Dad walked in the door.


Mom and Dad came over this morning and we went to Johnstown for their big flea market. I didn't find anything that I couldn't live with out but the of course the boys did. I also got the scare of my life. I can't even describe the panic I felt. We were looking at charms for Heidi's bracelet and we were almost done and we looked up there was Cade and no Carson. I went up the rest of isle and down the next isle and no Carson. I was going into panic mode. Where was my son and what if I couldn't find him. All these what if's kept going through my mind. This place was so big how was I ever going to find him. Then I heard over the speaker. "We have a Carson Michael here and he says his Mommy is lost." My heart broke and the tears that I was trying to contain just started flowing. I ran to the office. I couldn't even tell you what anyone in the office looked like. I just saw my son and scooped him up into my arms. He didn't go very far for the rest of the day.

and So it Goes...

This week has gone by so fast. Where does the time go. I had a photography meeting in the morning and before I new it I had to pick Cade up at school. I got a whole lot of nothing done today. Went to practice or should I say the kick, punt, and pass contest for Cade's football team. There went my evening. Robby went bowling. I am hoping to get somethings done this weekend. My house needs alittle TLC.... but when doesn't it lately. I get tired of cleaning all day and then the boys are home for an hour and it is a mess all over again. I get tired of yelling at the boys all day to pick up their toys. When does it ever end.... I guess that is the life of a "Mom."

I don't watch much TV lately, but I caught a preview of a good movie that I want to see that is coming out. "The Women".. it looks good. My kind of movie not Robby's. So I will sent Robby with the boys to see something and I will go see this movie.

Another movie that I would like to see is Night in Rodanth. It has Diane Lane and Richard Gere. I saw previews for it when I went and saw Sex in the City. It comes out October 3.

First Day of School

Yesterday was Cade's 1st day of 2nd grade... He had pancakes for breakfast and thank goodness because he needed the energy. He had to run all the way to the bus. The schedule said 8:13 and the bus came at 8:03. He had a full book bag too. So you can say that the 2nd grade started out with a bang!

Carson and I went into Mechanicburg to the post office. We ended up going to the library. Where we good two books on pumpkins (Carson's selections) and I got Cade a Dr.Suess book and James and the Gaint Peach for me and him to read at night before bed. I of course got a book on Photography... I am always looking for new ideas.

Got home and to work I went... I had two seniors that I needed to finish editing.

Cade didn't get off the bus until after 5:00... Way to late we will see how late he is today. We only live 10 minutes if that from the school. He was happy and says that he loves 2nd grade. So I would say that is a good sign.

Took pictures of my pumpkins... I am so excited they are growing. I planted a green pumpkin, cinderella pumpkins, and apple guords. I haven't seen any sign of the guords yet but I have two green pumpkins, one cinderella pumpkin, and tons of blooms. We will see!!!

Had to take Ace to the vet today to have his leg looked at and his vacinations. I would say it went rather well. He weighed 86 pounds last time and now weighed in at 93 pounds ouch! Went to Mom and Dad's for a while since I was in Bellefontaine. Then headed home... the boys have soccer and football practice today and I am probably going to open house at the school and get some work done while I have the Mom time.

Cade Austin "7"

I still can't believe that Cade turned 7 and is getting ready to go in the 2nd grade. The new school year starts Monday.

Cade was born August 1, 2001

He weighed 9lbs. 10oz. 21 1/2 inches long.

Cade at Heidi's wedding in August of 2002


My Dad's hat that always seem to make it into all my pictures!!!!


My Little boy is growing up.. Sunday we had a Mom and Cade Day.... I let him pick out the clothes that he wanted. He is into playing Rock Band and Guitar Hero. He amazes me on how well he plays. He is into the skate board type shoes. I tried to talk him out of them and get a regular pair of tennis shoes, but they are what he wanted.

"He is a boy all his own."