{ Luke - August 2, 2013 }

Kaydee and Justin welcomed sweet baby Luke yesterday.  Such an exciting day!

Luke Thomas Chandler

10 pounds and 21 1/4 inches of pure sweetness!

GiGi with Luke in the nursery.  

 The girls wanted a picture with Kaydee.  She looked fantastic, as always!  

Sweet family picture!

Of course his aunts were all dying to get their hands on him! Here's Courtney!

Paige

Morgan

 I was so happy when it was my turn to hold him!  

We loved meeting Luke on his first day in the world.  Love that sweet boy already!

{ Alaska - Home of the Moose Poop Earrings }

Granna and Papa D are away on their Alaskan cruise.

They sent the kids a note that made us all laugh, especially the girls!

Someone told Granna that they had moose poop earrings for sale in Alaska and asked the girls if they'd like a pair (kidding of course).  I honestly hope we don't end up with 3 pairs of those beauties.  Ha!

Happy final day of July!  We're hoping we get calls from teachers today.  The kids are dying to know who's teaching them this year...and which friends are in their classes.  School starts one week from today!

{ monopoly night }

During dinner last night, Harrison asked if we could have family game night.  The kids LOVE it when we do it, so we cleared off the table and started a long game of Monopoly.

Harrison and I were on a team and the others all played on their own.

 Sarah thinks it's hilarious when Emma Taylor lands on her property and has to pay!

Now Sarah's a little ticked because things aren't going so well for her.

 Wheelin' and dealin'!

We have some houses and hotels in place, so this board is getting expensive.  Everyone gets nervous as they make it through the "rich neighborhood!"

 Harrison says he's a billionaire!

 Goofy girls!

Harrison and I were looking good until Anna Grace  and Lee put hotels on their properties, then we quickly went belly up!

 Somebody's excited!

Emma Taylor and Sarah went bankrupt.  Emma Taylor joined Anna Grace's team and Sarah joined Lee.

 Emma Taylor ran out of money, so now she's asking for donations in her hat!

 I thought AG was the winner.  This was her winner face.  :)

But then Sarah and Lee won it all.  AG said I jinxed her since I took the "winner" picture early.  Uh oh!

We loved spending the evening playing together!

This is our last full week of summer.  We've gotta make it count!  :)

{ marker makers }

Emma Taylor saw a commercial for a Crayola Marker Maker and decided she needed to spend some of her birthday money to buy one.  She and Harrison couldn't wait to get home from Walmart to start making their very own markers.

I was so proud of Emma Taylor for letting Harrison help make markers, without  even a suggestion from me!

 I had the kids wear old shirts in case this project was messy.  Harrison doesn't normally wear this "beary special" shirt from the surgery center except for sleeping!  :)

 Trying out the new markers.  Pretty cool!

 They named one after me!  How thoughtful!

 These are the markers they've made so far.

A great way to spend one of the last afternoons of summer!

{ Mississippi State Baseball Camp! }

Harrison had the opportunity to go to MSU Baseball Camp this week.  He was pretty excited.  It was an especially fun treat since the Bulldogs went to the College World Series just a few weeks ago!  They had camp in the Palmeiro Center and spent time at Dudy Noble Field, too.  Pretty cool!

Harrison was able to meet Coach Cohen, who gave them a pep-talk every morning! 

Harrison was on Squad 3 that consisted of 9 other boys.  They played actual games against other squads, which was fun.  They also did catching drills, batting drills and practiced pitching and sliding into base (on a Slip n Slide!).  He thought it was fantastic!

Emma Taylor thought it was pretty cool too.  While Harrison was busy practicing, she was able to get a quick picture taken with Wes Rea, our favorite first baseman!

We loved watching him play in the College World Series.  Emma Taylor said he was nice too!

Fun times!