Monday, February 27, 2006

Sub Survey

I guess Kristen's food post on her blog got me thinking about my favorites, so for today, in no particular order, are some of my fast food favorites...

1 - Popcorn chicken at KFC
2 - 7-layer burrito at Taco Bell
3 - Mexican Pizza at Taco Bell
4 - Carolina Classic at Wendy's
5 - Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger at Wendy's
6 - Southwest Steak and Cheese Sub at Subway
7 - Turkey and Bacon Sub
8 - Toasted sub with guacamole at Quiznos
9 - Supreme Pizza's at almost any place, but no hamburger or sausage
10 - Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Biscuit or Gravy Biscuit

Go Dobson!

Adam and Logan have been playing church basketball. This is a picture of Adam at a recent game. I have enjoyed getting to shoot outside with them lately. Adam especially has been putting in lots of time at the basketball goal and has quite a good shot!

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Look at that Face

Is that not the cutest little face?! Posted by Picasa

Saturday, February 25, 2006


Eight Ball and Spot playing. They were both born in December - quite a bit of difference in size! =)

Spot and Lucy lounging around in the front yard...a dog's life. Lucy is Spot's grandma.

Eight Ball

The snow was pretty, but didn't last long!

Spot

Logan and Eight Ball snoozing.

Adrian playing with Eight Ball, teaching him something, no doubt!

Adam shooting basketball in the yard.

Saturday, February 18, 2006


By popular request, here are some pictures of Eightball. Adrian has been working with him this morning, teaching him some things using the clicker and treats. They were both pretty cute.

Eightball is playing with the stuffed teddy bear Logan gave him. He really is a cute puppy. Logan and I love to see him try to run down the hall. He has this cute little run as he is trying to figure out the traction (or lack thereof) on the hardwood floors. He slids and tumbles and jingles - he has this little jingle bell around his neck that helps us know where he is, since he's soooo little.

Finally Snow!

It's snowing this morning! It looks so pretty coming down! I was hoping to see a little (well, actually, a lot!) of snow this winter. We had a couple of ice storms in December and some snow last weekend while I was in Raleigh, so I missed it. Anyway, glad to see the snow coming down this morning. Posted by Picasa

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Up in the Air

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Coming in for a Landing

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Trampoline Kids

Adam and Logan have a lot of fun on the trampoline at Kristen's. Ian wanted to go outside and join in the fun! Posted by Picasa

Monday, February 13, 2006

The Barnett Bunch

I wanted to take a picture tonight of the five of them, but somehow the time got away from me, so here's one from the hospital of the Barnett Bunch! Posted by Picasa

Sunday, February 12, 2006

Eightball

Logan's new puppy - Eightball! Posted by Picasa

Logan and Eightball

We surprised Logan with a new puppy this weekend. We had an early birthday celebration for him (his birthday is actually in June) and he really was surprised! It was something special we all had been planning for him and it was a lot of fun! Posted by Picasa

Adam and Merry Grace

Adam is a good uncle and loves to play with his nieces and nephew. Posted by Picasa

Merry Grace

Little Gracie is a little angel and we all love her very much! Posted by Picasa

Merry Grace

What a sweet and beautiful baby! Posted by Picasa

Kristen, Ian, and Merry Grace

Doesn't Kristen look great to have just had a new baby?! Ian (and all of us) love to hold little Merry Grace, or Gracie. (Both names are being used now.) Posted by Picasa

Merry Grace and Elise

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Ian and Elise - Ready to Go!

Ian and Elise were excited to go to the hospital to see their new little sister! Posted by Picasa

Merry Grace meets Papa

Merry Grace arrived on Feb. 8 and we are all so happy to have her here and part of our family! Posted by Picasa

Sunday, February 05, 2006

Baseball and more...

Adam loves to pitch ball and I enjoy pitching with him, although my arm and shoulder don't feel quite the same as they did about 30 years ago! One thing we usually do when we pitch is a little "game" that my daddy did with me when we pitched when I was a teenager. To help me with my game, Daddy would through the ball short, high, to one side or the other, grounders, switching up to keep me guessing where the ball was going to go. It made it fun and challenging and made me a better shortstop. I do the same thing with Adam, and for the record, he covers a lot more territory than I did. He likes the challenge of getting to the ball and it's a fun game for us. And it makes me think of my dad and the fun we had together. Just for an instant sometimes, when Adam and I are outside in the yard, it seems the generations are linked by this simple act of throwing the baseball to each other and I see myself as my dad and catch a glimpse of the past, the present, and the future all at once. I can almost see Adam pitching with his son or daughter in times to come and remembering this little game we played together. It's a small thing, but is a reminder to me of the patience my dad had in teaching me to throw and field the ball and of the time he took to spend time with me doing something I was interested in. Even though he was busy working, he would always stop and pitch with me and it is a treasured memory of a fun time with my Daddy. He's been gone from this existence for over 20 years now, but those good memories will live on forever.

Saturday, February 04, 2006


YM Basketball today with games held in Mount Airy. That's nice for travel time for us! The Dobson YM had an early game at 8:45 this morning, which they won against Salisbury. After doing the scout service project and then stopping by our house for a little bit, we headed back over to the gym with the guys and they won their second game against Pilot Mountain. We took some of the team and went to Wendy's for lunch, then back to our house where the guys are playing a board game before we need to leave to go back to the gym for a 3:30 game. We've had rain today, but in between Adrian has been working on the chicken coop and I've done some laundry.

After their first basketball game this morning, I took some of the guys scouting for food, which is a scout service project to collect canned goods. It was raining, but they were real troopers.

Adam, Logan, Shaylon, Philip, and Tim "scouting for food" in Sheltontown.

The guys getting ready to play. They got together and made their own basketball shirts before the season started.

YM Basketball. Logan running down the court.

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Spot

This is spot. She's the last of Bouncer's 10 puppies. Logan is hoping that we keep her. She is a sweet little puppy. Posted by Picasa