Payton the Pro Bowler

Payton's been bowling on a league for two years now. He's on the PeeWee league, which bowls one game with bumpers. He bowled his highest game ever today, a 132! He had one strike and four spares. His highest game before today was a 94. WOW!

School Photos

Payton's preschool did old-fashioned photos. They wanted $60 for a package so I didn't buy any, but they gave us one free 8X10. What do you think? The hat is something, isn't it?

Boy, I really need a new post. Things have been busy, but nothing's really been happening. I'll have to find something. Sorry, faithful readers. LOL

Tig's First Walk

Payton is warming up to Tig. He wasn't too sure of her to start. The only dogs he has really been exposed to are Cargo, Brenda's dog, who's a spaz (sorry, Bren), and Choppie, my mother-in-law's teacup chihuahua. Choppie weighs about eight pounds, so she doesn't really count as a dog (sorry, Pat).
Payton took Tig on her first walk this morning after church. We walked over to the school and back. It was frigid! But Payton had a blast and Tig seemed to have fun running around with Payton.

Tig

The Talbot Family welcomes its newest member, Tig (short for Antigone). She an English mastiff, eleven weeks old. She is the sweetest thing. When we went to pick her out, she walked right up to Ray, sat down, and accepted some petting. Then she rolled over, gave him her tummy, and let him give her a tummy rub. She's already coming when she's called.
Our cat, Coleman, is not happy with us right now, needless to say. You can see her in the last picture, peering out from under the dishwasher.

Eva's 1st Birthday

Eva turned ONE on Dec. 30th, and we celebrated on Saturday. It's so nice to spend time with such a sweet little girl. (Meaning she is nothing like my rowdy, rambunctious son, LOL.)




And weren't Carrie's cupcakes the cutest?

AWWWW........

Payton has been practicing writing his alphabet lately. He is very interested in learning to read and write right now. The other day, we were at Office Max. They had a dry erase board with letter outlines on it, so Payton could trace the letters and learn to write.
We were practicing on that board, when Payton says, "How do you spell 'Mom'?" I told him, and he wrote it in scraggly, uneven little letters. It was awesome. I love this kid!