Back to Work

Well my friends, after almost 11 years I have finally gone back to work outside of the house. I began September 21 at Troy Elementary School as an Instructional Aide in the Computer Lab. I had a great 1st week. I see every child in our school 1 time a week for 30 minutes (1st & K 2 times). It is a busy schedule but it goes by so fast and I love being with all the children and helping them learn how to get along in the 21st century.

I know you are all wondering why with 4 kids I would go back to work. Well, I was extremely bored. All of my friends here work and Kate goes to pre-school 3 days a week and in Troy there is just not much to do! I get to go to school with the boys and see them but I really miss my time with Kate. Luckily, I didn't have to put her in full time day care. If I would have had to, I do not think I could have gone back. She goes to pre-school Monday and Wednesday until 12 and Jason will pick her up and she will stay with mom and then on Tuesday and Thursday she stays at school until 2:30 and mom picks her up. On Fridays she is staying with mom. This will just be for the month of October. My housekeeper is retiring from her other job November 1st and then she will keep Kate Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I have convinced myself that Kate will be ok even though I am not staying with her until she starts Kindergarten. I have been with her and just her for the majority of her 3 years of life. Since she is so attached to me, I think this will be good for her.

The other great thing about my new job is that Jason will now save close to 10,000 a year in his paycheck. Yes honey, that is what we pay in health insurance. What he paid in one week at the truck lines, I pay that plus$78 more dollars a month!! Wow!! It is like he is getting a raise!! It is going to take a little getting adjusted to, but once we do, It is going to be great!

Happy Birthday Will!!

Today at 3:16pm my baby Will will be 10 years old!! OMG, double digits!! I can hardly believe he is already 10! It seems just like yesterday that Jason laid down in the bed from getting in from work and I sat straight up because my water had broken!! I think that was the longest but one of the happiest days in Jason's life!! (Mine too!!) It all started around 2-3am and we waited all day for that little fella!! He was so worth the wait!! He is now looking me in the eyes and wears Deeda's hand me downs!! He is very tender-hearted and away from home is a very good little boy!! I have enjoyed being your mama for the past 10 years and I am looking forward to many, many more years of watching you grow and experience life!! You bring me and your daddy so much joy!! We love you more than you will ever know!! Happy 10th Birthday Baby Will!!

Last Day of Summer

Well, today was the last day of summer and we really didn't do anything special. I feel bad about that now. I didn't really think about it being the last day of summer until right now as I sit and type this. I had a meeting this morning with Mr. Henderson, our new principal at the boys school. Then I got the kids and we met everybody for lunch since John made it home last night. He has been gone since March and we were so glad that he is back. After lunch, the boys went to meet their teachers and drop off school supplies. I know I am probably the only mom taking pictures of her 4th grader with his teacher as they go through his supplies. I just may take pictures of him when he is buying his locker at the middle school!! Anyway, we started off with Ben. The youngest always goes 1st. This year Ben is in the 2nd grade, Mrs. Tate is his teacher and she has taught both of the other boys. She actually taught Will 2 years. She taught Will in 1st grade and then moved to 2nd grade when Will moved to 2nd grade so he was lucky to have her 2 years! This will be my 4th and final year with her until Kate goes, I just hope Mrs. Tate hasn't retired by then!! Ben wasn't at all interested in unpacking his supplies. He was interested in his goody bag and everything else in the classroom. Kate helped Mrs. Tate put away all of Ben's stuff!! She always does stuff like that. Maybe one day Ben will start doing things for himself. He is going to have a wonderful year, I just can't wait to see what Mrs. Tate's view is of all three Reeves' brothers!!

















































Drew is in the 3rd grade this year and his teacher is Mrs. Evans. I was surprised that Drew was interested in unpacking his backpack. He got everything out and and organized his desk. Wow! There is nothing about Drew that is organized so he is starting the year off good!! Drew is in class again this year with Cole and Sydney. They have been together since kindergarten. I don't really know if they would know what to do if they were not together. I guess it worked out right since Drew's teacher this year would have been Mrs. Curtis, Cole's mom, but she moved up to 4th grade. I know Mrs. Evans is going to be great for Drew, I think he is going to have a wonderful year!










































I can't even believe that Will only has 2 more years in elementary school. He will be in the 4th grade this year and Mrs. Dunn is his teacher. I mean where does the time go? Am I really old enough to have a 4th grader? Will has had 4 of the most wonderful years at TES and has been blessed to have awesome teachers and this year will be no different. He will have Mrs. Curtis for Social Studies and he is excited about that since she taught him 3rd grade last year and he loved her! Will gets a big kid desk this year so he will keep all of his supplies and books in his cubby. This year will be a big adjustment since we will now be studying for science and social studies test! I think he is really going to enjoy it! I am looking forward to it! We maybe I am not! I am not looking forward to the getting up and the homework but I am ready for a routine. I need to better this year at getting up and getting them up. I am so not a morning person so that doesn't help in the least bit!! School starts on Monday for the boys and Kate's school starts on Tuesday for her. She is so excited to start back!

Happy Birthday Ben!

Today my baby boy is 7 years old. I can hardly believe it. It seems just like yesterday he was born. He was the sweetest most beautiful blonde hair, blue eyed baby I had ever laid eyes on. Everything about him was different than both of his brothers. He was an easy baby and still is to this day. He is a home body and would rather stay at home than do anything else! He is a smart little sucker and will say anything that comes to mind. Most of the time he will have on the floor laughing! One thing about Ben, is he loves me and when ever he is away from me for any length of time he is always happy to see me! I always get hugs from him and his smile can melt my heart!! I will always remember nights with him when he was a baby. At home at night by myself with 3 babies, I would always get Will and Drew in bed and then Ben and I would sit on the couch in the den, I would give him his night time bottle while I watched my shows that I had on tivo. He would fall asleep and I would just lay there an hold him. Most nights I dreaded putting him to bed because this was the only time I really had with just him! My 1 and 2 year old demanded most all of my time during the day. Ben lived in the swing, the swing was a life saver! I am so proud of him. He has surprised me in so many ways and I know he is going to grow into a fine young man!! I love you Boo Boo! Happy Birthday!!




Ben's 6th Birthday

Winding Down the Summer

Well, since our baseball season ended we have really been enjoying the rest of our summer. We haven't really done anything special, just enjoying each other. Yes, I said it, we are enjoying each other. After we finished baseball, the Recreation Department called to see if we would be interested in being a Host Family for the AAA Dixie Minor Tournament. After talking it over with Jason we decided we would give it a try. We decided since we were going to be out there anyway watching Lawson and Noah and their team, Troy Americans ~ The Host Team, we might as well do it. I thought it would be a neat experience for the boys to be on the other side of a baseball tournament. We found out last week that our Host Team would be the District 4 Champs from Monroe County. I was really excited since I do have friends that grew up in Monroeville and have a close friend there now. We meet them at their hotel on Friday afternoon. We delivered each player and coach a drawstring backpack with lots of goodies in them. We had made some signs for them and got some balloons to put up when they got there to welcome them to Troy. That didn't go over so well. We couldn't get the signs in the ground and they got there when we were doing it, some of the balloons popped and I just gave up and let those go! Kate was really upset, she wanted the balloons! Anyway, we got everything to them and left them to get settled and met back up with them Friday night at the Homerun Derby. We were able to meet more of the parents and found out what a small world it is. We have so many friends and family in common so it made us feel like we already knew one another. The rain delayed the Homerun Derby so we went with the team to the Rec Center for dinner. It was catered by Country's BBQ and it was delicious! During dinner the rain moved out so we were able to go back to the field for the Opening Ceremonies. Each team was introduced and after several people spoke the night was topped of with a fireworks show. It was really nice. Really a little depressing after the experience we had at State last year. Troy definately know how to host a tournament.
Games began Saturday, Monroe played at 4 and lost its 1st game to Underwood. They were really nervous, but they played a Great game. Sunday they played Geneva, the district champs from our district. Geneva dominated our District tournament here in Troy so I was a little nervous for Monroe. The score stayed 0-0 until the 5th inning I think. Geneva scored 2 runs in the top of the inning. Monroe came back to the bats and couldn't get the cracking. They held Geneva in the top of the 6th and then came in and scored 3 runs to win the game. It was so exciting!! Those boys never gave up and they play with such heart! I can't wait to watch them play tonight. They play Bellingrath tonight in an elimination game. I think Monroe has gotten the nervous butterflies out of their system and will play great tonight!!
Our Troy Americans won their 1st game against Hartselle Saturday but fell to Auburn yesterday. They will play Underwood in an elimination game today. We will be cheering hard for Troy and Monroe!

Last week the boys participated in Golf Camp at Camp Butter and Egg. They totally enjoyed every minute of it. They always to the baseball camp and are doing it this week. They have brand new golf clubs and always want to play so I talked them into it! They spent the night out their last Thursday so they were so exhausted when I got them on Friday.

Tournament Ball Comes to an End

Tonight Will's team, the Troy Nationals, was eliminated from the District Tournament. They played well defensively but just couldn't get their bats going. We had a great time being with old friends and it was great to make some new friends. Will had a great time and I know he is sad it is over so hopefully we can get back to travel ball at the end of the summer!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Happy Birthday Mama, aka Bibbie! For 38 years she has not only been a mother but she has also been my best friend and still is until this day. She by far is the best mother ever. When I was little she worked very hard to make sure I had everything I wanted. She always took me and my friends to the beach and we always had the best time. She is the best cook and always had a warm meal for us at supper even thought she was working.She was always there for me when I needed a shoulder to cry on or if I needed advice for some major teenage problem! Even to this day I get her advice and most all the time she is right! I know I will never measure up to her but I will sure try since I have no excuse not too! She taught me everything, I just can't cook as good as her! Happy Birthday to the BEST Mama and Bibbie in the whole world. I love you more than words can tell. Thank you for EVERYTHING you do for my family. We greatly appreciate it!