Tree Dedication

Evan came over for a visit today. Kim wasn't feeling very well so we took Evan to church with us the kept him most of the day. After lunch he enjoyed trying out my new hammock swing on the front porch. Billy and I finally got it hung yesterday. He enjoyed swinging in it until he realized he was about to fall asleep then he was ready to get out and go. We sat in the rocker on the front porch and read a couple of books until he fell asleep. While he was sleeping I got to try out my hammock chair. It was great!

We had a tree dedication ceremony this afternoon for Evan's tree. Evan helped plant the sign that Billy and I made for his tree he planted last weekend.

We called mama and daddy and got them over for the sign planting!

Evan wanted to make sure the sign was level!

Planting Pecan Trees Videos

Planting Pecan Trees

Evan helped his granddaddy plant some pecan trees this Saturday. Here's Evan dressed in his gardening clothes. Aunt Coo Coo gave him the boots!

The men folks are ready to plant those trees.



There was much grunting and groaning as they dug the holes. Evan helped fill up a bucket with water to pour on the trees. He and Billy went into the pump house to get the water out of the spigot in there. As they went in the door Billy told Evan, "This is man's work." Evan repeated what Billy said then turned around and waved at me and said, "Bye bye"! I just died laughing!


At last,one tree planted! Quite a few more to go!

Fish, The Train and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Evan, Jacob and Kim came over for lunch today. After lunch Evan wanted to go out to see the "ish" in the pond. We went outside and as soon as we got out the door he said "Cold!" So we went back in to get a jacket. Unfortunately, mama and daddy didn't bring a jacket so we had to get creative. I found my math teacher sweater and a belt to a bathrobe and Kim bundled him up in that. We went out to the pond and looked at the catfish for awhile. Then the train came by hauling lots of cars full of rocks. The train and rocks are two of Evan's favorite things so he was really excited by that train. Then we went to porch to swing for a while. I finally got him to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star while we were swinging. (He sang it at lunch but when I got the camera of course he wasn't interested in singing any more.) You will have to listen closely to the videos to catch it but he did sing it!

Breakfast with Aunt Coo Coo

Courtney and Evan had breakfast at the coffee table. Evan had already had one breakfast but has a little more when Courtney got up. He fed her some of her breakfast and help her wipe up when she got egg on her face!

String Beads with Aunt Coo Coo

Aunt Coo Coo helped Evan make a bead necklace for his mama for Valentine's Day. Evan enjoyed putting the beads on the string...but he like meddling in Courtney box of beads even more.

Snapping Beans at Aunt Kay's

While Mama and Daddy took their trip ( a Christmas gift) to Charleston, SC, Evan stayed with MeMe, Granddaddy and Aunt Coo Coo. We went to visit Aunt Kay one afternoon and Evan helped her snap beans. He was very intent on his work! However, I think Aunt Kay had to spend some extra time making sure those beans were edible! Watch the end of the video!