Halftime Entertainment

Most famiies probably eat or take a nap during halftime of the Iron Bowl. Not the Phillips family....

...they stand on their porch and shoot pumpkins! I promise we're not rednecks! We just enjoy acting like it! :)

At least Mom and I went inside after ten or fifteen minutes. Seth and Dad were having so much fun they stayed outside and missed the begining of the second half of the game! Silly boys!

Christmas, Christmas Time is Here!

The Christmas trees are up and we are READY for the holidays!!

My Tree

Seth's Man Tree

Norris Baby #2

So, I know this post is a few weeks late, but......It's a BOY!!! We have a new member of the Bowen side of the family. Myles Ethan Norris was born November 23rd at 11:29 am. He weighed 7 lbs 3 oz, and I want to say he was 18" long. Mommy and baby are doing well, other than being a little tired. :) Here are a few pictures from the hospital.

Myles already has to keep one eye on Eli at all times....you never know what Eli is up to!

The Family, minus me and Seth...Seth was behind the camera, I was stuck in Nashville for work. Boo!



I got back later that evening and Seth took me to see them.



Such a beautiful baby!!

Seth went camera crazy!

He actually held Myles for a while without being forced!

He was amazed at how small Myles's hands were compared to his and made me take a picture. :)


We are very happy to have Myles here and cannot wait to witness all the adventures he and Eli will have in store for the family!

Eli is Two!!!

Can you believe that this little munchkin is two already! We can't! It doesn't seem like all that long ago that he was bouncing himself to sleep in his little swing. Now, he's this huge tornado of excitement whirling all over the place! Here are a few pictures from his birthday party.

Notice the m&m residue all over his little face...thanks to Unlce Seth for giving him chocolate before dinner.

Opening Presents!!

The Sit-n-Spin that Seth and I gave him. He was scared to death of this thing all night! Until his daddy made him get on it...then he started to like it, but would ONLY ride with "Bo"...see picture below.

Now, he's starting to love it!


Happy Birthday, Eli!!

Rocky Top

Last weekend, we took our first family trip with my parents that Adam and Ashley got to come along. We went to Knoxville for UT's homecoming game. We loaded up in my grandma's Crown Victoria. Yes, that is the only six person vehicle in the family. We got quite a few weird looks that weekend. But we had fun!

Boys' Day Out

When we went to Henderson a few weeks ago, Seth got to have a boys' day with Adam and my dad. Adam took them fishing for something other than the little baby fish that Seth and Dad normally catch. Adam is a very talented fisherman...he took them to his secret spot this day. I wouldn't be surprised if he blindfolded them until they got to the spot. Here is one of the fish that Seth caught! Definitely an improvement from the fish they usually get!

Ghouls and Goblins

Okay. I know I am late with the Halloween pictures, but seriously...where is November going?! Thanksgiving is just right around the corner! Crazy! Anywho, here are a couple pictures from our Halloween festivites. I will try to narrate as you look. :)

Eli went as a boxer to Maysville's fall festival. He won one of the best costumes! Again!

Seth and his dad constructed a new game for the fall festival...a frog launcher! They built it, Seth free-handed the pictures, I helped paint, and Stacy and Grandma made the frogs. It was a HIT!! I never knew kids had so much strength!! They usually sent the frogs flying into the wall or ceiling, but still lots of fun!

Seth, aka Granny Wolf, also enjoyed scaring the kids, as you see here!

The little man was a firefighter on Halloween. Here he is with Granny Jo, Seth's grandma.

This is me, the mummy, and Seth at the Bowen Family Halloween Party. Seth's mom had games for us "kids" to play this year...eating apples off a string, popping balloons, mummy wrapping, and a scavenger hunt. Between all the candy, food, and games, we had a very fun Halloween this year!