The Peeples Family

Carter meeting his KINDERGARTEN teachers!

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Carter walking into his new room!

Carter and Tracy (my friend and his K teacher)

Carter finding his name at his seat!

Carter and his teacher assistant, Mrs. Morrow.

Destin beach trip with David's family...

2009-07-28T08:54:00.000-07:00

For the last three years, we have stayed at my sister-in-laws parent's beach house in Destin for our Peeples' family beach vacation. It is hard to beat....quiet neighborhood on the beach, 5-bedroom, and an apartment above the garage for the kids to hang out in. Here are some pics from this year's vacation.

David's nieces and nephews...

David and Carter...

I do not have many beach pics of Carter 'cause he was in the water the entire day.

The guys crab hunting...

The girls crab hunting...

Chase was an angel on the beach! He played like this under his umbrella 'til it was time for lunch and a nap! After the nap, we came back and repeated this process. He loved it.

At night, we enjoyed just sitting on the back porch. (David's parents and nephew, Hunter, below)

Beach trip with my family...

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Carter with cousin Dustin

My nephews John(left), and Colton and Carter in the middle.

My brothers, Darryl(left) and Ricky.

Carter and Chase the first day at the beach. They were so excited to be there. Chase had a fit watching all the boats and airplanes pass by.

Disney World pics!!! (more to come!)

2009-04-28T17:52:00.000-07:00

Chase's 2nd birthday!

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The morning of Chase's birthday...

Chase's birthday party at day care...

Chase had a lot of fun on his second birthday. Since he loves horses, we had a pony and a horse at the party for the children to ride. Thank goodness, the rain stopped just in time!! Candies Confections made Chase's cake to match the invitation and they did a great job!

Happy 50th Birthday to my sister!

2009-04-01T20:56:00.000-07:00

Thought I would share some pics of my dear sister that turned 50 in February! Yes, we are 18 years apart!! We had a party for her at our house and had a fun time. She is still a lot of fun at 50! :)

Finally some Christmas pics!

2009-04-01T19:22:00.000-07:00

It's been a long time since I last posted pictures of the boys. I acually made a slide show of some of our Christmas pictures, but for some reason couldn't get it to post, so I will simply have to post them one by one. Santa was great to us this year. It is a lot of fun having a 4 1/2 year old in the house to get so excited! Chase, 2, is at the age where he doesn't really have a clue. He had rather play with the boxes and tissue paper! Enjoy the pics....

Christmas Eve at MeeMee and Papow's house...

Back at home for Santa to come! He definitely came....

For anyone that knows Chase, also knows that he LOVES to eat. He eats every crumb at meal time and usually wants more, he will eat food from off the floor before you can get to him to see if it REALLY WAS food that he was eating, and he knows when you are pulling into a restaurant as he hollers out "eat, eat!!". So notice this picture of Chase as he is diving into his Oreo Cakesters!!

We surprised daddy with a tent and lantern for camping out in the backyard!

Halloween

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Patiently waiting to carve the pumpkin and get out of the house!

We were a little late carving our pumpkin! Here, David was carving it just before leaving for trick-or-treating!

My sweet little Batman!

Having fun with friends Nathan (fireman) and Logan (Batman).

Chase LOVED trick-or-treating once he got the hang of it! He even walked into someone's house looking for the candy!

Northwest Rankin Homecoming

2008-12-08T19:43:00.000-08:00

This year's Homecoming theme was "Disney Movies", so our float (Oakdale Elementary (where I teach) chose to be Air Bud. We all dressed up in various uniforms and used my dog-in-law, Belle as "Air Bud". We had fun! The kids love it every year.

End of the summer pics....

2008-12-08T19:07:00.000-08:00

My sweet friend, Amy Bates took our family pictures this summer at our house. Amy and I used to teach together at Northwest Rankin, but she is now taking awesome pictures on the side of staying home with her boys. She did an awesome job for us! Check out her blog if you ever need great pictures taken.... http://www.amybatesphotography.blogspot.com/

At this point, we were struggling to get a decent picture of us with the kids! This picture just made us laugh! Thank goodness our sweet photographer had a ton of patience and lots of silly songs to sing!

At 4 years old, Carter has a hard time smiling naturally, so the serious look for him is the best way to go!

Amy certainly captured a good one of Chase and his proud mama! If you look close, it looks like I am engaged! The truth is, I accidently left my wedding band in the house.

I love Carter's eyes in this picture.

That smile melts my heart!!

Summer Pics '08

2008-07-22T22:26:00.001-07:00

Carter and Chase hangin' out in Uncle Brad's shop on the motorcycle. I wonder if Uncle Brad will get talked into taking Carter for a ride!!??

Yep!! Here, Carter headed out for a special ride with our next door neighbor, his Uncle Brad.

Carter has become a little fish this summer! David's brother that lives next door to us (Brad) put in a hot tub that flows into the pool, so Carter has loved swimming in it. Remarkably, Carter has learned to swim on his own just by us going over there so much this summer and swimming.

Here, Chase wanted to wear his floaties as we were just hanging out outside and playing in the yard. He found the tub of rain water and thought he'd go for a swim!! I will have to remember this one for his senior slide show!!

Chase absolutely loves dogs!! He loves to sit and lay on top of our dogs but I'm not so sure the dogs love it. Labs are awesome and they are thankfully very patient.

Destin '08

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Carter loved the water this year. Here, he was waiting for the next wave to jump over!

Chase was NOT crazy about the beach this year. He was trying to get to me when he took a dive in the sand and came up looking like this. I just had to get a picture!

Carter and Chase playing on the beach.

This year in Destin, we took a sunset dolphin cruise on a very large speedboat. The boys had a lot of fun.

Carter even got to drive the boat!

Chase with his daddy but trying to get to his mama.

Carter and mama enjoying the boat ride.

Family photo on the boat.

Fun with the boys!!

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...jumping on the trampoline

...after a bath one night and getting ready for bed

Looking for frames??

2008-06-11T19:21:00.000-07:00

We now have a separate blog for our frames and other wood products. Please see them at: www.thepeeplesframes.blogspot.com

The Peeples Family Slide Show

2008-04-18T20:17:00.001-07:00

Our first beach trip as a family of four!

2008-02-22T19:03:00.001-08:00

Fun Pics of the Boys...

2008-02-20T20:26:00.000-08:00

Carter's first harvest of summer 2007.
He was quite proud of his tomatoes and cucumbers.

Chase loved having his teeth brushed
for the first time!

What brotherly love! Carter and Chase certainly love each other. It's fun to see Carter play with and care for his little brother.

Chase in his car seat for the first time facing forward.