Halloween at The Glover's!

Lucy with her buddy Emily from across the street! Can you guess who they have dressed up like?
Halloween with all our friends! The kids had a blast as always. Halloween is a great time in our neighborhood. We grill out in our front yards, & all the kids trick or treat together. Our friends the Skinners came over for the 2nd year in a row. I hope they are making this a tradition. We also enjoyed having the Sandiford girls over. Nathan & Jared Skinner, Annie, Charlie, Faith & Haley Sandiford & Lucy Annie with her friend Brooke Sandiford. Ninja Charlie with all the girls!

October days!

Lucy & her playgroup at the Pumpkin Patch! Too hot to be the Fall that day. We have perfect fall weather today, just no falling leaves!



Out to dinner for Claude's 1st Birthday! This was actually September 26th. We are a little behind with this post. Annie & Kevin were absent due to a ball game.

Charlie helped his best buddy Preston celebrate his Birthday at their favorite fine dining establishment (McDonalds).
Lucy & her friend Faith at our church Fall Festival!



Charlie and Lucy with their best ball park buddies, the Sandiford Girls.... Faith & Haley!

Go Braves!

Charlie had his first T-Ball Game! He plays for the Julington Creek Braves. I have NO idea who won the game, but they all played great! Charlie listens very closely and is very interested in making sure the ball is going to the correct place before it leaves his glove. This does not always result in the quickest of outs! He definitely gets an A+ for attention and effort. We do need some work with our speed. Annie and Lucy were very supportive! Annie decorated her face and Lucy's. The Glover Girls were not lacking in spirit! By the way that is the name of Annie's team this fall...SPIRIT!

Soooo Much Charlie!

Charlie celebrates birthday #6! You know how we love to drag out a birthday! Charlie, Annie & Kevin went to breakfast before school, Lucy and I went to school for a picnic lunch with Charlie, Poppy was waiting after school with a new fishing rod and McDonalds (casting lessons in the front yard), and we finished the day by going to FastBoys for dinner with all of the family. Friday he took some of his best buddies for Pizza and a movie. They went to see the new movie "Everyone's Hero" It was great and all of the boys were wonderful! Charlie had a blast! The birthday week is now complete! We are off to his first T-Ball game. I am sure pictures will soon follow. Yes Annie does still live here! We love her more than ever. She is still wonderful, kind, funny , and atheletic. She has not had a birthday or a ball game etc...her season begins on Monday with a scrimmage. I promise to update soon with some photos of Annie.

Charlie Boy!

Charlie is playing T-Ball! Finally he gets to play ball too! he is loving it and is trying so hard. He pays such close attention to everything. He has lost his first teeth. The bottom two have come out just before his 6th birthday. If you look closely, you can see the first one. He lost the 2nd tooth about a week later. He will be six on the 20th. Hopefully he will get his own helmet for a gift. This one is Annie's. Yes it is too big, yes it has her name air brushed across the back... but he has not complained. He is thrilled to have it. I don't think he has noticed the whole in the back where the ponytail is suppose to hang out! He plays for the Julington Creek Braves!

Lucy started preschool and had Birthday #3!

Lucy went to
Build a Bear
for birthday #3!


Lucy celebrating at school with her new class!
First day of preschool for Lu "What happens at preschool stays at preschool!" Except when your mama works there!

Lucy will start her first day of preschool next week. Yesterday she went to a Tea party for one of her best buddies "Chi Chi" Charley. Lucy, Charley, & Delaney have been best buddies for over two years now. Lucy will be in the Two's. The cut off here is September 1st. Lucy misses it by a week. The only thing I hate about that,is she won't be in the same class with her buddies. They will all be in three year old classes.

It's been awhile/School Starts!

Ok...it has been awhile I know. Hope to get back into the blogging habit. A lot has gone on since the last post. Some good-some not so good. Won't try and cover it all, but will try and post of few things in the next few days. I'll start today with some good. Charlie and Annie started school the first week of August. Charlie is now in kindergarten, and loves it! The 4th grade for Annie has been a whirl-wind so far. This is the FCAT year, and they definitely hit the ground running in 4th grade. Laura and I are spending a good amount of time with her on homework, and she is starting to get into the swing of things now. They actually started on two different days. Here are a few pictures from the first day - I do enjoy my job of dropping them both off each morning.

10U All Stars! District Champions!!!

Annie is playing for the 10U Creeks All Stars. This weekend they went undefeated to win the District Championship!!!! The team played fabulous! They did not let one run get by during their last 2 games. 12 innings without being scored on! Can you believe that. Annie had been in a little bit of a batting slump during their last tournament, but not for this one. Her bat was alive!!! The coach bought a brand new (expensive) bat for his daughter. They let Annie use it during this tournament. Of course she thinks it is all the bat and cannot stop talking about it. We may try to paint one of her old bats and tell her we bought the same bat. The tournament was a lot of fun. The group of girls, coaches and parents that make up this team are all wonderful. Even Lucy and Charlie are enjoying playing with all of the siblings. Now the team will travel south to compete in the State tournament on July 12th.

Memorial Day Weekend & Special Visitors

We had a busy, but fun Memorial Day Weekend. Annie is playing with the 10U Creeks All Star team, and they had their first tournament this weekend. David and Sarah got up at 5am (in Atlanta) on Saturday, and managed to get to Annie's first game here in Jax, at 12noon. No speeding tickets either! A few other weekend highights - Annie went to the Faith Hill/Tim McGraw concert on Sunday night. We had a family cookout Saturday night, and celebrated a belated birthday for Uncle David (35 yrs old by the way). David, Sarah, Poppy, and Grammy took Lucy and Charlie to the Beach on Monday, and Laura and I went to the Faith Hill/Tim McGraw concert on Monday night (yes they played two nights in Jax). Here's a few pics from the weekend!

Charlie, The Graduate

Yes...it has happend...another Glover graduates! Charlie graduated this month, with all the rights and priviledges thereunto this diploma implies...ok, ok, it is just from Pre-K, but it is exciting nonetheless. In a few short months, Charlie will start Kindergarten. Check out that diploma in his hand and the medal around his neck - is he happy or what?

"Girl on the Run"

Since Feb06, Annie has been participating in an after school program called "Girls on the Run". About 8-12 girls meet twice a week with volunteer coaches (two great moms!). The goal of the program is to train for a 5k - all the while learning about nutrition/exercise, and having fun with your team. Good stuff! That 5k (3 mile run) was held a couple of Saturday's ago, on a windy day at the beach. Annie ran with her friend Brooke, and Brooke's mom - Tammy...and they all did a great job and had a blast with her friends.

Robot Time-Poppy Style

Each child in Charlie's pre-K class had to build a "robot" as part of an assignment. Charlie and Poppy worked hard on this creation Saturday afternoon, and as you can see, the results were...well...awesome! To quote Poppy, "It's not really a robot unless it has a way to move around."

Charlie Boy

Charlie at a field trip w/ his pre-k class. Believe it or not, our boy starts kindergarten 8/4/06!

Alert: Sumo to Princess

From Sumo Wrestler in 2003

To a sweet (yet spoiled) little princess in 2006