Should Change Name of Blog

I guess I should change the name of my Blog to Uncle Kenny's Kidz since we now have a baby girl. Our lives have changed. I truly enjoy having another female in the house. She is wilder than all five boys combined....but so stinkin cute and so much fun. I really love having her and I am so happy that we did not stop at five children.

Baby Lily

OK...so sorry that I have not been good at keeping this up (Aunt Tami) But maybe now that I am not pregnant, I will do better. I was just so tired all of the time and behind on everything, this Blog took back page. So, I will try to do better.
Lily Rome LaBrant was born on July 6th, 2009 @ 10:31 am. I am sorry Ava that I could not wait until July 9th! But, I was ready to get her out!!! Lily weighed 8lbs 15oz and was 20.25"
She is such a good baby. Sleeps a lot. Let's the boys hold her and kiss all over her. She fussed at first at diaper changes, but now she does not. I am even doing a pretty good job at changing girl diapers! Yah Me! She likes to be swaddled and still stays curled up...pretty cute.
Here are some pictures that I took of her when she was exactly 1 week old.

A Day at the Zoo

Since this was the last weekend of Spring Break, we decided to head up to Montgomery and go to the zoo. Tate had such a great time the last time we weer there, we had to take him again. We saw all sorts of animals and rode the train at the end. All the boys had a great time and were very patient with the little guy. They are such good big brothers. My allergies were killing me, so I was wobbling, sneezing, and having runny eyes. Spring is beautiful, but I do hate the pollen. After the zoo, we ate at Chili's...mmmmm....that was sooooo good!

A Girl!

Well, we are having a girl. I am shocked. I will post a picture of her when I scan the ultrasound pictures.

Snow 3

Here are the rest of the pictures. Ken, Luke, Cole, and Jack went skiing the second day while Clay, Tate, and I stayed nice and warm in our hotel. The next day we went shopping in downtown Cadillac. We went into a coffee cafe, a candy store, and a toy store. There was snow everywhere and it snowed while we were shopping. For New Year's Eve we ate at Maggie's Tavern. The tavern had a very authentic older middle west decor to it. And the food was great! After we ate we saw a movie. When we left the movie at 11:00 pm EST it was -1 degrees. When we went to sleep at 1:00 am EST the weather channel said it was -8 degrees! brrrr!!!
We woke up and ate breakfast then left Cadillac. We drove to Tennessee and spent the night. We arrived home Friday. We left a 15 degree temperature and arrived home to a 65 degree temperature. Ken and the guys are missing the cold weather...but I love our mild south Alabama temperature! No more thermal underwear!! :)
I hope you all enjoy our pictures.

Snow Part 2

Ok...so here are some more pictures of us in the snow up in Cadillac Michigan. These are of us sledding down a free hill, seeing Lake Cadillac frozen and PEOPLE WERE FISHING ON IT and us skiing at Caberfae Peaks. I could only upload 50 pictures, so this is Snow Part 2.

SNOW!!!

We wanted to surprise the boys this Christmas. We told them that we were going to visit their Granny and Paw in Atlanta on Saturday. We left around 7:30 am. Around 12:15 the guys started asking when would we be at Granny and Paw's. They knew that we should be close. We were in Nashville Tennessee at the time. We asked the boys if this looked like Atlanta...they said No...then they started asking us where were we going. We told them this was a Christmas surprise...we are going to Cadillac Michigan to see snow. The original plan was to drive 8 hours, spend the night in a hotel, then drive the rest of the way. Well, Cadillac Michigan was expecting blizzard like conditions Sunday morning at 5:00 am EST and we did not want to drive in that. So, we drove straight through. It was a long drive, but we were so glad to arrive. These pictures are of the first night and first day. We had fun in the parking lot of the Holday Inn! I am sure that everyone there knew that we were from Alabama!! :)

State Champs

We had the state soccer games this past weekend.

Clay's team lost their first game and won their second game.

Ken's, Cole's, and Jack's team won all three games in their pool. Then for the championship game, they just could not score. They stayed on the other teams side almost the whole game, but could not get a ball in the goal. So, they went into overtime. After overtime, we scored two goals and the other team scored two goals. Then we went into sudden death...The other team made their goal, and we missed out goal. So, our team came in second.

Luke's team won their first three games easily. Then the last game they had to win because both teams were undefeated. It was a tough game. The other team did a great job passing, but we had brute strength. Luke took it away from their forwards so many times. At the end of the game, neither team had scored. So, we had to go into over time. Our first three kickers made their goals and the other teams first three kickers missed their goals. So, Luke did not need to kick and neither did kicker number 5. Luke's team won state.

So, out of all of my boys, Luke's team won state. I am so proud of all of them. They worked so hard!

Zoo Day

The boys and Ken were out of school for Veterans' Day. So we took them to the Montgomery Zoo. We all had a great time. Tate loved seeing all of the animals and the older boys enjoyed seeing Tate have so much fun. When we saw a Bengal Tiger, he was sitting right next to the glass. We took some pictures of him and I got the boys to sit next to him. When Ken got close to the glass the tiger showed his teeth. Ken back away, then another man got close and looked at the tiger. The tiger lunged and growled at him. Everyone jumped. I said that I do not think that he likes men. So a woman went real close and put her face on the glass and roared. The tiger did nothing. The man came back and the tiger did it again. I was able to get a picture of the second time. It was soooo cool! The guys loved it and it scared Tate just a little. Of course, once we were away from the tiger, Tate was talking all about the tiger going "ROAR!" We had a great time!

Soccer Champs!

Luke's soccer team won their district and get to go to state. Luke is on the 13 and under team. Ken's team that he is coaching is the 11 and under team. Cole and Jack are on that team. They also won their district and they get to go to state. Clay is on the 9 and under team and they came in second place. They might get to go to state. Sometimes the second place team gets and invite. The boys did and great job and I am very proud of all of my boys.

What in the world is THIS?!!!

Ok...so I am putting up fake spider webs on the house for Halloween and Tate finds this moving in the grass. Well, you know that I had to pick him up and look at him. Poor guy had ants all over him. I brushed all of the ants off of him and then killed the ants. I have tried to see what this caterpillar is. If you know, let me know.
Clay is going to take him to school so his class can watch him turn into a butterfly. I am sure Mrs. Evans will love this. Last time I sent a dead baby snake to school with Clay and Mrs. Evans had a fit. Not sure how she will respond to a 3 inch caterpillar. This is bigger than the dead snake. Clay has named him Hermi the worm.

Why did we go to Iraq?

Ok...one more video.

What Caused Our Economic Crisis?

I hate to go political on my family Blog, but this is a very good video. It is about 10 minutes, but it is very good. And the way that it is done, it keeps you attention.

Look at this Aunt Tami

I found these old pictures. They were from Mary's wedding back in the early 90's. We were some goofy kids!

Sick

Aunt Tami, I am so sorry that I could not post for a while. Ken brought home the stomach flu and it took a week and a half to go through the family. Then, it has taken almost a week to get back on our feet. We are feeling better now. Here is a picture of sweet Tate while he was sick. Bless his little heart. In a few days I will post some old pictures that Tami is going to LOVE! :)

Charlie Bit Me

Clay used my camera and made this little video. Charlie Bit Me!

Baby Powder Nap

We put Tate down for a nap. A little later Cole walked past Tate's room. Cole said that he smelled baby powder. He opened the door and this is what he found. Tate basically covered every square inch of his and Clay's room in baby powder. Now it smells great, but it is going to be a booger to clean up. The odd thing is, when Jack was little, Luke and Cole did the same thing. Luke, Cole, Jack, and Jack's room were covered in baby powder. Who knew that they can put so much baby powder into such a small bottle.

Mother of 5 could be the next Vice President of the United States of America

Sarah Palin, mother of five, Governor of Alaska, could be the next Vice President of the United States of America!
Absolutely amazing. She will be a wonderful role model for young women everywhere. We are constantly hit with what a woman really is...and most of us can not and would not want to live up to those "standards". Sarah is a woman that is a REAL woman. She loves God, her country, and her children. What a breath of fresh air!

A night with Granny and Paw

For my 20th High School Reunion, my mom and dad watched the boys. They took them to Sonic, then watched Alvin and the Chipmunks. Dad just sent me the photos of their trip to Sonic. I think Clay said he ate 3 banana splits! Wow...what an awesome night!

Luke and his Momma

I had to put this on here because it is so rare to get a picture of Luke. This is my big boy..ain't he cute!!