Okay, so its been a WHILE since I have had the time to update my blog. Oh how I have missed it! I so enjoy seeing my friends blogs and seeing what is going on with them. Time sure can get away from you
SOOO fast!
So a story for all...( this is long but document worthy)
Tommy and I went to Canton the first weekend in September. Mom and Dad kept Tanner so we had a little time for ourselves. We didn't really go looking for anything in particular but we came across a deal I couldn't refuse. I have been looking for a dining set for a LONG time now. We have had Tommy's from
IKEA that probably cost $50! I wanted something that was really sturdy and just hadn't been able to find something that I really liked. While in Canton, we happened to stumble upon a table with 6 chairs and a bench, solid Oak and all for $700! If you know me, I love a good deal. So we debated for a little bit on whether or not to get this table. How are we going to get this thing home if we do get it? So I called my mom and dad to see if we could borrow their trailer. They said yes, so we went ahead and bought my beautiful new table.
Monday rolled around and it was time to head back to Waller. At this point, I have to throw in that Tanner had been fussy and I found his FIRST tooth breaking through the skin Monday morning! So we loaded the trailer, the car was PACKED down, and we took off. We got between Henderson and
Lufkin and the trailer started shaking so Tommy pulled off figuring we had a flat. He was right and luckily, we had a spare! So Tommy changed it and we were off. No big deal!
We made a pit stop at his Great Aunt and Uncle's house and made sure everything was tied down. We decided to go the "
backway" from
Lufkin to Huntsville. Picture driving on a LITTLE two lane highway with NO shoulders through the Davy Crockett forest...I'm talking backwoods! The trailer started shaking again! Are you kidding me??? So we pulled over and I looked...it looked okay to me until Tommy pointed out the big bulge in the tire. There wasn't really anything we could do so we took off again...almost to
Groveton. Pretty much as soon as we starting driving the tire blew out...what are we going to do??? We pulled that poor trailer with MY FURNITURE ON IT the rest of the way to
Groveton. Surely there would be a tire shop there, right?
We finally get into town and I spot a tire shop and was very hopeful they could help. The sign in the window said "CLOSED"!!! What??? Being Memorial Day, most of the town was shut down...including the one shop that we needed! We pulled in to their little grocery store parking lot that was a stone's throw away form the teasing tire shop. Tommy told me that he would stay with the trailer and wanted me to drive into Huntsville to Tractor Supply and get some trailer tires. "What time do they close?" I asked. He told me 8, as he unhooked the trailer from my car. Tanner and I took off down the road and just before I was going to turn off to go to H-ville, I saw a sign for Crockett. I decided that was going to be quicker and thanks to the iPhone, I was able to find the number to call and see if they had the tires. "Yes ma'am, we have the tires but we close at 5 tonight." So here it is 4:45, I am 30 minutes away and Tanner is supposed to eat at 5! I cried as I asked for a manager...I guess he felt really sorry for me because Tanner was screaming bloody murder in the background. He told me to "bring that baby and come on." I flew, I really
don't remember anything about that 30 minute drive except for singing to my crying baby! I get there, get the tires and $270 later, I was on my way back to rescue my poor husband on the side of the road.
As I pull up to the trailer, I see that Tommy already has the tire off and ready to put the new one on! So get gets the tire from the front seat of my car(there was NO other place for it) and goes to put it on. End of story, right??? Nope, their 5 hole wheel doesn't match our 5 hole wheel! At this point, we just had to laugh. Here we are in this little town with a teething baby, a closed tire shop across the street, and 2 hours from home. Tommy calls Tom to come rescue us. He is going to bring a trailer to save us...only it has 2 flat tires too!!! Seriously?? So finally, Tommy's mom's cousin, who lives in
Lufkin, calls a
mobile tire service to come rescue us. Only they have to come from
Nac. Finally the poor guy drives up, after driving an hour, and within 20 minutes he was finished! So over 4 hours and a ton of $$ later, we were back on the road! So needless to say, my good deal of a table ended up having a pretty expensive delivery fee!!
I could have written this story "in a nutshell" but then you wouldn't have felt my pain!!
Tanner set up like he was a big boy...he really looked like he was driving around!
Of course, we had to make sure that they both got to ride in the car. Carter got to sit in the back and he thought it was pretty special! 
Carter thought it was a good idea to push Tanner around in the Bumbo. They both look really enthused, don't you think?!?
Since I am ususally the photographer, I have to ASK to have my picture taken with my sweet baby!
I liked this picture even though he wasn't looking at the camera!
One of Tanner's favorite places to be is on his Daddy's shoulders! He is too cute sitting up there like a big boy! Check out that press box...and I teach in a classroom with a moldy, leaking bucket in my ceiling. I'm leaving it at that!
