Monday, September 15, 2008
I just took a look at my blog and realized that the blogger world probably thinks we are still in New York... WRONG!! We are back! Not too much has been going on with us lately but I thought I'd give a little update, of course in pictures as usual!! We hated to leave David, but I truly believe that we are where God wants us to be!! David is doing great! He got his much deserved promotion!! He is such a hard worker and I'm more and more proud of him every single day!!
We had to spend our 10th anniversary apart... Which was very hard... But we have the most amazing relationship and are making it through this distance thing!! We are praying that the next job is closer than 1400 miles apart... That part sucks!!
I made him all of these really pretty cookies and mailed them to him overnight and he said that when they got to him they were in pieces no bigger than a dime.... I sent him cookies and he sent me diamond earrings that I've been asking for on our 10th anniversary for the past 9 years!! He's such an awesome husband and my very best friend!!
I was really down on our anniversary so Crystal and Julie took me out and we sang Karaoke!!
We had a blast!! Thanks again girls!! We are gonna do that more often!!
Daityn Blair has all of this garb that she likes to wear now... Dawson has always been all boy.... I'm afraid that this little "Diva" is all girl!! She has to carry her purse with pacies, cell phone and usually her sippy cup and have her jewelry that Aunt Olivia brought to her on everywhere she goes!!
Not to mention the sunglasses that are permanently stuck to her head!! It's so funny!! Gustav affected so many people and didn't leave us out...
We got so much rain... As you can see...
Dawson and Punky loved it!
Dawson rocked it out during spirit week with a purple mohawk!! It's so funny!!
This was all his idea!! My cake business is booming!! Here are 2 of the latest ones that I've made!! 
So if you need a cake, gimme a shout!!
Here is a funny video shot of Daity trying to ride on a toy 4-wheeler...
I hope everyone is wonderful!!!
We had to spend our 10th anniversary apart... Which was very hard... But we have the most amazing relationship and are making it through this distance thing!! We are praying that the next job is closer than 1400 miles apart... That part sucks!!I made him all of these really pretty cookies and mailed them to him overnight and he said that when they got to him they were in pieces no bigger than a dime.... I sent him cookies and he sent me diamond earrings that I've been asking for on our 10th anniversary for the past 9 years!! He's such an awesome husband and my very best friend!!
I was really down on our anniversary so Crystal and Julie took me out and we sang Karaoke!!
We had a blast!! Thanks again girls!! We are gonna do that more often!! Daityn Blair has all of this garb that she likes to wear now... Dawson has always been all boy.... I'm afraid that this little "Diva" is all girl!! She has to carry her purse with pacies, cell phone and usually her sippy cup and have her jewelry that Aunt Olivia brought to her on everywhere she goes!!
Not to mention the sunglasses that are permanently stuck to her head!! It's so funny!! Gustav affected so many people and didn't leave us out...
We got so much rain... As you can see...
Dawson and Punky loved it! Dawson rocked it out during spirit week with a purple mohawk!! It's so funny!!
This was all his idea!! My cake business is booming!! Here are 2 of the latest ones that I've made!! 
So if you need a cake, gimme a shout!!Here is a funny video shot of Daity trying to ride on a toy 4-wheeler...
I hope everyone is wonderful!!!
Monday, July 21, 2008
New York
Before I even start I know this is gonna be huge... So you might want to read this in shifts!!Right before we left home Dawson lost another tooth!! So now he has no front teeth!! He told me to get a pen and paper we were gonna write a letter... I said to who he said The Tooth Fairy... I said what are you gonna tell him?? He said your gonna write it and I'm gonna tell you what to write... So here we go...
Dear Tooth Fairy, My mom and I are going to be out of town for awhile and so I want this tooth to be worth $100!! Love, Dawson
The Tooth Fairy wrote back:
Dear Dawson, This tooth is great but I don't think it's worth $100. But here is $50 for you to spend while in New York!! Love, The Tooth Fairy
Have you ever heard of a bargaining tooth fairy?? Me either!! If he doesn't become a lawyer I'm gonna be pissed!!!
Sometimes I take so many things in live for granted... And this trip is no exception... But when I get back to Arkansas I will do my best not to take the following things for granted:
1. The nosey people in the grocery store that say "hi Cara, how are you doing?" I'm gonna smile and say back "I'm doing wonderful and you?"!! Because here people don't even look you in the eye... They just look through you....
2. The people at The Cleaners that always do exactly what I ask to my clothes and never ask questions no matter what... I will run around behind the counter and hug their neck... Cause some hussy up here tried to cut my son's shorts off to be Daisy Dukes.... Without my consent and then went on to tell me how she liked them like that and why didn't I.... Cause I'm the momma... that's why.. And more than that, I'm paying you.... If I tell you to cut off one leg and leave the other and spray paint them purple that's what I want cause I'm cutting you a check that's good!!
3. The beauticians for not ever doing this
4. My car for never breaking down on me while driving down the side of a freaking mountain once... Much less a second time in a week....
5. My two ovens in my house...
6. All of my countertop space...
7. The people in our wonderful town!!!
8. My momma!!
9. My momma in law!!
10. My Amanda!!!!!!!!
11. Again the nosey people in the grocery store!!!
K, this is so not going to be a negative post!!! I won't let it!! We have had a great time so far! Even with all of the drama!! It's beautiful here!! I would love to live in the mountains! It's so nice and cool (compared to Hamburg).... Don't get me wrong, I've broke a sweat... But not like Arkansas!!
I'm gonna post lots of pictures and tell ya bout a couple of our experiences and I'll write more later!
I know my mom is dying to see some pictures off of myspace!! (she should get one herself... hint hint and you too Olivia!!!)
So the first morning I got up early as soon as David left for work and started cleaning!! (coming in where two men have lived for a couple of weeks alone with no female... I had to clean the pot before I could have my morning pee!!) Then I called Andrea and she and the girls came over and we piled, and I do mean piled
So here we go... Into some unknown town... And I go around a curve and I'm thinking to myself "this steering wheel is getting really hard to turn".... I didn't say anything while I was breaking a sweat and steering... And then I start flying down the hill and notice that the brakes aren't slowing me down in this hella big truck.... I'm like standing up on the brake and it's barely slowing down at all... So finally I said "Andrea this truck is broke".... So I fought it to the side of the road in what looks like the slum part of town and I get out and I don't even know why cause I know how to put gas in it and get in it and drive and that's about it for my car knowledge... I try to call Daddy... And if you live in New York your cell phone service SUCKS!!! AT&T should be ashamed... no freakin' signal...
There are people driving by ninety to nothing and no one even slows down...
So to make a long story short after 3 hours of sitting on the side of the road with 5 kids and after 3000 text messages to Daddy, David, Cliff, John, Phil, Meredith.... I've just called 911 and I decided to try Daddy one more time... Lo and behold he answers....
This is how that call went
me: daddy were broke down on the side of the road come get us.
dad: what happened?
me: i don' t know the brakes quit working and the steering wheel wouldn't turn and I fought it to the side of the road and we're broke down!!!
dad: where are you?
me: we're between two curves in Swan Lake at an old abandoned restaurant and..... daddy?? DADDY???
thanks at&t... for your perfect timing of a dropped call...
so I walk a little ways and get one bar and try again... This time in panic mode...
me: DADDY, WE ARE BETWEEN TWO CURVES IN SWAN LAKE AT AN OLD ABANDONED RESTAURANT AND WE'RE HOT AND TIRED AND HUNGRY AND THE KIDS ARE TOO COME GET US!!!!!
daddy: ok, I'm sending David.
So about 10 minutes we see the most beautiful site a white Precision Pipeline truck!!!! Woo Hoo!!! It's a stranger and I don't even care I know that truck!!! So this nice guy takes us to his house which is about 300 yards from where we were broke down for 3 hours for us to sit another 2 1/2 hours and wait on the truck to be fixed only to get a call that it wouldn't be ready until the next day!! About 4 o'clock Cliff and Meredith finally get my texts... Anyway the nice lady took us home and all was good in the neighborhood!!
That night about 9 o'clock David's cell phone starts going nuts and Andrea said John's did too that's when they finally got our messages...
Sorry no pictures of that whole extravaganza!!
So the next day we all go to Bubba's to eat! Which is great they have food drinks and a huge sand box in the back by the lake to keep the kiddos occupied!!
Daityn Absolutely loved it!!! Although I think the water intrigued her a little bit more..
They had some really neat acts!!
Daityn Blair sneaked around and I caught her eating popcorn off of the bleachers from the kid sitting behind us.... I had to flag down the man carrying it on his shoulders to keep her from catching cooties!! And then she was good to go for the remainder of the show!!
We had to wait on the fireworks to start for 3 hours... If Dawson wasn't so excited we would've gone home!! But we just couldn't disappoint him...
On Sunday morning bright and early we got up and headed to middletown to catch a train to go to New York City!!!
Dawson loved this!! He said this wasn't Thomas cause it was too fast.. It wasn't James cause it wasn't red.. And it wasn't Gordon, it was the Evil Diesel!!!
Below is the NYC post office. This picture gives it no justice it's really beautiful!!
This is Ground Zero... I'll tell you, looking at this is just looks like a hole.. But the feeling that I got while walking towards where The Twin Towers once stood was unforgettable... It was the most eerie feeling, it's hard to explain... Just sadness... Looking at all of the surrounding buildings and how they are still black with smut and then looking at the nearby church that wasn't touched. Just knowing all of the mothers and fathers that died that day for no apparent reason is absolutely sickening... Meredith and I were totally fighting back tears... We couldn't stay there long, we had to leave...
This is just something that has never really been explained to Dawson in detail.. But when we got there I told him what happened.. As soon as he called home he told everyone what happened and what he saw at Ground Zero and how these mean men took over planes and crashed them into these huge buildings.. And that's another thing. Its hard to imagine 2 buildings being taller than the buildings that surrounded them.... Just crazy!! I'm glad that we went there, but I have no plans of going back!!
On a better note, we saw The Statue of Liberty!! Absolutely enormously breathtaking!!
Daityn Blair was wanting to get her hands on one so bad!!!
Some new waterfalls in NYC that are only there until like October I think.
NYC
David telling Phil about this chick who had on a dress made of pantyhose I swear!!
Then David decided to take a nap the rest of the way!!
Afterwards David was trying to bargain for a coke at a hotdog stand... I'd rubbed off on him!! I was too busy to take many pictures there!!
So here we are walking!!
Poor Daity!! She was so tired!! Thank goodness for Nicole letting us borrow her stroller... I don't think Dawson would've made it!! We did ALOT of walking!!!
After a long day we had to get back to catch our train on time.. So we grabbed a taxi!! Here we are riding in the yellow cab!
But after about 15 hours, my babies were give slap out!!!
Where I'm headed right now...
I've got lots more pictures, but I'm gonna retire for the night!!
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Callaway Reunion 2008
As always we had a wonderful trip to our annual family reunion in Hot Springs this past weekend!! I have the most wonderful, caring, fun family EVVA!!! Me, Amanda, Dawson and Daityn Blair ventured off on Thursday night after Patrick's graduation to Hot Springs!!Daityn Blair slept most of the way there while Dawson started asking before we ever left Hamburg "Momma, how much longer??".
Friday morning Kim, Nicole, Nikki and I were treated to a spa day!!! OMG.... It was the best!! We had so much fun!! I never get pampered with the kiddos with me every waking hour!! It was great to be treated like a queen!!On Friday night we went with Uncle Freddie and Aunt Joy to pick up Daddy who flew in from New York!!
It was so nice to have Amanda with me to help out with Daityn Blair who has to be in bed by 9 o'clock or she turns into witch Hazel!! So she stayed behind with her Manda!!
I'm not sure who was more excited to see Daddy, me or Dawson!! Although with my eyes closed, you can't really see the excitement on my face or the emotion either which is kind of a good thing!!!!
When we were leaving the airport I saw this guy who looked familiar having his picture made with a little girl... As I looked closer I saw that it was Darren McFadden!! So I told Dawson to go and have his picture made with him... He was like "I'm tired, I don't want to"... I said fine then I will!!! I was still trying to get him to get up there and telling him that it was D-Mac and he played football for the Hogs and all of that good stuff but he still didn't care... So I get up there to have my picture made and then he came along!!! D-Mac was talking on his phone and I heard him say "yeah I'm just getting into the airport, you know how it is".... I turned and looked at him and said "yeah, women hanging all over me and everything else" and of course then SNAP!!! Daddy took the picture!! But anyway we had our picture with a "star"!!
Daddy was so worried about Daityn Blair not remembering him, but that didn't last but about 2 minutes!! She was loving all over PawPaw!!
And he minds her pretty good too!!
On Saturday morning as usual we have pictures made of the whole family!
With Mamaw Woodie having 9 kids, that makes for alot of grandkids!! This is about half!! 
You can see if you look close that she is holding a funny object!! My mamaw has never had a sip of alcohol in her life and she is 86 years old!! This past January we all got together and had supper and Daddy and Uncle Joe was drinking Bud Light!! Aunt Pat and I conspired to have it look like Mamaw was reaching for a beer!!! David built a frame and I put it in the family auction!! It went to Uncle Joe for $210!!! It was priceless!!
Here Mamaw was trying to get some upside down sugar from Daity!!
All of the kids have such a good time playing!! Here is Dawson , Garrett, and Zach pushing around Branson on the luggage cart!! He is such a night owl!! Dawson is used to going to bed no later than 9:30.... So when he was staying up until 12.... Needless to say, he was give out!!!
Here is Dawson and Amanda were loving!! I think Amanda had a good time, my family loves her like she is their own!! She has been invited to come back anytime that she wants to!!
Here Dawson was feeling like a big man, cause he was drinking out of a wine glass at Olive Garden!!
Oh another funny from Dawson.... Which is also an embarassment to me... On the morning we were leaving we were eating breakfast... I was holding Daityn Blair and Dawson was sitting beside me!! Amanda, Uncle Freddie and Aunt Joy were there too!! Dawson busts out with "Momma did she just shit??" I'm like oh no he just didn't.... Can't be.... I said "Dawson what did you just say??" He said "I said did she just shit?? I smell something that stinks..." I could've crawled up under the table and died!!!! Gah the things he can say....Anyway, at the reunion Aunt Nita talks....
And we listen!! And listen! And listen...Then Dawson sang two special songs!! International Harvester and Watching Airplanes!! He was a huge hit!! He tore it up!!! He was so cute!!! Not to mention how good he sounded!!
Here is Daityn Blair at her best in her cute little bikini, screaming!!
Swimming is a big pass time while on the reunion!! Dawson should be water logged by now!! The bottom of his feet had blisters on them!! 
Daityn was too sleepy this day so I took her back in for a nap!! She is just as happy playing in her little car on the carpet!! 
Me, Amanda and the kids went downtown for earrings and ice cream!! We took some pictures that turned out really good too!!

Later we went to the arcade and rode bumper boats!! Fun fun, but wet wet!! John, Andrea and their 3 girls met us there!! Those are the sweetest girls ever!!Besides the fact that they helped get me all wet!!;)





So Monday morning we had to get back to reality and go home.... Which sucks..... But we still have to do it! We had to take Daddy back to the airport and see him off... Where I parked in a 15 minute parking spot for an hours and a half.... And had a parking ticket on the windshield waiting on me when I returned.... blah!!!! $15 is worth it freaking pig!!!! 
After that we met John, Andrea and the girls at Chuck e Cheese!! W had so much fun!! The food was bunk... But the fun was great!!!
Daityn Blair wanted no part of ole' Chuck, but Dawson loved him!!!And Daity, well she just loves to be held!!
She wouldn't let Amber out of her sight for very long at all!!! Emily either!!
This is funny... Ya know I always start out with the best intentions of making a great blog and explaining pictures... And at first I do.... But towards the end I just want you to make your own mind up of what you think happened!!!Ya know the adults have just as much fun at those places!!!
This was an awesome fun filled weekend that I wish I had the money to do every other weekend!!! We had a blast!! And yes, again we stayed up every night until at least 1 am... So when we got home, we were ready for some after vacation rest!!I can't wait until next year!!!!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Our Awesome Ride!!
On Sunday David went and picked up Daddy's Kubota and we loaded up the 4-wheeler and off we went into the great unknown!!
We had the best time! Just driving the with kiddos and letting the wind blow through our hair and all of that mushy stuff, it was just great!
Daityn couldn't wait to go... She was in her car seat upside down crying cause we weren't getting our stuff together fast enough for her! Dawson, Daityn Blair with her car seat and I rode on the Kubota along with Alex in the back! David rode on the 4-wheeler until my butt went to sleep because it was hanging off of the side and we had to switch!! Wow, I didn't realize how much room a car seat took up until that day... Of course you know Dawson and I both are pretty homegrown, but you know.... It was a tight ride!!
We had so much fun! We rode for about 4 hours all through the mud and such!!
Dawson loved it! And Daityn Blair did too, until she fell asleep!I packed us a picnic so we stopped about half way and had our lunch in the middle of the wilderness!!


I hope we can make more time for this kind of thing!! We loved it!Dawson even took Mom & Dad's picture for us!
Thursday, May 15, 2008
So this morning after taking Dawson to school in the rain and while David and Daityn Blair were snugglebuggin'
playing with her computer.....
I decided to bake a cake and try out a new icing recipe!!
That flopped....
So instead of wasting the cake that I'd just baked I wanted to try something new!! And new it was!! With the same icing I always use but still totally different than anything I've ever tried to do, but I must say it's adorable!! I had a different plan when I started out, but this is what it just happened to turn into. And much cuter than I originally thought it could be!!
Yay, so when you need a birthday cake give me a buzz!!
I decided to bake a cake and try out a new icing recipe!!That flopped....
So instead of wasting the cake that I'd just baked I wanted to try something new!! And new it was!! With the same icing I always use but still totally different than anything I've ever tried to do, but I must say it's adorable!! I had a different plan when I started out, but this is what it just happened to turn into. And much cuter than I originally thought it could be!!
Yay, so when you need a birthday cake give me a buzz!!Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Trouble Maker at Large!!
When she gets quiet.... You KNOW something is bad wrong!!
Last week she did in fact get awfully quiet, and this is how I found her...
In my make-up...
Little stinker was so proud!! She had eyeshadow all over her lips!! But she was happy!!
I think she is going to be a girly girl!!
And then a couple nights later I heard a thump while Dawson was in the bathtub...
I ran in a discovered this....
Just as I started trying to get her clothes off of her Dawson said "don't even think about taking her diaper off in here..." I said "why?" He said "cause she is dirty". I said "what do you mean dirty?" he said "like poop dirty".... And sure enough she was in the tub swollen up poop diaper and
all and just as happy as she could be!!
Yep she's gonna be a trouble maker, but we all love her just the same!!!!!
In my make-up...
Little stinker was so proud!! She had eyeshadow all over her lips!! But she was happy!!
I think she is going to be a girly girl!!And then a couple nights later I heard a thump while Dawson was in the bathtub...
I ran in a discovered this....

Just as I started trying to get her clothes off of her Dawson said "don't even think about taking her diaper off in here..." I said "why?" He said "cause she is dirty". I said "what do you mean dirty?" he said "like poop dirty".... And sure enough she was in the tub swollen up poop diaper and
all and just as happy as she could be!!

Yep she's gonna be a trouble maker, but we all love her just the same!!!!!
Monday, May 05, 2008
T-ball & The Armadillo Festival
Before the game today Dawson would have it no other way but to help Aunt Debbie fix the flowers in the pot in front of the store!
Here is Dawson with his game face on... I think he got this from his daddy!!After the game he just couldn't wait to get to 'the rides'.... And neither could I....
Here is the first thing that Dawson saw that he wanted to ride on!!
The trusty ole' boring motorcycles!!
Here is Dawson and Jake riding on the bumper cars/race track thingy!!
And then on to the airplanes!!
I think about then is where we hooked up with Vic the trooper!!
Dawson had her to ride the tilt a whirl 5 times in a row!!!
That's enough to make anyone sick!!
But she hung right in there!!And a trooper she was!!
Dawson always just gets in line and waits for someone to tell him
that he's not quite tall enough to ride a particular ride...
But thankfully this year, he was never turned away....
At least not on arm band night!! And I forgot my camera on Armadillo day when he rode the big cliff hanger like ride!! He decided that he wanted to ride the Black Jack ride that went upside down and they told him he wasn't tall enough....
OMG, he cried and cried and cried some more!!
Here is Dawson and Vic on the Wipeout....
Here is Punky and her friend Jillian!!
For poor Vic, a wipeout it was!!
Of course Dawson got right off and ran to get in line again.... Vic I think needed a break, but she wouldn't let him ride it alone... So she ran right back with him....
That was a mistake... She had to run away before she got sick... Then again she appeared and said that she had some water and thought she was going to be ok... But after the Rainbow... It was O V E R!!!
She had to leave for good after that!!
And sweet little Daityn Blair just sat in her stroller all night and chilled!!
When she is bad, she's bad... But when she is happy and
good, you couldn't ask for a better baby!!
This was the funniest thing ever.... I almost peed in my pants!!!!!
He wanted to jump on this thing before we left for the night....
Well it looks like real fun... But he just couldn't get comfortable!!
His right arm slipped off of the bungee cord, then his left leg started drawing up,
and he started hollaring!
The nice man tried to readjust him... But I don't think there was anything to help... It was squeezing him in a uh... Bad place.... So he just had to get off!!!!
So even though I'd told him that was his last ride... I felt sorry for him and let him play one game... Bless his heart... Just look at those eyes!! He was so proud!!!! He made the basketball in the goal the very first try.... But that was "in the foul zone"..... Okay asshole..... He's only freakin' 5!!!!! Give him the dang bear and we'll be on our merry way!!! But no.... And he was so upset... He said "momma, I'm sorry I didn't win anything I tried my very best!!!" Now what do you say to that??? Wanna know what the carni said.... "sorry"...... Wanna know what that means to a 5 year old that wants a freaking stuffed animal??? You suck.... That's what it means.... If I pay $5 dollars for my baby to throw 3 balls and he even comes close to making it... He needs a freaking $0.10 bear.... Thank you......
So that was our weekend in a couple 15 pictures!!!
Here is the first thing that Dawson saw that he wanted to ride on!!
The trusty ole' boring motorcycles!!
Here is Dawson and Jake riding on the bumper cars/race track thingy!!
And then on to the airplanes!!I think about then is where we hooked up with Vic the trooper!!
Dawson had her to ride the tilt a whirl 5 times in a row!!!That's enough to make anyone sick!!
But she hung right in there!!And a trooper she was!!
Dawson always just gets in line and waits for someone to tell himthat he's not quite tall enough to ride a particular ride...
But thankfully this year, he was never turned away....
At least not on arm band night!! And I forgot my camera on Armadillo day when he rode the big cliff hanger like ride!! He decided that he wanted to ride the Black Jack ride that went upside down and they told him he wasn't tall enough....OMG, he cried and cried and cried some more!!
Here is Dawson and Vic on the Wipeout....
Here is Punky and her friend Jillian!!
For poor Vic, a wipeout it was!!
Of course Dawson got right off and ran to get in line again.... Vic I think needed a break, but she wouldn't let him ride it alone... So she ran right back with him....
That was a mistake... She had to run away before she got sick... Then again she appeared and said that she had some water and thought she was going to be ok... But after the Rainbow... It was O V E R!!!
She had to leave for good after that!!
And sweet little Daityn Blair just sat in her stroller all night and chilled!!
When she is bad, she's bad... But when she is happy andgood, you couldn't ask for a better baby!!
This was the funniest thing ever.... I almost peed in my pants!!!!!
He wanted to jump on this thing before we left for the night....Well it looks like real fun... But he just couldn't get comfortable!!
His right arm slipped off of the bungee cord, then his left leg started drawing up,and he started hollaring!
The nice man tried to readjust him... But I don't think there was anything to help... It was squeezing him in a uh... Bad place.... So he just had to get off!!!!
So even though I'd told him that was his last ride... I felt sorry for him and let him play one game... Bless his heart... Just look at those eyes!! He was so proud!!!! He made the basketball in the goal the very first try.... But that was "in the foul zone"..... Okay asshole..... He's only freakin' 5!!!!! Give him the dang bear and we'll be on our merry way!!! But no.... And he was so upset... He said "momma, I'm sorry I didn't win anything I tried my very best!!!" Now what do you say to that??? Wanna know what the carni said.... "sorry"...... Wanna know what that means to a 5 year old that wants a freaking stuffed animal??? You suck.... That's what it means.... If I pay $5 dollars for my baby to throw 3 balls and he even comes close to making it... He needs a freaking $0.10 bear.... Thank you...... So that was our weekend in a couple 15 pictures!!!






