Branham Family

Emily is ready for hunting season!

2008-11-08T13:01:00.000-08:00

Halloween 2008

2008-11-08T12:57:00.000-08:00

Emily was a Renaissance princess this year. She insisted on us buying this outfit. I think she liked the hat the best. She got more candy than she knew what to do with!

Fall Hail Storm

2008-11-08T12:54:00.000-08:00

This storm was crazy. It was hailing so much the ground looked like it had snowed. This happened on Halloween morning.

Jones Center Fall Festival

2008-11-08T12:48:00.000-08:00

Emily got to see her favorite character. The Arkansas Naturals Mascot. She calls him the Yeti. She also got to pet a lot of animals including a snake!

Weekend at Memas

2008-11-08T12:41:00.000-08:00

Emily had a lot of fun spending the weekend at Mema's in Fort Smith. She played at the park, rode the train, and played golf.

Tulsa Trip

2008-09-02T13:26:00.001-07:00

Over the Labor Day weekend we went to Tulsa with grandpa Harvey and Sandie. We went to the Incredible Pizza Company and the Tulsa Zoo. Emily loved it. She really loved the hotel part. Probably because she gets to go swimming and she gets to sleep in the same bed as mommy and daddy.

Incredible Pizza Company

2008-09-02T13:17:00.000-07:00

This is in my opinion the BEST place to take your kids. There is not one in Arkansas yet but they are working on one for Fayetteville and Little Rock, my friend is on the board and promises they will get one here soon. It is a huge complex of arcade games, golf, bowling, race cars, bumper boats, you name it. There is a huge buffet you pay for and can eat at all day, Brooks loves it. Emily has been to the one in Springfield so she knew when we came how fun it would be. The first picture is her entering the place and the look on her face is priceless

She is so cute!!

2008-09-02T13:06:00.001-07:00

There was a game where a song is played and you have to step on the screen when the notes are played, kind of like guitar hero but you step instead. We kept telling Emily she was too little to play but that made her want to do it more. She did not even care that a bunch of people were watching her or that everyone else playing was over 14. She loved the attention and put on a show for everyone.

Golf

2008-09-02T13:03:00.000-07:00

Of course we had to play golf too!

Bowling at Incredible Pizza

2008-09-02T12:56:00.000-07:00

Apparently Emily is a natural bowler. She played on a toddler sized bowling lane and Brooks thought he would have to help her but she wanted to do it by herself. She must have played 5 games in all. We could not get her off of it. Notice how her hands are clasped as the ball rolls down the lane.

Tulsa Zoo

2008-09-02T12:49:00.000-07:00

Emily of course loved the zoo, when she saw there was a train and a carousel she had to do both. She had to say "hi, how ya doing" to each animal at the zoo, and when she saw the hog, we asked her what the hog says expecting to hear "oink, oink" but instead she said "whooo pig".

Zoo

2008-09-02T12:43:00.001-07:00

Driving a Fire Engine

2008-09-02T12:33:00.000-07:00

Emily did this at the Rogers Frisco Festival. She kept wondering when she was really going to get to drive it and seemed disappointed when she found out she could only pretend.

Emily's First Train Ride!

2008-09-02T12:23:00.000-07:00

We rode the Arkansas/Missouri train from Springdale to Rogers on August 23rd. Emily loves trains so this was a treat for her. She loved waving to all the cars as they waited at the intersections.

Emily the secretary

2008-07-25T12:04:00.000-07:00

Emily is really into playing "secretary" right now. She loves to get out her laptop and papers and pencils and pretend that she is writing stuff down off the computer. She also loves to play "McDonalds" where she will get her play cash register, take your food order and your money and bring you fake food. She is so cute!

Emily's First Movie

2008-07-25T12:00:00.001-07:00

Emily went to the "big movies" (as she calls it) for the first time this past Tuesday. We saw Charlotte's Web. The newer one not the old one. She LOVED it. I could not believe that she sat down and watched the entire movie. I thought she would get bored because it was not a cartoon but she loved the talking animals. She had a great time and is asking to go again already.

Botanical Garden of the Ozarks

2008-07-25T11:52:00.000-07:00

This place was really nice. We enjoyed it a lot. If you go before noon on Saturdays it is free. This was Emily's first botanical garden. She kept wanting to throw the expensive rocks in the ponds though. It was the only botanical garden I have been to that has chickens!

Branham July 4th Party 2008

2008-07-25T11:45:00.000-07:00

As always it was very fun. The food was fantastic and the rain did not keep the guys from putting on a great fireworks show. Everyone had a good time.

Emily at Lowell Carnival

2008-07-25T11:36:00.000-07:00

We had a great time although it was so muddy and dirty it really bothered the perfectionist in me. It was all worth it for Emily though she LOVES rides. She will go on anything, she has no fear. I love the determined look on her face while she is riding the motorcycle. She really took it seriously!

Valorie's Wedding!

2008-07-25T11:08:00.000-07:00

We had a great time, although Emily did not feel like cooperating that day. I am sure most of you know she refused to pose for pictures and walk down the isle. She was a stubborn tom-boy flowergirl! She looked precious though. Congratulations Valorie and Scott. You guys looked soo cute! Sorry Valorie if there were no grapes left for anyone to eat at your reception, Emily kept sneaking them before the wedding and eventually ate them all! I love the picture of grandma and grandad. Her love for Jack is very apparent in the picture. They are such great role models.

Branham Family Vacation - Myrtle Beach, SC

2008-06-11T12:18:00.000-07:00

We had a great time. Emily really loves to travel. She was so comfortable and carefree on the trip. We thought an 18 hour car ride would be miserable for her but she had a blast. We think the trip was the happiest we have ever seen her. Ron and Terry went along too. Emily loved having nanna and papa there to show off to. I took over 200 pictures so it was really hard to decide what to put on the site. There are so many pictures that when you get to the bottom of the page you need to click on older posts to see all of them.

Miscellaneous Cute Shots Of Vacation

2008-06-11T12:14:00.001-07:00

Miscellaneous Cute Shots Of Vacation

2008-06-11T12:01:00.000-07:00

Playing on the Beach

2008-06-11T11:56:00.000-07:00

Playing on the Beach

2008-06-11T11:38:00.000-07:00

Emily LOVES the beach. She is still asking on a daily basis to go back. She was scared of the water at first but after a few minutes we could not keep her out of the water. She loved digging with her shovel and running back and forth between Brooks and I and Ron and Terry.

Monterey Bay Resort - Myrtle Beach, SC

2008-06-11T11:24:00.000-07:00

The hotel we stayed at was great. The rooms were big,( separate kitchen, living room, bathroom and bedroom) they had several pools and a lazy river, breakfast every morning and of course it was on the beach. Emily was very comfortable there. We recommend it to anyone wanting to stay on Myrtle Beach.

Eating Out

2008-06-11T11:09:00.001-07:00

We ate at some great restaurants. Im Memphis we ate at the famous Interstate BBQ. It was very good and I tried my first BBQ spaggetti. We ate at Captain Nance's in Calabash, NC. The fish was so fresh they bring it right to the back door on boats. I tried my first oysters. I did not like them but everything else was wonderful! We also ate at the Ghostship Buffet which was all you can eat seafood . We ate on a beach pier for lunch one day and had the best sandwich I ever tasted ( Kamini crab and shrimp ). Emily really enjoyed the pier!

Rides - Myrtle Beach,SC

2008-06-11T11:03:00.000-07:00

Emily probably enjoyed riding the rides the most. She rode the carousel three times ( her first time was free because the man thought she was so cute) and she had to ride the cars. She was not scared at all to ride the car by herself.

Zoo - Myrtle Beach, SC

2008-06-11T10:58:00.000-07:00

Emily loved the zoo. They gave us a big cup of food and she got to feed many of the animals by hand. It was a very large zoo and we all got pretty tired and dirty but it was fun. I think she liked the goats and horses the best though.

Riverboat - Myrtle Beach, SC

2008-06-11T10:53:00.000-07:00

This was a first for all of us. Brooks' parents went along too. It was fun, but the boat moved so slow I am not sure if Emily even knew we were on a boat. She enjoyed dancing to some of the D.J.'s songs though.

Miniature Golf - Garden City, SC

2008-06-11T10:42:00.000-07:00

This was Emily's first game of miniature golf. She loved it. We did not even show her how to do it, she picked it right up and is actually pretty good. She keeps asking when we get to play gold again.

Maze- Garden City,SC

2008-06-11T10:36:00.000-07:00

This was harder than we thought it would be. It look us about an hour. The goal was to find the "cheese" and stamp your card then find your way out of the maze. Emily found the way out immediately but finding the cheese took a lot longer. She loved running around the maze!

Arkansas Naturals Game

2008-05-25T19:39:00.000-07:00

We went to the game on Saturday May 24th. Clark Greenhaw celebrated his 30th birthday by renting one of the suites and inviting all his friends. We had a lot of fun!

Baby Ayden is Born!

2008-05-25T19:32:00.000-07:00

Ayden Don Harvey was born on May 11th, 2008 at about 3:00 p.m. He weighed 7 pounds and 10 ounces. He is very healthy.

Eureka Springs ( 5 Year Anniversary )

2008-05-25T19:20:00.000-07:00

Brooks and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary on May 8th. We went to Eureka Springs for the day. We did the Holy Land Tour, the Bible Museum, and the Art Museum at the Passion Play. We also visited Keel Creek Winery and ate at Sonny's Pizza.

May Events

2008-05-22T06:51:00.000-07:00

May 29th - Ron's Birthday

May 31st - June 6th - Trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

June 1st - Terry's Birthday

Razorfest 2008

2008-05-04T20:40:00.001-07:00

Razorfest 2008

2008-05-04T12:18:00.000-07:00

We had a great time. Emily did not really want to play any of the games, she was just interested in posing with all of the mascots, and characters. She went into the football stadium for the first time and watched about an hour of the red/white game. She loves watching the cheerleaders and trying to find " the pig ".

Emily's First Baseball Game

2008-05-04T12:10:00.001-07:00

Emily's Papa (Ron) bought us all tickets to a razorback game! Emily was not very interested in the game but was fascinated by " the pig ". She followed them around for 2 hours! They payed a lot of attention to her and even held her hand and walked around the stadium with her. She still talkes about how she gave " the pig " a high five.

Easter 2008

2008-04-05T20:45:00.000-07:00

Emily went on several Easter egg hunts so she got really good at finding the eggs. I think she liked Mema's egg hunt the best though since all of the eggs were filled with money and chocolate. She also got three Easter baskets filled with candy and toys. She was pretty much on a sugar high all weekend!

Emily's First Concert

2008-04-05T20:27:00.001-07:00

She went to see the children's band Gwendyolyn and the Goodtime Gang. She was kind of scared at first but started dancing and singing with the band after she got used to the music being loud.

Emily's First Night in a Big Girl Bed

2008-04-05T20:23:00.000-07:00

The bed is just actually her crib with the side taken off but it was a big deal to her. She did not get up the first night but she has slowly figured out that she can get up and play with her toys instead of taking a nap.

Valentines Day

2008-04-05T20:07:00.000-07:00

Emily loves chocolate so Valentines day was really fun for her. Daddy bought her a box of chocolates and she had a lot of fun eating them.

New Photos Coming!

2008-03-06T12:08:00.000-08:00

Sorry I have not been able to post anything in a couple of months, our computer died on us and we just got our new one all put together and ready to go. This weekend I will add Emily's birthday and Valentines photos. Keep checking the website I will add stuff to it every week or two!

Emily's Second Christmas!!

2008-01-08T20:26:00.000-08:00

Emily was very spoiled this year. We went to grandma and grandpa Branhams the afternoon of Christmas Eve and then spent the evening at our house with grandma and grandpa Harvey and aunt Christy. On Christmas we traveled to Fort Smith to visit great grandma and grandpa Coleman and great grandma Betty Irvin. Emily's favorite toys were her dirt devil vacuum, an easel with magnet letters, a magna doodle, a pair of blue sunglasses, and a play kitchen.

Thanksgiving 2007

2007-12-16T18:53:00.001-08:00

Emily had a lot of fun helping nanna decorate for Thanksgiving. She wanted to stay in the kitchen and help cook too. The bread, mashed potatoes and green beans were her favorites this year. We all had a great time and enjoyed nanna Branham's cooking!

Halloween 2007

2007-11-18T16:39:00.000-08:00

Emily was a cute little bumble bee for Halloween this year. We practiced saying trick or treat all month but everytime someone would answer the door all she would say is hi and try to walk into their houses. She got lots of candy by visiting daddy at work and by trick or treating around our neighborhood.

Fall Festival at the Jones Center

2007-10-28T19:11:00.000-07:00

It was really fun! Emily LOVED McGruff the crime dog, she cried when we took her away from him. She also loved playing with the bubble machine, eating hot dogs and drinking the juice boxes with the straws.

Emily with Great Grandpa Harvey

2007-10-14T19:49:00.000-07:00

Saturday we went to Haskell, Oklahoma to visit Emily's Great Grandpa!

Emily's First Hiking Trail

2007-10-10T12:44:00.000-07:00

Hobbs State Park in Rogers, Arkansas

Fun City

2007-10-06T18:44:00.000-07:00

Emily and a friend ( Allie Sutherland ), Hank and Megan's daughter went to Fun City Friday night. She loves to put the tokens into the machines by herself.

October Events

2007-10-01T14:00:00.000-07:00

October 12th - Great Great Mema's Birthday!!
October 19th - Royce Coleman's Birthday
October 21st - Cross Family Reunion
October 23rd - Brandy Olson's Birthday

Emily's First Trip to the Ocean

2007-10-01T13:02:00.000-07:00

This is a video of Emily playing at the beach for the first time in Galveston, Texas. She was very overwhelmed by how big the ocean was, but was still very curious about all of the "rocks" (shells) that were on the ocean floor.

Branham Family

2007-10-01T10:13:00.000-07:00

This is our blog that we have created to let everyone watch Emily grow up and to keep the family updated on what is going on with us. Look around and post comments if you like!!