Ellie's first day

You've never seen anyone so excited for her first day of school than this little girl! She has her own desk, and a locker for her gym shoes and Dave even let her organize her own crayons and markers in her desk yesterday when we went to visit her classroom. She got to pick what to bring in her lunch today and...surprise of all surprises...it was cucumbers, carrots, ham (but not in a sandwich) and ranch. I can't believe how big she is. I overheard her teacher saying "every class needs a sparkplug", while pointing at Ellie, and I said, "well, you've certainly got one!"
Mallory is really excited to have me all to herself for once and has grand plans of going on a walk, pushing her baby in the play grocery cart, all while wearing the purple sparkle tutu. I can't wait.

God Bless America, Land That I Love, From the Mountains. . .

Here are a few pictures from Signal Point on Signal Mountain. It is believed that several Indian tribes used this spot to send smoke signals from. Also, the Union army used this location to send signals to troops throughout the Chattanooga area. Can you see why I am not the history teacher in the family? I guess my lesson is short and to the point. We are really excited to see this same spot in the fall. I'll try to put pictures on then too!!!

Also, we went to the Children's Museum in Downtown Chattanooga. The kids had a great time, even our two bubble boys!!!

Finally, Dugan scored his first goal this past Saturday. He was so excited!

House Pictures

Here are some pictures of the house. Enjoy!!!

Front of house

Kitchen

Informal Eating Area

Dining Room

Family Room

I tried to post more pictures but for some reason, it wouldn't let me. I'll try more later!! We hope everyone is doing well. Talk to you soon!

Greetings from Signal Mountain

Hello!!!! We are all here at Signal Mountain, Tennessee and having a busy but fun time. The boys started school on Tuesday and Daphne started Kindergarten today. So far, they have all liked school!!! Here are some pictures from this morning. We will post more of the house when we take some pictures. Our e-mail address is: benjanlabarge@att.net

Hope ya'll are doing fiiiiiiiine - as they say in the SOUTH!

Bye Bye "Bargies"

Hey gang,
Hope your move went great. I only have your home number plugged in my phone and went to call you today to see how things were going and weren't sure of your new numbers. Give us a ring when you get settled. We're missing and thinking of you. And I'd love to see pictures of the temporary house!

LaBarge Party

We had a fun time at the LaBarge party last night. We missed Ben and Janet and fam. Here are some pictures I took before the camera dropped in the sand and now does not work...oh, my girls still have sand in their hair.