Another Movie Review for YOU!

Marley & Me

So this movie was made for the Laniers. We went to see it on a dreary Sunday morning with plenty of rain and grey outside...in other words a perfect day for a movie! Marley & Me is about being a family. It shows the ups and downs of family life and how you still somehow stick together through it all. There were parts of this movie where we laughed so hard because we had all done the exact same thing with our Marley...Drake! Marley was no ordinary dog and either is Drake. Just this morning I chased her around a desk trying to get a baggie of food from her that she had swiped from the kitchen counter. She of course got half of the baggie and ate it baggie and all, and somehow we forgive her and move on because she can lay down on the floor with Bennett and give him a big hug (yes she hugs) and make him laugh the biggest belly laugh you have every heard. We definitely recommend this movie however bring your tissues...we all cried.

Merry Christmas!

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Mark Lanier turns the big 3-8!!!

November 16, 1970 is the day the husband and father of our little Lanier clan entered the world. To celebrate the day of his birth he will be spending the day with his family and then in the evening he will be partaking in huge amounts of sushi. Mark doesn't give speeaches (even though I ask him too) on his birthday or worry about that fact that we are getting old...quickly. Instead he just looks ahead to the coming year. Probably not a bad idea.

Happy Turkey Day!

Happy Turkey Time to our

friends and family!

With all the crazy things going on in the world these days, we wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their love and support throughout the years. Besides eating beyond comfort, the month of November brings the perfect time to make sure we have told the people in our lives how much they mean to us. Gobble, Gobble. Love, The Laniers

Our Guitar Hero

Bennett has started guitar lessons. He now proudly knows 2 chords, G and C. He is doing really well. He really like his teacher Alex, he is super cool. I overheard him asking Bennett what his favorite songs were and to Alex's surprise Bennett answered...The Devil went down to Georgia and Rock Me Like a Hurricane. It was a proud moment .

What's up with the Laniers

Hello to my favorite blogger fans...I haven't been a very good blogger lately and thought I would take a minute to catch up. At the moment the Lanier house is running on empty! I have been working on a project for work that is creating a 100 mile round trip commute for me everyday. Considering how hard it is to get gas...the timing isnt great. I have been getting home late so we just haven't had the family time we usually have. The best part about this story is that our final presentation is on October 6th so the days are numbered!!! Life returns to "normal" soon!

Bennett and Mark are doing well. We are staying busy with soccer and keeping our gigantic horse/dog Drake busy. The weather is starting to cool down so we are trying to be outside as much as possible. The image below is our soccer star, Bennett Ryder Lanier. This year soccer is much more complicated then it has been in the past. They are playing on a bigger field and with all or most of the rules. Bennett is actually learning quickly and starting to put it together out there on the field.

On the weekends, we have adopted this baseball field near our house as our very own dog park and we have been meeting friends up there to let the dogs run and catch the soccer ball. It is a great time for everyone. Kids and dogs seems to love it. The picture below has Drake with her favorite soccer ball and Bennett trying to out run Drake's buddy Divo.



Bennett has also been fooling around with video lately. Check out this one he did this weekend. He has a couple more that he made himself which are hysterical and I will try to upload to our blog. I guess that is all for now. Like I said we aren't up to much these days around the Lanier household...

Thank you

I wanted to make sure I sent a heart felt thank you for all the love we received after Rhosie's passing. It is so nice to know we are surrounded by so much love. Thank you it made a difference to say the least. Love to all from The Laniers.

Sweet Rhoser

Thursday, September 4, 2008 was a very sad day for the Laniers. Our dear sweet Rhosie Mo Reed Ryder-Lanier passed away. Rhosie had spent the day hanging out on the front porch in the gorgeous weather and went to take a nap under one of our rocking chairs and passed away while she was sleeping. As most of you know Rhosie was not your average dog. She had the heart and soul of a Diva. She was around before the Lanier family even existed and has been through everything with us. The good, the bad and the fabulous. She was here to see us bring home our sweet baby boy and to wonder what the heck was happening in her household with that strange little baby. She has been a constant companion and that special dog that everyone in the neighborhood loved to come and pat when she was out and about. I am going to miss her so much. I look for her in all of her usual spots and expect to wake up in the middle of the night to hear her snoring on the floor next to me. Her passing has left a hole in our family and we will miss her always.

Mama Mia!

Ok here we go a fabulous movie review for all you blogger fans out there! I saw this with my BFF Mrs. Ashlee Dunbar. We had dinner and a couple glasses of wine before we went to sit in the most comfortable theater chairs ever, so we were primed and ready for some good music and of course some good acting. We were not let down. The music as you can imagine was the highlight of the movie. We both made sure to own the soundtrack to the movie before the night was through. We had a great time, we laughed, we cried and walked out humming a tune or if you are Ashlee singing the songs. You may be asking ...you cried during Mama Mia, huh? Well let me just tell you. We saw the movie 2 days before our children started the school year. Ashlee dealing with her 2 little kindergartners heading off into the scary world of elementary school and me dealing with my child becoming an official 3rd grade Tween, the song "Slipping through my fingers" that Donna sings to her daughter Sophie on the day of her wedding just hit us right in the gut and tears were a flowin'. So you may ask...is there anything negative for this movie review...of course! The part of the moview where we looked at each other and thought what the??? Was when James Bond busted out in song. Pierce was a little scary but not enough to sway your opinion of the movie. A great girls night out movie. I think I might be going with another group of girlfriends in a week or so to see it again :)

Rockin' it 3rd grade style

Well folks Bennett is a 3rd grader. I cried a bit on my way to work thinking about how quickly he is growing up. Besides the fact that Bennett's teacher is a gator, yes an U of F alumnus she seems very nice and Bennett like the first day a lot. He walked in this morning and his assigned seat was right next to his good friend Ethan! He also said that today they did no work so it was great day :) Here are a few pictures before he got on the bus this morning. BTW the kids at Bennett's bus stop are giants :)