This Just In...

Or maybe I should say, "This Just Out..."




Kay Kay just lost her other front tooth at 9:30 tonight.
She looks like a little grandma with those missing teeth. So proud of what a big girl she is!

There was also talk of moving her up to the big gym in gymnastics tonight. I will keep you updated on how that goes.

Like the Good Ol' Days

Olivia helped me snap the green beans that Grammie sent home with us. She had a great time. The beans were in bite sized pieces because Olivia just loved hearing the "snap" sound. She calls them "geen beans".




I failed to mention a couple of things in my last entry. Olivia was very much a Poppa's girl this weekend. She was sitting with him while Uncle Seth and his band played. The band did great by the way, Johnny Cash was the big hit. And Jessica Hrabal made the girls Fourth of July dresses. She has a shop on her blog as well as on Etsy. You can check her out at http://areyouaprincess.blogspot.com

Fourth Celebrations

We had our traditional family reunion on the fourth of July. We saw lots of family and went to the fireworks that night at the Newhope Fire Dept. My brother and his band, Identity Crisis, played after the fireworks. It was a great, fast weekend. Hope you all enjoyed yours! On to the documentation of the weekend.

Trying to pop balloons with their butts.


Abi won a prize!


KayKay won a prize!

This is my cousin Eric's baby boy, Connor.

Weekend with the Fam

The work weeks seem to be flying by so far. There is never a dull moment at the office. And we are embracing the "weekend warrior" role.

When I got home from work Friday, I got to work on a birthday cake for a friend of mine. Her little boy was turning one and she wanted a monkey cake for him.

I took the cake to her and then went to see "My Sister's Keeper" with Dedee and her daughter Megan. It was a good movie and nice to get out with some friends. This was the only half way decent picture I got of the three of us.


Saturday we packed up a picnic lunch and went out to DeGray to swim. Karen, Leslie, and Khennedy met us there and we had hot dogs and watermelon for lunch. We all hit the lake after lunch. We were hoping to hop into the cool water after a hot afternoon, but no such luck. The water was warm and unsatisfying. We had a good time anyway though.




Last weekend Alex's parents brought us some vegetables from their garden and it seems that a very special set of squash had grown there....


Grammy Retta called it "The Three Sisters"


This was Olivia at breakfast telling me that "OSO" was on t.v.

Flocking as a Family

We headed to Paris, TX Friday afternoon for a Race For The Cure walk with the team "Friends of Harold and Tim" for my Uncle.My Memaw and Mom met us there. We all had a good time celebrating the survivors and the lives of those that are no longer with us. When the luminary ceremony began, I explained to Abi and KayKay about the candles and bags representing the people that have fought cancer. It was a late night. When we got back to the hotel, I bathed the girls and worked on getting them ready for bed. Abi was laying in bed and said, "Momma, I had a really good time tonight. During that one part, I was with Memaw, and I cried a little bit." I began to ask her what she was talking about and she told me that it made her sad when they showed pictures of people. I asked her what the pictures were and she began to cry and said "cancer". I tried to explain to her that we were there to help find a cure for cancer and that Uncle Tim would not want her to be sad. She eventually calmed down and went to sleep but she is such a deep thinker and a tender heart.









We all miss Uncle T and think of him and Aunt Pam, Linds, Zac, and Jackson daily. I am so very proud of the person that he was and comforted by knowing where he will be waiting for us.

........We took the girls swimming in the pool at the hotel Saturday morning and then went to visit the cemetary. We headed to Newhope after leaving Blossom for our monthly family potluck.




We had a really great potluck. My Aunt Susan, cousins Katelyn, Jessica, Trent, Uncle Gordon, Papaw McBay, Granny, Uncle Danny, Memaw, brother, parents, Alex's dad and mom, Alex, the kids, and I were all there. We had the BEST time grilling out and visiting. I am so proud of all of my family and the love we are able to show. Poppa grilled hamburgers and hot dogs and everyone brought the yummiest casseroles and sides. We laughed and visited all afternoon. The girls gave the grandpa's and daddy their father's day gifts, and there were lots of hugs.





On a side note:
Makayla has been having some issues with her stomach lately. She has been getting sick almost every morning at breakfast for a couple of weeks. She had no other symptoms except for the occassional belly ache at bed time. I got worried because she used to aspirate, so I got her a doctor appointment on Friday and Dr. Weed said that she has reflux. He prescribed her Prevacid and she seems to be doing better so far.
I hope you all are staying cool out there in the internet world. It has been a hot one so far!