Well, Lane got his stitches out today. He was such a big boy. He was a little nervous at first, but sucked it up and let the nurse remove the stitches. I was so proud of him.

Addison and Rachelle came to visit today. The kids had so much fun playing outside in the even in the unbearable heat.
While playing inside the kids colored with crayons and markers. Well all of the sudden there was a little art work on the wall. Here is Lane and Addison discussing about how great the masterpiece is and who they should blame it on.
Well, I think we found out who is the little artist of the bunch. -------- Of course I won't name any names.

This is my grandmother -Doris Day-yea the famous one... well to us anyway. We had a huge 75th birthday party for her. It was big.

My mother made her cake for her party. I bet you could not guess that.

After the big party; my grandmother, my mom, both of my sisters, Miranda (my cousin), and Mamie (my aunt) all went to get pedicures because all of our feet were killing us.

Didn't our feet turn out beautiful. I did not get my grandmother's feet in the picture.

One Tough Cookie

Lane finally did it, he had to get stiches. He was at church and horse playing around. Poor Ms. Alice was by herself with three kids. She had to bring all three down the hall to find me. Lane cried but was fine after a minute of babying. Tina helped me watch the kids while I tried to decide where to take him. Well, of course it was the ER. We were so blessed because a friend of ours, Chip, is a nurse there and he rushed us on in. Thank goodness, because it was packed. Lane was such a tough guy, he never cried while they gave him numming shots and stiched him up. I may should be a little worried about his pain tolerance. They were all raving about how good he was there in the ER.

Little Rebecca came for a Visit

We were so glad to have Rebecca come visit us. Lane and Mary-Beth loved the company. They played with toys in their rooms, read books, played the piano, ate lunch, and ran around laughing and playing. They even watched Baily (our dog) get a hair cut. They had such a good time. Rebecca came in and never skipped a beat. You would have thought she came everyday. We had a great time--We hope you come back to play little Rebecca.

the jelly-fish sting

We just got back from a trip to Biloxi, Ms. We had a really great time. We were able to soak up a little sun and try out some great restaurants. It was great bonding time for our family. We really needed a vacation. We stayed at the Beau Rivage Hotel - it was really nice. (other than all of the gambling going on) Will had a conference there, so the kids and I hung out by the pool or did some shopping during the day. However, at night Will was able to join us. The picture of Lane's little feet is a picture of his attack by a jelly-fish. He was very upset by it but was very tough. You would have never even know he got stung after about an hour. We left the beach after the sting and went swimming - he forgot all about it. However, if you ask him about it he will tell you that he got bit by a shark.----- I never know what goes threw his little mind. Ha Ha!

Tracy and I (along with the rest of Mary's family ) have been planning a surprise 50th Birthday party for her for 3 months. It has been challenging keeping it from her. he had to overcome many obstacles, but it was a success. We managed to get much of her family from Tennessee here without her knowing. There were many times that we almost got caught.
I even surprised Tracy by making her a cake as well (she actually helped me make her own cake because I had to make it when I made Mary's, while Tracy was at my house) She thought we were just making Mary another cake for the party just in case one was not enough.

The two pictures above are of everyone waiting (well hiding) so Mary can arrive.

To get Mary to the surprise birthday party we told her to stop by our house because I forgot to unplug my straightener. So she let herself in with her own key and was not expecting anyone home. The pictures above are pictures of the big surprise. Mary was so shocked when she came in and saw everyone at our house.

Here we are all gathered around watching Mary open all of her gifts. Some were gag gifts and some were nice ones. Thank you everyone for coming and helping pull this party off.