Tuesday

Well, I took the pictures I posted yesterday and today at various cookouts, bar-b-ques etc. that was spread out over a period of 2 weeks.

Here are some pictures I took that I like!

This is Lauren!


I love this picture of Danny and RJ. I don't think I've ever seen a Dad so close to his son before...great family!







This picture I took when Sonny was home. We all miss him and his wonderful sense of humor!








This is another picture I took when Darrell was home...Actually, Mike took it, but who's counting...









This picture Ashley liked...Michael and Grandma Terry.









Enjoy all the pictures below...I didn't put them in order, as the pool party was the last event we went to.

Cook-out at Mike and Tanya's

Mike and Tanya (Sonny's son and wife and two girls moved here from Ca.) had a cookout and it was WONderful. They live in Elberton, Ga., which we learned is the granite capitol of the world!
That's Court and Ash waiting to eat.




This is Mike's daughter, Paige, Britt, Court, Ash and Mike's youngest daughter, Devon. My girls LOVE having new cousins to be with.





Art and Court sang, "Don't Cry Daddy", along with a lot of other songs. Mike had a Karoke set up there.












I took this one of Deanna and I love it!









And this is Mike's sister Donna and her husband Jimmy (Deanna's parents).

Trip to Charleston

We went to Charleston for a few days last month or so...it was still too cold to get in the water....








I'm sure these two were steady discussing boys or the lack there of at the beach...or they could have been discussing how their hair spray just doesn't hold up in all that wind!











It really was beautiful there...the water almost looked clean!









Mike and Courtney look alike...VERY scary! hee










We went on a harbor cruise while there and departed not far from the Yorktown.

Cookout at our house

Mom and Larry Jr. chillin'!









This is Mike and Tanya. They moved to Georgia from California...Mike is Sonny's (Mike's mother's brother) son and they are great!












Here Mike is cooking...WHICH he does soooooo well!










Here Britt is with Silker (Mike's mom).










I love this picture...it's Wil with the newest addition to the family, Porter.

Cook-out at our house...

More pics of the cookout...this is Lauren and Alex, my neice and nephew!




This is Michael with Deanna and Devon, who is Mike's cousins daughter...














This is Britt holding another of Mike's cousins son.












This is Court with Devon, her sister Paige and Deanna.



This is Mike's mom with her all her brother's except one and her sister, Wil.

Art's party...

It was also Harold's 60th birthday, so we had cake and ice cream!


What a ham!

This is Danny's son, RJ.













I love this picture!!!

Party at Art's..more

Here are more pics at the pool party!

Spring is Springing...

FINALLY I am updating this blog. It's not that I didn't want to, but I needed something to put on here besides..."went to work"..."hauled kids everywhere"..."went back to work"...you get it.

I actually have alot of new news for ya! First, we have another addition to our family and a loss. Michael bought Ashley a puppy! His name is Boomer because Michael makes things go "BOOM" on his job.









He's a beagle and WIDE OPEN all the time. Buddy and Cujo can't stand him!



As for our loss, I found a new home for the bird. Yes, Cosmo has left the coup. He was Courtney's bird, but she agreed that he would be happier at another home. He was the perfect bird, but we seldom had the time for him that he deserved and his new home is perfect for him.
More news...Brittany has bought a truck! It's SOOOO cute and she loves it!

She had "G.R.I.T.S." added after she bought it. Kenny...I KNOW you don't know what that stands for...and it ain't for our regional food either...it stand for, "Girls raised in the South"! I LOVE it!
She is SO proud and works hard to pay for it.

Ashley has been driving the convertable, but wants to trade IT in for an SUV, so we will be trading in the next few weeks.

The van behind the convertible is ours too, we traded in our old van for this. It's a Kia and we LOVE IT!
Our back yard looks like a car lot.

And lastly...our Azalea's are fixing to bloom! This is a shot towards our BACK, back yard. Our back yard is divided into what's mowed and what ain't. This is what ain't, but is being worked on as you can see by the wheel barrow full of tree limbs back there. (Click on the picture and you can make it bigger)


It goes down to a third part of the back, back yard...which contains blackberrys and other of nature's bounty...it actually needs bush hogging, but we ain't got one, so we let nature have it!! hee hee


That's all our news for the moment.

Fat Tuesday.

HAPPY FAT TUESDAY EVERYONE! Courtney went to school today with a neck full of beads. I told her her neck was gonna cramp up with all that bling on! hee hee

Well, I'm off work today...WOOT WOOT! WHICH means I have to make a Sam's haul, wash the dogs, figure out what to feed everyone for supper, since two of them have to be at work at 4:30pm, and call my Mama. There.

OH...Alex's birthday party was last Saturday, so Dad took pictures. I WOULD have taken pics, but I had just got off work, went home and grabbed his present (a goldfish) and prayed it would slosh out of the tank before I got there. I have to admit, I have some cute nephew/nieces.
The chair in the background here was Larry Jr.s when he was little. He got everything when he was little. I didn't get anything. sniff sniff....hee hee
This is Mom with one of Alex's little friend-gurls. She was SOOOOOOO friggin' CUTE!


The girls are all doing great...just exTREMEly busy. BUT, as my Grandma Sprouse used to say..."Busy hands are happy hands"....OH, and this one too..."Idle hands are the devils workshop". These girls should have some pretty happy, penecostal hands! HAAAAAAAAA

BYE-
Joan

Long weekend!!!

FINALLY a weekend off where I don't have to go anywhere, work, haul, clean or place on restriction!!! Yeee-HAWWW

We are having a good weekend..as all should be! This is my weekend off and I'm also off tomorrow. To say that your off, while working in a hospital is WONderful. Monday's are usually your busiest day as are Fridays.

Dad sent me some pictures of a singing he and Mom went to, and all I can say is CHECK OUT THE HAIR!

I can hear Dad now telling me to behave. Check this out!

BAA-HAAA!













This picture made my day! hee hee...can you just iMAGine what she looks like when she first wakes up!!!! tee-hee Tammy Faye Jr.!
Actually, I should say that her picture is cropped off a bigger picture..she just kinda stood out!

Here are more pictures taken during this very eventful event!


That's Mom sitting with Frankie (R) and Frankie's sister (L).

Now, THIS picture is Dad,,,without his glasses thanks to cataract surgery..don't the other guy sitting there look just THRILLED! Hold your mouse over the picture and click...that will make it bigger...












This is Mom getting Dottie Rambo's autograph. Dottie is infamous in the Southern Gospel world, both for her singing, but more for her song writing. Courtney does a couple of her songs. She truely is one of the best.



Mom and Dad also went to Fletcher's baptism. Fletcher is Gina's fiance. I believe they are getting married in July. They attend Simpsonville First Baptist. I wanted to go, but, as usual when something happens I want to go to, I had to work that weekend.
I have a better picture of Fletcher and Gina in November's blog. Look to the right of this page and you will see months listed...click on November.

I hope everyone is doing fine...I PROMISE to take some picture this weekend of...something! Dad is showing me up!

Joan

Friday night and I ain't got no carrrrrr-

Well, Mike is working a hockey game, Britt and Ash are at work also, so it's me, Court and the boys. I would take Court somewhere, but I ain't gotta ride! AND I ain't got nowheres to go...I'm sure Courtney could find somewhere tho!

Well, I would say I had an eventful day, but I believe Dad's was MORE eventful! He had his very first EVER colonoscopy! HAAAAAAAA Let's just say he spent MANY an hour SITTING yesterday preping for this morning. hee hee Of course, Mom spoiled him rotten by buying him a robe, juices, home-made broth etc...sniff sniff. He was pitiful! HAAAAAAAAAA
OH, the only new pictures I have are....

Michael sent ashley a disc with pictures on them from some kinda training he went thru and she wanted me to post a couple on here.

Ashley had her hair dyed dark brown WHICH she hates and will be returning to her true high-lighted self shortly.

And that's Michael again training. They seem to do alot of that!

I don't have one single picture of Britt or Court. NOT because they don't take any of each other, but they take pics with their cell phones and the picture is too tiny to add here. I haven't taken any pictures of them since Christmas! Britt's man-less now, so she's home alot. Court is man-less too! hee hee

Well, I guess I'll go and see how Dad's butt's doing! hee hee I guess I'll ask how he's doing too!

I'm working 12's all weekend, so don't expect any more posts from moi till Mon. or Tues when I'm off again-

Bye-

Joan