Nora got to get in the hot seat...I merely suggested that she get her ears pierced. Not thinking that she'd actually get what I was talking about. Becky was NOT thrilled with me. sorry for that.
Mel with Annie and Sarah...I think this was before Sarah got her ears pierced. I am a loser and failed to get any pix of Sarah's turn, for I was trying to figure out her mom's phone camera...such a cute brood of girls!
Melanie did such an excellent job and so did the chick that pierced....she wasted NO time in getting the earrings in, leaving little time for the piercee to get scared or chicken out.
I think this is right before the second ear was completed...I am not sure what I'm doing here...as usual, my pix are sadly out of order.
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May arrives and wham! things just go craaaazaaay.
I keep trying to slow things down because before we know it, September, October and November will be here and I'm NOT ready for that...I love being able to use our porches again. I love that I can walk outside along my walls and be barefoot. (that so didn't sound like proper English...) I love the longer evenings and planting zinnias, sunflowers, petunias, hydrangea, peony, and whatever else I might fancy....so dang promising and very exciting.
And if THAT wasn't enough. We are getting the pool ready for hours of good, clean fun. I really should've gotten pix of my brave sons scooping out the crud today...
Busy fun weekend on the horizon....Kaleo tonight, after a busy, crazy week of ear piercings, Kindy graduations, and having David back at home. Soccer all day tomorrow, Church on Sunday and then hang time with the P family on Sunday night. David will be going to a live musical show with James...while Jen and I stay back with the brood of chitlins. I like nice, low key weekends.
I need to go finish dinner that Vince started...how many people can say that they have their good friend working with their husband and when he comes down to do woodwork, he throws food that HE BOUGHT into the crock pot? God is so good and surprising...never ceases to amaze me.
Up next: Piper's Kindergarten Graduation...what fun we had!!
got these outside of Domino's while waiting for David to pick up the 'za. very spooky.
this house on Main St. makes me happy...but the clouds overhead are a tad spooky.
on our way to retrieve Will from Phos/Ontos
hard to believe this was five years ago...Princess Leia hair.
this was from 2007...how my kids have grown...sniff
YOU are a lovely soul, Melly. 
someone was a tad jaundice-y upon arrival on the outside...
less jaundice, no blood shot eyes, strawberry birthmark on arm a distant memory...
Piper is very attached to her cool cousin, Will, right now...
coolios
Piper is such a big girl...she bought Melanie a pair of cool Peace earrings! Thank You, Piper....
I can't imagine where on earth this child gets her crazy photo taking antics? we love this family...
wondering when, in the dickens, Mel is going to start opening presents. hee hee.
whadja get, Mel?
with the adorable mini -Tammy, Annie
with the other adorable mini-Tammy, Sarah!
with her new beauty of a friend Rebecca, a girl Mel met at Kaleo.
with beautiful Madison...(her entire fam came but I failed to post a pic because it would have been sadly out of order when I realized I had actually taken some group shots. nice)
Grams and Gramps got her a DQ ice cream cake...
I usually have a drawer full of candles...but I could only find ONE. again, nice.
an amazingly lovely group of young ladies...we are blessed to have these females in Mel's life! This was after the evening swim...enjoying pina coladas and cook out left overs. 
Hello Beaker! maybe you'll grow into your beak soon! and then start pooing all over my porch...
adorable.
from what I can see, there are THREE little birds!
this is where they sit...under the rafters of our unfinished upper porch (which I love in spite of it's need for siding, caps, cedar paint, etc etc)
they remind us of Muppets.
Levi, showing his mad jump jump skills. over and over..."Hey, Mom, watch THIS!!"
Today, we enjoyed a visit from the K ladies....and in spite of the torrential, speedy rain (no lightning), they swam anyway. love those girls!
this pic pretty much sums up our past year...
speechlessly cute...
the "infamous" photo board
Jazz hands...P is on the right, in the front...
just a little taste of the future....and yes, we did all tear up when we heard Pomp and Circumstance. 
P getting her diploma from her cool teacher, Mrs. L.
A little graduation song!
Piper's Nana and Papaw hosted a little gathering afterwards...and we got to initiate the new screened-in porch...very nice!
Amanda and Becky...friends for the long haul.
The gaggle of kids...
Melissa & David...still fun after all these years.
Molly was trying to sneak into P's cake pic. nice try punk.
things got crazy and Maria, Nora, Molly and Piper started dancing on the table...
everyone gather 'round for some delish Boyden's cake...this was the main reason we attended. forget my adorably cute niece and her Kindy graduation...:)
Nora got to get in the hot seat...I merely suggested that she get her ears pierced. Not thinking that she'd actually get what I was talking about. Becky was NOT thrilled with me. sorry for that.
Mel with Annie and Sarah...I think this was before Sarah got her ears pierced. I am a loser and failed to get any pix of Sarah's turn, for I was trying to figure out her mom's phone camera...such a cute brood of girls!
Melanie did such an excellent job and so did the chick that pierced....she wasted NO time in getting the earrings in, leaving little time for the piercee to get scared or chicken out. 
I think this is right before the second ear was completed...I am not sure what I'm doing here...as usual, my pix are sadly out of order. 
