Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Bradley Graduates!


My nephew, Bradley (the 2012 Star Student of Washington County) graduated this year and gave the invocation at graduation! He honored our Father, God and gave Jesus the glory. We were all very proud of Bradley. He did a great job.



Mallory did not enjoy the singing, however. She thought it was too loud!

 




 
Victory!



The proud family!



Even more proud family that was present for graduation.





All the first cousins who were present.


Good food, 


good time!




And a cute baby! What more does a celebration need! 
Sweet Kaylee.



Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Camp Grand !


The boys, Jimmy, and I stopped at the peach shed  in beautiful downtown Barney for the first ice cream of the season.




Bennett had the Barney Peach and ....................



Hannan tried the local Blueberry!



Then we headed to the cabin for an over-night stay on the farm. Later in the afternoon they were ready for the watermelon that they had chosen at the peach shed.


Yum, good! That evening we grilled burgers and cooked fries but for some reason they were not very hungry.









Feeding the fish, running and jumping and games and construction -no blocks but these engineers  managed to find plenty of building material.






After a good night's sleep, followed by pancakes and bacon, these buddies were ready to play again.



They offered to help me hose down the back porch.

 












.............. and one another , of course.




Hiking with Jimpa and deep sea fishing off the porch ............. then these sweet boys decided to help the birds build a nest ................



and pick Juju a beautiful bouquet of wild flowers. Bennett said, " Let's leave them here so all the people can see them." I hope all those people who followed us camping out at the cabin enjoyed themselves and the flowers as much as we did. We had a grand time with these grands!

Monday, May 21, 2012

Two Parties and a Graduation!




Bennett celebrated his 5th birthday with a party...............





................................. a giant water slide.........



 .............................  friends .....................




 

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.............. and a cousin!







He was rather happy!















Brookies entertained in his own pool and slide !



And he was pretty happy with that!






A couple of days later Bennett"s class came out for their end-of -the-year party.












Followed that evening by their " On the Farm" program and ..................




Graduation!




Bennett and Ms Rhonda! Thanks, Ms Rhonda!








Monday, May 14, 2012

Coffee and SweetTea ................ and Barbecue!

Here's Allison , soon to be Mrs. Alan ! We recently attended  a Coffee held in her honor in Sandersville.


 

She is as sweet as she is cute. We all love her! See how happy we are?



Following the traditional lunch at the Dairylane we were off to the farmhouse to finish preparation for an evening barbecue by the barn.




The food table ready for food..............


and the beverage table........ notice the barrels.  Yep! Jimmy will be on the look out for a pair for me!

















Yum! The best barbeque and potato salad ever!






They had a practice run on cutting "The Cake".

 

Good food, good friends, ..................








 



 



















 ........................ great weekend!