Thursday, September 20

2012 : week 38



Carly played softball at Jackson Prep this week
and it turned into a mini family reunion.



 Celeste, Denise, Beege, Libba and Woody made it.
JC had karate.  We missed seeing you JC!



I asked Carly did she feel special.
She said "yeah, REALLY special".
 



Grandaddy made it.
 
 
MamMam and Aunt Kacey made it too.
Missed Uncle Rocky.
Carly said he probably wouldn't enjoy a ballgame.
So one day, we will have to get him to one.


Thursday, September 13

2012 : week 37

 
 
 
Last week we joined Heritage United Methodist Church.
We are settling in and getting involved.
Carly is making friends and participating in Youth.
Sunday, she helped with children's church. 
The youth director sent me this photo
of them "cleaning up".


Thursday, September 6

2012 : week 36



At the beginning of the summer, Carly was aggravated that I told her it was bed time.
I can't remember what time it was.  It doesn't matter.
It was just the thought that it was summer, and I had the audacity to send her to bed.
She responded that this was going to be the worst summer ever.
Going to bed might have spurred the comment,
 but it probably had more to do with the move.
 
The next day, after a good night sleep, I asked her to come up with a bucket list
of things that she wanted to do this summer that would make it fun.
Besides going back to Hernando, she couldn't come up with a list.
So, I decided that when we did something during the summer
that she seemed to enjoy or asked to do again,
I wrote it on a card and hung on her door.
 
There are bigger things like going to the beach,
4th of July family weekend in Clarksdale, and
a trip to Hernando,
but there are also tons of small things
like swimming, eating watermelon, playing tennis.
I wish I had been better at documenting the small stuff,
but overall a great look at summer!


Thursday, August 30

2012 : week 35



1st half of week 35 was full of softball
including a road trip to Madison to play the Jackson Victors.
We were glad MamMam and Grandaddy made the trip
and got to watch a little ball. 
 
2nd half of week 35 was dominated by Hurricane Isaac.
Since we moved to the southern part of Mississippi,
we are about 70 miles from the Mississippi Gulf Coast
and 100 miles from New Orleans.
Close enough that hurricanes headed into the Gulf gets your attention
especially on the 7th anniversary of another little hurricane called Katrina
 
We stocked our pantry with supplies,
bought a weather radio (that I wanted to shoot before this was over),
filled our cars with gas,
stocked up on water and batteries,
moved the patio furniture inside.
We were as ready as we could be,
but thankfully all we got was steady wind and rain for 3 days!
Carly got 2 days off from school,
and we all had cabin fever before it was over.


Thursday, August 23

2012 : week 34


We took a trip to New Orleans
to celebrate Back-to-School.
We were all ready for a little weekend away.
We saw a Saints game
which was lots of fun!
.

 
 
We did a little site seeing in the rain
listened to some music
did a little shopping
and ate WAY too much!
It was raining so much that
I left my camera in the hotel room a couple times.
Don't you know, as soon as you do that is when you want it!





Breakfast.....
Bloody Marys from Corner Bar and beignets from Cafe' du Monde

Thursday, August 16

2012 : week 33



Back-to-School week

Class Schedule:
Advanced English - Powell
Science - McInnis
PreAlgebra - Bielstein
History - Powe
Bible - Young
Basketball - Lofton
Language Rotation - White

Insight by Carly...
Everybody calls Ms White, Madame La Blanc. (French humor?)
5 minutes is not enough time to get to the gym and change clothes.
Coach Lofton says some people leave their practice jerseys all week...that's just gross!!
I think I'm going to like Mr Powe, he's funny.
Yuck! How do you dissect a worm anyway?



Thursday, August 9

2012: week 32



It's registration day.
Carly got her schedule,
was assigned a locker,
found all her classes,
met her teachers,
visited with friends,
and unloaded her supplies.
It's official, she's a 7th grader!