2012: week 40

It is Homecoming Week!

This was our first Homecoming in high school

which means dress up days.

 

It is a little like a week full of Halloween

but with an opinionated tween

instead of an easy-going toddler.

 

Monday was Patriotic Day.

It was fun to see everyone dressed in red,white and blue.

Carly found a 99 cent Old Navy shirt at Dirt Cheep

and finally some coordinating PJ pants.

{She decided she preferred PJs

over her school uniform.}

And don't miss those coordinating nails!

Carly took a couple pictures each day with her iPod

so I got to get a glimpse of the fun.

This is her pre-algebra class.

It was good to see that all the girls had dressed up.



Tuesday was Character Day.

Carly and a couple of friends decided

{at school} to be power rangers.

Goodness! It was much more difficult

than it needed to be to get that pulled together.

The back of her shirt said "Power Rangers".

I wish I had a group shot with the red and yellow Power Ranger.



Wednesday was Cowboy and Indian Day.

Carly and her friend Miss L decided to be Indians.

They got together after school and made their shirts,

and then sent countless pictures, texts, emails, and face time

to make sure it was just right.

 

But I'll have to say that the end product is precious.

Check out that headband that Kenny and I made.

Oh! and I french braided pigtails.  That was a first.

Nothing like learning a new skill at 6:00am.



 

Next came Throwback Thursday.

We went with the 80's-

neon, splatter paint, converse, big hair, headband

and yes those are sequined shorts.

 

 

Friday was Spirit Day.

It was a half day that included a pep rally.

I said a prayer for the teachers.

I hope they didn't plan to accomplish anything.

After school, the softball team rode in the Homecoming Parade.

 It was a fun week. 

Here is Carly with her friend whose name is Carly also.

When I was taking their picture,

I said "Smile Carly squared"

One of the other girls said,

"That's Carly x 2, ha! I get it"

Too funny!

 

To top the week off, a friend

to go to the ballgame with

and to sleep over.

wordless wednesday :: cousins

2012 : week 39

 

The final day of softball this year.

It was a long day but lots of fun with new friends.

There was softball

and lots of waiting around for more softball.

 

We played the first game of the day

and the last game of the day.

It was a long day at the park!

We might not have won all the games

but we were really good at tailgating.

 

 

 

And to top the day off,

Carly had her best hit of the season

at her last at bat.

A good day to end the season and

make us want to come back for more!

 

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.



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".



wordless wednesday :: birthday

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!



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.



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

wordless wednesday :: royal