3 Year Old Amateur Photographer

Clark gave Alix a new camera for Mother's Day. She's been wanting a new one to replace the one she had. With small children, one needs a camera the has a quick or constant "shooting" setting in order to catch the good pics. Huston is really excited about this. He wants her old one. He's in love with taking pics. On Mother's day, when they were with us at lunch, Huston had hold of their camera and began shooting pics of everyone and every thing. He LOVES taking pictures and has become quite the amateur photographer. He just holds the camera up and randomly shoots whatever is in his way. Sometimes, the shots are quite funny (i.e. my boobs that is framed on my piano!...clothed of course!). As you can tell from the pics below, he took random shots at many of us (plus the waiter) at the table. He would even tell Emy to say "cheese" and the little "ham" would obey and say "cheeeeese" while he snapped away. But the fun came when we were leaving the club. Jimmy and I had already gotten our car and gone. Alix and Clark were waiting with the kids for their car when Huston decided to take shots of random club members also waiting for their cars. As he began shooting away, people thought it was so funny, they began posing for him. Some even asked to have him take their pictures. Some asked "Did you get it?" And Huston's reply was, "Got it., I got it." and would just move on. He can be so funny some times. Such a man of few words but such a dry humor. As you can tell from the pics, the other club members got a real kick out of our little guy.

So Much Fun...More Black and White

The putting contest was the first evening of the tournament. The guys were doing their best to sink some holes in one. But...NO WAY! They waited till late in the evening, a few drinks down and with shadows from the lights...they just couldn't sink the puts to get any winning numbers on the front 9. Alix and I decided we could help them out. See what happens next.

Oh my! Hole-in-One! The first put! Todd, the club pro couldn't believe it! What champs we were! We whizzed around the putt-putt course. We made a couple of more holes in one (and one 10 - OOOOOPS!). But man did we have some fun! We REALLY helped those guys! They didn't win, of course. But they would have been a lot worse off without us! Go Girls!









The last evening of the Black and White was the black tie event. You saw earlier some pics of the four of us at that event. Not only did we have fun...but Alix and I were very excited to come into some cold hard cash. Jimmy and Clark won a little money on the last day. They shared their winnings with the two us us and as you can tell from the pics below...we were very appreciative!

Mother's Day, 2009

What a beautiful day it was today. Mother (Mimi) came down for the weekend to spend Mother's Day with me and we have had a wonderful time. Yesterday, she went to the Mother/Daughter Tea at church and today, we met Clark, Alix, Huston and Emy at Oak Hills for Mother's Day lunch. Of course that is always a treat with two little ones. Huston, as always (and just like his Lovey) had MUCH "butter" - YUM! At one point...Jimmy was laughing very hard and Huston, the comic he is, began imitating his laugh and cracking everyone up. He's such a hoot sometimes! Emy, after a small lunch, had a large cookie and broke a glass cup of ice cream with sprinkles all over the floor. But..."that's okay (as Huston explained and I followed in agreement)...after all, it wasn't at our house and she was able to get more for her satisfaction. Afterwards, both little ones had had enough of having "inside" voices and "still" bodies. Out we went to the grassy area near the course for a little running and "rolling" in the grass. Emy was sooooo cute - she was waving at the golfers as the finished on hole #18 and riding past her in their golf carts heading to the club house. Then, before we left, a picture with Mimi for my scrapbook. All in all, it was a wonderful day and time for a nap.

Mother-Daughter Tea 2009

Each year, the children's ministry at our church have a Mother/Daughter Tea the Saturday before Mother's Day. Tables are available for sponsorship by anyone choosing to pick a children's book and decorate a table around the theme of their book. This year, Alix and I decided to each sponsor a table. Alix chose, "The Midnight Train" and I chose "Big Words for little people". We both spent much time decorating our table and making cupcakes for not only the decorations but as deserts for our guests. The fun for the day is not only in decorating the table and having your friends and their loved ones come, but going around seeing all the fun tables and children's books throughout the room. Mother came down from Lufkin for the event and I invited my BSF friends and their Mother/daughters to share in the day. We had lots of fun and ate great food. I can't wait to begin planning for next year's event. I'm going to start looking for my book NOW!

"Jim's" Pirate Birthday Party

Since Clark and Alix's computer has been down, I haven't been able to get the photos from them to share of Jimmy's birthday party we had hear at home for him. I allowed Huston to choose the theme and to choose the cake. Well....you can only imagine what a 3.5 year old will choose. Since he chose a "Thomas the Train" theme for his daddy and Uncle Robbie, he decided he wanted "Jim" to have a "Pirate" party with a pirate cake. What fun H and I had planning and picking fun decorations for the party. I even made shrimp etuphe (sp?) for dinner to keep with the "fishy" theme. Okay, okay...I can't spell Cajun language! Anyway, we had a great time. I was able to get one pic off Clark's camera. As you can tell, I think the birthday boy had a good time. I'll post more pics when Clark forwards me the rest. In the mean time...let's hope the "office gang" doesn't get a hold of this one!

2009 Black and White at Oak Hills

Well this year, Jimmy and Clark had the opportunity to play in the annual Oak Hills Member-Guest "Black and White" Golf Tournament again. It is a three day tournament with lots of activities enjoyed by all. This year, the guys had their best year yet. In fact, they actually came into some money on the third day and they even shared their loot with the girls (Alix and I). Saturday evening is the black tie event ending the big event. Even the women play up to the "black and white" theme and most everyone and everything is still in black and white. We had loads of fun and the food, company and band was great. As soon as Clark sends me pics taken with their camera, I'll post some additional fun ones of the evening.

What???????

Our little Emy has a habit of taking her clothes off and running around without any. She was playing in the back yard when a ball went over the fence. Clark got on the fence to look in the neighbors yard, checking out how to get the ball, when he heard Alix's voice say "Clark...look". Emy had taken off her clothes and was right there with him. Can you imagine his surprise as he looked down and saw her looking up at him? Alix caught them in this photo at the perfect time! Can you not tell this is definitely Clark's daughter? Just look at the two from BEHIND!

Easter Sunday at Oak Hills with the Easter Bunny

Easter has come and gone but the memories are still fresh. What a wonderful day we had. Jimmy picked up the the pictures we had made of the children at Oak Hills by the professional photographer on Easter Sunday. As you can see they were mesmerized by the precious bunny they had for the children. That is all the children's favorite thing to do - have their picture made with a REAL bunny! Are these not the MOST BEAUTIFUL children in the world...I mean REALLY...and it's not because I'm the grandmother!