Just Finished....

Pride and Prejudice for the millionth time. Okay, so maybe I have read it at least 5 times and still can't get enough of it. Even though I have read it before I have stayed up the past 2 nights till 12:30 because I cannot put the book down and when I do my brain will not let me sleep. Now I feel I must watch the movie tonight just to squeeze all that I can out of it till more months pass and I need something to read and I go "Oh, I haven't read Pride and Prejudice in a while"

Weekend View from the C.A.B

My first trip up river by boat to the Pickwick Dam

At the Yellow Creek Waterfall


At Pickwick Dam

On the way home


Due to the lack of sunshine in the beginning of the trip I thought to myself ah, who needs sunscreen. Needless to say an approx. 45 min boat trip one way up river laying on my back and I am still suffering from toasting my buns.

I Need A Name

So, we found out that everything is okay with her and she got her shots and spayed now all we need is a name. Poor thing is just kitty for now. I can't decide if she should have a human name or a funky/normal animal name. She is gray, black and white and we thought we might name her Smokey (call her mokey for short (even though it really doesn't shorten it by that much it is just more fun to say) or there is Gracie, Lola, Isabella, Charlie and the list goes on and on. Hopefully, by the weekend she will have a name. She and Ferris already like to ruff house together.

New Way To Do The Wedding March

So ladies, whose wedding are we going to go down the isle like this? I wonder what church denomination this was that allows A: dancing and B: approved the song? Of course there are ways to get around that =) Oh, well thought it was a neat video that was during the ceremony and not at the reception were most of dancing takes place. Maybe, we all need to learn Thriller for the next wedding reception.

Throw Back Thursday

Boy Sees Girl & Girl Sees Boy

Boy And Girl Meet Fall In Love And Get Married

Happy 4th Anniversary

Beautiful Weekend

It was a beautiful weekend here in Memphis. It actually had a little chill in the early a.m hours. So, to enjoy the beautiful weather we ate outside on our screen porch all weekend and had family over for a cook out and a little smore action using our fire pit for the first time. On Sunday we headed out to Shelby Farms (where I think everybody else headed too) and Brandon was able to fly his plane. He was very excited because the last time he tried to fly his plane it was in the park by our house which is not to big and borders two major roads and not to mention a little league practice on the baseball field (the baseball out field makes up for a little over half of the open area in which Brandon had room to fly). Needless to say that he crashed his plane and had to repair its tail. This time he came out only loosing a rubber band and completing his first loop. It was very exciting stuff. Here is a picture of Brandon with his plane:

Throw Back Thursday

I was looking for a picture to put up for throw back thursday and I found this one of me, my brother, my sister and my mom and it just made me laugh so hard. I am so glad that we all look ALOT different from this picture now. Its amazing what contacts, eye surgery, braces, and hair color will do. Money well spent mom and dad! This is when we went down to Coco Beach and visited the space center at Cape Canaveral.

I Finished What The Fish Started

Today I called the dermatologist to schedule a time to come in and remove the mole the fish tried to take with it on Friday. The first available appointment time was not until August 4th. I was like um... and I then explained my story to the lovely lady who said that if she got any cancellations in the next few days would call me and fit me in. Just my luck there was one today and I had that mole removed and one more (I mean why not I already paid the co-pay). Also, the nurse that helped me said "Oh, your the one that the fish tried to eat your mole". Apparently though rare in my circle of family and friends fish do bite on moles. So, I guess my warning to you is beware of what you swim with. Oh, and while we were at the lake because the fish were biting everyone we fished for a couple of hours and then Brandon and James cleaned and cooked them up. Revenge is so sweet or in this case pan seared with a little lemon juice. =)

View from the C.A.B

Greers Ferry Lake, Arkansas

Thursday night we drove to Arkansas to visit the Bell family at their lake house (hence, why there was no throw back Thursday picture). The lake was every bit of beautiful that everyone said it would be. So, clear that people go scuba diving there and you can see your feet and the fish swimming around you, yikes. Speaking of fish, those little Brim/sunshine fish decided that they were not happy with the food supply of the lake and decided that my bathing suite straps were calling to them and one bit me and almost took off my mole. Gross, I know. Now I have to make an appointment to go to the dermatologist and tell him that I need a mole removed because a fish already tried to. Fun times. Here are a few pictures:





I could not believe how rocky it was there but it was just beautiful. On Saturday we rode in the boat to through the Narrows. I wish I had brought my camera but I forgot. Just want to say thank you to the Bell's for the wonderful time and hope to do it again soon.
http://www.greersferry.com/recreation.php

Lost and Found

Today Brandon and Kallie found this cute little kitten while they were out working at the commercial property. Now the decision is to find a good home or keep it. Draw back is having to pay for the shots and test that make sure that the kitten does not have any diseases.

4th of July

So, the weekend was spent at the lake and my camera spent the weekend in my bag. I know sad right? I did not take any pictures from this weekend but hopefully, my cousins will post some on their facebook page and I can copy it over to my blog. The lake was nice Friday and Saturday. We spent the day tubing and riding on the jet ski. The water was really ruff so, no skiing for me. Brandon however went skiing at what I like to call "the butt crack of dawn" which, was the only time the water was calm. Saturday we went up to the damn to watch the fireworks but got there just as they were starting and it also began to rain so, we watched those from the car. Then when we got back to the house we had a note from our friends down the water the Clays who invited us down to their firework show at 11. Let me just tell you I don't think that I have ever been that close to fireworks before. They were really pretty but I started the evening at one spot and noticed I had slowly back up because a couple of them were a little too close. Many thanks to the Clays and Hunter for putting on a great fireworks show. Sunday the neighbors David and Debbie took Brandon out to try surfing which he has been wanting to try for some time and he got up on the first try and had a really nice wave to ride. I know that this would be more enjoyable to read along with pictures but you are just going to have to live with these pictures:

Tubing injury from Friday

Tubing injury from Saturday

(Trust me they hurt more than the look. They are like little holes in my hand and if I try to wash my hands they hurt like crazy)

All thanks to this tube and Roger and Brandon's crazy driving: