CARTER AND KARLIE AT THE ROYALS GAME

BIRTHDAY FLOWERS

SMALL TOWN USA

This is a picture of a street in the small NE Mississippi town that I was born and lived in for 20 years. A train track went down the middle of the street. They say the train track has now been removed and a bike trail is in its place. The building on the corner by the stop sign was my uncle's drug store back in the fifties. When I would go to his store, he would always give me a fountain coke and I would drink it and look at comic books, while he and my dad talked. When we would leave, he would tell me to pick out a comic book to take with me. The building on the left across the street was a bank where my parents did business. I went with my dad many times to that bank when I was a little girl. Can still remember the musty smell. Good times and bad times in that small town.

 

LABOR DAY WEEKEND/BIRTHDAY

Kim and Abby arrived late Friday, so we could help Kim celebrate her birthday. It was too hot on Saturday to really do anything. The temperature was 102. Abby and Pap-pa did walk up to our neighborhood playground but didn't stay long and Abby came back red-faced. Tracy, Kim, Abby and I did go out to eat at Kim's favorite local Mexican restaurant for lunch. Hubby didn't go. He was afraid he would miss the OSU-Mississippi State game.

We had a cold front come through on Sunday and the temperature was around 90. They all went up to our neighborhood pool to swim that morning. then we went down to Bricktown in OKC for the birthday dinner. We went to Jazmoz Bourbon Street Cafe on the canal and the food was really, really good. We walked around on the River Walk after we finished eating for a little while. Then we came back home and had cake and ice cream. It ended up being a pretty busy weekend but I think everyone enjoyed it.

I have mentioned before that we live out with the horses and cows.  See the cows in the background, proof we do.

Abby is a little dare-devil in the water.

At the restaurant eating the awesome crab dip.  It was really good.

Not sure what Abby was trying to do, but made us all uncomfortable.

Tracy always lights the candles.  She did it for so many years when she worked at Chuck-E-Cheese.

Abby helped her mommy blow out the candles.  Later she asked Kim if she missed the opening of gifts.