Lunch with friends

I know I haven't posted in a while and should've already posted this. I've just been busy I guess. A few of us 1990 graduates got together for lunch at San Miguels in Columbia and talked about old times. It was so good to see everyone...I wish more could've come, but we have our 20 year reunion coming up next year. I haven't talked to most of my high school friends until I joined facebook...it's amazing how well you can keep up with everyone on there. That's how I keep up with the ones in this picture. We've even started a group on facebook to try and locate people in our class so we can start planning our reunion. I hope we can all get together for lunch again soon. I really enjoyed it!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID!!!!

Today is David's 34th birthday! We've already given him his presents (LSU license plate and framed picture). Today, we were planning to surprise him with a birthday cake. Well, Lauren sort of "let the cat out of the bag" last night when we were tucking them in. She said, "Daddy, we're making you a cake tomorrow for your birthday...after we get up." Of course, she had that big cheesey smile on her face too. We just started laughing because that child CANNOT keep a secret...so don't ever tell her anything that you don't want anyone else knowing. Then David started having a little fun with it by asking her was it chocolate...what kind of icing was it going to have...and yes, she was telling him. Gotta love her! So David, we hope you have a Happy 34th Birthday and we're all looking forward to our camping trip today...just hope the weather clears up some...well, alot!!! WE LOVE YOU!!! :-)

New song on the playlist

I added a new song to our playlist by Nickelback, If Today Was Your Last Day. This is one of my favorite songs because the lyrics are so true. If you've never heard it before, take time to listen to the words.

Happy early Birthday David!!

David's birthday is not until August 5th, but I couldn't wait to give him his presents. His brother went to Omaha to the College World Series and sent this newspaper piece to us. David "mentioned" having it framed, but we left it at that. I secretly took it to Keepsakes here in town and had her matte it in purple and gold for him. We hung it in his office.

Surprise #1
Surprise #2

I have a personalized license plate on my car and have been wanting to get one for him for a long time. Mine says CASSELS, but I wanted his to have something to do with LSU. You can go online and do this yourself, see what's available, and even see what it'll look like on a license plate. I wanted LSU FAN, but believe it or not, someone in Arkansas already has that! Hmmm...more LSU fans in Arkansas...Anyway, I also thought about TIGA FAN, but wasn't sure he'd like that. So I decided to just do LSUFAN1. Well, I get a thing in the mail telling me that his plate is in Little Rock and I can either pick it up or get it through the mail, BUT I'll have to send a copy of his registration certificate. I'm still trying to keep this a secret, but it's hard when you're having to sneak something out of his truck and go make a copy of it. He came in that day, sat down, and I said, "I need to run up to the school for something." He was thinking, "she's had all day to go up to the school, why is she waiting til I get home?" I'm not a good liar, so I just came out and told him that it had something to do with his surprise. I snuck his registration out of his truck and made a copy of it. Then I had to wait again for the plate to be mailed here to me. I know this story is long, but I'm almost done. His plate came in the other day...I went to Wal-Mart and got school supplies and just left them in the trunk. When he got home, he sat down with Lauren and I thought, "this is the perfect time for me to do this." I went out to unload my trunk, but hurried up and put his new plate on his truck while I was outside. I came in with my stuff and said, "where did that big dent come from in your back bumper?" Well, he looked mad and headed outside...we were right behind him (me, with my camera in hand) and he looked....and looked....and looked some more!!! OMG!!! He finally looked back at me and said, "where is the dent?" When he saw I had my camera, he said, "ok, where's my surprise?" I said, "Are you kidding me????" FINALLY, he saw it and I caught his look on camera. If it had been a snake, it would've bitten him.

Naturally, he'll get picked on by friends and co-workers here in Arkansas. Some guys at work have already taken it off and put it back on upside down. Oh well, they'll just have to deal with it!!! GEAUX TIGERS!!!

Branson vacation continued...

The girls wanted to go to the wax museum so that's what we did on Sunday. I told them to act scared...Morgan did...Lauren just wanted to smile and look pretty!!This one's a little blurry, but I had to put it on here. Daddy and Forrest Gump...he loves that movie! We're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz!! One of my all time favorite movies as a child. Our girls love it too! I watched this show ALL THE TIME!!! I Dream of Jeannie! I LOVE Jeannie (not sure how to spell her name). Ok...this doesn't fit me, but I couldn't resist. I saw the bunny ears and just had to pose with Hef.And we all know what movie this is from....Titanic. Lauren looks like she's about to fall out of the boat!Men in Black...I told them to look tough! After the museum, we decided to go back to the hotel and rest a little. Believe it or not, we were a little tired after a 9 1/2 hour day at Silver Dollar City. It was a little bit warmer the next day too, so we wanted to wait until the evening to go play putt putt golf.

We had a great time playing putt putt. Daddy really enjoyed himself. There's so much to do in Branson, you almost need a whole week there...but then you'd be flat broke!!!! Yes, Mom and I managed to squeeze shopping into this trip...twice!!! I can't go all the way to Branson and not go to the Tanger Outlet Mall...I mean, come on!

Branson vacation/Silver Dollar City

Well, as usual I upload these pictures in the wrong order, but it takes too long to re-do it. Okay, Mom and Dad took me and the girls to Branson on vacation this summer. David was in Atlanta on business, so he wasn't with us. In the beginning, Mom wanted to take the girls somewhere...then she wanted me to go with them...then when Mom started making reservations, Dad decided he wanted to go. We all had a blast. Dad ate his first Backyard Burger and played putt putt golf for the first time ever. Those pics will be on the next post. Anyway, we went to Silver Dollar City on a Saturday...got there at 10:00 a.m. and left at 7:30 p.m. Yes, we were there for a solid 9 1/2 hours. We ended the day with go-carts and bumper boats...Lauren kept saying "they're not go-carts, they're race cars!" She and I rode together and Mom rode one by herself...Daddy and Morgan watched. We have a couple pics from that, but they're blurry.

Here's Morgan getting ready to ride the bumper boats. We were soaked by the time we got off these things. They have this button you push to squirt water on each other. This one little boy targeted me every time! This was at Silver Dollar City. Daddy had already ridden a couple of scary rides with me, so he passed on this one. This one is called "Wildfire". It goes upside down about 5 or 6 times at least. I rode it twice. It was toward the end of the day and there was hardly a line at all. We stopped to take a rest and watched one of the many shows there. This was the first ride we rode. I can't remember what it was called, but at one point it felt like we were going to just fly out into the sky and hit a tree!!

I was getting a little worried wondering if there was going to be something holding me in this thing. Finally, this "thing" came up behind us and locked us in tight! Here we go! This was so much fun! The water was cold and we got wet, wet!!! Especially Daddy! You can kind of see how wet his back is in this picture.

Yep...they just got splashed...check out the looks on their faces! Daddy riding the elephants with Morgan. There goes Nana with Lauren. Daddy was originally in the front with Morgan, but he couldn't get the lap bar to lock, so they wouldn't let him ride. :(The weather that day could not have been more perfect. I never broke a sweat. We were actually a little chilly...especially after a few of those "wet" rides. We rode a lot more rides than I have on here, but I would be here all night long if I posted all the pictures we took. We all had a blast and made lots of memories there with Nana and Paw. Thanks Mom and Dad for taking us there!

Reminiscing...

I copied this picture from my brother's facebook page. This was taken at the hospital the day after Lauren was born. My how time flies...look at Morgan checking out her new baby sister. AND look at that head full of hair on Lauren's head. How sweet!!