Goodbye, May!!!

It is hard to believe that May has come and gone already. It has been a very busy month - I am in a big crunch at work, hence the blogging dry spell. The month started with a trip I took with coworkers to Savannah for the Spring Meeting. We celebrated Mother's day the next weekend in Manning. Now, Tyler and I are preparing for a mission trip with church to Tennessee. We will be leaving next Sunday. June is going to be just as busy for our family! Here are a few pictures from our busy May.

Me with coworkers before heading out to dinner in Savannah

Tammy and her crew on Mother's Day

The boys with Mimi

Proud Mama

Mimi and Oneil

2009 and Paw Paw is 69!

On Sunday we celebrated Daddy and Stephen's birthdays. It was great to have everyone together again - we had a great afternoon!

Tommy thumping his brother and getting a look from Stephen

Stephen striking a pose

Daddy striking a pose

Birthday masterpiece

Happy Birthday to you!

Make a wish!

2009 IT Picnic

Saturday we had our department picnic at Saluda Shoals. We have been working so hard at the office, it was really nice to have some time to relax and enjoy some time together with food and family!

Bradley, Jessica and Tyler - all 12 years old!

PJ and his crew

Scott and his crew

Mike and Karla

Me and Leigh

Jeff and Brad

Taylor and Leigh

Bert and his crew

Lisa, Tatiana, Jane, Me, and Jessica

Lisa, Lena, Me, Jessica, and Tyler

John

Dale and Leigh

Debra and Bradley

Salty and Casey

Janet and her hubby

Sheryl and Bert

Me and the babies

Liyueh

Rita and Dale

Beth, Stan, Rhonda, and Forrest

Mae and her crew

Tyler and Helen splashing

Tyler and Helen

Lena and her crew

Tanya

Dessa

Ron and Marianne

Me and Jeff

Helen and Yegor

Dog Day Afternoon

Today was the "Bark To The Park" benefit and Nadene and I took our crews downtown for a fun afternoon for the dogs. I have never seen so many dogs in one place in my life! It was a beautiful day, and the dogs had a great time.

Tyler's shot of the fountain at the park

Tommy, Anderson, and Nick - bundles of joy!

Tyler racing a dog for an event

Tyler won a blue ribbon!

Nadene and I with our canine babies!

Tyler and Mom with the pups

Salty and Casey - ready for another round!

Nadene and Penny

All pooped out

Hooray for Erin!

Today I had the pleasure of cheering Erin on in the Special Olympics Spring Games where she got first place in the tennis ball throw. It was a beautiful day, and we had a great time cheering on all of the athletes!

Me, Erin, Nadene, and Vicki (her assistant from school)

Erin by the Olympic Flame

Me and my buddy, Erin

Erin and mom, Nadene

Weekend Celebrations

We had quite the weekend of celebrations. Since the kids were out of school Friday, Tyler invited his friend Brooklynn to the movies and over to play video games Friday night for his birthday. On Saturday afternoon, we went to Barnwell to celebrate February birthdays for Ryan, Rhette, Liam and Tyler and also to give Ryan and Shanon their belated wedding present. Then on Sunday, Paw Paw came over for some more birthday celebration! The fun just never ends . . .

Tommy, Tyler, and Brooklynn celebrate Friday night

Shanon and Ryan open their wedding present on Saturday

Tyler gets some loot!

Watch out ladies!

Legos for Liam!

Stuff for the yard for Rhette!

Tee ball for Liam

Rhette models her new wrap

Jerry looks through Ryan's new clothes to see which ones he likes since they wear the same size

Make a wish!

Say CHEESE!

Happy Birthday to Ryan, Rhette, Liam and Tyler!

Such birthday joy!

It's so hard to stay mad when people are singing to you

Blowing out the candles

YUM - oreo cake!

Happy Birthday to Tyler

B.B. King in Hilton Head

It has been quite a while since I last blogged . . . sorry for my absence! The dog chewed through my camera cord, which prevented me from posting highlights from our latest trip. Jamie and I went on a long weekend getaway to Hilton Head for our 20th anniversary (coming up next week). We decided to celebrate early since B. B. King was playing, and Jamie had never seen him before and is such a big fan. The concert was actually February 10, which was the last night we were there. The weather was beautiful while we were there, and we really had a nice, relaxing trip!

Jamie's guitar in our hotel room

Buddy Guy opening up for B. B. King

B. B. King telling lots of stories

And singing lots of songs

Jamie on our balcony

Me on our balcony

Our "Prime Ocean View"

Our babies glad when we got home!