Although Mac was at market for his birthday, the kids still recognized the day at home on the wipe board.

(Apparently, Grey thinks he looks like the guy from Mythbusters when he wears his glasses and hat.)

Salesman of the Year

At this year's furniture market Mac won "Salesman of the Year"!!
I am so proud of him, because I have seen how hard he works everyday. In 15+ years, I have seen him take only 3 vacations where he didn't take his phone with him. The reason I drive when we go home for holidays or just a visit is so he can take phone calls. And call, they do. He is 100 percent commission and pays all his own expenses so he's learned to be smart with his money. He drives on average 50,000 miles a year, hitting the occasional wild animal.
But if ever there was someone made for sales, it's Mac. He has amazing patience, self-motivation, people skills that I've always wished I had a fraction of, organizational skills, and does it with integrity. And God has truly made it his mission field.
We love him so much and are so proud and thankful for him!!!
( Cause we all know if I had to work in sales, we'd starve.)

Happy Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday, Mac Daddy!
(So glad we're the same age again.)

Happy Sibling Day!!

I didn't even know this holiday existed.

Report Cards

This is how the kids gave me their report cards. Can you guess which one belongs to which kid?

(They both did great. No surprises. Of course, nowadays I can follow all their daily, test, and project grades online as the semester goes along. )

April Fool's Day

It's that unfortunate time of year again. April Fool's Day. I dread it every year, but for Grey it's like Christmas. He loves pranks and every year he gets better at them.
We took more precautions this year and kept our iPhones away from him, but he's not one to repeat the same prank. This years pranks consisted of Mac finding his deodorant replaced with butter. I found mustard in my conditioner. Mac found his office covered in post-it notes and mardi gras beads. Holland refused to even use their shared bathroom so she dodged a few. However, I got the upside down cup full of water left for her.
The one good thing this year is that it fell on a school day giving us an 8 hour break. But he used that time wisely and hit the kids at school. He had a fake thumb trick that was popular. His best was the Sour Warheads spray. It's a candy spray that you spray directly in your mouth. It's intensely sour. He sprayed it in several kids' drinks at lunch. He had a few more pranks, but I didn't want to know. If I have to testify at some point, the less I know the better.
This year I had a prank or two for him. I replaced his school- issued athletic shorts with a pair of my purple workout shorts. We set his alarm clock for 11:59 pm on April Fool's night. And so Holland didn't feel neglected, I packed her lunch with half a bottle of water and some crackers. (Fear not, she supplemented with ice cream from the cafeteria.)

But thankfully, the day is over and we can relax until next year which Grey is already planning for.

We can't all agree on a place to eat, but we all 4 ended up choosing the Nike Free Run running shoe, in our own respective colors, of course.
It's good to know we can come together on the things that really matter.

Good Friday @ The Kemah Boardwalk

We took the kids plus Holland's friend Lindsey to the Kemah Boardwalk for some Friday fun.

Mac and Grey each won a basketball in the carnival game. Mac got the Ole Miss ball as a prize. Funny, I always associated carnival games and carnies with LSU, not Ole Miss.

Exhausted

1. A slumber party
2. A scary story from slumber party kept me awake night
3. Kemah Boardwalk and a sleepover night

1 + 2+ 3 = Can't keep eyes open at dinner

Easter 2013

We have been attending a different church for a couple of months, and this year we went to the Saturday Easter service instead of Sunday morning. I kind of like breaking away from old traditions and trying something new.

Although we didn't do the big Easter outfit dance, we still took a few pictures, mostly because Grey never wears a collared shirt.

94 Seconds

"94 Seconds" Every electronic device in our house that can have the app, has it. It's rare we find a game we all like, can play together, and dare I say it, learn something.

Just One Picture

Grey purposely tries to mess up pictures I take of him, either by subtlety looking away, doing something weird with his mouth, or putting food in in his mouth and so on. That's okay, 'cause I'm saving them all for the day he brings home that special girl.

Just Don't Breathe and You'll Be Alright

Poor Tex

Texas is terrified of the cleaning people. After he comes out of hiding, he'll sit and watch the front door for the rest of the day to see if they're coming back.

But on the bright side, the house is clean.

Working Road Trip

Our Banny moved from Fairhope, Al to Oxford, Ms this past week. It's important to recognize that she moved to Oxford not Ole Miss. She remains a bulldog. Just for the record.
So, I headed up to Oxford after a quick stop in Starkville to help her unpack. I took Holland with me for a girls only trip. Plus, I needed her for all the heavy lifting.
We had a good time. Papa was able to arrange snow flurries on Saturday for Holland. Ran arranged for flurries to follow us to Oxford. We live in Houston, so snow in any form is a big deal.
We spent 2 days unpacking with Banny, Chris, and Suzy. It was so good to spend time with family. Chris and Suzy took us out to eat and for dessert I got to watch Mississippi State beat Ole Miss in basketball. Delicious.
We're looking forward to going back and visiting especially since Oxford is in such close proximity to Graceland.

Since Bandit couldn't go on the road trip with Holland and myself to Mississippi, he made sure we had plenty of cat hair for our clothes to take with us.

Living the Life

If Texas and Bandit ever hear about cousin Baxter's electric blanket and treat arrangement, we may have a mutiny on our hands.

Early Release

A perk of elementary school, early release days.

Elvis, The Lufkin Gig

Taking a break from the Seniors Circuit to go back to the bread and butter, furniture store gigs.

I like the last picture where he is sitting on his own Franklin product. Now THAT'S a salesman!