Tennis Anyone?

Wednesday night Sara Glenn and Sissy went to play tennis. Sara Glenn was so excited to spend some one-on-one time with Hattie Frank, and they had a really good time. SG's tennis game has improved alot, and she hit some great shots. Afterwards they went to get ice cream at Sonic, rode around listening to music and watched movies until 1:30 in the morning at MayMay's house. What a fun night!

You have to look the part!

On their way to play!


As JB would say, "You can do it, Sara Glenn!" She hollers that at all of my parent's tennis matches.haha

Cabinets and Cake!

Wednesday Sarah, Emory and their three kids came for a much needed visit to Winona! Sarah was gracious enough to offer her artistic ability and "antique" my kitchen cabinets, and WOW what an amazing difference it made. It gives them a whole new look, and I love it! I also missed Emory's birthday supper Monday night in Tupelo due to a bad case of strep throat (another story for another day), so we celebrated her birthday with a delicious chocolate cake with buttercream icing from Wal-Mart. The girls were so excited to see everybody, and JB tackled Graci on the bed when she walked in. It was really sweet. I also loved getting to see Sarah and Emory, and even took them on a tour of the big city of Winona. They got a kick out of the fact that our phonebook is about 1/6 the size of Tupelo's, and we could walk to Pizza Inn and pick up our pizzas for lunch. We had a great day and would love for more of our friends from Tupelo to stop through and visit anytime!

Visit from the Elders

Today Rena and Ben Elder came to visit from Grenada, and we loved getting to see them! I haven't gotten to see Ben since he was born, and he is growing so fast. We put a pink blanket on the floor in the den, but Janey Beth insisted that we put his blue blanket on top of that. Funny girl! Already knows that boys don't like pink. It was a great visit besides the fact that my children scared the poor baby to death with their screaming. These days Emmy Lou screams, and I mean very loudly, at Janey Beth when she takes something from her, and everytime that happened poor Ben started whailing. He's not used to the drama of girls. haha On another note, Chris just got in at 9:30 tonight from working in the yard all afternoon. Nothing has been done to it in years, and the poor dog was living in a forest with all of those trees in her pen. We figured out quickly that the yard is going to be a constant project, and it is going to take a LONG time to get it where it needs to be. I am going to start raking tomorrow, so maybe some grass will start to grow. I am also going to take some before and after pics of the yard mainly to look at when we are so tired from working in it! haha Hopefully seeing progress will inspire us! We still miss all of our Tupelo friends and think about you often.

Super Sunday at Aunt Ditty's

Today we all traveled to Carthage to my Great Aunt Ditty's house for her annual Sunday lunch for the entire Flowers/McFarland/McRae/Bourne family. We had a great time and many visitors this year (including Laynee Claire, SG's friend). Aunt Ditty is a fantastic cook and always has excellent food! I love her deviled eggs!!! She always toasts those who have passed away and those who will be with us in the future. JB made a new friend, Hannah. They did not stop all day long, so hopefully she will sleep good tonight. We had a great day of food, fellowship and fun!

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Before and After

Here are some before and after pics of the kitchen, guest bathroom which is right off the den and the den. It's absolutely amazing what paint, new light fixtures and ALOT of scrubbing can do for a house! The ceilings in most of the rooms are 14 feet tall, so we say THANK YOU a thousand times to my parents, Chris's parents, Samuel, Misty, Hattie Frank, Miss Cindy and Miss Karen for taking down border and painting a ton. As Samuel told Chris, we picked one of the worst weekends (July 4th) to move, so he and Chris loaded our entire house in Tupelo by themselves. Thanks, Uncle Sam, for all of your "man power"! We were also greeted by all of my family on July 4th who let Chris and Samuel take a break, and they all unloaded the U-Haul for us. I hope to have some more pics of the girls' rooms, bathrooms and our room soon. We still haven't even attempted the guest room, dining room, front entryway, or back hallway. Everybody is sick of painting!!!


Kitchen Before

Kitchen Before

Kitchen After - the color is Tupelo Tree which I love!

Kitchen After

Guest Bathroom Before

Guest Bathroom After

Den Before

Den After

Had to prime and put two coats of paint on these walls to cover up the purple

We also decided to paint ALL of the trim!! CRAZY!!

New Friends!

All of the girls have made friends quickly here in Winona. Sara Glenn always played with our cousin Lexie and Laynee Claire when we visited Winona, so you can imagine how much time they are all spending together now. Chris also hired Bobby Bass whose wife is Tiffany to be his Defensive Coordinator at JZ George. They coached together at THS, so Tiffany and I have been coach's wives friends for a long time. They have a little girl, Caroline, who is 5 weeks younger than Emmy Lou. EL and JB LOVE her, and she spent Friday with us while Tiffany worked. We all strolled and went to the coffee shop for Oatmeal Raisin cookies and juice. The coffee shop is Sara Glenn's favorite place because they also sell Fruit Slushes which she loves! Still miss all of you terribly!

Ready to stroll!!

Hungry and thirsty

Full and happy!

Laynee Claire and SG

Home Sweet Home...almost

As all of you know the McRaes have moved to Winona! We spent our first night in our new house this past Saturday. Thanks, MayMay and PaPa, for letting us stay those 13 nights with ya'll while we painted! I hope to post some pics of the new house soon. Hopefully some before and after. We have had many, to say the least, unexpected things come up, and we should have expected it with a house that is over 100 years old. The latest is a flea infestation in the house, and the pest control lady, yes, lady, is coming to bomb the house tomorrow morning. Many of you know that I am constantly saying "But it will be ok", and that is the attitude I am trying to have. All in all it IS going to be ok. The house is huge, and we lose Emmy Lou about 25 times a day. She and Janey Beth love to start at one end of the house and run full speed down the hallway to the other end. I do love being in town with my family. We have been able to see my parents everyday, and Sara Glenn has been with her cousins since we got here. I know many of you travel through Winona on your way to other places, and our bathrooms are always available for a pit stop. haha We would love to see our sweet friends that I miss SO MUCH from Tupelo, so stop by anytime! Our new address is: 417 Summit St., Winona, MS 38967 home # 662-283-2208.