The Karate Kid

Yep, the tallest one

in the middle

is our

Karate Kid

JB3

John Brady had his test for his first belt stripe
He did great and we were sooooo proud of him!!!



Paw Paw congratulating John Brady

MeMe's "Little Big Man"

Go'in to the Zoo-Zoo-Zoo

How About You-You-You

Lawson kept singing this song

after we told him we were

going to the Zoo

Our littlest man is

growing up!

I made sure I had money in my

pocket to buy a popsicle!

When we walked into the gorilla room and

saw the gorilla walking on all fours.....

Lawson declared to the whole room

"Look at the big bear, MeMe"

This gorilla is being kept by the Birmingham Zoo

as a favor for another Zoo but we are going to get a new

gorilla when construction at the Zoo is over

Lawson was
amazed and a little scared in the bird house. But he loved the birds landing on MeMe






Lawson absolutely loves the snake
and turtle house. UGH

After eating at the concession stand Lawson headed to the water

Stop and Look Around

We had a full house for Easter lunch.

14 people and Josh wasn't there with Erin and Courtney, Dave and Lawson

weren't there.

I love to see my table full and overflowing

and

hopefully, everybody enjoying the food.

We were blessed to have Brady, Kim and family and the Albea family

along with Steve Fowler his friend Sherry

Harrison and John Fowler

After lunch, all the eggs were hunted and then hunted again

and then everybody headed home

I stuck a load of dishes in the dishwasher and John and I took out to go 4-wheelin

our favorite way to relax

It was a beautiful day to enjoy God's Great Creation!

Can you see the strange limb in this picture

The Easter Parade

The kids at our church have a special time

every Sunday where the little guys lead a song and one of them

lead a prayer.

On Easter Sunday instead of the usual

"come down front"

they have a "Easter Parade"

where they walk in together

while the congregation sings

Jesus loves Me

John Brady

Blake and Melissa Greene

The Vapor Sisters
minus one

Joy, Daphne, Meredith and Melissa

A Beautiful Easter Day in Berry, Alabama

Our photographer never seems to get her picture taken

so....

I snapped this one

while.....

she was taking pictures!

I think everybody has a picture

where

the little brother is in the background

making a face!

My job when the kids got their picture taken

HOLD JB3's GUM!

Family Easter Egg Hunt at Granny Lawson's

So, I am just a little under two weeks late on my

Easter posts. John's large family always meets on the Saturday before Easter to have

lunch and a big Easter Egg Hunt.

Easter at Granny's has always been a favorite of

my Grandchildren. So many kids and

so many eggs!

John's mother, Granny, lives in Birmingham

in a small community that we call

Crumly Chapel.

Courtney, Dave and Lawson

were going to the lake to spend Easter

with Mel and Ellen.

I wanted to make sure I had a family Easter picture.

Brady holding the youngest

"Little Lawson".

Reid

Jared and Cassie's

youngest son

The original 5

+

Granny

FOUR GENERATIONS

I love these kind of pictures

John Lawson

Thurman Lawson (John's Daddy's brother)

Brady Lawson

John Brady Lawson

Court and Lawson

John Brady Lawson III

Aunt Kim helping Lawson
hunt eggs

Lawson seriously hunting eggs!

Maclain Lawson

You can tell by the look

that the Lawson Boys

were serious about their

egg hunting

I do mean serious

Lawson trying to pass the time

while eggs were being

hidden

Watching the kids hunt eggs

Lawson found an old

basket ball

This picture reminds me of

a retro ad in a magazine

QUOTING ELEANOR

Eleanor Roosevelt believed in

human dignity and worth

During World War II she

worked with United Nations to help found

UNICEF

and establish the

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

considered

Her greatest legacy

One's philosophy is not best expressed

in words; it is

expressed in the choices one makes......

and the choices we make

are ultimately

our responsibility

Eleanor Roosevelt

Pollen.....Pollen....Everywhere

How many of you

looked at your car yesterday

and said

I need to wash my car today

and

How many of you

woke up this morning

looked at your car

and said

I am so glad

I didn't wash my car yesterday!!!!

I did

CCR

Just got home from Illinois,

lock the front door, oh boyGot to sit down,

take a rest on the porch.

Imagination sets in,

pretty soon I'm singing

Doo, doo, doo, Looking

out my back door.

Tuesdays With MeMe

John Brady

Tuesday afternoon the girls were getting ready to go to Dance class with Kim

Brady was attending a meeting at Northport Elementary

about the upcoming Disney World trip and performance

John Brady was not happy that he was being left at home with MeMe

So......

I offered to take him to Wal Mart

and

Kim offered him his Wal Mart gift card to spend

(He won the gift card for placing in the art contest a few weeks ago)

John Brady and I took off to Wal Mart

I allowed him to go down every aisle in the toy department

as slowly as he wanted

(I asked a employee to check the card amount for us...$15.00)

I had decided to make up the difference if he picked something over $15.00

up to $10.00

First JB3 picked a game

Yes sirree, this was it

As we walked on to get out of the toy department

I heard the UUH OOHH

and as I turned around

he was putting down the game and picked up another toy

Is that it I asked

Yes, I want this

Okay, we'll get that then

Let's go get the two things MeMe needs

Okay....as we are walking out of the toy department

with JB3 about two steps behind me

and then

UUH OOHH

I recognized the sound

and again

JB3 put down the toy and picked up

what could only be described as fun but

a throw away as quick as possible toy

I am not sure what you called this toy or even if you would call it a toy

It is a little water aquarium

you drop moon sand into the water

and it makes castle like designs

I knew his Mama was going to be so proud

So...

JB3 tucked it under his arm and we started out of the toy department

Can you guess......

UUH OOHH

I look back and he has stopped at a display of some little

transformer looking toys

they were not transformers

I think they were something like

Dragun?

Anyway.....He was amazed

I asked if he knew about them

No...but he was interested

Now....the toy he had finally decided on was

only $12.88

So

I told John Brady that I would buy him one of these

little toys since he could totally pay for his toy

with his gift card

We found one of the little transforming toys

that was in my up to $10.00 price range

JB3 was a happy camper

We took off for the groceries section

MeMe found what she needed

and

we headed to check out

As I was putting my two items up to be checked out

I told JB3 to hand me his game

As I looked at him I realized that

He was holding the toy I was buying in one hand

and

the gift card in the other hand

but no toy that he had took so much time picking out

I asked

John Brady, where is your toy that you are buying

with your gift card???

He replied

I put it down back there

Oh, No

We'll go back and get it

No, said John Brady

Why, asked MeMe

and here it is

I'm just going to get this toy that you are paying for

and

I am saving my gift card

There you go

One smart boy

QUOTING ELEANOR

Eleanor Roosevelt

was

First Lady of the United States

1933 - 1945

President Harry Truman

called her

First Lady of the World

Happiness is not a goal;

It is a by-product.

Eleanor Roosevelt

He Is Not Here;

HE HAS RISEN

Matthew 28:6

Let the resurrection joy lift us from

loneliness and weakness and despair

to

strength and beauty and happiness.

floyd w tomkins

Easter at Granny's house

Happy great-grandkids

Happy Easter from the Lawson's