Mercedes Kids Marathon

THEN

2007

NOW

Why do I not have a picture

We didn't make it to the race

Emma has done the kids marathon since 2007

Abby has done the marathon since 2008

John and I wouldn't miss it for anything

We were at Courtney's helping during Lawson's

tonsillectomy recovery
That was the weekend of the snow
Brady called and said that the girls school had called it off

That made sense

You wouldn't want to be responsible for

parents and kids on possibly icy spot roads

driving from Tuscaloosa

So......

We bundled up Lawson and took him out to play in the snow

About the time we were getting ready to come in

Brady called

A teacher that went on to the race

She runs in the real race

called Kim

Several of the parents and kids came anyway

and did not have any trouble getting there

So.....

Brady said they were heading out the door

So.....

We went in to get ready

we hurried

But....

just as we were getting in the car

Brady called and said the girls

were though with their races

So....

we missed it for the first time

But

I won't miss it next year

and

JB3 will be in the marathon next year

Can't wait

The picture is from 2007

Parents run with the K and 1st grade

It is one of my favorite pics

We went on and met Brady, Kim and kids

and Donnie and Dianne

at the Cheesecake Factory

so we could celebrate Emma's birthday

as a family

Lawson was so happy to see everybody

and the kids got cheesecake

after we ate lunch

UMMMM!

THREE YEARS AGO

THEN

This picture of Court was made by Dave

very close to three years ago.

Lawson will be 3 in 2 1/2 months

My camera is in Birmingham

so

I am going to pull a few older pictures

for the next few days

Aunt Etter's Poker

I was at Courtney's house when we had what us Alabamians

would call "the big snow".

Law was still recovering from his surgery.

Oak Mountain, where Court lives, was beautiful.

Dave had kept a fire in their fireplace to keep us cozy.

He said something about how good the fire poker was that we gave him.

We no longer burn a fire. We burned a fire for years and our whole family loved it!

But, John and I got tired of the mess so......

we got gas logs......and we love them!

Courtney asked for our fireplace tools when they moved into their house

They were no where to be found

But

John did find this fire poker

It belonged to my Aunt Etter

Now, lets talk about Aunt Etter's name

I guess I was in my 30's before it dawned on me

that her name really wasn't Etter

She was Etta Wood

She never married

She was my Daddy's aunt

and she lived with another family relative

that we also called aunt

but I am now thinking she might not have been a true relative

in the blood sense

They owned a house somewhere outside of Phil Campbell

and they each had their own side of the house

with a connecting kitchen they shared

I can remember loving to go to her house

My Daddy was from Russellville originally

and we would visit about twice a year

When we went to Aunt Etter's

I can remember going into the pasture behind her house

there were big rocks sticking out of the ground

It's funny what you remember

Anyway, Aunt Etter was a school teacher that did not trust banks

When she died they found money taped to her

and they found money all over the house

Since she did not have any children the nephews inherited

I have many things of Aunt Etter's that was brought to my house when

my Daddy died and my Mom moved in with me

The poker was something I had forgot about

Sometimes if we hear a noise in the house

John will kid and say

Aunt Etter?

Well, now something of Aunt Etter's is in Birmingham

She died in her 80's

about 30 years ago

and

I still think of her

Hanceville here we come

On our way to watch

Berry

play in the Sub Regional

in Hanceville

WISH THEM GOOD LUCK

*****They lost - But they tried*****

Berry Basketball 91 - 92

A YEAR TO REMEMBER

Class 2A

SEASON 24-8

11 straight victories

nicknamed "THE BOMB SQUAD" by the newspaper

*Regular Season Area Champs*

winners of the

*Northside Tournament*

*Northwest Alabama Conference*

*2A Area Tournament*

*# 5 in the state*

*1st BHS Sub-State win*

Imagine what they could have done

if they could have played in 1A

Jim Williams shooting
Brady Lawson #22

Do you remember how everybody hated their black shoes

Cutting down one of the many nets that year
Is that Brady or Sonny?

Christy Kizzire
Niki Howton
Christy Trimm

1st team out enjoying the win
Trey Griffin, Chris Fields, Brady Lawson, Jim Williams,
Josh Cannon and Sonny Renfroe
Did I get them right?

Look at the score

Do you remember that the team sat next to the stage

I remember this like yesterday
Brady and Reggie were at the other end of the court
they had the game won
they just were letting the other team shoot
as soon as the buzzer sounded
Brady went to one goal
Reggie went to the other goal
and they took a victory SWING
That's Brady swinging on the goal

Getting ready for a big game

My cheerleaders
****okay girls put your names in the comments so I won't leave anybody out****

MY FAMILY

TEN YEARS BEFORE I WAS BORN

This picture had been hanging on the wall in my Mom's room

It fell a couple of weeks ago and the frame broke

When I brought it home to re frame

I showed it to Kim

She offered to redo the picture for me

This is the redone product

The original had some crinkles

and

my Mother had a habit of writing on our pictures

it had writing all over it

it was in very bad shape

This picture was made when my family lived in

Baltimore, Maryland

My sister is 3 and my brother is 7

I think my Mother and Daddy were a

very handsome couple

FIX IT POPS

Lawson was a little traumatized this morning

when he awoke to his snowman

gradually melting away!

HAPPY DAY to my VALENTINES

VALENTINES







THEN

VALENTINES

NOW

WAY TO GO....WOO HOO...CONGRATS

BERRY BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM WON THEIR GAME FRIDAY NIGHT

Wallace State

here we come

2009-2010 Berry Basketball

NOW

CONGRATULATIONS!

The girls basketball team were Runner-up in

the Area Tournament

and ranked #10 in the state

they play tonight in Hackleburg

The boys Basketball Team

won the Area Tournament

They play Friday night in Berry

1995-96 Berry Basketball

THEN

Area Regular Season and Tournament Champions

Northside Christmas Tournament Champions

Sub Region

1st Round Regional Tournament
High School Sweet 16

Ranked 10th in State

#15 Josh Lawson -Point Guard - Sophomore

Courtney Lawson - Head Cheerleader - Senior

#22 - Mark Milligan, #24 - Keith Sands, #11 - Adam Darty, #15 - Josh Lawson

Coach Tim Dunavant

Celebrating to YMCA

Holley, Christina, Courtney, Jill, ?, Susie

Cutting down the net after the area tournament win
I remember that they were using John's knife and he was so worried one of them would cut themselves
and not be able to play the next game


John is holding Curt Howell

The Wildcats coming onto the court at Wallace State Their last game

The Team

#10 Rodney Naramore

#11 Adam Darty

#12 Adam Kimbrell

#15 Josh Lawson

#20 Damien Bonner

#22 Mark Milligan

#24 Keith Sands

#30 Kris Curington

#34 Tim Fowler

#40 Jonathan Walters

#44 Jeremy Hammack

#50 Shannon smith

Happy Birthday Emma

The saying goes

life changes the minute your first child takes his first breath

but

I think we weren't wise enough

to see it then

But

life changed the minute our

first Grandchild

took her

first breath

and we knew itWe love you Em Em!!

It was a good thing

Lawson is home and doing great. Thanks for the prayers

We are so thankful for good doctors

We can see down his throat!

Here's the proof

Feeling good enough to be in time out

Discussing what he did wrong

Finally, Lawson must have been trying to explain to

Elmo what happened today

We kept finding a car in Elmo's mouth

Please....say a little prayer

Please, say a prayer for, my grandson, Lawson
He will be having surgery to remove his
tonsils and adenoids in the morning.
Also, remember Dave and Courtney
It is so hard to let go of your baby to send them
to an operating room
Not so easy for a MeMe and Pops either
So, tonight when you go to bed and in the morning
around 8:00 AM
please pray for Lawson, his family and especially the doctors and nurses.

FLYING HIGH

I love to have a special reason......maybe you could say a story to tell....for the material things that are in my house, on my walls and in my yard.

You may remember that John got me a flag pole and flag for my birthday

but I asked him to put it up

in time to be able to raise the flag, for the first time,

in honor of September the 11th

We proudly raised the flag that day.

I told John that I wanted to add an Alabama flag

but I wanted a story to go with raising that flag also

so I said

let's just wait and I will know when the time is right

Well guess what

I got my story to tell behind my Alabama flag

Tuesdays With MeMe

The pick up line

The after school snack

Strawberries and whipped cream

um um good!

EmEm was getting her braces adjusted

We saved her some strawberries and whipped cream

Lady Bug.....Lady Bug

Do any of you have a lady bug problem?

Two of my upstairs bedrooms have window seats

The picture above is the window seat in Josh's bedroom

Yes, I still have some of his high school and college things around

This window seat in his room stays covered in lady bugs from around Thanksgiving
until it starts to warm up
It drives me crazy
I bet I could vacuum up a hundred a day

And...here's the thing....
This is the window seat in the room right beside Josh's
Not a sign of a lady bug here
or anywhere else in the house
we might find one every now and then
but Josh's window seat stays covered
I guess I should be glad it is only in one spot

Anyone know what to do about a lady bug problem?

another Deer Season has Come and Gone

My Bow Hunting Deer Slayer

Yeah! I have my husband back for a few weeks.....that is until Turkey Season opens!

The Vapor Sisters

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TERESA

I am so blessed in this life to have good friends.

Not only the vapor sisters but many others

I felt the need to say that because I don't want those friends to think for a minute that they aren't very important to me.

I have been so happy to have connected with some of my very first friends

through the web site http://www.minorhighschooltigers.ning.com/

I just talked with Janice and Karen via email the other day

these two do not know how often I have thought about them over the years

We took Teresa to eat at the restaurant that replaced

the Globe for her birthday

May my life always be filled with friends!