She Wasn't Invited

Alexis and I met up with her best friend, Emily Glosson on Saturday at the movie theater. Emily's mom and old sister Shelby were waiting for our arrival. As we approached and greeted them, I had suddenly forgot that Emily had an older sister named Shelby who is 7. Shelby was standing there just as sweet as can be. I asked, Lou Ann; their mom, if Shelby would like to go to the movies with us? This brought me back to a time in my childhood, remembering how I wish I could go somewhere my older sister was going. Thinking about ALL the fun my sister was going to have, but not me! Lou Ann said they were going to get lunch somewhere, but asked Shelby if she would like to go since Mrs. Amber was inviting her. She looked up at her mom with those precious eyes and a tilted chin and said, "Is it OK if I go to the movies with them?" As Shelby sat next to me in the theater enjoying the kids meal I treated them to, she looked up at me and said, "thanks for letting me come to." My heart just melted as my entire body filled with goose bumps........her heart was smiling and I could feel it!

**UPDATE** Boy Did This HURT!

Well, I received a really nice comment from an anonymous person wanting to know if I was a journalist. He really liked the way I captured the story below and liked my style of writing; Very Direct & To The Point. It appears that Alexis's wound is healing quite nicely. Craig kept insisting it was, as he would know from all of his years playing baseball. My sis, Harmony works for a doctor and he explained the healing process. Everything he stated was exactly what was transpiring with the healing of Alexis's wound. I didn't mean for anyone to feel sorry about what happened. We all know kids will be kids and they're always proving how resilient they really are. "I" had a hard time looking at what looked liked raw hamburger meat that was oozing and all!

Alexis was letting her cousin, little John, try out her battery operated, RED Ford Mustang. She was planning on taking a ride on the back spoiler as he took a test drive. John then put the car in motion, full blast! Alexis felt the jerk and could foresee herself headed for an impending fall. On her way down, she flipped her body over on her tummy and grabbed on tightly to the back spoiler and braced herself for the ride of her life. This is the after effects of the ride or what I call road rash! I've been doctoring it for a week and I'm not quite sure it's healing correctly. I haven't seen this type of injury for many, many years. I will keep a close eye on it and we may have to visit the doctor to make sure she doesn't have an infection that needs antibiotics or something.

I thought this was an amazing Fourth of July photograph!

The young man on the far left is Alessandro Preda;

our neighbor from our old subdivision.

He is joined by two of his fellow Pack 133 Cub Scouts.

His mom sent me this pic in an email, but

I wasn't expecting anything this spectacular!

Princess For Just A Moment

As I was putting on my makeup and getting ready to head out for the day, Alexis entered the bathroom and said she wanted to put on some makeup. I told her that she could not wear makeup until she was sixteen years old. Then, the girlie side of me came out and "I" wanted to see how she would look wearing a wee bit of makeup. So, I sat her down and applied the makeup exactly like I do to myself. I felt like I was playing dress up as a little girl. Alexis has never really played dress up, she's our little tomboy! Anyways, here are the results. She was absolutely beautiful. She immediately wanted to wipe it off of her face after we took some fun pics because she said she didn't want to wear it anymore. She then said, "Mom, I guess you were right. I'm too pretty for makeup." I replied, "yes you are!"

One Proud Dad

The Praying Bunny