Tasty Fruit

Looks like what your Mama always told you is true: How do you know you won't like it, if you don't try it? Zaid and I love figs!!!!! They have a light, delicate taste. We went out yesterday evening to pick figs from Nona's tree. Zaid had already learned what figs he could pick from his Nona that morning so he was rather bossy about which ones we could pick. Notice him pointing for us........yea, get a ladder Zaid! :-)

Holiday World

We finally made it to the tourist spot known as HOLIDAY WORLD. We hear those commericals ALL the time.......and guess what????? It lived up to the commericals and its reputation. It was clean, family friendly and fun. 3 outta 3 ain't bad. Zaid rode his first real roller coaster known as the Raven. He did not scream that much at all........I don't think. But what do I know? I kept my eyes TIGHTLY shut and tried not to think about it. The wooden roller coasters were not as bad as those huge Six Flags monstrasties though.......Ashley and I rode one roller coaster that a scream became frozen on my throat ~ I was having a hard time breathing. :-) But it was FUN! They all pulled me on the Pilgrim's Plunge, the world's tallest water slide. Going up was the worst of that one. Zaid had been waiting to ride on that one for awhile. He enjoyed it so much that he wanted to ride it again. All of the rest of us were cold and wet though because the temperatures never rose much out of the 70s. Ashley and I did however join Zaid at the water park portion of Holiday World. Just thinking about it makes me cold now!!!!! Zaid loves those water slides.......we prefered the lazy river ~ we did get on this cool water slide ~ four of you can into a boat and they send you down. Watch out if you are backwards because it is pretty scary then. I didn't believe Ash (her face was white and looked so scared!)~ until it was my turn to be backwards ~ then she got to see my white face! We got on this smallish train ~ the first park ride and it is still in service. All four of us were trying to squish in. My leg was hanging off.....Ash got so tickled....I couldn't stop laughing. I kept trying to find a place to put that one leg.....I picked it up in case the ride took off. Then I finally found a spot amist all the tangle and jangle of legs and feet. It was contorted into this odd position until the end of the ride. I never got to put my heel down.

Girl's Night Out

Saturday ~ it was my sister, Ashley's last night in town so we had Girl's Night Out.

Super-delicious meal @ the Cheesecake Factory. We dined outside and watched the sunset. The weather was spectacular ~ a perfect evening.

Just an ordinary day ~ but extraordinary scenes. I LOVE SUMMER!!!!!!!!

Our First Tomato

We were able to pick our first tomato in late June! It feels so wonderful to grow your own vegetables. I gave the tomato a little photo shoot before we ate it. :-) Yum!

Best Buddies

Zaid and Kai are not only cousins ~ they are best buddies whenever we visit. They are practically inseparable. They play video games, swim, play computer and just use their very active imaginations when they get together. I loved taking those super sweet pictures of Kai hiding from the camera. He was having fun with it.

4th of July

Tamer came to Mississippi this weekend! I love getting visitors here. We spent one day doing what he wanted to do ~ bargain hunting at Dirt Cheap and Sno-Cones which is always lots of fun. My sister Tanya went with us on that excursion. Why does it always seems like such an exscursion to go out here? Country living I suppose.......

Happy Birthday America and Dustin!

It's always nice to be in Mississippi during holidays ~ getting to see all of my family in one spot. For summer holidays, we typically grill ~ swim ~ fireworks and lots of talking. My Mom was not feeling so well this weekend so I got to cook which was actually quite fun. I was so proud of my patriotic cake ~ my sister Kerry thought I should just throw the strawberries on and go with it ~ in the end however she loved it. Two random thoughts: I enjoy being outside more than anything and I see life in pictures.

Blackberry Season

One day last week ~ my Mom, sister Ashley and Zaid all went to pick the blackberries that were ripe. FYI: blackberry brambles might bite you back!! ;-) Zaid learned first hand. Me too.......it was fun though and my Mom made a cobbler on Sunday with the fruit. I did not try any but they told me that the blackberries were too bitter!! I loved Brandy sitting on the 4-wheeler ~ they said her previous owner used to take her with him on the 4-wheeler and she loves to ride. Brandy is an amazingly loyal dog ~ every morning when I go for a walk ~ she walks with me the entire way ~ my OWN dog, sweet Fargo goes back home when he gets tired.

Mississippi Girls

We've been in Mississippi for awhile now.........visiting family and hanging out. Last weekend ~ my best friend came to visit me. Yay for BFFS! It had been a week so we had a lot to catch up on. :-) She loved the drive to hot and humid northeast Mississippi. She got a kick out of Itawamba County ~ and our own version of Mayberry ~ Smithville or to local folks Smiffle. Too bad she wasn't able to get the souvenior she wanted for her boyfriend ~ an I Dig the Pig! shirt from The Piggly Wiggly. I gave Jan the tour of where I grew up at ~ where I went to school ~ my childhood home and introduced her to my family. We just hung out by the pool and my Mama was so sweet to make dinner for us on Saturday night (Thanks Mom!) ~ I took Janet for a ride around their land ~ it was a pretty lazy weekend. But so much FUN.

I'll never forget meeting up with her at the Home Depot in Tupelo ~ I love Hellos~ not so much on the Good-byes. :-( I miss ya and love ya Jan.! (You are the first person to ever visit my hometown!)