Summer Begins

Wow, everyone is wondering what happened to the blog last Friday - that's cool lol. Didn't realize that people would notice I hadn't done it but even Rusty is like............when are you doing the blog?????

You would think that school getting out and summer beginning would lead to much relaxation and free time but it only got busier for a bit there. That first week anyway. That first weekend we had that show in Hazelhurst on Saturday night. It went very well, I could not have asked for a better way to get "initiated" into the rock band thing I guess. It was a class reunion in a small bar in a small town and the people there were all like 35-45 year old white folks who were just damn glad we were there to play for them. They were very nice and friendly and made a great evening for us. I was grateful lol. I"m going to put all band pics at the end of this post.

We did not get home til around 5 am that Sunday, so most of Sunday was spent sleeping and recovering. Monday was Memorial Day and I had to work a couple of hours, then I took off to the lakehouse. I had missed the baby shower on Sunday, darnit. I heard all about Emma though, and was jealous. By the time I had made it to the lake I guess I was just so mentally and physically exhausted I just didn't do much of nothing at all. I read a book and slept a good bit. It was just what the doctor ordered. I went home Thursday evening and took Kyle and Tyler home so they could go to football camp at MSU. They said it was boring and they didn't do much of nothing. But surely they got something out of it. I left Tanner in Alabama to wait on Brooke to get there.

This past weekend was a big weekend, and I was unable to post the blog for being so busy. Friday was our anniversary and we spent it playing a show at the Loft in Vicksburg. We played the same place again on Saturday night as well. The Friday night show.......well, I didn't think it went too well but most everyone else said it was ok. I messed up BIG time once - I started a whole song in the wrong key and made a big fat mess of it once everyone else came in, but somehow we all miraculously recovered. I was so embarassed. And I"m still embarassed as I sit here remembering it. But I have a feeling that same mistake won't ever be made by me again. Nothing teaches like humiliation lol. The Saturday night show went MUCH better. We had a better sound mix, and I messed up a lot less myself. WE had a bigger, more energetic crowd. And it just ended up being plain fun - for the first time. It's still hard for me to consider it fun yet until I stop being nervous about it. But anyway........pics are at the end of the post. But at least Rusty and I did get to spend a lot of time together on our anniversary weekend, we even ate out a time or two.

It's now Tuesday and I"m back in Alabama. I hope to get in a boat ride or something this time. And some sunshine and swimming. All the kids are here now, and my brother as well. It's going to be a fun week. We had to leave Rusty at home again to work and we miss him, wish he'd get some time off here soon. The kids are totally enjoying hanging with their Alabama cousins. They sure have a good time with them. I have a few pics from last week's trip:

I bought 2 books based on Brandon's suggestions lol. I'm currently in the middle of "Beach Music" - it's very good if anyone wants it after me I'll leave it at the lakehouse. I couldn't find the exact Jimmy Buffet book he recommended but I bought another one of his that Im reading next.

I know I had to have done much more stuff in the last week and a half but none of it is coming to mind right now lol. I'll probably post again on Sunday this week, and then get back to Fridays after that. I should have lots of lake pics after this week I hope. And I think by Saturday I"m going to declare myself officially caught up on rest, and begin being active again!

Gosh, I could go on forever with these pictures. I had 4 different people shooting pictures for me since I couldn't. I ended up with over 1500 pictures from the weekend to sort through lol. But I'll just include these small highlights. People really get a kick out of the outfits lol. Now, I'm back to the lakehouse "chillaxing" as my kids are saying these days..........