Praying for Stellan

Stellan is a sweet baby boy who since before birth has had heart problems. I am not familiar with all the medical terms and I am not going to attempt to explain it all. But, this sweet baby boy is in Boston having surgery on his baby heart today. PLEASE PRAY for him! If you have not read his mom's blog, you should do so. Please read Mckmama's blog and lift up your prayers for Stellan, his family, and the medical team that are working with him. The above picture is a healthy Stellan (his mom calls all her children by a nickname. He is MckMuffin. There is also a Big Mac, MckNugget, and Small Fry). Below is a picture of Stellan just before he went into surgery this morning (pictures courtsey of MckMama's blog).

Donuts, Slugburgers, Fishing and Snakes.....What a weekend!

We had such a wonderful weekend! Christi, Jermey, and Camden got here Friday night around seven. We grilled out it was yummy. There were several people that came by to hang out including the Stanley's so Camden and John got to play. I think they had a big time.

Camden had said the whole Lord's Prayer to Christi the night before when she was putting him to sleep and they were saying their prayers. He calls it "Our Father". We had him say it several times thoughout the weekend, and he does an awsome job. He never misses a beat. It is amazing that a three year old can say something that long with unfamiliar words by heart. But, he did and he was great at it.

Saturday was the most fun though. Saturday morning my mom and I took Camden to Harlow's for donuts. While we were there we saw Bo's uncle and cousin John and Bailey Butler. Bailey is 10 or 11 and he had killed a turkey. They were next door at Handyman showing the turkey to Bailey's dad Johnny. Camden was amazed with the dead turkey. He was most impressed that it had blood on it's mouth. There was blood on the ground, so I had told Camden "not to step in the blood". So all day long he would tell people about the turkey and say "I am going to kill me a turkey, but you don't want to step in the blood".

Then for lunch we took Camden to Borrum's and he tried his first slugburger ever. While we were downtown we ran to Kate's and Company for a few minutes. Camden had a good time with the display stamps. Then we went and bought crickets, and headed to Wildwood. By the time we got to Wildwood he was exhausted and snoozed the first hour or so that we were there. But, then he woke up and was ready to "catch sharks". We caught a few fish, but he wasn't into the whole having to "wait" on a bite to reel it in. He did help us reel some of our fish in, and he held a few of them as well. William (Bo's dad) went snake hunting on Saturday and got back before we left. He brought two cottonmouth's back for Camden to see. Camden has no fear. I was holding him and he wanted to hold the dead snakes, I made him get down to hold the snake. I could just see him getting scared and throwing the snake and it landing on me and then having to revive me from the heartattack I would have had. By the time we got home and Camden got a bath and some supper he was out like a light. He had a very busy day. Christi, Jeremy, Bo and I played Catch Phrase (which is my new fav game) all night. It is so fun. If you have not played it I highly recommend it.

I spent Sunday recovering. We had so much fun, but I am defiantly not ready for a three year old I was WORN out! HAHA

Camden eating his first Slugburger

In our driveway waiting to leave for Wildwood

(Don't worry we didn't let him ride in the back of the truck)

Note the stamp on his face from our trip to Kate's

Uncle Bo helping him put on his lifejacket

Getting ready to hold the snake. He didn't hold it long enough for me to get a good pict

Ready for the weekend!!!!

So this weekend, one of my best friends and college roomie is coming for a fun visit! She is bringing with her, her WONDERFUL little boy Camden, and her new BF Jeremey. Bo and I are so excited to have them! This is our first time meeting Jeremey and we are really excited. We have heard nothing but wonderful things about him. I haven't seen Christi since Christmas (which is WAY to long for us), but I haven't seen Camden since his birthday in September. I hope her recognizes me. (haha he knows I always have presents, he knows exactly who I am). Everytime I talk to him on the phone he says "Aunt Prentiss when are you going to bring me presents?" This weekend he is going to get a fishing pole, because we are taking him fishing at Wildwood. I am hoping for a superman one, but I haven't gone to look yet. (His last request was for Superman presents). We can not wait for ya'll to get here!! YAY I hope to have lots of fun pictures to post next week of the weekend!

Christi and I right before my wedding

Christi and I on my bachelorette party at the beach

Sweet little Camden Payne

Spring is finally here....Hopefully to stay!

I haven't blogged in a while. We have been busy. We have many friends getting married over the next few months, and the wedding festivites have been ample. The last weekend in Feb. we had an 'Around the house' shower for Ginger and Baxter on Friday night, then on Saturday night was their Engagment party at Wildwood. The following weekend we went down to Jackson for Wesley and Laurie's 'Stock the Bar' party. Both weekends were a lot of fun, and two of the wedding fesivities highlites.

John, MKB, Me and Bo at Bax and Ginger's shower

Libbie, Me, and Fleming enjoying the shower

Mollie Walker, Sally, and me enjoying the Crawfish Hole in Jackson

This past weekend we had an 'off' weekend so we laid low. Friday night we went to see Kalin and Jacy's progress on their new house, and hung out for a little while. Saturday night we went to dinner at Pizza Grocery with Mary E and Garett. We had a LOT of fun with them. We haven't gotten to hang out with them in a while. Saturday during the day, however was not as much fun. With our wonderful house that we love, came this HUGE yard that we have absolutely no idea what to do with. Mrs. Barlett that lived her before us was a master gardner, so there is lots there it just needs to be managed. It has grown up a lot and needs some attention. The good thing is no gass which = NO MOWING which Bo was thrilled about. But, now we have about decided mowing would be much easier than this. So Saturday we decided to give it a go. We decided we would start by mulching. Well we got four 'scoops' (to those who are like me and have no idea how much a scoop is, I can tell you IT'S A LOT!!!) of mulch. And we didn't get done. We are going to need at least another 'scoop' maybe more. However, we did get a lot down. I took a few pictures today. Some of the plants/flowers are starting to bloom. Some of our buttercups are really lookng good, although some of them bloomed a little prematurly and we lost them to cold snap a few weeks back. We noticed yesterday our dogwood trees are begining to bloom. I love dogwoods!! We have several azalea bushes and I can not WAIT for those to bloom!! If anyone has a greenthumb and wants to share any helpful hints with us, PLEASE FEEL FREE!

A few of the buttercups blooming (notice the fresh mulch)

The flower bed around our patio

More signs of spring

One of the dogwood trees begining to bloom

Morgan is tying the knot!!

One of my best friends and college roommate Morgan Stotelmyer got engaged to her LLLOOONNGG time boyfriend David Myrick this weekend!! I am so excited. The will be getting married on June 27, 2009 in Hot Springs, AR! I am honored to be a bridesmaid in the wedding and I can not WAIT!! CONGRATS Morgan and David!

House of Blessings

JA of Corinth along with the Corinth-Alcorn Area Builders Association is raffling off a new home!! The tickets to win the house are $100.00. The house winner will be drawn on Febuary 21st. The $100.00 is tax deductible and the proceeds of the raffle go to the Junior Auxiliary of Corinth. JA does many wonderful things for the children of Alcorn County.

Each $100.00 donation to Junior Auxiliary of Corinth can accomplish the following for the children of Alcorn County:

• Teach approximately 1300 kindergarten and third grade children how to protect themselves from predators.
  
• Supply an underprivileged school aged child with one week's worth of new clothes and a coat.
  
• Educate approximately 500 high school children about sound money management principles in preparation for life in the real world
  
• Send a special needs child to camp for a week.
  
• Provide weekly assistande in teaching special needs children how to acclimate into all aspects of society.
  
• Make available college scholarships to Alcorn County graduates.
  
• Promote excitement and aptitude about reading to thrid graders at Biggerville Elementary.

Please contact me or any other JA member if you are interested in winning a house for $100.00!!!!

Tax Season

My best friend is an accountant, and this is the begining of tax season. I am a sad soul. She lives four hours away and will be working every Saturday. She came in this weekend for one last FUN weekend! We spent the night at her cabin and made a fun trip to Freddy T's with big group of friends. Can't wait for April 15th!