Cary's Birthday Celebration

Last week, December 17, we celebrated Cary's birthday with a meeting at Lost Dog Pizza Company in Indianola. We had a great time and of course enjoyed some great pizza. Here are a few pictures...

Anne Craig and Cary


Anne Craig, Floyd and Cary


Bday cake


Playing the Wii at Lost Dog


Group Shot


Craig and Teresa


Floyd, Gooddaddy and Cary


Floyd, Rick, Anne Craig and Annie


Anne Craig, Lisa and Craig

Let's go eat some fish...and see Santa.... and other Holiday Happenings!!!

This past weekend was action packed for the kids(of course right??) Friday night was Mac Bain's birthday. Mac and his wife, Grace, live next door to Moms and Grandaddy (aka: Floyd and Elizabeth). Mac and Grace are like another set of Grandparents to Floyd, Moss and Blewett. Anyhoo.. Friday night the Melton's took the kids to Larry's Fish House for dinner and Mac's birthday. I think everyone had a great time.

Floyd and Anne Craig with Ainsley, Moss and Grace


On Sunday after church we ventured to the Country Club to the Kids Brunch with Santa. It was another large time.

Ainsley and Santa


Anne Craig and Elizabeth Powers full of "glee" after seeing Santa


Last week Floyd's Cub Scout Troop went Christmas Caroling at Indywood. I think they were a big hit!


Yesterday was Pillow's last day of school before the holidays.. therefore... Christmas Parties galore.

Floyd and his buddies! On SUGAR highs of course.


Floyd and his teacher, Ms. Robertson


Anne Craig and her teacher, Mrs. Holliday


MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!!

"Away In A Manger"

Each Christmas Season the Kindergarten at Pillow Academy puts on a live Nativity scene in front of the Kindergarten building. They start well before 7:30am so that the daily carpool can enjoy the production. Each 4K and 5K class takes a turn over a 2 week span wearing the precious costumes. This year, Anne Craig was an Angel. She's the first angel to the right of the stable just in case you can't spot her. Thank goodness it was not bitter cold the morning of their turn. A little rainy but that was ok too.

73rd Annual Roy Martin Parade Day 2008

This past Friday we hosted several or really quite a few family members and friends for the Band Festival Parade Day. This is a big deal in Greenwood and now that we are living on Grand Boulevard , which is the home stretch leg of the parade, there is no better excuse to have a celebration right?? Right! We have the perfect yard for the kids to play and watch the parade at the same time. It was cold and actually felt like Christmas. We had 2 firepits going in the front yard area, a "circus" (aka: beach) tent errected (not sure why we did that) and plenty of food and drink. Above are a few pics from the day. I should have taken more pictures. (Boooooo on my part) Oh well. Better luck next time.

watching the parade go by!

Gooddaddy and Marion Howard staying warm inside!!

Viewers taking it all in!!!

Boyce and friend

Millie Vemer and Kim Boggan

Laurie Gaddis Bullock, Cindy Wilson and Dianne Wood

Gina Hudson and Karyn Burrus

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.....

Finally the decorating is complete... Thanks to Margie and Floyd that is. Well, and me too. I need to give myself some form of credit. For those who are not Facebook readers there has been constant commentary over the past few weeks on the fact that I have been watching my very own "Clark W. Griswold" at work for probably the past month or more. We inherited these wonderful holiday figurines from Craig and Cary that consisted of 7 trees, 1 angel, 1 Santa, 1 sleigh, 4 reindeer including Rudolf, 1 poinsetta and 1 snowflake. All about 4-6ft tall in stature. Cary used to display these in the lake behind their house in Greenville. Once we took possession of these cool creations Floyd ordered the "new and improved" version of exterior illumination in the form of tubular lighting to outline each in it's entirity. I must say that they do look great....some of the attached pictures don't do them justice. They look AWESOME. After 750 ft of tubular lighting, 3000 zip ties, 2 cracked/bleeding and bandaged hands the project is complete in our side yard or as Little Floyd calls it aka: THE football field. Enjoy!!

JUST A BUNCH OF TURKEYS!!!!

Well, another Thanksgiving has come and gone but not to say that the "inaugural" feast in our new home was anything short of a great time. It was just plain FUN. Complete with WABG showing up to capture some exciting footage of croquet and of Little Floyd saying what all he was thankful for...."family, friends, the sky, Jesus, OH and football". You can check him out online at www.wabg.com. Click under News Videos and then Greenwood Thanksgiving. I think young and old really had a ball. And I for one can say that I thoroughly enjoyed myself since I had to "take to the bed" the entire day on Friday to recover. No, it was not entirely due to the comsumption of countless bloody mary's. I think exhaustion came into play as well. No seriously....the day started late morning and went well into the evening hours. I think I will have to let the slide show speak for most of the day. Yes, the holidays are here. Cheers! Life is good and we have much to be thankful for this Holiday Season.

Happy Happy November Birthdays!!!

The Melton family has several special birthday wishes or "Shout Outs" for the month of November. I had every intention to post each one separately but time got away from me. (Can anyone relate here???) So here goes... we can start chronologically with some past, some present and some to come I suppose. But none the less, all in the month of November.

First up, we have Big Floyd or aka: Grandaddy. He celebrated on Nov. 13! Here are few pics from his birthday dinner celebration. Cute pics of the Grandkids by the way...

Floyd IV, Ainsley and Anne Craig


Big Floyd with Grandkids


Big Floyd birthday dinner at The Melton's


November 16th is Blewett's birthday!! She was 29 years old. Happy Birthday Blewett!!! Looking forward to seeing you Thanksgiving.


Tomorrow is my dear friend (and interior decorator I might add), Margie Barger's birthday. Margie will be 26 years old! Hard to believe that she is that young with the talent she exudes. Here's to you Margie!


And last but certainly not least is my sister in law, Shannon. Shannon's birthday is this Saturday November 22. Shannon will turn the big 3-0! Woo hoo. Here is a darling picture of Shannon, sweet Ainsley and Shannon's Mom, Debbie.


HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVERYBODY!!!!

HOME SWEET HOME.... The before and after slideshow of 209 Grand Blvd

It is with great pride and pleasure that I introduce you to the "just about totally" finished product of our new home. It's been a longgggggggg, journeyyyyyyy indeed. But so wonderful at the same time. With the help of so many people everything came together beautifully and I could not be more thrilled. I must specifially thank my dear friend and decorator, Margie Barger (see post below), whom without I would be in Whitfield by now(please keep your comments to yourself if you think I need to be there anyway. haha). Deidre Woodruff, my seamstress from Greenville, who so beautifully crafted all of the gorgeous fabrics into works of art. Craig and Cary Karlson, my wonderful aunt and uncle who were sources of direction and guidance not to mention Cary himself hung most of the rods, drapes and shades. I can only imagine how much it would cost to find someone to do that service. He and Floyd actually made the cornices for the living and dining room from old patterns from Cary's father's collection. They used the Bush's woodshed to do the beautiful handiwork. OH and I must give our wonderful housekeeper, Georgia Murray sooooo much credit. She does such a wonderful job keeping my house and family up and going that I could not function without her. She helped clean and get the beautiful floors looking their finest. Dennis Cheeks is the man who really got things in ship shape. Dennis is remarkable. Not sure of his exact age but he's on up there in years but don't let that fool you. There is nothing he can't do. Most all repairs were done by Dennis and if it weren't for him telling us that he could fix the problems that existed in the house prior to purchase, we would not be where we are today. Thanks also to everyone who has encouraged and assissted in more ways than I could have imagined. I love you all!!! I think this house was made for us and as you can see it has now, "COME BACK TO LIFE". We look forward to many good times. Laises Le Bon Temp Roulez!!! We are indeed HOME!!

Boy Scout Camp Out

This past Friday night Floyd's Cub Scout Troop 200 went on their first official camp out. They went up to Minter City to Steele Robbins' family farm. Two different Packs went together that consisted of the First and Second graders. They had a great time. Several Dad's went along too and the weather was perfect. I'm sure this is the first of many more Scouting events to come for Floyd.

MARGIE BARGER aka: "Decorator Extrordinaire"

It is with great pleasure that I devote an entire post to my dear friend, Margie Scroggins Barger. Let me tell you... this girl is something special. I have known Margie for about 4 years now I guess and consider her one of my dearest friends. Let's see... where to begin....I tracked her down when she moved to town after marrying Greenwood's own, Alan Barger. I quickly found out that she went to Ole Miss and graduated in Speech Pathology. We needed some help in the County Schools and she fit the mold. We worked together for 3 years in the Leflore County School District as Speech Therapists and she was amazing. Sadly I say, (and/or maybe with a touch of jealously), she "retired" this year to venture in the new direction of retail here locally in Greenwood at The Melon Patch. She was and still is in my opinion an amazing speech therapist. One of the best I have seen and certainly more creative and energetic than myself. But Margie is very special in many other ways. She is amazing at whatever she puts her mind to. She is so talented in so many ways and when you see what she has done to my new house you will think....this girl is IT. Well, I think so at least. I will mention that she is a decade, yes, a decade my junior. Which is all the more amazing in my opinion. How can someone so young be so dang good at design and forsight??? Can you say(as Eddie Murphey's uncle did on his stand up movie RAW)... "That gurl got talent!!! I forsee big things ahead for my dear Margie. She is an amazing artist, fashionista, decorator and above all friend. Here's to you Margie!!! Thank you for all you have done for me and my family. We've laughed and cried together and lord knows you have been on this crazy real estate roller coaster ride with me for I guess 3 years just about. I am going to attempt to put pics of our house in some sort of slide show formation so readers can get an idea of some before and after shots. We still have a few more details to work on with the house but the time has come to POST. Hope I can get it together soon. Margie YOU ROCK!!! I LOVE YOU. Thanks for the memories and I know there are many more to be made.

Nursery Rhyme Day!!!

In lieu of Halloween, the Pillow Academy Kindgergarten recognizes Nursery Rhyme Week instead. Anne Craig was Little Miss Muffett this year. They have to recite their nursery rhyme and then they have a big feast comlete with curds and way (polenta), cheeses, haystacks, bugles, moon pies, blue muffins, etc.... Anyway....here are some snaps from this morning on the way out the door to school. We are so excited about Halloween weekend. McLean, Lisa D, Mary McLean, and Patten are coming to town. Check back soon for pictures of the upcoming action packed weekend.

Pumpkin Patch and Cotton Pickin- Yep, it's Fall Y'all

This is a busy time of year in the Pillow Academy Kindergarten. Anne Craig's 5K class went to the Simmons Pumpkin Patch near Belzoni last week and this morning they went to pick cotton. Not sure of that exact location. Anyway, these were great snaps taken by Anna Joyce Jefcoat who is room mother for her kiddos and I appreciated her snapping Anne Craig for me. Pictured with Anne Craig picking cotton is Caroline Brock (Don and Romney's). I hope everyone is getting in the mood for the fall season. It was 32 degrees this morning as I left for work. That is a bit chillier than I prefer but none the less it felt nice to bundle up and head out. It was the first morning of the season that I headed outdoors to crank the car a good 15 minutes before I actually drove off. Speaking of the season....It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...IN OCTOBER for goodness sakes....The next thing you know, we’ll have people putting up lights on their houses and we haven’t even observed Halloween/Fall Festival (pick your poison) yet! And what about Thanksgiving? Do you expect me to eat turkey, sip bloody mary's, watch football and play yard croquet (yes, we are playing croquet this year. Melton/Trotter's against Swayze/Pillow's) as I stress about getting down the Christmas decorations b/c I have to be decorated in exactly 7 days after.....(save that for another blog)....
You see? It just doesn’t go together. September is harvest. October is Halloween. November is Thanksgiving. And December is CHRISTMAS! Enough said. Ahhhhh re reading my post... I think I started to rant...oops sorry bout that. Happy Halloween!!!