SUMMER RECOLLECTION......it may take a while because the summer was slammed packed!

Well, playtime is over! Back in the saddle again for me as I enter another delightful school year. There is much to blog about from the Melton summer of 2010 so I will just have to take it in stride and do what I can when I can. First up....Moon Lake trips...stay tuned!

"Summer Summer Summertime....Time to sit back and unwind..."...yeah right!

Ha! What a joke! Those might be the words of Will Smith back in his studio recordin days post DJ Jazzy Jeff but that sho ain't the way the Floyd Melton family is rolling these days. Geez....I only wish I could sit back and unwind...This summertime business is serious stuff. I mean BUSYness. I really am optimistic here when I say I'd like to find time to recap what on Earth we have been up to since the school bell rang for the last time in May but I'm afraid it ain't happnin anytime soon. I guess a brief run down goes something like this:
2-3 nights a week of kid pitch baseball games at Stribling Park...(the season has ended but All Star Game still lingers....NEXT weekend)......
Sports Camps: tennis, baseball, football and golf.....
Swim stroke lessons....
Mine and Anne Craig's birthday celebrations....
A few trips to Moon Lake which is always great fun....
A couple of trips to the movie theater here and there....
Mine and Floyd's 20 YEAR class reunion (one event at our house I might ad)....
Bible Schools....
Floyd IV's trip to Fort Knox, Kentucky with Moms and Grandad for Big Floyd's Vietnam Batillion Reunion....
Craig and Cary's opening of their new venture Montage Marketplace in Gville which is totally fabulous I might ad....
Tennis tennis and more tennis....I for one am playing again and Lil Floyd played in his first tennis tournament and continues to play in 2 junior leagues locally....

SHWEW....and that's just end of May/June....July is slammed as well with trips to Fairhope and the beach, the Bar Convention at Sandestin, Floyd IV's venture to Strong River Camp and Farm, a visit from the McLean Trotter family to Greenwood, CATS at the Orpheum, soccer camp, Etiquette Classes, Greenwood Little Theater Summer Workshop, and maybe just maybe one more Bible school...As I sit and type this insanity into words maybe just maybe we are TOOOO busy. Ya think? Honestly, sad to admit...we know no differenty and that's ok (I guess)

Well, in case you have been living under a rock, the movie The Help is about to begin filming here and it's been so fun seeing a lot of Dreamworks folks descend upon our little town. One of the directors is living across the street from us. He is actually an old fraternity brother of Floyd's who is originally from Jackson, MS. Needless to say Greenwood is buzzing with excitement. Like my friend Keetha says, "...everyone seems to have some sort of story about The Movie People" http://www.keetha.com/ And she's right!

Well, that about sums things up at the moment I suppose....Bring on July which is guaranteed to be just as eventful but maybe with a little less pace...ha! I do hope to blog post on each exciting event we have encountered this summer since this is actually my "scrapbook of sorts". It may be August when I'm back at work and have more "desk" time that that actually takes place and that's ok. Right? Right!

It's hot! and I do mean hot! I think we are watering the yard at some point 24 hours a day just to keep it from turning brown.

Smile....life is good! Peace out! Oh and enjoy the SUMMERTIME

Let's Go Get Lost in the Delta With Some Lost Dog Pizza how bout it!

For Anne Craig's birthday party this year we loaded up a group of girls, rented a limo from John Stewart et company and headed West on Hwy 82 into the sunset. Destination....Lost Dog Pizza Company in Indianola, MS. The girls had a blast and it was a fun "last minute" idea. With Anne Craig's birthday being late May and after school is out it's hard to find a time to really do that much. We've done the pool party, the yard party and a few others here and there. So when I asked her what she wanted to do this year she mentions something about wanting to go on a limo ride. Soooo limo ride it was! She has some sweet, cute friends who were still in town and just happen to be available for a fun party. We missed those who were not able to be with us too for sure! Here are a few pics to detail the adventure.

Waiting on everyone to arrive for departure.

Caroline Brock, Anne Craig and Havee Johnson

Anne Craig and her friend, Isabella Vasquez, who is about to move to Hawaii! Aloha Isabella we will miss you!! Keep in touch with us!!

Ready to pile into the limo



Inside views of limo



rolling their own dough

We were sure we adults were around at ALLLLL times!

Yummy Pizza!!!

"Happy Birthday dear Anne Craig....Happy Birthday to you" Make a Wish!

We had a great time at the Lost Dog Pizza Co.

Anne Craig and Madeline Kelly

HAPPY 7TH BIRTHDAY ANNE CRAIG

I seriously don't see how it's been 7 years since Anne Craig was born. I remember the day like it was yesterday! I remember pacing the floors of Greenwood Leflore Hospital in hopes to speed her arrival along after Dr. McNair said that it may be a bit....she's not quite ready. She did arrive after a few laps pretty quickly even before the noon hour. Not bad....not bad indeed! Each year brings change and surprise that is for sure but in typical birthday fashion I sat her down and interviewed her for our yearly "fill in the response please". Here's what we got!
I AM....Anne Craig
I WAS.....six
I HAVE...my friends spend the night with me
I PLAY...tennis
I WORRY...about everybody (Milner trait I guess....)
I KNOW...my family
I WATCH...Spongebob
I WANT...a new bike
I CRAVE...chocolate
I USUALLY...am nice
I REMEMBER...when I was a baby
I DISLIKE...broccoli
I GO...to Moon Lake
I CAN...ride a bike and run very fast
I DON'T...play softball
I FEEL...very good
I DANCE...in my gym class
I READ...my books every night
I WRITE...my name neatly sometimes
I BELIEVE...in God
I AM SCARED...of the dark
I LISTEN...to my Mama and Daddy
I WISH...my brother would be nicer to me
I LOVE...my brother
I AM HAPPY...that I am 7 years old
I AM THANKFUL...for my family.

Happy Birthday sweet girl! We love you and are so very proud of all that you do!

Kentucky Derby Supper Club 2010 "Southern Fare and Mint Juleps"

And they're off!!!! Hats off that is to our friends and fellow supper clubians for the outstanding showing of attire and spirit for our 1st Annual Kentucky Derby party. I can not say enough about how much fun it was. The weather started out a little shakey with some thunderstorms but by race time the weather was great! Not that it mattered quite so much anyway... we did everything inside. I will have to say that the Billups family would be proud that we acutally used the ballroom for it's original purpose.... A PARTY! Everyone came in their Derby attire. Silks casual for men and Hats for the ladies. It was fun to be able to use one of Gamba's hats that I found out at her house stuffed away in a closet. With a little help from Danny at Bella Flora, it was resurrected into some fine Derby fashion. This was a different party route for our supper club to take by having the party begin at 3:30 in the afternoon so it was a full day affair no doubt. We had to get folks there to place their bets in plenty of time, sip on their mint juleps and be ready to watch the race too! Steven Cookston did a great job handling the feat of organized wage placements and we had the giant big screen projector display the race upstairs with amazing sound system effects. The Derby contenders were all written out beautifully with their odds and stats on display labeled and all. (Thanks Lisa Lisa!) If you left the party hungry...well...let's just say it was your own fault. The food was delicious! We peeled, boiled and then marinated 900 (or aka 25 pounds of) shrimp the night before!!! Thank goodness for good friends and neighbors (Patsy, Kevin and Tony) who stayed up with us til 2am working on the shrimpies. The party hosts were Melton's, Simcox's and Brock's. The Brocks had a soccer tournament pop up after the party had been planned and set so they were unfortunately absent for the event not to mention Jody Simcox who was also summoned to the soccer tourney in Gulfport I might add. So basically it was me, Floyd and Kim left to carry on. I have to say....we pulled it off in great strides. It was really an awesome party. We even had fantastic bluegrass music piped into the sound system all over the house to add to the effect. I will let the pictures speak for themselves! And it's not a party unless it ends with karaoke right???

Piano Man

Floyd had his piano recital a few weeks ago and they "dress the part" to fit the title of their piece. What was Floyd's title you ask? Shave and A Haircut....of course. See him in his cape? (Thank you Legend's Salon and Spa for letting us borrow.) He did an outstanding job! We are very proud of our Piano Man! Here are a few pics from the big night.
Warming up before we head to the Craig Performing Arts Center where the recital was held.

Cole Tyler, Conner Hutson and Floyd

Piano Man

The Fam!

Easy Breezy Beautiful Cover Girl!

Yep, that's right! Anne Craig is on the cover of the latest issue of Leflore Illustrated Magazine. She is autographing copies if anyone is interested. No, in all seriousness....Johnny Jennings snapped this cute pic when the girls were coming out of art class one day downtown and I guess decided it was a fit for the cover. All snaggle toothed! Pictured above are Mia Cole, Madison Barlow and Anne Craig holding their Mother's Day paintings that I think were supposed to be a surprise! Oh well! Gotta love it!