Making McSwain Memories

As I told you last time, we took supper to the McSwain's tonight. Paw Paw and Paw Paw's house! Jeremiah calls them both Paw Paw! Anyway, I thought these needed to be posted now and Easter pics next time. Just because, well, just because! These turned out so good. Unfortunately, I have came to the sad conclusion, that I will not be getting many pictures of William from now on. He is starting to show his "fanny" when I pull out the camera. I told him he would be sorry one day, but well, he is 10, and knows everything! LOL! Not funny to this Mama who loves to take pics! I would love to take photograhy classes, but that would require a new camera, which, for lack of a better word, ain't gonna happen anytime soon! Anyway, when directed to get on Paw Paw's lap to get his pic taken, Jeremiah climbs on Grandma's lap, how cute is that??
I made this dress for girdle mcgee, and she loves the twirl, but I have go to fix the front, look hard, you can see her red and pink panties! This is not, her 'Rapunzel' dress, I will post it later with the Easter pics. Hope all is well with everyone. Please keep Alabama and all the other states hit by the tornados in your prayers.

I love Grandma's wink in this one!!

Making Memories...

We decided a few Sunday's ago, to 'just go fly a kite'!! The kids a a ton of fun flying their cheapo, $1 kites from 'the Walmart'! I will let the pictures tell the story...hope you enjoy! We love making memories with our family...

Later on that day we went to the river bottoms to help watch Granddaddy take care of the bees, honey bees! Yum, Yum! We decided we would just relax and swing a while...William ventured over after a while, and never got a sting. He had them crawling on his hands and it didn't bother him one bit. Takes that after Daddy. Anyway, here are a few pics from the swinging. I just have to get to the McSwain's and take a few pics to post with them. Maybe this weekend, when they get home from their 'mini-vacation' and Aunt Emily's.

Aren't big brothers the greatest? Well, this one is for sure!!!

I couldn't resist this one!

PawPaw's 'tracky'! I just thought William loved tractors when he was this small! Poor Jeremiah talks about them all the time! "Daddy drive tracky, I sit daddy's lap. Daddy key, paw paw's tracky." They grow too fast!
Stay tuned for pics from egg dyeing, Easter outfits, "Rapunzel" dress, and a mini-tutorial, (you can use this one next year for Easter!) I'm too slow to have it ready for this year! LOL!!

Undefeated...four years running!!

As you all know, William is in Cub Scouts. Has been since 1st grade. Well, on the 11th, we had our anual Pinewood Derby Race. It just gets better every year!! When we get there, we have to weigh in the car, check it in, and 'patiently' wait for the race to start. This year, we only had 6 boys racing. Race went well, and rather quickly. That didn't calm the 'nerves' of the boys mama's! I get so nervous every year, you just don't know how your son is going to react to being beat! Anyway, as we raced this year, once again, Wiliam had to race one of his best friends, Wes. Every year, it ends up, Wes and William in the finals. This year, another little fellow was a contender for top spot. Wes, well as always, he just keeps on racin'. And the cool thing, they remain friends through it all, every year. Did I mention that William is undefeated?? For four years?? Cool huh?
Wes has crossed over to Boy Scouts. A time that is quickly approaching William. He could have crossed over in February with Wesley, but he only likes 5 pins earning the "Heavy Shoulder" Award. He is determined to earn that!! It is an honor to earn this award, it states that the Webelo, (cub scout in 4/5 grade) has earned all 20 possible pins.
Back to the race...
We got down to the last of the race and it was Wes, William and another little guy. The last race was actually a photo finish! We all got out our cameras and compared pics, to determine the winner. In the end, William's car was about 1 to 2 inches ahead, but it sure was close! Now we go to the District Race. This is May 7th. William won first place there last year, and went on to the Piedmont Council Race and took 5th place there!!!
He has a trophy from every year. This year, he talked Ray into buying metals, so, he now has three 1st place trophies, and a gold metal from Pack 22, and a 1st place trophy from the district and a 5th place trophy from the council. He may not be into sports, which is perfectly ok with me, but he sure has the trophies to show off!!
Here are a few pics from the evening of the Pinewood Derby...

William's is the blue one in the lead!!!

I sure am proud of this little, growing boy! I love you William!!