Yard Sale

Yard sales are great places to people-watch because they come to you. All you have to do is sit in your yard, or in our case the garage, and the most eclectic, colorful, and interesting species of people will come out of the woodwork for your viewing pleasure. It's similar too baiting deer or like going bird-watching, but rolling around in elmers glue and bird seeds before you go.

This weekend we opened our garage doors to the general public with an invitation to rummage through some of our discarded clutter. Surprisingly, Morgan's left-over wardrobe from her days as a staunch competitor in the International Science Fair sold very well. Other hot items included: "stripper shoes" sold to an 11 year old girl, a 25 year old microwave with cheese splatter included, and a really cool key-chain laser pointer.

We were blessed with quintessential yard selling weather and stayed busy continuously from 7am-Noon. All in all, we heard some very sad stories people used to bargain us out of 50 cents, met some of the interesting Saltillo locals, and made a good hunk of change.

We're going to Jackson!

Our little family is making our first move. We are headed to Jackson next weekend. Matt will be attending law school at MC and I am getting transferred with my company. We are excited what the future has in store, but sad to be leaving our jobs and friends here in Tupelo! We close on our townhome on Friday. Our first little home purchase. Gizmo will finally have a fenced in back yard to run around in! He will love it!
We started packing our things last night and are moving at a very slow pace. I HATE PACKING and MOVING!!
Keep us in your prayers during the many changes and challenges ahead of us!

News Update

An update of news you might/might not want to know about. (follow links to stories)

Good Stuff: One way to decrease birth defects , Some success against the Taliban , Bush shows hope for Iraq , Lebanese take out militants

Bad Stuff: Al-Qaida still strong , U.S. trade deficit rises , TB infected man escapes quarantine

Water Cooler Talking Points: Ipod attracts lightning strikes? , Fat Tax , The $60,000 Bed , Harry Potter sets record , "Big Wedding" , Running of the Bulls

LITTLE MAN

The Bump Week 13

Its grown alot since then, but I forgot to post this one. I will post a week fifteen later in the week.

I want to say Congrats to Jay and Jessica Grisham. They were married at a bright and early 7a.m. this morning. (So the way I look in the picture is excused)Yes you heard me right, 7 A.M. Matt was a groomsmen so we got that wonderful wake up call at 4:30a.m. The wedding was beautiful though and we hope you guys have a great time on your honeymoon!

My Genius Gift

Ladies if you need something to keep your husband busy and entertained for hours I highly suggest purchasing the Nintendo Wii. I got the genious idea to purchase this little puppy during Easter. It has kept Matt busy ever since. However it does bring quite the embarrasment when company is over and he stands for hours in front of the televison doing golf swings and tennis swings and thinking he is Tiger Woods. Word of warning though, the game that comes with the system is not enough to keep them entertained for long. Next they will be wanting to purchase $50.00 games and renting $8.00. In other words its not a cheap gift. I have included some wonderful photos of Matt in action. Notice he even bust out his golfing glove while playing golf. I am not kidding.

The Bump Week 12