Drought vs. Flood

For the past several years, Georgia has been suffering a severe drought. But, for the month of September, we have had almost nothing but rain. It finally took it's toll on North Georgia over the weekend. We were fortunate enough to escape any flood damage, while others around us had sunken cars, yard damage, flooded homes, etc. Schools in our area have been closed downs, buses have been damaged, and roads have been flooded. Ironically enough, the sun is making a debut today, a day which was predicted to be filled with yet more thunderstorms. . .
This is the worst our yard got, which is nothing. My sister and her family have part of the Yellow River running through their backyard. With the drought, it had become nothing but a small stream. Since the rain started, though, the river took over their yard. It put their trampoline up a tree, carried away their playhouse, bikes, and Barbie Jeep, and washed away their firepit and furniture. Thank goodness for flood insurance!

South Gwinnett High School Class of '99

Scott and I have been so excited lately about attending our 10 year high school reunion. Again, we got all dolled up, went out to dinner, then headed into the city to see all the people we hadn't seen in years. We had so much fun talking to people we had lost touch with. It's one thing to be someone's "friend" on Facebook. It's completely different to see them, hug them, and hear their voice.

Kristin Magee

Allison "Hunt" Eubanks

most of MABBAJAKS

Jayme "Humphrey" Fowler

Justin Reynolds

Hunter Spence ( Scott wore our senior t-shirt)

Paul Winter, Joey Martin, and Chris Mullins

Beth Hester

The reunion was held at "Opera", a night club in Atlanta. We had an open bar and food, but no dancing because everyone was too busy talking. The club opened to the public around 10pm. Scott and I hung around a little bit, then headed home with hoarse voices. Thanks, Grammy, for staying home with Becks so we could have a wonderful night.

Chicago!

For my birthday present this year, I asked for tickets to the musical 'Chicago' showing at the Fabulous Fox Theater. Scott being the wonderful husband that he is, got me just what I wanted. We got all dolled up, went to a fancy restaraunt across the street from the Fox, then enjoyed the show. We had fun just getting out of the house and having a datenight! Thanks to Tim & Mary Jo and Amanda who tagteam babysat for us :) He woke up the next morning asking for Pap-pap and Grandmommy!

Happy Birthday to Me

This year, my birthday fell the day after Labor Day, so we had the family up for a feast on Labor Day. Shanna and her crew, Tim, and Sean were unable to make it. But the rest of us enjoyed Scott's delicious Low Country Boil and a chocolate cake that Mom got from "Piece of Cake". Everything was scrumptious and everyone made me feel very special. I even got a phone call from Pittsburgh from the lovely Grandma Tootsie, Aunt Patsy, Aunt Amy, and Aunt Janet singing a beautiful version of Happy Birthday :)

August 2009

Hello again, people! Let me begin by apologizing for taking 2 months to update the page. As most of you know, Scott and I are pregnant with bambino #2. The baby is due March 24th. We'll be finding out sometime in October whether Beckham will have a little brother or a little sister.

Our last blog was all about our summer vacation to St. Augustine Beach, FL. Following that, we went into hibernation for the month of August. I think we literally only made it outside once or twice to swim/play due to the wonderful symptoms of the first trimester and my being placed on bedrest for a short period of time. So, August was really pretty uneventful. Here are a few pics of us hanging out inside. . .

Beckham has become a professional at destroying the house, but he is so patient with me not feeling good. He lives in his p.j.'s most days (except when Scott's in charge). I need to give a very big THANKS to my mom and sister, who have both come over to help with housekeeping a couple times each. Scott has also been SUPER DAD/HUBBY. He cooks, cleans, shops, and cares for our child (all with a smile on his face).