Early June

Smiles McGee happily watching his brothers ride bikes.

Playing with friends at the farm.

Bath time for teeny man.

In June Jay took the bigs to Nanny and Paw Paw’s house while I stayed home with Mr. No Sleep and cleaned out the house.  I went through ALL of the rest of the boxes inside the house.  I know, shameful that we still had boxes but hey, moving to a city with no family with a 10 week old and two active boys. . .I’m shocked we’ve unpacked at all.  Anyway, here are some of the things that I have hung onto forever. 
My Best Actress trophy from high school.  Yep, I parted with this gem.

As a little girl one of my very favorite books was Katy No-Pocket.  It’s about a kangaroo who doesn’t have a pouch.  I did not find this book but I did find. . .

. . .My very favorite nightgown from my childhood.  It doesn’t look like much but this is “no pockets.”  After reading Katy No-Pocket to me I would put on this gown (it’s a size 4T so I must have been around 4) and my dad would ask me why I didn’t have any pockets.  As you might be able to see there is a pouch in the nightgown so I would tell him that I did have a pocket and he would just tickle me like crazy.  I don’t know how many times we played that game or how often I wore this nightgown but it’s one of my very favorite memories.  Seems like it was every night but who knows.  And then one time I was super sick with asthma and on medication that caused me to be extremely jittery and not sleep for days.  My mom said she left me in front of the tv for a few minutes to get my breathing treatment ready and when she came back I had unraveled the bottom of my nightgown.  So here you have it, it looks like a rag but it’s got lots of great memories of my sweet dad reading to me and putting me to bed.  The shredded part reminds me of my mom spending countless days/nights with me under a card table with a humidifier when I couldn’t breath.  Feeling pretty blessed to have such wonderful parents.

I also found lots of cards that my parents had written to me.  And this card that I obviously dictated to my dad for my mom for Mother’s Day.

My signature in May, 1981.

This wasn’t in storage because it’s a family heirloom but here is super cool little boy quilt that my great grandmother made that won 1st prize at the state fair.

Lincoln was my buddy for the weekend.

Here’s the sign from my 30th birthday party.  How was that FIVE years ago. . .sigh. . .

And here is the label from the Bear Student Services Dr.Pepper Fall Break Pack.  The business that my buddy Grant Case and I had in college selling gift packages to the parents of Baylor students to have delivered to their students during finals week.

Meanwhile back in Beach City the boys were having the times of their lives swimming in the bay.

And I was having some good productive time and some fun playing with Mr. Tongue twirler.

I mean really, how can you not smile when you look at this sweet face?!?

And that’s our early June!