Clothes for Kitty

Is it just me...or does Jr. look look a bit embarrassed?

Kayla has been playing around with my sewing machine

again. She's been making cat toys and....yep, you

guessed it...cat clothes.

This Christmas ensemble comes with a little elf hat---

'with ear holes' ofcourse and a shirt.

Funny thing is...people actually spend alot of money on

clothes for their animals...Who knows...she may make

a fortune some day!

Memory Lane

I love this picture of the boys!

I ran across it the other

day and just wanted to share ;o)

Aren't they cute!

Dalton was 4 & Ethan was 3...

See Ethan's adorable 'toothless' grin?

When he was 2-he decided he was gonna be a basketball

star. ;o) He jumped off of the little tike picnic table to

make a slam dunk into the little ball goal...but he slipped

and hit the tricycle seat with his mouth. He broke off his

4 front teeth. He was without them until they grew

back around age 8...but he was so cute!

I've been feeling a little sentimental lately ;o) Maybe

it's because my kiddos are growing up too fast!

So-you may be in for some more

trips down memory lane!

Family Tree and Funny Names

I have always been very sentimental. I love to see old pictures and hear stories about the 'old days'...I ran across this site . AND I have been on it for the past 2 days looking at old pictures and tracing the lineage of the Laman family. I have found a few mistakes (hehehe)... and am trying to clear those up with my long lost relative.

ANYWAY

This is my 4th or 5th great grandfather

John Calvin Cook in his Civil War uniform.

This is my grandaddy.

Eldon Laman in his US Army WWII uniform.

He was drafted when he was 17 or 18.

The Laman men have always been Military men---

and always will be ;o) 

I caught myself laughing at some of the names in

the Laman family lineage...some of them are pretty are wierd!

Just to give a few examples:

Ladies' names:

Tennessee Laman

Lovie Lewis

Cenia Laman

Vandera Laman

Cordie May Laman

Jarmie Laman

Men's names:

Byron Coop Laman

Lilburn Laman

Hix Laman

Osborne Laman

Ewell Laman

Olgor Laman

Leasle Laman

Obie Lawrence Laman

Finis Garrett Laman

Men? Women? Who knows?

Lurlie Laman

Tollie Laman

Dixie Laman

Not to mention the 3 men named 'George Washington Laman'...;o)

So, if any of you ladies are in the market for a baby name...

maybe one of these will catch your eye. lol

Congrats Hubby!

CONGRATULATIONS

Constable Ballinger!

Last Thursday was election day!

Hubby was running for Constable.We arrived at the polls

about 6:45 A.M. I got the best spot there was! Well-as close

as they would let me get...which just happened to be right across

from the front door. ;o)

Since we have been having RECORD high 

temperatures...it was scorching hot!

Here the boys are trying to be funny-they were holding their signs

up-side down and cheering for our competition ;o)

(This was right after we got there, doesn't it look like they are having fun??)

Jeremy & Kayla spent the first few hours at the other location...

which didn't have much of a turn-out...so they came to help us.

There were people lined up and down both sides of the road...

in the scorching heat and blazing sun---crazy huh?!

BUT-I guess it was worth it.

Hubby won!

Maybe next time it will be cooler!

It's too hot!

Is anyone else ready for fall?

I'm so tired of this heat!

The hot pink on the radar stands for 'extreme heat warning'!

 Right now the temp is 97 with the

heat index at 111 -

and it's 5 p.m.!

It's been super hot for weeks now and I'm ready

for fall. Some cool, breezy weather!

 

Not cold, bone chilling weather ;o) but 70

sounds awesome right now!