Madison Murphy and the Tomato

Mom brought us home a squeeze stress reliever toy from the Microsoft Convention. I didn't know if Madison would play with it or not...she's not really big on toys. She loves this tomato!!! Of course, I automatically think of Veggie Tales and have been singing that all night long in my head!!! She gets so excited to run and get it...but she doesn't want to do it very much. So I took some pics of her on the couch enjoying her tomato! Who says dogs don't love veggies!

The Williams Spa

Luke and I take a warm washrag periodically to Madison's eyes. She has watery eyes and really seems to enjoy having her face covered in the warm rag. I had a picture of her somewhere on my computer, but can't seem to find it. Well, this time we took and put that warm rag on George...thinking he would go nuts! He really seemed to enjoy it too!

Madea

Ok, so Luke, Mom, and I are now big fans of Tyler Perry. We have seen some of his plays and 2 movies on DVD....he is wonderful! Madea is a rather large black woman that tells it like it is. We need more of her in our society. She isn't afraid to speak her mind...and most of the time she is right! Tyler Perry is a Christian....he lived homeless for several years and he has an awesome testimony! I would highly recommend "The Diary of a Mad Black Woman" and "Family Reunion." Madea simply cracks me up!!! "Don't bring your baby to the movie no more...I hate that", "I'll see you about 3 o'clock!", and "Little girl stop popping that gum!!!" are just a few of my favorite lines! And, yes she does say hell a lot....but as Tyler says.... when you grew up in Louisiana, it was hot as hell!!!

ISI Float Trip

Dad took his company on a float trip to the Buffalo River this past Saturday. He invited Luke, Chris, and even our friend Nick to tag along. Mom and I stayed here and shopped and scrapbooked most of the day. Here are a few pictures from the trip! Enjoy!

Jason and Alicen's Surprise Party

We surprised Jason and Alicen last night with a HUGE surprise party. Luke and I grilled hamburgers (a BIG thanks to Mom for making all 50 patties) while everyone else brought a favorite side to go along. The food was really good and the fellowship even better.

I really coordinated everything (and even liked being a little sneaky!) through email with our Sunday School Class. Jason and Alicen have been wonderful directors and deserved something special for sure!

We had over 34 people and 5 kids here last night. I know now that my house is NOT childproof, and chex mix and coffee table decor do not go well with kids! Other than that our house held everyone great! I got a good group picture of everyone just before Jason and Alicen showed up. They were really shocked...so we got 'em good!

We also surprised them with a gift card to their favorite restraunt. Luke and I are so blessed to have them as our close friends, and I was more than happy to do this for them! Thanks so much to everyone who came, ate, talked, laughed, and had a good ole time! I really appreciate it!

Alan's Birthday

We went to Luke's folks house for his Dad's birthday on Wednesday. He grilled everyone burgers and we had a good time. Luke's Aunt Pam and Aunt Kelly are always a hoot to be around!

Our New Grill

We got a new grill sometime last week, but I didn't want to post any pics of it because we were planning a surprise party using our new grill! Now is the perfect time to buy a grill because all of them are on sale. Our old grill lost it's handle and the burner was on its last leg....but it was a good one for 3 years so we did get our money out of it!