A funny JP moment

JP and his VAS -O-LEEN....August 2005
John Patrick was so proud of his accomplishment!
while looking through the Katrina damage pictures I found these pictures of John Patrick from that same week...many of you will remember getting these emailed to you back in 2005. JP was 2 and he got into soem vaseline that his older brother "encouraged" him to "clean" with after they were already put to bed. If I remember correctly Greg heard them talking and at that time their rooms were across the hall from each other. When Greg walked up and opened JP's door this is what he saw. Luke later confessed but I of course took plenty of pictures!

Getting ready....and remembering

My grandmother Byrd's house on Church Street Columbia (AUGUST 2005)
My parents iron fence around perimeter of property (AUGUST 2005)
The yard next to the pool at my parents (AUGUST 2005)

Well, everyone around me thinks I am crazy but I have been preparing for the impending Hurricane Gustav all morning. And, I believe that I have us all ready in case of any horrific storm. We didn't live down here when Katrina hit, however, it affected so many people that we love and care about that I wanted to be ready.

I registered on http://www.msema.org/ so that I could receive correct information and I also got our family communication and evacuation plans set. We have out-of state contacts so that we can all communicate if local service is down...thanks Lindley and Gordon!To some it may sound silly but we went hours and in some cases days without talking to people down here. Above are some pictures from my parents the day after Katrina...it was a good reminder for me. I encourage everyone to be ready and if it ends up not even coming close to us..what have you really lost?

Getting Ready for Football Season

view from our suite at Southern Miss
View from the field
View from inside with the retractable wall up in center

First Day of School

Daddy and the boys
Luke outside his classroom
Luke in his desk by Mrs. Anderson's desk!
JP not so sure about "big boy" school at this moment
John Patrick in his chair in Mrs. Newman's room
The boys ready to head to school
Luke Lyon 1st grade
John Patrick Lyon Kindergarten
Walking to school across Lincoln Road
Mom and the boys... notice JP is excited!

Our baby, John Patrick, started "big boy" school today. Finally both boys are at school together. John Patrick has been going to full day school since he was 3 so that was not so surprising. However, watching him get ready in his uniform and go with Luke was different. Greg and I both went in with them this morning. Traffic was insane getting to PCS but when we finally all got there JP got real nervous. He had been so excited all night long. He could hardly go to bed because he was so excited, however, after we took Luke to his 1st grade room ... baby John wasn't so thrilled about going to "big boy" school! We walked him to his class (which is the same as Luke's last year) dropped off his backpack and then he wanted his daddy to hold him before walking in to the room. A little later I was still at the school and saw him walking with his class and he was smiling because he had discovered all his friends were there too! Just everybody was in different classes.

Luke was excited and calmly told me to leave after I walked him to his desk. He wasn't into the picture taking or other 1st day fun!

Summer is almost gone.....

John Patrick
Kate and Christy
Luke
Greg

This summer has been very eventful and busy. We have spent most of our time outside and doing activities which is just how I like it to be. The boys completed the all sports camp at the country club last week and are doing some fun things like painting pottery, skating, going to McD's and Chik fil A - with the babysitter/nanny we hired for the final weeks of Summer.



Greg has gotten back fully into his golf game and is in yet another tournament this week. He has decided that he will either be on the Sr Pro golf tour or the bassmaster fishing tour by age 60! ha haha



I am currently working on opening my company's new store in Ridgeland which has become a HUGE undertaking! We will get it done and I hope that all of you will come by next Friday night and enjoy some food and drinks to see the new store -- Friday August 8th from 7pm to 10 pm at 242 Hwy 51 Ridgeland ---



Here are some Late Summer pics to share and I hope to get back on the "blog wagon" in August with the boys school stuff and all our others stuff......