The Jud-King Family

Mavrick & Lilliana's Blanket

2010-04-20T07:10:00.000-07:00

I just now remembered my password to my blog so it's been awhile since I've been on here. I crocheted a blanket for my wonderful little nephew Mavrick and I just wanted to show it off. I have never made anything that took so much time and effort, but I'm so glad that I did. At first it was hard but when I realized how to do the blanket it got really easy, to an extent, lol. Now I have a few people that would like for me to make them one. I think i would have to charge them for my time. Now that it was made for my nephew that's different. Well i hope everybody likes it.

Years ago I started making this quilt for my Brother and I happened to put it away and you know how that is if you are a quilter. Well I found it and took it out and finished it for my wonderful, cute as a button niece for her Christmas '09 present. The funny thing is it's not really a boys blanket so I just new sometime in the future that he would make me an Aunt so I had to get started on it sometime, lol.

Justins weekend home~fishing

2009-08-07T08:29:00.000-07:00

Justin caught this fish while on his weekend pass.

These are the fish that we caught on our weekend fishing trip using our noodles for the first time.

Justin's first time ever cleaning fish. Doug told him if you catch them you have to help clean them. Not so sure if Justin was having fun though,lol

Doug had to show off one of the whoopers that we caught on a noodle.

This is a noodle. The floating thing you use when you go swimming. We cut them into 4 pieces, tide trout line string, added two fishing hooks and a weight. Threw them in the Coldwater River,MS and waited until they got a bite. When they went under water and then came up and took off you knew they had a fish on it. The best part of it is chasing the noodle. We had to chase one that got into a bush, when we got over to it Skyler seen a HUGE WATER MOCCASIN. Now that was scary, but we had fun.

This is one of the noodles floating in my pond. Had to take it out quick so i didn't catch any of my fish,lol

Flowers Of My Yard

2009-06-11T10:26:00.001-07:00

My hanging buckets.

Up In Smoke

2009-04-19T07:45:00.000-07:00

Josh and his buddy's won the championship dodge ball league at a Memphis YMCA. They started out with 16 teams played for 14 weeks and won it all. They received $100.00 and a trophy. The white team was the team they beat to win it all.

Doug Meets Deer

2009-03-23T19:21:00.000-07:00

Here is what happens when you come into contact with a Mississippi Deer and you don't have a shot gun.

Our new Bunny

2009-03-16T22:16:00.001-07:00

More Iguana

2009-03-16T22:10:00.001-07:00

The new animals in our home.

2009-03-16T21:49:00.000-07:00

Christmas 2008

2008-12-28T15:53:00.000-08:00

I finally got that can opener that i always needed!
Flo and Skyler.

Flo
You know when you stop believing in Santa you start getting clothes Justin!
Justin and Skyler, getting deodorant and tag spray so they can get the girls. Oops I should have gotten them some coal.
Michael, Doug, Justin, Melinda and Dad
Shawn and Christy

Mom and Michael
Christy and James

AHHH! Isn't he just so sweet!
Christy, Michael, Flo and Skyler
Justin, Michael and Flo
Justin, Michael and Flo. Why Mike and justin have there eyes closed I will never know. LOL
Justin, Michael and Flo. WOW, justin and Mike really have there eye's opened now. LOL
AHH, Mom and Dad. They sure look cute together.
Doug
Josh and Katie
Josh got tools so I don't have to fix anything for him anymore.
Katie was showing me her new ring that I got her for Christmas. Smile, I love you too!!!
Dad ( Walter ) Mom ( Jereece ) and James
James with Katie and Josh

Skyler and James

Skyler at Horn lake

2008-12-28T14:52:00.000-08:00

The end of the growing season at my house.

2008-10-29T07:08:00.000-07:00

As you can see the fish are ready for me to feed them one last time before winter. I won't feed them during the cold months. they will go closer to the bottom and just sit there most of the cold.
Some more of the fish.
I need to get out and clean up around the pond before it's to cold outside for me.
I love my pond I just wished that I had more room to build more of them. I just really like watching them fish swim around and hear the water fall. It's just so peace full even thou I live right next to the road.
I got more water flowing in this pond cause it's smaller then my other one. I can't wait till it freezes and you see the water coming out of the falls frozen it's just really neat.
I had to trim my tree so that I didn't have a lot of leaves falling in my pond. plus it just made it look better. I need to pick better spots to build ponds. I just didn't think about the leaves falling in my pond until it was all done and I found a leaf in it. LOL
All of the green tomatoes that are left that I need to pick before the frost.
Renee sent me this gojo bush and I just wanted to show her that it is still living and I will probable trim it down and cover it up for the winter.
This the last of my bell pepper bushes. When I get done removing all of my plants I think my yard is going to look naked. AHHHH that scares me!!!
Luffa, fix'n to pick it. I hope that it will dry out and I can use it.
Just more of my tomatoes

whats left

2008-10-28T16:38:00.000-07:00

These are some of the bell peppers that I picked just before we got the frost.
I never really had red tomatoes, they have always been green. Well I guess they will ripen up one at a time I hope all during the winter LOL
This is my Christmas cactus that Renee gave me while I visited her back in April right before I had my surgery. She said that her's has blooms or something on it, mine doesn't have anything. Why I don't know, maybe she just has a greener thumb then I do.
This is my Lemon tree that I grew from seed. I'm hoping to plant it outside next year. If not I will get it a bigger pot and just keep it in the house. I still haven't found a place in my yard to put it.

Karen's first time with baby James

2008-10-28T16:18:00.000-07:00

This is Karen and her grandson Little Jim

This is Leslie and baby James. Leslie is Karen's son Jim's girlfriend and little Jim is there child
Karen rocking baby James
He was just loving it.
Christy is changing James.
Karen still playing with James

Skyler and Mini

2008-10-28T16:04:00.000-07:00

Skyler is holding our new dog. Her names is Mini.
She is still really scared of people. Doug's sister got her while she was on her way moving back from FL.
I guess the old lady that had her died. Mini and another dog that Doug's sister Karen kept had no home, so she brought them home with her.
She is starting to get to know us, but for some reason she's really taken up with Skyler.
Aren't they cute together.

More yard pics

2008-10-10T17:19:00.000-07:00

I can't believe this my luffa is really making a Luffa LOL. Plus I still have tomatoes growing. I haven't ever found a vine ripen tomato until just today. I picked it and put it on the ground so that I could look for more. Then just out of know where I backed up and steeped on it. Oh well atleast I can say I found one. I guess I should have taken a picture of it cause ya'll might be thinking I'm telling a tomato tale. (like a fish tale) LOL Oh ya I still have pickles growing just had to say that.

More pic's of Baby James

2008-10-10T17:10:00.000-07:00

Luffa & Bug

2008-09-29T15:59:00.001-07:00

I can't believe this luffa plant finally gave me a flower.
Renee told me that her's flowered but I just thought that she was pulling my leg.
Now i have flowers. Now I just hope that nothing eats them. Like the bugs that are eating my bell peper plants.

Baby James

2008-09-29T15:54:00.000-07:00

This is James and Mom (Christy) and Dad (Shawn) on 9-29-08 he is 14 days old.

Baby James

2008-09-20T09:53:00.000-07:00

This is one of the first pictures that I got of James right before he got to leave the hospital. He knew that MEME was going to take so many pictures that he had to get his yawn in before I ever started. There are more pictures of James at the Picasa Web Site. Just go to link http://picasaweb.google.com/mshdking

Baby -James Aiden Cooke

2008-09-16T09:12:00.000-07:00

http://picasaweb.google.com/mshdking/BabyJames To see pictures of the newest family member just highlight the HTTP and paste in your web address to see the baby pictures or type it in it really doesn't matter, just go and look he is so cute.

The Farmers Goats

2008-08-27T19:17:00.001-07:00

Christy and I went to pet these goats and the male is just so funny. I'm not sure why he snorts at us,maybe he just has to blow his nose every time we try to pet him. He also could have bad allergy's or he's just allergic to Christy. LOL The poor female goats had so many flies on them it was pitiful. I wanted to just lift them over the fence and take them home but for some reason I don't think that the male would have liked us taking his women from him.

Bell Peppers

2008-08-13T18:06:00.000-07:00

This is my Bell Peppers. I just now got peppers! I didn't think that they were growing and i just happened to look and they were red already. I like gardens that can grow on there own. LOL

Teddy Bear Back Pack

2008-08-07T19:17:00.001-07:00

The handsome boy thats modeling this backpack is Skyler my son he just turned 11. I'm going to make him one but it's going to look like an alligator cause thats his schools mascot. This one I made for Brianna ( Renee's Daughter ) but I'm not really sure that it will hold any big books. I guess she could ues it as a purse or something like that. I'm not to sure if she can use it at school. They have to have only clear backpacks so the schools can see in them. I hate that it has to resort to things like that in schools now. I guess when you take GOD out of the schools you give the OK to let the DEVIL come in and take his place. Ok I'm not going to get myself started on that subject cause it just really gets me upset how the government wants to be separated from the churches but they want to know why the world is the way it is. DUH

Dinner

2008-08-07T18:56:00.000-07:00

This was dinner. I don't like tomatoes unless there cooked. I can't eat them raw they just taste funny to me. I can eat them on a sandwich,in soup,in a stew,with a salad but I just can't eat them plan or even with salt. So I just decided to add some olive oil to a pan add some corn and some onions. Cooked that all up and threw in some basil and salt and pepper and the tomatoes. It was good. Doug said I made a chow chow. What ever the heck I made it was good. It would have been even better if I could have put some squash in it ,but my squash didn't grow this year. Why, I don't know but I will try it again next year I guess.

Luffa

2008-08-06T09:11:00.001-07:00

This is the Luffa Plant that Renee' gave me. It just keeps climbing up my house but it hasn't made any flowers yet. You know I'm not really sure if Renee knows what she's talking about. She's always sending me things to grow or having me do something. I'm just joking I love Renee to death and what ever she sends me or what ever she has me doing I would do it. LOL Love ya Na Na

Skyler and Mom (Melinda)

2008-08-01T12:12:00.000-07:00

Skyler and I needed to have our picture taken together. We haven't had one together by ourselves in a while. Skyler's little friend Mathew took it. I'm glad I have a halfway decent camera. LOL

Salmon Patties

2008-07-22T19:32:00.000-07:00

1 can Salmon - I take out the bones
1 cup Italian Bread Crumbs
1 Cup Crushed Saltine Crackers
1/3 cup Finely Chopped Onion - I used Vidala onions
1/4 cup plus 2 TBS Milk
2 Eggs
2 TBS Parsley
1/4 tsp Salt and Pepper or to your taste

Mix all ingredients. Take one table spoon full of mixture and make into a ball, flatten out. Fry in Butter till brown on both sides. Put on paper towel. Then eat your heart out. I like ranch dressing but the boys they like ketchup. Then again there so good you don't need anything. I also made some hash browns to go with it.

Fried Green Tomatoes

2008-07-21T19:27:00.001-07:00

I started out with Green Tomatoes fresh from my front yard garden. My plants are doing really good I would say. So I brought my Green Tomatoes into the house and washed them really good. I do put seven dust on my plants to try to keep some of the bugs and worms away. So I cleaned the Green Tomatoes real good and then cut them up into slices. I'm using corn meal with some salt and pepper, egg with a bit of water( you probably don't need the water cause your frying them in oil, but I did)and then I have some Italian bread crumbs. I was watching a show the other day and the guy was making chicken fingers and he said to do the dry first and then wet. Well I've never done that before so I tried it today. It worked. I usually would dip in egg and then corn meal but now I will do both. So I did a few corn meal egg and then bread crumbs. Then a few corn meal egg and then corn meal ( I guess you would call that double dipping). Then I made a few egg and then corn meal. I Liked the egg then corn meal but the boys liked the double dipping and the Italian. Make sure you use OIL and not corn syrup like someone else i know.LOL fry for just a few on both sides and then put on paper towel. Eat how ever you want too, we like ranch dressing.

Fried Green Tomatoes

2008-07-21T19:25:00.001-07:00

Egg wash

Fried Green Tomatoes

2008-07-21T19:15:00.001-07:00

Egg wash is 2 eggs with about 2 teaspoons of water

Italian Bread Crumbs

Fry in oil on medium heat

all done. The dark ones are with bread crumbs and the lighter ones are just corn meal. I liked them both but the boys liked the darker ones.

Fried Green Tomatoes

2008-07-21T18:38:00.000-07:00

Doug started out skinny and then he ate a bunch of my Fried Green Tomatoes and then you see what happened to him last.

Fried Green Tomatoes

2008-07-21T18:19:00.000-07:00

The Fried Green Tomatoes were good. If I could get the boys to eat them they must have been good. Justin couldn't eat one cause he's allergic to tomatoes. I asked Chris and Jimmie to tell me witch one they liked the best and they liked the ones that looked burnt (Italian Bread Crumbs)out of all of them. Kids you just got to lov'um. So I hope who ever makes these they turn out just as good as mine

Choclate Buckeyes

2008-07-20T10:21:00.000-07:00

My friend Renee, her mother always made Buckeyes. I got this recipe from her years ago and I still LOVE those Buckeyes (Go Wolverines).

Buckeyes

1 lb Peanut Butter
1/2 lb Butter - (melted)
1 1/4 lb Confectioners' Sugar

1 (12 oz) Chocolate Chips - (melted)
1/3 slab Wax

Mix Peanut Butter, Butter, and Sugar in a bowl. Roll Peanut Butter mix into 1 inch balls (I like to refrigerate Peanut Butter mix for an hour before making into balls). Melt in double boiler (if you have one) Chocolate Chips and Wax. Take Peanut Butter balls and using a toothpick stick into Chocolate Chip and Wax mix.Only put in 3/4 way to make them look like Buckeyes. Put on wax paper and let cool. Store in refrigerate if you would like. Not sure how many they make cause I'm always eating them as I make them.

Surprise Chocolate Fudge

2008-07-20T10:02:00.000-07:00

I got this recipe when I was still cutting hair. Miss Betty would bake us something for Christmas every year and this is one of the fudge recipe thats she made for us. When I asked her for the recipe I was very SURPRISED when I seen what it was made with.

1 can (15 ounce) Pinto Beans - (rinsed and drained)
1 Cup Baking Cocoa
3/4 Cup Butter or stick Margarine - (melted)
1 Tbs Vanilla Extract
7 1/2 Cups Confectioners' Sugar
1 Cup Chopped Walnuts - (or any kind of nuts you like)

Microwave safe dish, mash Beans with a fork until smooth; cover and microwave for 1 1/2 minutes or until heated through. Add Cocoa, Butter and Vanilla. (Mixture will be thick) Slowly stir in Sugar; add Nuts. Spray a 9 inch square pan with non-stick cooking spray. Press mixture on to pan, cover and refrigerate until firm. Cut into 1 inch pieces. Yield: 3 1/2 lbs

Chocolate Cheese Fudge

2008-07-20T09:38:00.000-07:00

I got this recipe from an old man that I used to live by,he lived in Ohio and I lived in Michigan. It's made with Velveeta cheese.

Chocolate Cheese Fudge

1/2 lbs Velveeta Cheese
1 Cup Butter
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 Cup Chopped Nuts - Pecans, Walnuts, etc...
2 (16oz)Boxes Confectioners' Sugar
1/2 Cup Cocoa Powder

Spray 9x2 inch pan with nonstick spray set aside. Melt Cheese and Butter on stove or microwave. Remove from heat add Vanilla and Nuts stir. In large bowl sift Sugar and Cocoa together. Pour Cheese mix in Sugar mix stir together well. Press mix in 9x2 pan. Pat top with paper towel to get excess oil. Put in refrigerator until firm. Cut in to squares. Yield: about 3 1/2lbs.

I like to put mine in freezer bags and put in the freezer. There really cold but there not as soft as they would be in the refrigerator. I hope you like this recipe and with any fudge this is really rich.

Mike Vallely & Skyler in Hot Springs AR

2008-07-03T07:44:00.000-07:00

We were visiting Hot Springs after the death of my brother Walter "Scottie" Scott Jr. when a group of people and a few camera men were walking by us. So I said "So you think y'all are famous or what" and some guy said "no". So they walked on by and Skyler grabbed my arm and said "MOM THATS MIKE VALLELY"!!! And of course I said "who"? So he kept telling me and telling me. So of course, the mom that I am, I yelled at the dude and said "Hey are you Mike somebody"? Of course they kept walking and of course I kept asking. He finally stopped and told me who he was and took a picture with Skyler. I did ask him to do one big favor for me in the honor of my brother and that was to give him the bunny ears. Why my brother Walt did that to everyone I will never know but I guess you could say that it was his trade mark. Mike Vallely also gave Skyler a little bit of advice "Never Ride Your Skateboard In Hot Springs Or The Police Will Bash Your Head In" So I would just like to say thank you Mike for the advice and the bunny ears. Rock On

My Brother Walt ~ July 29,1964 - June 14, 2008

2008-06-27T11:50:00.000-07:00

My oldest brother Walter "Scottie" Scott Jr. was killed trying to save the lives of others. On Saturday June the 14th a tree had fallen across two lanes of a highway in front of there house (and the tree wasn't even theres). My brother if you ever had the chance to meet him was always the one to try to get things done to help others. So he and his wife (Norma Jean whom just got married April the 23rd) had started cutting the tree out of the road to free up one lane so people could pass on the road instead of the ditch. Well some young 22 year old was going to fast hit the tree where my brother was and killed him instantly. I thank the Lord above that he took my brother that way instead of letting him be a vegetable for the rest of his life. I would just like to say that I will miss him very much, I won't have anyone to discuss politic,religion and money to anymore (my grandfather always told me that those three things were the route to all evil) ok maybe we didn't discuss to much about money cause neither one of us ever had much of it. LOL Rest In Peace Walt, I Love You Always and Will Never Forget You! In the words of my brother "Later"

Hamsters

2008-06-07T08:10:00.000-07:00

I would just like to say that the hamsters are a few days from being ready for anyone who wants one to take them all home. They sure are cute little buggers. It's really amazing how they go from no hair with there eyes closed to hair and there eyes closed and eating food and then all hairy eyes open and ready to leave my house all with in just 3 weeks. If not less then that. It's been a real joy to watch them grow but it's now time for them to leave my home. LOL

Gavin Doug's grand baby by his son Douglas Jr.

2008-06-03T10:34:00.000-07:00

This is Doug's first grandchild. His name is Gavin Carter King he was born on June the 11th 2007. He will be one yr.old this month. It took him a few minutes to get warmed up to us but maybe in time he will get to know us.

Uncle Skyler & Uncle Justin with Gavin

2008-06-03T10:26:00.000-07:00

Uncle Skyler sounds funny when Skyler's only 10 yrs old. Skyler and Gavin are 9 yrs and 11 months apart. Skyler was born July 11th 1997 and Gavin was born June 11th 2007 one month short of being 10 yrs apart. Gavin doesn't know Skyler or Justin but maybe in time Gavin will get to know them. I hope.

Mindy,Michael,Gavin and Christy

2008-06-03T10:08:00.000-07:00

Me(Mindy),Michael,Gavin and Christy. We (Christy,Skyler,Justin and I)went to Christy's grandma's house to go and visit Gavin (Doug's grandson). Haven't got to see Gavin much in the year that he's been born, not really sure why but I guess thats another long story some other time.
Christy and her first nephew Gavin. As you can tell we don't get to see Gavin very much so he dosn't really know any of us. But oh well Christy and I might make it a habit to go and visit him once a week or so. Gavin will be 1 yr old June the 11th.

Christy+Rhonda, Jamie+Evan (baby)

2008-06-03T09:26:00.000-07:00

This is Christy and Rhonda (christy's mom). Don't they just look cute together. I'm not sure when the last time Christy and Rhonda had there picture taken together, but it won't be much longer and then we will have to take another picture of Christy, Rhonda and the Baby (James)witch is due sometime in Sept.
Then we have Jamie (Rhonda's niece) and her youngest little one Evan. He's just 6 months old and he's just the happiest little baby. He will be a year old November 23rd.

Mark and Lilliana Grace

2008-06-03T09:10:00.000-07:00

This is my brother Mark and his wife Dora's Baby. I guess you can say that Lilliana Grace is my niece. You can also say that she is my favorite niece and I am her favorite aunt on her dads side of the family. Ok I guess cause I'm the only the only girl on her dads side. Oh ya and she's the cutest little girl out of all my parents grand kids too. She's so cute you just want to squeeze her cheeks. She will be one year old September 12th.

Our camping trip to Heber Springs AR

2008-05-31T08:33:00.000-07:00

This is what we did when we went camping. Oh I'm sorry this is what everyone else did when we all went camping. I couldn't do much but stay behind the camera and take the pictures. I was and still am hurting a lot from my surgery. I guess I really wasn't even supposed to be there, but staying in the house for to long can drive anyone insane. Christy, Shawn, Skyler and Austin left Friday morning and Doug drove his motor cycle after work that night. Justin and I left Saturday morning in Doug's truck. Josh and Katie left Saturday morning also. When we all finally got there it was fun watching Katie and Josh put up there tent with only one tent pole and one tent stake.They eventually had to go to wal-mart and get a new tent. Later on everyone went swimming and hiking, but not all of us went repelling. We walked over to the fishing marina and feed the big huge carp. Justin and Skyler were sticking there feet in to see if the fish would suck on there toes,but i think there feet stunk to bad. LOL We ate a lot of hot dogs and sandwiches. I guess they would have starved if i didn't show up. I brought hamburger meat and made sloppy joes and I also brought chili and we made chili dogs. Okay they might not have starved but there food would have just been plan. The boys made lots of camp fires and they cooked lots of marshmallows and graham crackers. Skyler and Austin cought a horn toad lizard. They played with it for two days and by the time they were done I don't think that the lizard had much of a tail left (that poor lizard). Justin chopped up a lot of wood and kept the fire going. He's such a good boy scout.There probably is enough wood there for another week of camping. And while we were camping if it wasn't for my mom and dad we would have been soak and wet or even blown away. They called and told us that there were severe storms headed our way. I'm so glad for parents cause the park rangers never even told us. Thank God that the storm wasn't all that bad where we were and it went around us for the most part. All in all I would say that everyone had a good time. These are all of the pictures and video's that I took while we were camping. I hope y'all enjoy looking at them.

First one to the top wins

2008-05-31T08:28:00.000-07:00

Skyler,Austin and Katie are looking over the side of the cliff to see how far down Justin,Doug and Josh were going to have to go to repel down.

The bumble bee

2008-05-31T08:22:00.001-07:00

Christy and I stayed on the bottom of the cliff, but we walked around so that we could watch everybody repel down. We got around to the side and low and behold a bumble bee was watching us. The darn thing wouldn't leave so we had to move cause I nor Christy wanted to get stung. Those things are big.

Justin repelling

2008-05-31T08:14:00.000-07:00

When everybody but Christy and I climbed up to the top of the cliff. Doug tied the rope and threw it over and then sent Justin down first to see if the rope would hold everybody. Justin got all the way to the bottom and ran out of rope. Thank goodness that there was a little ledge for him to get to right before the bottom. My baby's so brave he makes me nervous, but it's funny cause he's braver then Josh.

Doug repelling

2008-05-31T08:10:00.000-07:00

Doug repelled second and when he got all the way down he had to go all the way back up.

Joshua repelling

2008-05-31T08:04:00.001-07:00

Joshua was so scared it was kind of funny. Josh reminds me so much of my big brother. He thinks he's so cool and never scared of nothing. Josh was freaking out the whole way down until the end then he was playing around I think or maybe he really couldn't get back up straight. LOL

Josh and Christy

2008-05-31T07:57:00.000-07:00

Josh and Christy were watching Doug,Shawn and Katie come down from the top of the cliff. Christy was frecking out the whole time Shawn was up there. She told Doug that if Shawn falls off and dies that he's going to have to pay for her to raise her baby. Doug told Shawn that he better be very careful. LOL

Doug,Shawn and Katie

2008-05-31T07:54:00.000-07:00

Katie posing

2008-05-31T07:51:00.000-07:00

Justin the last one down

2008-05-31T07:40:00.000-07:00

Last one down is a rotten egg!

2008-05-31T07:29:00.000-07:00

I guess That I (Mindy) was the rotten egg cause I was the last one down. Poor Justin, he carried the bag with the repelling rope and harnesses in it up to the top and then he had to carry it down. Josh told Justin if he carried it up that he would carry it down but it doesn't look like that happened. Justin was the first and the last to repel so when he got done repelling he had to climb back up to the top and get the rope and while he was at the top Josh and Katie took off down the mountain.

I beat you down

2008-05-31T07:21:00.000-07:00

Christy and the boys found this turtle at the bottom of the mountain. I just wonder if he had ever made it to the top?

The last morning "wake up you sleepy heads"

2008-05-31T05:56:00.000-07:00

Doug and Justin being lazy on the last day. It is not normal for me to be up before Doug so I had to take a picture. Now I need to frame it.
Skyler and Austin sleeping in. They were so tired. They have really played hard this weekend. They got to sleep on the water floats the last night instead of the ground. I know they liked that, but I think there heads kept getting stuck under the float pillow.

Camping at Heber Springs AR

2008-05-27T15:31:00.001-07:00

Shawn and Christy (and the baby)
Shawn and Christy (and the baby)
Skyler and Justin. I sure do have some good looking boys.
Doug and I (Mindy).I believe that this is the only picture of me the whole time that we are camping.

Camping at Heber Springs AR

2008-05-27T15:21:00.000-07:00

Christy watching Josh and Katie and Austin over to the Rt
Josh and Katie
Josh loving on Skyler
Joshua loves getting his picture took
Christy loves taking her picture

Camping at Heber Springs AR

2008-05-27T15:00:00.000-07:00

Katie
Doug, Shawn and my motor cycle
Joshua (to the Lt)and Katie putting up the first tent.
Justin and Skyler
Back- Austin,Skyler,Justin and Christy /Front-Joshua,Katie and Doug. Shawn was in the truck and I was taking the Picture. We are going swimming

Camping at Heber Springs AR

2008-05-27T14:25:00.000-07:00

Christy snoozing!!!

Shawn,Austin, Doug, and Skyler

Doug and My motor cycle

Justin and the shovel

Joshua

boys making fire part 1 of 4

2008-05-27T13:59:00.000-07:00

Justin, Josh and Doug are making a campfire mainly Justin's doing all of the work thou.

boys making fire 2

2008-05-27T13:42:00.000-07:00

Still gathering wood.

boys making fire 3

2008-05-27T13:18:00.000-07:00

Justin cheating!!!

boys making fire 4

2008-05-27T12:57:00.000-07:00

I would like to say that Justin did a good job with just a little bit of help from the charcoal liter fluid. See my boys never needed boy scouts.

Doug repelling off Sugar Loaf Mountain

2008-05-27T12:40:00.000-07:00

Doug's repelling with a nylon rope witch isn't made for repelling and the goofy thing didn't even have enough rope to get all the way to the bottom. I didn't get a video of Justin or Josh coming down but they made it thank goodness.

Skyler (I told him it was cold)

2008-05-27T12:37:00.000-07:00

swimming at the lake

2008-05-27T12:14:00.000-07:00

Skylers doing back flips, Doug and Christy's hangout on the floats, Josh and Katie floating out and Shawn is debating weather to get in or not and then theres Justin and Skyler's friend Austin. I'm the only smart one heck that water is cold.

Katie and Josh take two

2008-05-27T12:04:00.000-07:00

Katie and Josh of course couldn't get the first tent up so they went to wal-mart and had to get another tent. So I call this video take two. Katie asked me if I erased the first video and of course I would never do that. You can see all the help that they have around them. Oh I just love camping and watching every one else help!

Justin and Skyler camping X- rated

2008-05-27T11:50:00.000-07:00

Justin is a strange kid he likes to make weird faces from both ends. This was when we were camping Memorial weekend in Heber Springs AR. I'm glad that Skyler didn't bring his breakfast back up after seeing Justin. LOL

katie and josh take one

2008-05-27T11:04:00.000-07:00

This is Katie and Josh trying to put there tent up. They have no tent stakes and one tent post. They had put the post in and found another post but it went to something else. Why I call this take one is because after a few minutes of fooling with the tent Katie desides to go to wal-mart and buy another tent. There so cute together.

Toads of my pond

2008-05-22T13:36:00.000-07:00

These are the toads of my pond. I seen them there the other day. But now there gone. I guess there done doing what they were doing and moved on to another pond. I know I have a frog somewhere but he or she must have been covering it's eyes while the toads were in there. LOL

2008-05-22T13:10:00.000-07:00

This is my new gristmill that my dad made for me. I'm so proud of it. I can go out in my front yard and sit and watch the water pump out on to the wheel and watch it turn. See the fish swim around and watch toads lay eggs all at the same time. I love my water ponds there so cool. I have strawberry plants planted around the side of the pond and blueberry bushes on the outside of the pond. The bad thing about both of them I have to pick all of the flowers off of them both this year and next year it's supposed to make them put out more berry's (I hope) I also have in the middle of my yard bell pepper plants and tomato plants and I don't even like tomatoes. My neighbor loves tomatoes so I mainly grow them for her. This year I'm going to try to can salsa and maybe tomato soup and what ever I can think of to do with tomatoes. If anyone has an suggestions on what else to make with the tomatoes please feel free to let me know. I also am growing squash and melons in milk container's I'm not to sure how they will turn out but I will find out if it works or not. Next year I would like to grow more in my back yard but i will have to keep the dogs pend up and get a tiller. But for now everybody that drives by my house will get to see my garden.

luffa and Gojo

2008-05-22T12:41:00.000-07:00

I want everybody to know that my Luffa (on the top) and My Gojo plants (on the bottom) are very special to me and i hope that i don't kill them. Renee gave me these plants and she said that the luffa will keep me clean and the Gojo will keep me healthy. How I love that Renee she sure looks out for me LOL

2008-05-10T13:22:00.000-07:00

I can't believe that my baby is growing up. This is Josh and Katie on there prom night. I really think that Josh needs a hair cut but you know how kids are ( defiant ) we all used to be a kid at one time.

My First Rag Quilt

2008-04-26T14:20:00.000-07:00

I can't believe how easy this rag quilt really was. I went to a class to learn how to make this . I have been making quilts for a while now , but i had stopped about 5 yrs ago. It's made out of flannel, or you can use homespuns, denim or just about anything that will fray after you cut and wash it.

What I did was cut out 200 pieces of 5 different colors of flannel. That will make enough for the front and the back.

Doug and I

2008-04-26T13:13:00.000-07:00

This is me and Doug. I am 36 and he is 46. I'm not sure why he has all of the gray hair thou I'm the one always doing all of the worrying. Maybe he's just getting gray cause he's OLD . (LOL)
This picture was when we first got together. I was 25 and he was 35. I guess we all have to change somehow or another. I got fat and he got all of the gray. But the bad thing is he can turn his hair back brown in a day and i have to work-out for a year before i lose a pound now thats just not fair.
Today is Saturday April the 26th, Doug left yesterday he decided to just get on his motor cycle and drive to his dads in FL. Doug called me just a few minutes ago and now he wants me to check and see what the weather is going to be. He's so silly I think that he should have done that before he left but he didn't and now it's raining and it's supposed to rain all the way back home. I'm not even sure that he's going to make it to his dads. I just hope that he makes it home alright. You know like i said he's old now, he will really look old when he gets back. He will look like a shriveled up prune if he gets rained on all the way back home. Oh well the ride will be good for him I'm glad that he got out and spent sometime by himself he needed that, we all need that sometime.

Renee's House

2008-04-26T11:41:00.000-07:00

I went to Renee's on 4-19-08. I had called her husband a few days prier to that to let him know i was going to come over , but I wanted to keep it a secret from Renee. I've gotta give it to Jon, he sure put up with a lot of HELL (LOL) with Renee. She would ask him if he wanted to go and do somethings that weekend and he said no he just wanted to stay home. Then out of know where he told her that she should change the sheets on the guest bed and dust in his office. It's so funny cause I knew all along what Jon was doing but Renee didn't. She sure wasn't saying nice things about Jon after he had asked her to clean his office.(LOL) Renee thought that I was going to pass out flowers for Arber Day with the Senors In Action group at the park. I had almost told on myself when I told her that I needed to call some guy to pick up the flowers for me cause I wasn't going to be there. She said well where are you going to be. Oh Shit is what I thought. I said I just couldn't make it there at 9:00 when they were starting. woo oh I thought that she new then. So I had been talking to her on my way and she said where are you going I told her to meet Doug and pick up his truck to get new tires put on, just then Doug called me so I told her I had to go. When I got there Jon was waiting outside for me. He walked in and said Renee you have company. It freaked her out so bad she didn't even know who I was. Her daughter Brianna was having a friend over that day and she thought that it was her mother. She kept looking at me like that doesn't look like her mother it looks like Melinda. It was great I wished I had the camera at that time. I'm so glad that I got to surprise her. Skyler had went with me and both of us really had a good time.

Skyler's Feild Trip

2008-04-15T10:16:00.001-07:00

Skyler dancing on the Tunica River Queen.

My baby's so cute, he just loves getting his picture taken.

This is Skylers 4th grade class at Lake Cormorant Elementary School. We are in Tunica MS at the River Boat park & Museum. ( Skyler is on the wall leaning over between the boy with red hat and the boy with the strap)

Skyler and some of his class mates. ( Skyler in middle blue shirt with strip)

Doug and his boys.

2008-03-22T15:17:00.000-07:00

Back in 1996 June (I believe Fathers Day) sometime. I took this picture of Doug, Douglas and Michael in front of the house. Douglas was 14, Doug was 34 and Michael was 12. Well June 2007 Fathers Day weekend Mike and Douglas came over to visit Doug. I had remembered about the picture I took years before, so I had them get around the same place. It's really strange to see how much they have changed and how much they haven't changed (Like still being skinny) Now in the latest picture Douglas is 25 and has a son of his own ( little Gavin) Doug is 45 and is still the same (LOL) and Michael is 23 and lives in Florida and I'm really not to sure what he does and I'm not to sure he knows either. (LOL) Now it's been another year later since this picture and they all still look the same. I wished that I was still skinny too. Must be nice!

Two love Birds

2008-03-22T14:57:00.000-07:00

This is Joshua's little woman. Why he has a cigarette in his mouth I do not know. I guess these two are in Love so they say. The other picture is Doug and Katie. Doug, Josh and Katie were at the Mississippi river hanging out. Doug and all the kids like to go to the river and hang out,go for a walk or just sit and watch the fire. It's ok if thats what your into.

My fish pond

2008-03-21T10:41:00.000-07:00

Well this is what I and Doug have been working on. These pictures were last summer. Hopefully this summer it will be bigger and better.I really like walking out of my house and seeing this every time. I used to have a clear ball that had a light in it that would float around in the pond. My neighbor Joann asked me what it was for. I told her so if some drunk walked up to the house at night they would see the pond and not fall in. Well at the time I was telling her all of that I had a good buzz going on myself. So I went to reach around my house post to move something and low and behold I fell in. So I new then that that light wasn't going to help some drunk not fall in my pond. Oh ya Joann was still standing there and she thought that it was funny. Now I've been working on my flower bed in front of the house. Took all the bricks out and put posts out to make it higher. It's looking good, when i get it finished i will put that on here too.

Doug and the water tower

2008-03-21T10:09:00.000-07:00

This is why I need to get life insurance on Doug. It was below freezing for a few days and the water tower was leeking water. So Doug had to climb to the top and check it out. I don't think that I would ever want to do his job. He had to break all the ice off the steps on the way up just to see if the electrodes were out. When he got up there he found out that it was the phone wire that had been broke. Now who in the world would ever know that it takes a telephone wire to keep a water tower working. Not me thats for sure. The telephone wire runs a signal to tell the pump to turn on or off.

The Jud-King Family

2007-10-02T20:16:00.000-07:00

Sorry that i don't no what to write but this is my very first time to set this up. Give me a few weeks and i will have it down pat. Thank You