Mayes Family Summer/Fall Birthday Celebration

Two weekends ago our family had a BIG Birthday celebration for all the Summer/Fall Birthdays. Growing up we celebrated each birthday individually, but the family is now so large we try and celebrate them by the quarter all grouped together(except for the little kids). This is the biggest group for some reason. We don't have many Winter/Spring birthdays but boy oh boy do we have a lot in the Fall!!! It was so much FUN!!!!

From the left back: John Purviance, Dee Harris (my honey), Hooper, Carolyn Mayes (Nana, my mom), Marla Balard (cousin), Randy Mayes (my brother).

On the front row we have John Aubrey Mayes (Oga, my dad), the gust of honor...Margie Mayes (Ma) ...celebrating 80 great years! Connie Kay Brooks (my aunt) holding Maggie James Ballard who just turned 1, and her sister Kaytie Jane Ballard celebrating #5!

I am so blessed to be a part of such a great family!!!It was such a pretty day we spent most of it outside. Hooper really enjoyed the car.

Just a cute shot I got of Hooper:

Kaytie Jane had to show us her cheers!

What a HAM!

I just wish she wasn't so shy, ha!

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, watch out!

Hooper RUNNING to his Oga!

Evan hates having his picture made and you cannot get him to pose! This is the best I got out of several tries!

I LOVE these shots of Dee!!

I LOVE THIS MAN!!!At Connie Kay and John-John's they have Beagle dogs and of course Hoop LOVED them!

He constantly stayed "on the run."

Is he beautiful or what?

They also had this cool water feature which mezmorized him to no end.

He even figured out how to drink from it. No, it wasn't the cleanest water being outside in a rotating pump, but he was too cute to stop...at least until I got a few shots.

Then he decided to get IN it. Thankfully enough of us were around to stop this disaster before it happened.

Then he figured out where the water came in from...

More drinking. This time Daddy stopped him.

Then he had to show Nana how it worked.

Connie Kay with Maggie. She always takes GREAT pictures! And a GREAT shot of John John too!Just a swingin'

Oga decided to let Hooper swing on the tire horse swing...a first for Hooper.

I think he enjoyed it!

That's the end of our party fun! I still have more Tennesse pictures to post so keep coming back! Have a GREAT day!

Introducing "Joe the Plumber"

Call it political or just plain weird, I just call it fun! Yes for Halloween Hooper went dressed as "Joe the Plumber." Don't give me the credit, I totally stole the idea from the Regis and Kelly show earlier that morning. I was completely drawing a blank this year!! I mean I would literally wake up at night thinking about what he could be. I researched the net, went to all the stores...nothing until the VERY last minute. But I must say, I think it was a HUGE HIT!!!!

We went to our Church Fall Festival last night and had a good time! My Mom, Grandmother (Memaw) and cousin Danae all came up and celebrated with us. Actually we had a garage sale this morning and they came up to babysit Hooper for us and we drug them along with us last night. But there is NO way we could have ever made it without them! Thanks gals!

He even had to hold his plunger on the way to the church. And play Peek-A-Boo behind it.

Hooper was so excited to get inside that he almost out ran Nana.

Boy oh boy did he love his plunger.

Inside the gym he kept "plunging" the gym floor.

Two of my favorite men!

He got to play in the bouncy ball house like at VBS, but he still wasn't sure about it.

But the duck pond he loved!

And the sucker wall...wow! This kid loves a good sucker!

The problem was that he wanted the sucker and not the candy in the bag. I'm still not sure myself of the concept of this game. I think he should have gotten the sucker too!

And he was more impressed with the decorations than the actual "fishing."

This is a blow up pin the tail on the donkey, donkey. I should have been on the other side of the donkey to get a better shot. This just looks weird!

Photo booth!

Here's Hooper with his cousin Danae.

Finally, a game meant for Hooper. The Sampson!

Forget needing help from Dad with lifting the heavy hammer.....

Joe the Plumber can do anything!

Look how strong he is!

And of course, we could not skip the train ride around the carnival.

Memaw and "Joe"

That's it! I hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween!

Now go VOTE!!!!!