Happy 50th Emmett and Martha------July 9th

On Sunday, July 17^th, Two-thousand and eleven, a 50^th anniversary celebration was held in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Bridges. After family members gathered for morning services at Dasher Church of Christ, a lunch was held in honor of the couple at the Kinderlou Country Club.

The couple of 50 years received a memory book of their lives together and a lovely picture frame. The frame held a picture of the couple on their wedding day as well as a recent picture.

Included in the memory book are personal letters of memories from each of their sons and daughter as well as one from each of their grandchildren. All of their participation made the book special!

The celebration was hosted by:  Mr.  and Mrs. Winston Bridges, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Bridges, Mr. and Mrs. Todd Bridges and Miss Jenny Lynn Bridges.

Suwannee River 2011

We rented a house on the Suwannee again this year and spent the weekend of July the 4th. We left on Friday and came back on the 5th. Bart, Casey and family joined us late Friday night! Casey and I got up Saturday morning and came to Valdosta and picked up Cayden, it was his parents anniversary so they went out of town for the weekend. He will spend the night with us Saturday night. All of the kids came and visited some time during our stay! It was fun! But the water was very low due to the drought….we had to be really careful!!! The Sante Fe was low also, but not as dangerous as the Suwannee! We were able to travel, but had to go slow in some areas! 

The house we stayed in belongs to people that are new to renting. We did several things that needed to be done around the place…changing light bulbs, etc!!! WB had to fix the shower door, it fell in on him one night…lol!!! I warned him!!!

 

Kylie trying to swim. Isabella loved her float, but Cayden was not to fond of his. Then the two little ones fought over Papa’s phone holder!!! Isabella won this round, she just got it and softly reached over and bonked him on the head with it….didn’t bother him a bit!!! LOL!

Playing, swimming, floating, laughing, enjoying the sun…resting!!!

Kylie was not to sure about going off the swing, so Papa showed her how to do it. Now, now he was smart and grabbed the rope up high….some of us did not do that…just saying! Oh the things we do for those grands!

 

 

Everyone except Cole and Josie left by the 4th, so it was just the four of us. Winston and I love to ride the river! We all rode to the Sante Fe and on the way out  of the river saw 2 manatee’s!

Winston and Cole are the Captains of our vesssel….but so is MamaJ!!! When Cole is not aboard!

Cole just loved the yellow boat in the collage boat. He kept telling us one day he was going to have a boat like that…lol! I told him that if he got a boat like that he would have to lift some weights and get a body like the guy on the boat too……LOL!!! Just saying!!! He laughed! 

Now I had really wanted to go off that swing, but thought it best to wait…so I  did. Just the four of us were there. Cole told me I did not need to do that, I would get hurt…..well, you only live once ! The problem was, I am not strong enough to hold up all this extra baggage that I am hauling around…lol!!! So I kind of had to Fred Flintstone it, if you know what I mean. I nearly drown laughing! And Josie had to try it too, but she just looked so graceful, then she told me she took dance and I will tell ya she probably does not weigh a hundred pounds soak and wet!!!

It was fun and I did jam my toe, Cole was right…but I did it several times and will do it again, maybe!!!

The last day on the water. WB asked what I wanted to do? My answer…..lets go find the Manatee’s!!! And we did….and we were to excited people. In all of the years we have been taking our kids, not one time had we seen those creatures!!! WB is saying, do you see them Jill? Are you getting that picture!!! I had the camera snapping and WB was maneuvering the boat as not to hit one and I am running around the boat snapping pictures. We saw around 17 of them!!! They were on the Sante Fe and with the water so clear and low, they we amazing! I just wanted to swim with them!

 

We decided to get everything cleaned up and load the boat since WB would need to get back home early in the morning! We loaded the boat, got things cleaned up and decided we could be home by 10:00 and sleep in our own bed. Plus, then I would not have to get up real, real early!!! It is the funniest thing, when we are on vacation and it is like the last day…you can see the wheels turning in WB’s head. He is already working….so it is best just to get on home!!! It was a fun, peaceful vacation!

Photography Class

Well, I talked Cayla in to going to a photography class with me. It was very last minute, that is the way we roll! This is going to be a fun class!  The first class was June 16th and the second the 23rd. We do have homework.

Our first assignment was pretty simple. But, it was so stinking hot outside!!! I kept opening the door and seeing what was close I could catch a picture of!!! The pictures that we all turned in were pretty good.  He did ask us to try and act like we did not know anything even if we did. He likes for us to see our progression as the class goes along.

One lady said that all she has is a Barbie camera and her daughter( who is taking the class with her, and talked her into going with her) won’t share hers! LOL  They are so funny!!!

Cayla emailed her pictures to him as she was leaving to go to the second class….and he ragged her about that, we all laughed and she did too!!!

We were supposed to take the pictures during this week if at all possible. I did turn in a couple taken within the last two months and I did confess to it!!! Another lady turned in a couple that her daughter took…lol! And another said she needed to confess on a couple of hers too!!! Even the instructor used a couple of pictures that a previous class had taken!!! We all cracked up! He said that at the next class he was going to put a podium up so we could all just take a moment for confession!

I did good in that I did not adjust my photo’s. Just cropped them as he recommended! He asked that we turn in eight pictures. We all did, next time we only have to do five! Here are the eight I turned in!

 

 

Fun times and a thank-you to Cayla for going and THANK-YOU to everyone who helps keep “Little Man” so she can go. I really liked her pictures that she turned in, they were cute. She has a knack for this!

4-wheeler riding

I always ride on the back of the 4-wheeler with Kylie, to make sure she stays safe…lol! She is so funny. She will ride a minute..stop…look around…decide where she wants to go…then she will talk about this, that and such! She will talk about how Papa needs to get this done and that. Like, move that pile of dirt from over there to here.  Or smooth the road out, or trim that tree limb. One day,  I guess she was frustrated with him and she said, “I am going to be the boss from now on.”  Guess that sums that up!

TV Interview

Well, after talking on the radio yesterday…..a television station is calling, wanting an interview with this farmer that I know!!! LOL!!! Get ur  done!!!

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Isabella

I had the pleasure of keeping Isabella today. Her Mom needed to study.

We went to the barn and visited with Papa for a little while. Then came back home, it is so hot!!!

We played and rocked and ate and changed a few diapers. I put her in the tub and gave her a bath.  I asked her what the dog said. She just looked at me, then I started to bark like a dog and she laughed! No response to  the the cow sound or the cat, but she laughed at the dog bark and tried to bark herself! Too cute!

Then it was time to go to sleep and take a nap, so we rocked and sang “Night Night Baby Go to Sleep”. A song made up by WB. We sang it to all of our kids and now they sing it to theirs and Cole sings it to Molly, his dog…..and she thinks she is part human!!!

Labor Issues

As Isabella and I were visiting with Papa at his barn, yesterday. He received a phone call from Ken Parsons. He was listening to a talk show with Chris Beckham and WB’s name kept coming up as the Labor Department was quoting him from where they had called a few weeks ago. Ken told him he should call Chris, he gave him the number and he called him! I told him to try and be nice!!! LOL! 

He was nice and firm!!! Deland and Bonnie called and asked if he would come and guest preach at their church, because he seemed to be doing a good job of preaching on the radio!!! LOL!!!

Believe me, this is not want he wants to do. But, when someone is interfering with your livelihood you means to make a living….you have to stand up.

Governor Deal said that the paroles should be the ones to pick our crops. Well, that is fine and dandy….if you do not live on your farm. I can throw a softball easy to the field beside my house.

Do you want them that close to your family? Your daughters, your grandbabies??? Does he want them at the Governor’s Mansion??? I am going to ask him, I will assure you…if I get the chance!

Funny Grands

Casey and Cayla and their families came over. WB cooked, he is so good about that…I do the cleaning! After we ate, the girls put the two youngest on the quilt to play.

Miss Isabella was all about taking all of the toys, and they were all Cayden’s. It was so funny, she had this look like she was on a serious mission. But, she also needed time to chew on them. Boy was she busy. If she saw him look at one,  she would crawl over and start hitting at the toy, with her hand, until she got it close to her.

Funny thing is….he did not care one little bit! He would pick one up, chew it and just look at her and smile. He just wanted to look at her and talk and smile! 

Winston was so proud to see the babies and his girls. He has been working so hard and not been able to take time to visit!

Bart and Casey left and went home early. WB went to bed. I stayed up with the night owls! LOL! We  watched some tv and I got some Cayden sugars. Cayla went to sleep -as usual, Ryan has to stay on his night schedule so we stayed up and watched Ice Truckers…until I just had to go to bed!!!

Thanks for taking time to spend a little time with us, we enjoyed it.

WB, the wings were very good!!!