JESSICA YELTON

JESSICA YELTON

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Memorial Day

Posting once a month is just not going to cut it. Not sure how to make updating my blog more manageable, but something has to be done to improve updating my posts.

Project 365 is coming along. I'm behind, but then so is Becky Higgins. While she is not that far behind it was nice to know that she is not perfect either. She is however, quite the inspiration. Her blog post on Friday got me motivated to work on updating my Project 365 and trying to catch up.

Yesterday we worked in the yard and managed to plant 4 Hydrangea's, 3 Knock Out rosebushes and several of the pots on the deck. Now if only the rain would stop.

Since today is Memorial Day, I would like to thank all veterans and those four men in my family that have sacrificed many hours (and their lives) to serve our great country. Mitch's father, Rebel, was a career Naval officer and was at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese bombed on Dec. 7th, 1941. My father, Fred, was a career Air Force officer and served in Viet Nam. Mitch, a career Naval officer like his father was blessed by not having to fight in any wars. My brother -in-law, Ron is still serving in the Air Force and is currently the Air Defense Attache' in Brazil. He also did a tour for the 2nd Gulf War. To these wonderful selfless men I give my whole hearted thanks to serving your country and helping to perserve our peace and way of life.

Prom and Birthday

Gee, it sure has been awhile since I posted. My apologies. But I am back with news of prom and my birthday. Both were on Saturday the 25th. The weather was fabulous and very warm. Perfect day to have the girls out in their gowns on the grounds of a lovely historical home site complete with arbors, Gypsy horses, pillars and sunshine.

Prom was held at The Foundry at Puritan Mill. You can check out their website by clicking here. The pre prom meal was at Luckie's Diner which is Brandon Hannon's aunt's restaurant. Tara had the entire upstairs patio reserved for the kids and they had bar tenders, waiters and a DJ for the time they were there. They had a blast.

The picture of the iris are from a bouquet that Matt gave me as a birthday present. They are one of my favorite flowers and proved to be perfect subjects for my Project 365 photo for today, Monday the 27th.

Keith Urban

As many of you know, I'm a huge Keith Urban fan. Imagine my excitement when I opened my email today with a link to ilike and all the new tracks from Keith's new album, Defying Gravity. The new album will be released on March 31st, but you can listen to all the tracks here.




Thanks Keith for the new songs. They sound great.

Weekend in Texas

Meghan and I just returned from a nice long weekend in Texas. We had a wonderful time with Nichole, Adam, Noah and my sister Shelley and her family. Wednesday we visited Waxahatchi and ate lunch at an awesome little tea room. Thursday we took a 3 hour drive to Austin and ate lunch at the best ever Mexican restaurant, Chuey's. We then drove up to Lake LBJ for a great weekend at my sister's lake house. Shelley and Bob recently remodeled their lake house and it's beautiful and so comfortable. The weather was fabulous, low 80's and sunny. If the water had been warmer it would have been perfect. In spite of the cold water we still got in some jet skiing, inner tubing and boating. It was nice to see the kids having fun and getting along together. Noah actually made it through the weekend without falling in the lake. That is an accomplishment.

Here are some photos that I took while on the trip that will go into the Project 365 scrapbook.

Project 365 Photos

As an update to my Project 365, I thought I would show you two of my most recent photos. These both were taken this week. In fact one was taken just tonight. Hope you enjoy them.

The moon photo was done Tuesday night after we went to Jessica's concert. I had the tripod set up in the middle of the street. It was fun.

The sunset was taken tonight. I drove all around town trying to find a good place to take a shot of the sunset. Guess I did okay, but would have liked it better if there were no power lines in the way. Maybe since it's so colorful you won't notice.

Have a great Friday.

Snow, Birthday and Toilet Paper

Huh? The last 3 days in our house have been very busy and interesting. Sunday we had about 3 inches of snow here in the middle of Georgia. The snowflakes were huge and came down fast. Snow is not something you see very often here in Georgia, much less large snowflakes. It was really beautiful. Mitch and I took the dog out on the golf cart and had a nice drive around the golf course. We threw a few snowballs and took some photos.

Monday was Jessica's 17th birthday. She is growing into such a lovely young woman. Before I know it she'll be off to college and we'll only have Meghan at home to keep us company. Jessica's boyfriend Brandon came over for dinner and we had a nice evening complete with Jessica's favorite meal of London Broil, baked potatoes and Delicious Salad (that's the actual recipe name). The cake was chocolate, complete with raspberry sauce. Yummy.

This morning dawned sunny and bright but with a big surprise. Some of the seniors from McIntosh had decided to toilet paper our house. I must say, they did a great job. They used at lease 12 rolls of toilet paper and stuck plastic forks in the grass. The driveway was covered with dog food and lots of words written with shaving cream. Fortunately, they did not get any on Jessica's car roof or paint. Shaving cream will eat away the paint on your car in no time. Some things you just know from experience. At least the little antics provided some good laughs this morning. Enjoy the photos.