Sunday, July 7, 2013

50 Years

Mr. and Mrs. Leon Givens were joined in Holy Matrimony on May 25, 1963. Fifty years later, their family came together to celebrate with glee!!!
Yes, Mom and Pop Givens have been married for 50 years this year, and even though we wanted to have them a big "sha-bang" they simply didn't want that, so we spent 2 evenings together! Here are the details:
We had dinner at our house Friday night for Betty and Leon and their children, grandchildren, and great-grandson.

We had beautifully decorated tables, complete with fancy "chinet" dinnerware!

And names on the cups were a must!

Publix did a great job on the cake!

We decided we needed a "Groom's Cake" as well! Most of their marriage was spent as owners and operators of Bay Tire, or as Leon said, "Bay Tar!"

We had sparkling white grape juice chilled as well, and said a toast for the happy couple!

The menu: Golden Fried Chicken, Golden Mashed Potatoes, Golden Mac and Cheese, Golden Squash Casserole, Golden Corn on the Cob, and Golden Baked Rolls.

Here's everyone together!

The lovely couple and their cakes!

This is the whole clan, established 1963!

They are blessed enough to have 4 generations together for this occasion!

The next night, we took them out for a casual meal on the Causeway!

Good times and fun were had by all!!!
To God be the Glory for all of their years together!

Nicholas

Hotel Windowsill

The Patriot watching Charlie Daniels!

Playing Legos

LEGOLAND Firefighter

First ever ride!

In the Bull

Crashed at Six Flags

Big brother won me this!
Leaving ATL!!!

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Noah

Monkeying around

Climbing rock walls

Controlling Lego sound effects

Chillin' with Tweety

Comedy Wild West Show Watching

Showing Pepe Le Pew his new basketball while the angry man looks on

In the Skip Caray announcer's booth at Turner Field

With ole Hammering Hank Aaron, who still holds the home run record in our opinion

Ready to Chop with his face painted

Trying to look like a real Tomahawk Chopping Indian!!!

Sporting new hair!

Getting inked

America's Next Top Model posing

Monday, June 10, 2013

Family Shots

World of Coke

Georgia Aquarium

Stone Mountain Park

Six Flags

Zoo

Turner Field---Home Plate

Outside of Turner Field---Gold Parking Lot

Section 221 at Turner Field!!!

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Water

Stone Mountain Park's Geyser Towers

At the Pool

Living the good life

Centennial Olympic Park

Centennial Park

Centennial Park

Back row....Six Flags

Two on the top left....Six Flags

Skull Island.....Six Flags

Derrick's cousin's lake.....Opelika, AL

Sunday, June 2, 2013

School's out for summer!

Well, school's been out for a little over a week now, but we went on a vacation, and I've just now had time for updating the ole blog-world!!! I am so excited to share some photos from vacation, but those will have to wait until another day. For now, check these out!!!
 
I was very proud of this boy! He made perfect attendance for the whole year, he made all A's for the whole year, and he made his reading goals for all year!!! His name was called a few times at awards day! He worked hard for it!

His class (along with the volunteer mom!) enjoyed root beer floats for their end of the year party, complete with straws with umbrellas!!!

Noah's teacher made each child a photo album of their very own memories from the year, and in the back, she wrote a heart felt note for each child. Noah said he almost had tears when he looked at it!

Here's Noah and his sweet teacher! He's certainly going to miss her, but will be forever thankful to have had her!

Another great accomplishment I am pleased to announce is that Noah no longer needs speech therapy!!! After 5 years, we finally heard the words, "he no longer qualifies for speech therapy!!" Woo-hoo Noah!!! After hearing that, I spent that whole day reflecting on our past 5 years. I am writing a short story of all of the events that happened during those years, and milestones that were hit. Mainly I am writing it for Noah, so he'll always have it, but I am also writing it for us, so we'll never forget that God keeps His promises!!!
 
 
We'll be back soon with vacation pictures!!! Happy Summer Everyone!!!