THE LUMPKIN FAMILY

May 31, 2009

Oh my goodness! It took lots of planning, creativity, and patience, but Maggie's 1st Birthday party went off without a hitch. Whew! The party was wonderful, we couldn't have imagined it any other way. Soooo many people came to celebrate Maggie's special day, THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE! We were lucky to have lots of helping hands...you know who you are. ; ) Maggie had a great time eating her chocolate cake that Mommy made just for her. I'm sure the pictures make that very clear. It was a ton of fun watching her devour that thing! She is growing so quickly, and becoming smarter, sweeter, and more beautiful every day. There are so many great pictures that I have to create 2 posts to cover it all!

Ellen came to town!

Scott's cousin Ellen Lakie drove down from the Dallas area last weekend to visit her man's family...who happens to live in Spring, TX! YEA! We had a really nice visit with Ellen & Chris at our house. Chris seems like a great guy, he definitely has a great sense of humor. I think he's a keeper Ellen! : ) Hopefully the 3 of us will get up to Dallas soon and visit the entire Lumpkin/Lakie clan.

May 4, 2009

Almost a Year Old!

Maggie is turning 1 on May 28th! We just cannot believe how quickly the time has gone by. She is such a big girl now. : ) Her Birthday party is scheduled for Saturday, May 30th at 1:00pm and we really hope to see everyone there. Invitations went out early for those who might be coming from out-of-town and hopefully everyone received them. We will have cake, drinks (including beer), and food for everyone! Please call or e-mail me if you won't be able to make it...832-607-2633 or tlum09@comcast.net . I will be blogging more later with new photos...I know it's been a while.

April 4, 2009

SCCA in Houston

We went this weekend to watch Uncle and his buddies race. It's always a lot of fun to watch...we wish there were more races in Houston. They set up the track at Gulf Greyhound Park with cones and everyone races for the best time. SCCA (Sports Car Club of America) racing is considered more of a skilled event rather than a sport, according to Uncle. I believe Uncle and Tommy (his racing partner) placed 2nd, although they held 1st place for a long time...you can't win every singe one I guess! Scott's dad came up too, so we all had a great time visiting. This was Maggie's 1st of hopefully many! She did extraordinarily well, didn't seem bothered by the loud cars at all. Here are some of the good photos I managed to capture. Good job guys!

March 30, 2009

Our Sunday in Beaumont

Scott, Maggie, & I met up with Pop & Deborah in Beaumont to visit Grandpa. We had such a great visit! The weather couldn't have been more perfect than it was on Sunday...sunny, breezy, around 70 degrees. Pop & Deborah got in on some good Maggie time, and I can tell that Pop & Maggie are going to be BFF's already. Grandpa was enjoying his usual leisure time in the swing on the front porch. We're glad to report that he's doing really well and hasn't forgotten a single story. We always seem to breeze through the neighborhood to and from Grandpa's house...one of these days we'll take our time and soak up the historical sites that make Beaumont what it is today.

March 22, 2009

Dinner with The Snowden's

The Lumpkin & The Snowden cousins have finally decided to start our own tradition. We will meet a couple of times a month at each other's homes for dinner, drinks, and lots of great cousin bonding. We had our first gathering a week ago in Kingwood, at Michael & Amanda's house. It was a blast! And kudos to Mikey for the excellent grillin'. Scott & Brian played some Guitar Hero...I even got hooked, Noah & Maggie played very nicely together, and the adults got to catch up over some appes & beers. Good times!

March 3, 2009

Spring time

Wow, it has been a long time since we've blogged. There has been soooo much going on in our lives, but nothing exciting to blog about. My grandmother passed away almost 2 weeks ago from liver cancer. She was diagnosed mid January and passed the morning of Feb 18th...it all happened very very fast. Our lives were pretty much consumed with visits to New Ulm, TX to see her and my mom (who was giving her hospice care). I am and always will be thankful for those visits and the time I was able to spend with her. We miss her very much.
On a lighter note, Maggie just turned 9 months old and is such a big girl now. She babbles, crawls, has 2 bottom teeth, & is trying to learn to walk...oh boy, get out the safety locks!
Scott is giving the truck to Rusty (my brother) and taking my grandmother's car at no cost...pretty sweet deal. The car is a '98 Chevy Lumina and has a little over 55k mi on it, has been kept on a pretty regular maintenance schedule at the dealership, and looks like new. It will be a great family car. Thanks again Mom & Dad!
More later...and hopefully some pictures to go along.