Happy Birthday Mark!

Happy Birthday Mark--Here is your very personal Alabama cake--made especially by a UT fan! Please see Ms. Kellee King for other kinds & flavors!


She did do a good job, especially considering that she is a UT fan!

The boys are all here! Evan-8th grade, Seth-6th grade, Kyle-3rd grade and Mark.
Kyle did a great job of making personalized wrapping paper for Mark's Bear Bryant (semi) hounds-tooth boxers. It said "Roll Tied" and "from Bear Brint". Sounds like a U of A graduate to me! LOL! It was really sweet & I think Mark likes the wrapping paper as well as the boxers!

The woman responsible for the great meal--fried oysters--yum!!! Please note her very appropriate T-shirt!


Starting the line for all of the good food!



Good times, great food!!!

Mentone, AL-Dad and Son--aka Mark & Seth

Barry & Stacye Brown

Mentone, AL--This is still a draft version, but the pix are here!!

The 6th grade trip to Mentone AL. It is called Nature's Classroom & the weather was great... (Jimmy Buffett song--"The Weather is Here, I Wish You were Beautiful". I guess that would be another story LOL!)

Our fearless leaders--Ms. Kathy Paul and Mr. Shields Templeton!!!

Below-Mr "T" being surrounded by his students...





What a very cute boy that is in the picture below--wonder who the parents of that one could be???!!! :)

How to Make an American Quilt

After watching the movie "How to Make an American Quilt", it reminded me of one those remnants of memories I have from being very young. I remember seeing a quilt hanging from the ceiling of my grandmother's house and people doing the quilting part of it. It was memorable to see everyone sitting around there and starting from the center and working their way to the edges. This could have been one of those I watched being made.

If you will look to the left bottom you will see where you can now even see through it because of the holes where it has been worn out. I don't think some of my relatives understand why I want these quilts more than the newer "prettier" ones.



There is something about it being hand made by many different women working together. I remember my great-grandmother Putman sitting there at least on one occasion. She was born before 1900 and gave birth to a 14 pound baby BEFORE EPIDURALS--and survived... she wasn't a big lady and was only about 14 or 15 years old. WOW...

Look at all of the stitches needed for the one above... --then came the quilting stitches... Lots of dedication and patience.

Another one with lots of wear and tear from the ages.

This is one that my Mom made for Mark and me. Our names are on the two corners.
This is Seth's quilt. His favorite color was yellow growing up. He pronounced it "lellow" as he couldn't pronounce his "Y" sound.




This is my favorite newer one. I like the donkeys-or jack a$$'s you might say! There is one for each just for each of the males in my family...ha! ha! (You know that there isn't one for me... :) )