Birthdays and memories...

These are some old pictures of Cole and his cousin Whitney when they were little.


How time flies! Cole was 5 and Whitney was 3.

These were taken at Mom's cabin one Christmas. Michael was 3, Whitney was 4, and Cole was 6. This is one of my favorite pictures of them.

Whitney and my daughter Christy at one of Christy's pageants at her high school.

Well...guess what? We just had Whitney's 'Sweet 16' Birthday party last week. It is so hard to believe that she is 16 years old! My sister really went all out for her birthday, She rented Skinney's restaurant in Kentwood and had her a party there just for her family. It was the night before her birthday so she didn't suspect a thing! She thought that they were just going out to eat. This was her family party...she did something else the next night for Whitney and all of her friends.

All of her decorations were so pretty.

These are some of her birthday gifts. Her mom made her a scrapbook just of her 16th year.

Whitney Lynn Spears, how did you get to be 16 so fast! Seems like yesterday that you were born! I remember being at the hospital waiting for you to make your entrance! Mamaw Judy has always called you 'Miss. America' so your mama just had to find you a banner and a crown for your special day!

You have grown into such a pretty young lady and so sweet...sorry for calling you a brat when you were little. Shame on me...

Daddy brought Melinda's birthday gift to her. He didn't get to give it to her on her birthday. Melinda collects Amberina glass.

Melinda and her baby girl.

Whitney and her Daddy, Steven. Seems like yesterday whenever Melinda and Steven started dating!

My sister and Whitney.

Daddy gave her a white gold chain to go with a '16' charm that we have passed down for years between us. It started out being mine. Daddy gave it to me when I turned 16 and then I passed it to my little sister, Melinda when she turned 16. Then she passed it to my daughter Christy and now Christy passed it on to Whitney. Daddy was a little shocked that we still had it! We are all kind of sentimental like that....

Daddy and Whitney.

This is the present that I got for her. She loves to sit in bed when she is on her laptop. (I wonder where she gets that from?) I thought it would be perfect for her! Her room is done in black and white zebra stripes and turquoise. She loved it.

Here she is with baby Jason, my grandson.

This is all of us. Whitney, Melinda, me, and Christy. My sister with her daughter and me with mine. We are so blessed.

Me, Whitney, and my friend Stevie.

Me and Mama. I was so glad to see her. I haven't seen her since May at Chase's birthday party.

Hugging mama before I left. She wasn't feeling well and I got emotional. When I'm off next week, I plan on going and visiting mom and spending some good quaility time together. Her birthday is coming up on the 21st. I think that we will have a mother/daughter day to celebrate her upcoming birthday.
Well...I know this was a lot of pictures but I have to post them to share them with my son in Southaven. I didn't have any on here of Garrett and Chase. Those were taken on my disposable camera and I haven't developed them yet.

Thanks for stopping by and sharing these pictures of our family.