Peek A Boo Pattern: Little Gentleman Tie

My brother in law recently wed his beloved and I, of course, made dresses for the girls.

 The older boys went 'shirt and tie' shopping...

 ...and I wanted to make ties for the younger boys with a coordinating fabric that would help tie everything together.  I found this fabulous pattern at Peek A Boo Pattern Shop
Loving these sharp ties from Amy Hindman's pattern Little Gentleman Tie.

Molly's Shiny New Smile

June 4, 2015... Sweet Molly... She has entered a brave new world... lol.  Molly was born with no permanent bilateral incisors (the teeth on either side of the big teeth) on the top.  When her baby teeth there fell out, her permanent canines turned and moved into those spots and her baby canines never fell out.  At least not yet... they will eventually... so we all decided it was better to have all of this taken care of now (when she's still at home, insured and not married, pregnant, taking care of babies, etc...)  So the plan is to pull those baby canines, move the permanent canines over where they belong and then have implants for the bilateral incisors.  Last week she had expanders put in and yesterday the expanders were removed and braces were installed (?).  Next month the baby canines come out and the real 'move these teeth' dance begins.  Dr. Johnston thinks it will be a two year process.  Molly, full of fun and humor (as always) said "Well, at least you know I won't get getting married for at least two years!" LOL

Many thanks to Dr. Johnston of Johnston Orthodontics and his fabulous staff!!

Andy and Missy... sittin' in a tree...

Tony's brother Andy finally found his other half!  Missy is a delightful addition to the Looney Lewis Family!  LOL  They got married last weekend in a beautiful state park lodge.  It was a lovely and perfect 'Andy & Missy' wedding!

These are all from a quick photo shoot at Grandmother's house before we left for the wedding...

The closest I have to 'twins'....

My redhaired ones...

Sam, Caleb and Luke... all grown up...

MaryVance and Sam

Sam and Molly

My stairsteps are all messy now!  LOL

The rest of these are from the wedding... MaryVance was on camera duty so if you see lots of pictures of our children holding 'babies', you will know why!

See... don't say I didn't warn you!  Molly and Gavin (nephew of Missy)

Emma, Gavin's twin sister, with Sam

Gavin and Isaac

Emma and Elijah

Emma, Elijah, Gavin, Isaac

Oh, yeah, there was a wedding too!   Lovely cake made by Tony and Andy's sister Mandy!

Oh look!  It's Emma again... with Isaac :)

Boy believes his Mama when she said 'You better not get food on that tie!' LOL

Nehemiah and Isaac, in the background is Grandmother and Judy's long-time friends, DeAnn and Tim.

Emma and Molly, looking at puppy pics on Molly's phone.

Gavin and Luke

The wedding was so wonderful, just perfect for Andy & Missy!  It was so wonderful to meet her family and we really enjoyed spending time with Gavin and Emma! 

Tennessee in the Spring

Last weekend we went over to Tennessee for a quick visit.  We drove to my hometown for a few days and then over to Tony's hometown for a few days and for *The Wedding* (pics to follow in new post).

Camping at my Daddy's house... under the big pecan tree that I played in as a child!

Sam teaching Nehemiah all about staking a tent... love to see my bigs teaching my littles all about life...

The Big Green Tent... Parents and Poikas.  It was such a Perfect weekend for camping, the best we can remember... the weather was wonderful, the whippoorwills serenaded us all night... until the coyotes stopped by for a quick chorus.

The "Big Kids" tent... lol...

The Poikas and cousin Jacob

Isaac, Joseph, Jacob, Nehemiah and Elijah

Jacob, only sister's only child... he and Elijah were both born in 2002.

And 'the gangs all here'... Mama and Steve came by Daddy's for a visit.

Me and My Sissy :)  I waited nine and a half long years for her and was delighted to finally get my own real-life baby doll!!

Just another fun day in LaraLewisLand!

Shiloh and McKenna and the Massive Barbie House!

Trampoline Fun!  Isaac, Joseph, Creed, Jadon

Sabre, The Man

Look!  Jireh lost another tooth!!

Sister Fun!  Jireh, Shiloh and McKenna

The Dudes.  Hanging out.  Joseph, Jadon and Elijah

Serious conversation, much?  The Dynamic Trio joined by Isaac

Best Buddies:  Nehemiah and Creed

Chow Time!  Expertly grilled burgers by Zach (of course) and all the trimmings.

Luke and Sabre

Bristol sneaking in some snuggling with her favorite "Mr. Tony"

Carese, never one to miss out on a little snuggling too!!  Sandwiched between Sam and Molly.

Bristol watching soccer on TV with Caleb, Sabre teaching Luke how to operate his electronics!

Think Luke is getting the hang of it?

Now it's time for Electronic Lessons with Sabre for Isaac and Elijah.

Soccer on tv entertains some (Elijah and Zach) ... lol... but not Isaac and Sabre.

Nice of Bristol to share her chips and dip with Jadon and Caleb.

Trampoline fun... Elijah, Isaac, Joseph... and Jadon?

And now it's time for some badmitton... Team Zach/Ameris vs. Team Moriah/MaryVance

And now Sam rotates in.

Whomp!

Caleb and the Wee Crew:  Sabre, Bristol and Jireh

Caleb and Sam... Luke and Ameris... wonder who won?

Go Moriah!!

And now volleyball... Wow, MaryVance, what a return!!

The Munchkin Crew!  Sabre, Bristol, Nehemiah, Jireh and Shiloh.

Sweet friends... MaryVance and Moriah

"Mom, why do we have to do Algebra today?!" Ameris and Sam

Sam, "Ameris, hold your hand like this and she will stop taking pictures!"  Ameris, "Sam, it's not working..."

Hot and sweaty is proof of a day well played... Bristol and Luke!