Cookin' with Style

After many long hours creating and perfecting images for H.C. Porter merchandise, our order from Cafepress finally came in earlier this week. We donned some of the new wares (a special T-shirt and a not-so-perfect apron) while we prepared tacos last night.
It brought a whole new meaning to "bringing our work home."


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Making the Grade

After combining the points she earned from answering 3 bonus questions correctly, Lauchlin scored a 99 on Olivia's Chapter 3 test tonight.

Livin' Like Lucy

She's a Super Mom...

A Super Sister...

And, A Super Survivor!


Happy Birthday, Lucy!

All A'board!'

Lauchlin was recently named to the board of directors for Main Street, the organization charged with promoting downtown Vicksburg. Here is the story in The Vicksburg Post. It was strange to see her name in the paper — as her former editor said, "down in the gray as opposed to the big and bold."
It's the first time she's served on a board, and the first time her name has even been on a ballot since Lance Bass campaigned for her to be class favorite in ninth grade (an election she lost).
Now that she has been elected to a three-year term on the Main Street board, we'll have to put in some extra calls for Sir Dance-a-Lot. He will perform on "Dancing With the Stars" again Monday. We're hoping for a good week — like this one...

A Lot Of Oysters, But No Pearl

...at least we hope not!

Lauchlin scored us some vouchers for Ameristar's new restaurant, Pearl's Oyster Bar, and, since Olivia's mom is visiting tonight, we're going to scope out the joint tonight. Any recommendations?

Stuck in Our Heads...

Last Sunday, we did NOTHING but watch TV and movies. Olivia watched "The Onion Movie" twice and can't stop thinking about this one clip whenever she sits down to do some "work" on the computer at school.

Baby Fever!

This weekend was all about the babies as we celebrated the upcoming birth of Baby Linares No. 2 (we, along with the rest of the baby shower crew, are pulling for his name to be Gabriel). Big sister, Victoria Linares, was in tow as her mom, Cortney, opened gifts. Victoria is the cutest, sweetest baby next to Lauchlin's three nieces. Sarah Gray's baby, Peyton, also attended the shower, which only added an extra layer of baby fever for most of us not-yet moms. Having Lauchlin's 5-year-old niece, May, help hand out presents and pick up gift wrap was proof that, after the baby grows up, you can put them to work. And, as she pointed out several times, "Don't I have great manners?!"
The shower was great thanks to the food provided by Lauchlin's mom and all the help we received from Lucy, Katherine and Emily! Below is a slideshow from the day's festivities. Some of the shots are blurry, because Lauchlin didn't realize until later that her camera was set on manual focus. But, through the blur, you can still see how cute Victoria is chasing the blue balloons! Please excuse the random shots that somehow made their way onto the slideshow. Most of them are of Victoria early this summer, as well as some shots of May and Ellen and a couple of Ned and Mary Beth in the pool. We're still figuring out how to use Flickr.