Wedding Pictures

Hey Yall! I told you I would be back. I am amazed that blogger actually let me upload all these pic's. My wonderful, talented brother Tommy took these pictures for us. We are still going through the photographers pictures and I will share some of those with you. These pictures begin with the rehearsal and goes through the rehearsal dinner and wedding and then the reception. These are just a few of the many pic's we have so far. Hope you enjoy them!

New Family Member!!!!

Hey Yall! I just had to introduce you to our newest family member, Bailey! His parents are Maggie and Ben and he has a big brother, Jackson who he looks an awful lot like already! Big Brother is not sure he really likes little brother, but I predict they will be best buddies. Grandmother Vickie is helping out and I know enjoying every minute of it!

Can't wait to hold Bailey and smell some new baby! And get some good neck sugar....you know what I mean!

Talk to you later!

A Wedding!

Hey Yall! Frannycakes has been having some blogger problems with photo uploads. Sorry it has taken me so long to post pictures. I have uploaded one pic with this post and will upload more later. Hopefully my problem has been fixed.

Chris and Linley are married! Linley was a beautiful bride and Chris was a handsome groom. And contrary to predictions, he was calm, cool and collected. Everyone was. And everything was just perfect. The reception was so much fun and the dancing continued until 12. Sunday morning, everyone was invited to a local restaurant for breakfast and there were over 40 people there. The Newlyweds joined everyone for breakfast and got to say goodbye to family and friends. Mr. Frannycakes and I then joined Chris and Linley over at her parents home. They had bunches of gifts to open and it was like Christmas! They are so thankful for everything they received. Linley can't wait to start using her new things and cooking! We left to go home after opening presents.

They went to St. Lucia for their honeymoon. They loved it and said that an all-inclusive resort is the way to go! They got home last weekend and have been moving their gifts and her things to the condo in Raleigh to get ready for the movers......MOVERS???????? WHAT???????? Chris and Linley got a great wedding present on Wednesday before their wedding. He accepted a job in Alabama!!!!!!!! Yes!!!!!!! He got a great offer and starts his job next week. They are headed that way today and hopefully will be able to find a place to live fast so Chris won't be living in a hotel too long. Linley will be looking for a job as a Speech Therapist and hopefully she will find just what type of position she wants. We are very proud of both of them.

I know that was a very condensed version, but hopefully the pictures I post next fill in some of the blanks. Please feel free to send me a question if I have left anything out. I do have a few more tales to tell.....just give me a little time.....

Talk to you later!

Surprise.....An Actual Update!

Hey yall! Yep, I am still alive and kicking...okay, not really kicking, but I do move every now and then. Life seems to be happening at a rapid pace and then life seems to be at a standstill. Ya know what I mean? I will go into a little more detail after I tell you why I am coming out of blog coma.....

Yesterday, Mr. Frannycakes and I went to Wally World to pick up some snack stuff for him to take to work. Usually he just leaves me a list or calls me with a list of things he wants because he generally tends to avoid the Walmart like the plaque. But yesterday while we were eating dinner he mentioned that we should go to Walmart together and get his stuff......more on that below...... ANYWAY........we were in the back of the store and there was a young couple with a little boy in the cart. They caught my eye because the little boy said, "Right daddy" like Chris used to say 4,298 times a day. So I smiled as they walked on and then....I looked down at the daddy's legs.....he had on shorts and sandals.....AND an ankle bracelet! Not the kind of ankle bracelet that you get at the jewelry store......the kind that the Po Po put on you when they want to know where you are at all times!!!!! Mr. Frannycakes response after I grabbed him and made him look was "I think I would be wearing long pants". I guess I was kind of shocked that he would want to advertise the fact that he had even been that up close and personal with the Po Po. I am just saying that if I ever get one you won't see me at the Wally World with shorts on. Come to think of it, you won't ever see me there with shorts on anyway! Yall may see this every day, but this was a first for me!

Why did Mr. Frannycakes want to go to the Walmart? So he could drive his new car! He has a new car and I have yet to take a picture of him in his little red convertible. But I will take it this afternoon, so be sure and check back tomorrow and I will post it just for you.

Lots of things going on really soon around the Frannycakes house.....Christopher and Linley are getting married in just 10 days!!!!! We are so excited! They have been together 5 years and engaged for 2. It has been a long time coming and I am glad we are finally coming up on the big day.

Jamie and Lesley and Grace Darling are coming sometime this week. They haven't been here since Christmas. Hurry up and get here! Weezie wants to see Grace Darling!

I guess I should close and get the yard ready to mow.

Talk to you soon!

Graduation Celebration!

Hey Yall! Big celebrations in the Jackson Family! We traveled to Raleigh last weekend to celebrate Christopher's graduation from North Carolina State University! We are so proud of him!

Thursday night we all piled into two cars and headed downtown to Woody's which is a sports bar restaurant that according to Chris has the best wings. They have about 8294 big screen tv's on the wall showing different sports. The guys were particularly interested in watching a basketball tournament. Sorry, you can probably tell I am not a sports watcher because I don't even know who was playing. We made plans to go while the game was on, you know, so we wouldn't have to talk and converse..... Imagine our shock when we were told that they did not allow any basketball games to be shown on the tv's! What? Surely this was a joke! They beg, they pleaded, they talked to the owner. No. No basketball game would be shown. So if you are ever in Raleigh and you want wings to eat and you want to watch a basketball game while you eat said wings, do not, I repeat NO NOT GO TO WOODY'S. The wings turned out to be good though.

Julianne's friend and my second daughter Angie, or Angie Pangie as I like to call her, came for a few days to celebrate with us. She is the one in the picture of Jamie and Chris torturing someone!

We really had a good time, well, except for the game thing, which was the reason we went there.

Linley's Graduation

Hey Yall! This weekend we traveled to Cullowhee, North Carolina to celebrate Linley Shea's graduation from Western Carolina University. She received her Masters and will be a Speech Pathologist. (Please correct me Linley if I am wrong!) Cullowhee is a beauiful town which mostly consists of the college. The whole area up there was just beautiful. It was so nice to get to see Linley's parents, grandmother and brother. Linley, we are sooooooo proud of you and can't wait for you to become a "legal" member of our family in July! I said legal because you are already a member of our family in our hearts. We love you and are very proud of you!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day Mom! I love you!

Happy Mother's Day!

Hey Yall! Happy Mother's Day! I hope you all have been pampered and waited on all day! It has been quite here in Frannyland. I did sleep late and it was glorious. Thanks Mr. Frannycakes!

I just wanted to post a picture of my heartstrings along with the furry child and grandchildren. It was hard to get a picture with everyone and the dogs. Chris had his wisdom teeth out two days before this picture was taken and this was the only one that had him smiling. We were taking pictures for out Christmas card and this was one of 2845 we took.

I love yall!