Channeling Your Inner Red-Neck

July is a pretty important month around these here parts...

First of all there are many birthdays in July:
In the Huffman clan there's:
~Van
~Kenyan
~Their cousin, Cash
~His mom, Jill
~Grandma Sue
and my sister(-in-law), Danielle also has a birthday in July!
(More on this event later...)

It is also our Nation's birthday~Independence Day:

AND it is the Annual Red Neck Party at Tomo and Shelah's house! Best fun ever!!! You never know what someone will show up wearing! Thrift stores and Walmart are prominently on display!

Last year, Ava and her Mimi (Lori) had just arrived for a visit...we channeled our red-neck inner-selves and ended up looking like this:

Yeah, Jersey shore white trash and biker grandma...

This year, we did it again! With a new twist of course!

It really was the best of all worlds: the weather was gorgeous, the atmosphere was perfect, and the company was fun, and the costumes clever and hysterical...

We really did have a great-grandmother who dressed just like this:

 Granny and her house dress...wish you could see her bright white sneakers!

And yeah, that is a big ol' skillet of chili cookin' o'er the fiar...

 Coyote Ugly (and tubby) Auntie Mae

Daisy Duke (she's a tough broad~picking fights with random people)

Yup, that thar is El Cholo: the toughest 5 month old around!

Here he is with his Aunt Dolly and Cousin Hayseed

Nothin' lak bean with tha family.....

Classic summer fun...

Don't mess with this mama!

Being the life of the party, can be sooooo....

 ...exhausting!

Disturbing and creepy..random hair hanging around,

but Teag didn't seem to mind!

Hey...what do you call a redneck cafe?...........The  Truck-Bed Bar n Grill

Mikey changed outfits about every half hour or so...

...until finally he came out as Mr Miami Vice...yeah, the '80s called and want their clothes back...

A perfect day!

Y'all Come Back, Ya Hear!

Three's Company

Yesterday was a big day for Master Dante: his Auntie Brianna and Cousin Ava met him for the first time and his Auntie Greta came up for her second visit... He was Mister Popularity and smiled on cue as he was cuddled and ooo-ed and awed over.

Auntie Brianna

Auntie Greta

Cousin Ava

Auntie Bri hand-sewed this adorable turtle for Dante. And he loved it immediately! (So did the rest of us~I want one in crimson red!)

Did I mention how popular Dante was: the paparazzi was going crazy but he was calm, cool, and collected: smiling and cuddling like the star he is!

Especially popular is Dante's wonderful head of hair~it's irresistable: you have to run your fingers through it!!!

I am sure Danielle is loving having her sisters here for a visit and Ava is staying with us for the summer and is looking forward to more visits with her newest cousin.


As for me, I loved seeing the joy and excitement of J&D sharing off their little love-bug. And I made sure to snag a cuddle or two myself when I wasn't snapping pictures!

Slumber Party

A couple weeks ago, we had the privilege and fun of having Teagan, Kenyan, and Van all come spend the night here!
It was so much fun! The kids were great! Everyone (except me) slept in Gramma Cindy's huge bedroom, so they could all be together. It was so cute! And brings me such joy!!!

Philosophy

Auntie Tiffy got Dante this onsie and we all love it! Plus these pictures make it look as though he is walking. He isn't but he is standing on his own! What a cutie!

Right now, at nearly 5 months, I believe his philosophy is fairly simple: eat, sleep, poop. I am considering making this my philosophy a well!

Father's Day

I feel so blessed to know that my nieces and nephews are being raised by such wonderful men/fathers. It was delightful to spend time honoring my brothers yesterday...as well as spending time with my sisters, niece, nephew, and mom.