father's day.

"Any man can be a father but it takes someone special to be a Dad" and this is a fantastic Dad.

celebrating two great dads. daddy, mama, aunt nellie, brandon, troy, me, amy and robin. happy father's day daddy & troy!

-holly

birmingham.

mama, daddy, gail & i headed to bham to welcome the 10th greatgrandchild/great nephew, celebrate haley's birthday and mama arranged a stay at a b&b as a special treat.

tuesday. june 9, cobb lane b&b...

the rose...mama & daddy's room.

gail & i shared the camilla.

supper at macaroni grill celebrating haley's bday...

jerry & gail's son adam, & haley, barrett & baby jace (coming tomorrow).

jerry & gail's son heath, & andrea. we had a full, big table with jerry & gail, boys & families, gail, me, daddy & mama. barrett was the entertainment for the evening and gladly serenaded us with the birthday song and the abc song...more than once, so funny & sweet. he was very well behaved, by the way.

wednesday. june 10

introducing jace addison tipps 7lbs. 5oz. 19". proud parents, adam & haley tipps. proud grandparents, jerry & gail. just as proud...uncle heath, aunt andrea and all us "greats".

waiting to see jace & mommy with gee (granny gail)...

first look...
hmmmmm...this is alot to take in.

taking a break from big brothering to play with "great".

it was a happy, eventful couple of days.

--holly "great"