She fought so hard. Just seeing her in January it was amazing to learn about how fast her demise was after that. I miss her terribly. (She’s in the middle of this pic).

1. (2) Book bag (Without rollers) - yes, they need new one. I saw some great, cheap ones at Walmart.
2. (4 total) 2 two-pocket folders (plastic)
3. (4 total) 2 packs of Jumbo crayons (8-color pack)
4. (2 packs) Jumbo markers (8-color pack)
5. (2 packs) Jumbo pencils
6. (2 packs) 1 pack of Expo Markers (these are the ones for writing on white boards)
7. (4 total) 2 pink erasers
8. (2 total) Blunt Metal scissors
9. (4 total) bottles of white school glue
10. (4 total) 2 pencil boxes
11. (8 total) 4 boxes of facial tissue
12. (4 total) 2 rolls of paper towels
13. (4 total) 2 boxes of baby wipes
14. (4 total) 2 large bottles of hand sanitizer gel
15. (2 total) 1 bottle of liquid hand soap
16. (2 total) 1 container of clorox wipes
17. (2 total) bath towels - for rest time
18. (2 each) Ziploc bags - snack size, quart size, 1 gallon size, 2 gallon size
19. (2 each) - pack of paper plates and cups
20. (2 total) - 2 composition notebooks

Now that is the list of supplies that they have to take to school!  Yes, that is a lot of stuff! They have a seperate list for stuff that should be at home, but we have that covered.

I have just finished upgrading the Wordpress version on this site to 2.6 up from 2.2. I had a couple of issues that I am working through, but for the most part, all should be ok!

It was soooo awesome! I really had a great time. I have known most of those girls for around 8 years, and have gotten together with a few of them before. A couple of them it was my first time meeting in person.

The first night we stayed up until after 4:00 talking, dancing and drinking wine. One of us in getting married in Miami in June, so we showed all the white chicks the dances that they will have to do at the wedding (Cupid Shuffle, and Cha Cha slide. LOL!!) Then on Saturday morning we went shopping in Atlantic Station and had lunch. We went back to the townhouse and we all took naps. Then a few of us piled in bed together and told silly stories about penises! LOL.

Saturday night we had reservations at a Moroccan restaurant. We sat on the floor, ate with our hands and watched belly dancing! One of our ladies even participated because she used to belly dance. We stayed too long, ate too much and had too much “Happy Juice”! Then we were off to the Grand Hyatt to listen to a Jazz band for a bit. We went back to the townhouse, snacked and stayed up talking for a bit, but nowhere near as late as the first night!

Sunday morning one of the girls had to catch a flight, so we said goodbye to her, then the rest of us had breakfast together. Then 2 more ladies headed home for their drive to Memphis. The rest of us headed over to my friends BEAUTIFUL huge house in the ATL burbs. A couple of the ladies scooped up their kids that were in the area, and we spent all day playing with them, eating, watching football, nodding on the couch, and talking. And made Laka (my friend with breast cancer) take a nap.

She seems to be doing ok and says that just having all of us there with her actually made her physically feel better. Before we split up on Sunday morning, we all prayed together and cried together and hugged, and hugged! We talked about her, the members that we have lost, and our miracle baby. We have one baby on our board that has a rare disease which name escapes me right now, but she had a transplant last year. She is now 2 and she is doing soooo well when most other kids with her condition have not made it.

We shared clothes, we made up each others faces and shared jewelry. It was sooo wonderful! It was just like getting together with my sisters that I have not seen in a while or something.

It was hysterical to me though. We got 1″ of snow there on Saturday and they shut down everything! canceled the MLK parade, canceled all church services. They were even canceling school and school was not until Tuesday!! That was sooo funny.

There are pictures at: http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj274/cammers_2008/

The girls had bun at the water park. Alexis is my little daredevil taking on a huge water slide all by herself. Kayla is like me, she is scared to do most things.

Recently I did some senior portraits for a friend. They turned out great! She was a really good subject. We also did a play, a 90th birthday celebration, a 30th birthday celebration, and some family portraits. The next few weekends all have something planned as well!

If you want to keep up with us and what we have been up too, check out our business site at http://caincreative.biz.

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I knew her well in high school, but had not spoken to her since. We just had a class reunion on July 28th and she was supposed to come, but did not make it. This is so sad.

My prayers go out to all her family and friends.

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