Here are some of the pictures we had taken yesterday by Jeri Ann Dean in Augusta. Jeri did an amazing job, so if you are ever looking for a photographer just leave me a comment to let me know and I’ll email you her contact information, or you can find her on Facebook and her blog. Check out the pictures:
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Nine years ago today, the most amazing and beautiful lady changed the story of my life with two small words, “I Do!”
Those two words sealed into history a love that’s never ending; even when we’ve felt like letting go, the love that we share held us together. I can’t count the stupid decisions I’ve made in my life and all of the wrong choices I’ve made, but one thing is certain and one thing is clear, asking Nicki to marry me was the best decision I have ever made, and at least I can always say I did one thing right! Our story has changed in many ways over the last nine years, together God’s blessed us with three amazing children who have taught us to love deeper and in ways we had never experienced. I am thankful God put our paths together all those years ago, and that today is just a reminder that we’ve just begun and that there are many pages to our story that has yet to be written.
Nicki, you are the greatest wife a man could ask for. Thank you for sharing the last nine years of life with me and for being a great mother to our children. I know you do a lot every week (college, your purse business, 3 kids, working at Cudos on the weekend, cleaning the house during the day, cooking dinner, helping me etc, etc, etc…….) but what is more impressive to me is that you do not complain and you do it with a personal sacrifice unmatched by many women. Thank you for doing all that you do selflessly. I look forward to next chapters of our story together 
Happy 9th Anniversary! I love you.
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Our middle son, Tristan, turns 3 today. Here are some pictures of Tristan over the years in celebration of his birthday:
(Click on the images to enlarge them!)
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Hailey is one today! Wow, I cannot believe how quick this last year has been. Hailey is the baby of the three, but she is not a baby any more. She’s climbing, walking, and growing up quick. Here are some pictures of Hailey, click on the Thumbnails to enlarge them. Happy Birthday Hailey!
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Nicki found these video clips from Gavin the other day on her digital camera. I combined the two for Gavin’s first episode of G TV. Apparently, when we are not around he feels liberated to video whatever is on his mind. This may be fun in years to come?! 
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I’m headed to Waycross, GA this evening with the family for a weekend get away to visit some of my mom’s side of the family. We are going to celebrate yy Uncle Charles’ birthday. He is getting up in age and is the last of my Grandma’s siblings alive. My Grandma died in 1997 and since her death, we have not seen much of her family.
When I think of going to Waycross, a lot of memories come rushing back to me. We visited there often when I was younger and some things just happen to be a big deal when you are a child. Here are some of those precious memories of mine:
and the Holiday Inn was the nicest motel you could stay in. Typically, I would fall asleep in the car and as we arrived I would wake up and see the big green sign and palm trees at the edge of the parking lot with a marquee sign advertising free HBO. I didn’t care about HBO, because this Holiday Inn had the Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed (in some rooms) and all my sister and I could ever wish for was to get the room with the ‘vibrating bed.’ Although we loved our family very much, the vibrating bed was the highlight of our trip! He’s my Grandma’s only sibling still alive.All that to say, I can’t wait to go and visit with the family. I hope my kids have as much fun visiting Waycross as we did when I was younger!
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Happy Mother’s Day Nicki, you are the greatest mom our kids could ever ask for and an amazing wife to me! I love you!
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Happy Mother’s Day Mom. I love you!
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Thank you, to everyone who has been praying for my Grandpa Carnes, who fell down his basement steps last Thursday night (April 23) and broke his neck.
I went to visit him in the ICU on Saturday in Atlanta. He looked a lot better than what I was expecting. I was thinking he would be bruised up pretty bad, looking as if he just came out of a fight with Rocky…and lost. He did have a huge gash in his head, beginning at the crown and going down towards his neck. It was split open pretty bad in the fall, so bad it required staples to close it up. I did not see bruises anywhere. Besides his head and his neck the only visible sign of damage that I could see was his hand wrapped in gauze from where he banged it up pretty bad.
In total he fell down 20 steps to the bottom concrete floor. One step is completely broken from the impact while the bottom step is covered in blood from his head. I believe they are going to be boarding that door up or padlocking it shut. Yesterday, the doctor gave a better than expected report. It is a total miracle that he is alive, much less that he did not break anything else in the fall. If the break was one space higher, he would have been paralyzed, or he would have required a trach to breathe the rest of his life. They are not going to do surgery (most likely due to age), rather they are going to leave him in the neck brace to heal and issue him a walker to prevent him from falling and doing more damage. The area that is broken is still very dangerous, if it fractures any further and cuts the spinal cord, he still could be paralyzed. He will still be in the hospital to recover for a little while, it will be interesting to see if he obeys the doctor and uses the walker when they let him go home. As for now, I believe they still have him in ICU.
Please continue to pray for him and for my Grandma. It is already difficult caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease, but now, she has to keep very close tabs on him and help him prevent any additional damage to his head and neck area. I’ll update you all here on the blog if anything changes.
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Granpa, Center; Dad (Tim Carnes), rear center; Harley Carnes (Uncle), right; Kevin Carnes (Uncle), left
If you would take a moment out of your day to stop and pray for my Grandpa, Jack Carnes. He has Alzheimer’s Disease and was walking down a set of steep stairs to his basement last night and fell. I am not sure how far up he was, but in the fall he broke his neck. He is currently in ICU in Covington, GA Atlanta, GA. My dad sent me a text this morning telling me that they are deciding when to operate. His neck was broken in the same spot where actor Christopher Reeves’ neck was broke. Fortunately, his neck did not fracture all the way through and as long as it can be maintained and the spinal cord is not cut, he should not face any paralysis from this. However, my grandpa is over 80 years old and has Alzheimers, so this is not going to be an easy surgery or recovery for him or for my Grandma. Fortunately, my uncle Kevin, lives with them and is able to assist her.
My Grandpa is a great and godly man. He is however hard headed, that’s probably why he was walking down the steps when he shouldn’t have been. If he makes a full recovery from this accident, it will not stop him. If he were a car he would have one gear, Drive. I guess that’s what’s kept him going all of these years!
Thank you very much for your prayers for him!
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