Boys night out

Our monthly Bunco game theme last night was "Dress like your husband" in honor of Father's Day. The pictures were too funny not to post.

Nice, quiet weekend

It seems like for the first weekend since April we had nothing planned this weekend. It was SO nice! The kids went to see their papa and Ms. Debby in the "country" and Jody went diving. Saturday morning, I found myself home alone for the first time in a long time! I made a leisurely trip to Walmart and spent the afternoon sunning by the pool reading my new issue of Guideposts (thanks, Kalynn!). How relaxing.

The kids came home to tell us that Muff (Papa and Debby's dog) had been bitten by a snake and was headed to the vet. That immediately sent me into a panic worrying that one of them could have been bitten, etc. Thank goodness Muff's visit to the vet revealed it was not a snake but a bee to which she had an allergic reaction. I believe she is feeling much better today.

Sunday we had several friends over to swim and grill after church. It was not too hot, due to the storm clouds rolling in. Just as we were finishing home made Ice Cream, the rain began to fall. All of the children and several of the fathers continued to swim, despite the down pour. No thunder or lightning, so we just let them swim. We all got a chuckle though when Lindsey Kate came inside to get her umbrella. We needed the rain So badly.

We've got Bunco tonight. Our theme is "dress like your husband" so it should be funny. I will hopefully post pictures tomorrow.

Ahoy There!

Saturday Afternoon was Micajah's birthday party. We had a real pirate (Thanks Uncle Pablo!) and a map to find buried treasure. The weather was great and a good time was had by all. Here a pictures of the Pirate Cake, the birthday boy and all of the treasure hunters with Captain Red Dog the pirate.

Micajah's birthday was actually on Thursday. About 9:00 Thursday afternoon, he said "If it's really my birthday like you say it is, when are the people coming?" Bless his heart!

2 cake weekend

We had two birthday parties this weekend to go to and I made the cakes for both of them. This one for Jessica's party turned out SO cute, I just had to post a picture of it.

Happy Birthday Micajah

Today is Micajah's 4th Birthday. 4 never looked so good!

We will celebrate Saturday with a Pirate Birthday. All the stuff for the party came in today from Oriental Trading Company. Whoo hoo! It should be lots of fun. Uncle Pablo will premier as Red Dog the Pirate. Named so for the treasure chest emblazened with a red dog on it. It was originally designed to be a beer cooler, but it makes a great treasure chest to be buried in the yard.

I will post pictures of the event on Monday.

Hurricane Season.....oh yeah!

Is it crazy that I love Hurricane season? We stay glued to the weather channel this time of the year. I love a good storm, even though they can be scary.

The first storm of the year came through last night. Tropical Storm Alberto. We woke up this morning to Alberto beating on our windows. It has cleared out for the time being, but we expect rain throughout the day.

Of course, we constantly pray for the safety of those more directly affected by the storms.

Resident Treasure Hunter

Last week we got a frantic phone call from a friend of ours who said his wife lost her engagement ring at the river. He wanted Jody to dive and look for it.

On Saturday, they headed down to the river. After one tank of diving, two sandwiches and an experiment with a penny to check out the river currents, Jody saw it sparkle out of the corner of his eye. There it was, sitting on a rock on the bottom of the river.

Here is a picture of Jody giving the picture back to our overjoyed friend Prissy.

Wedding Photos

I am finally getting around to posting pictures from Marilois & Pablo's wedding. It took us a few days to re-coop and then I was waiting for the pictures from Jody.

The wedding was WONDERFUL! I have laughed to family and said it was quite a "trip". Hee hee! Marilois was gorgeous and the children addendants behaved beautifully. Except for Micajah's run in with some ants, none of the children bailed out, cried or refused to walk. Quite a feat with 9 children under the age of 8. God's hand was certainly in it.

We loved visiting with out of town family, especially Aunt Katharine, Uncle Mike and Baby James. How much he has grown and how smiley he has become. He lit up every room he entered. We also loved seeing Dot & Tom Maier, Dorothy and Sophie Gould. We had been hearing of Sophie for years, and were thrilled to finally meet her. Our kids and she immediately bonded.

Here is a picture of the wedding cake that I made for the wedding. Apparently it was quite a hit. It was quite a labor of love. Maybe we will look back on it with great fondness of my launch into the famous world of cake baking.

Set of Professional cake pans : $200
New oven large enough to hold said cake pans: $1100
Pistachio Extract $100
Baking your sister's wedding cake for "free" : Priceless

Here also is a shot of the kids prior to the wedding.