A's 16th Birthday

This was a fun party for A's 16th birthday. He had several of his "old" friends here this year because of Hurricane Gustav.

These were our first evacuees (The Martin Family and pets - a dog, 2 cats, 2 birds, a rat and a bunny) - they arrived early Sunday Morning. This photo is when they left - see the happy smiles -hmm was that because they were leaving or because they had such a great time?

Hurricane Gustav

HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HERE??

Well we had a great time with everyone who came up for Gustav - I hope that everyone can return soon for a real vacation.

S and His Cake

As hard as he tried he just couldn't finish his cake!

G and His Cake

G couldn't decide on a theme for his cake so he just got a generic Happy Birthday.

S and G's Birthday Party

We had S's 6th and G's 8th Birthday Party a little late on July 17 at my parents' house.

Our Dam Outing

The older boys had a merit badge college Florence so we decided to all go and spend the night - the hotel was right on the dam - so this was our "dam vacation" we stayed in the dam hotel and ate at the dam restaurant in the hotel - DH and my dad had a field day... just a side note - when we were at the library the week after S pulled some rocks out of his jacket pocket. He was so excited and he announced he found his ... dam rocks in his pocket.








The restaurant was so bad - every glass they brought out was dirty and the food was less than expected... If you ever go - don't eat at the dam restaurant.




The pattern the ice made was so pretty I had to take a picture.