Summer is finally here!

I think I skipped a Friday with all the ruccous going on in the last week of school. I also took down the whole darn Gardner page thinking it wasn't worth my time. But I decided to go ahead and continue it because I enjoy doing it. So, to get caught up......

Had a big pool party end of the year/start of the summer blow out at Keith and Angela's new house. We had a good time. I always like watching the guys get together and reminisce and toast each other. It's a rare occasion to see them sentimental and it's always entertaining when it happens.


School ended (thank God) on May 25. We left the very next day going to Dad and Ina's for the luau celebration. We had a great time swimming and lazing around the pool and enjoyed dad's terrific grilling. It was nice spending time with everyone there. We talked about old times and new times and got lots of ideas for things we want to do to our back yard so that we can relax like that all the time hehehe. We came home that Sunday and I got a speeding ticket on the way back home :( I was doing 85 in a 70 in Tuscaloosa - gonna cost me about $131. We got home and grilled out on our own for Memorial Day. (Rusty made some killer grilled shrimp!) Mickey and John ended up coming by to talk about planning a deep sea fishing trip and we enjoyed visiting with them too. We're hoping to go deep sea fishing in late June or early July. The day after Memorial Day me and the kids took off to the lakehouse for some more sun and fun. I always like to "wash away the school year" in the lake as soon as I can get there hehehe. Had a great time there, got some shrimp from the Landings. Guess I'm having a shrimp thing these days. I got to read an entire book and started on another one. We missed Rusty and wished he could have come too. But I enjoyed getting to see my family I never see. Mom and Pat quit smoking the whole time that I was there and they darn well better keep it up after this week! Here's a great lake/jet ski pic:


Kid update: Tyler passed 8th grade thank goodness, but grades were nothing to brag about. But at least he did not have an F in anything. 2nd blood tests show he is still having the jaundice and we go to a specialist next week. We got him a cell phone which he immediately put to use and racked up over 1000 text messages in the first week. (We have them free first month, but he knows he's got to cut that out after that......we will see how that turns out.) Tanner made good grades and only missed the honor roll by one grade! He was one point away from a B in math. But he did get a perfect attendance award and an award for being in the top 10 Accelerated Readers in all of K-3rd grade. I was proud of him! He also lost a tooth last week. He also completed his very first video game all by himself - as in, he made it to the end and defeated the whole Polar Express game. He was surprised and proud of himself.

We are still at the lake as I make this post, but I am going home tomorrow. Kids are going to stay a few extra days. Rusty and I celebrate our 15th anniversary today, so this weekend we are going to take some time to ourselves and stay at one of the local casino hotels. We get to get away, but not blow a bunch of money on gas hehehe.
Next week will be my first week at home for the summer. I already can feel that summer is not going to last very long. But we're going to milk it for every second worth of freedom and fun that we can get!
Until next time.............