Roger's 70th Birthday Surprise!

Jeff's sister Robin planned a 70th bday party for Roger. It was at Helen Fitzgerald's Pub where she works. He thought he was helping her put together the dance floor. But no, we all yelled, "Hullo" when he came in. That was one of his favorite sayings followed by DUH!! He says he was surprised. He sure had a good time, we all did!! Here he comes with his cart ready to go to work!!

Roger and Marge with the grandkids. Nick and Steve in the back are there "adopted" grandsons and Sean is missing b/c he is on a cruise. (Poor Sean!!)

Blowing out the candles before we dug into this awesome cake...strawberries in the middle, YUMMY!

Roger, Jeff and Shayne. Great 3 generation picture. I think Shayne will be surpassing them both in height very soon!!

Roger and his kids (minus Jason) with his Momma, Grandma Horton.

It was great seeing lots of friends and family. I think Roger enjoyed his special Day!! Happy Birthday Roger!!

$7400.00

Almost to our destination of Dauphin Island, AL we had an accident. Rear ended while we were turning into a Hardee's restaraunt. Luckily we weren't severely injured. Some back and neck soreness that seems to be getting better everyday. Found out today that the damage was $7400.00 YIKES!! Thank God that the other guys insurance is covering everything. Now we're driving a Kia Sorento for a few weeks. Trying to be patient. Pray that the insurance company will be able to transport our car back and we won't have to drive back down to Mobile, AL to pick it up. That's what we're hoping for.

We headed to Spring Hill College in Mobile, AL this weekend. Our weekend didn't start out great, more on that later but ended perfectly. Our nephew Sean graduated from college (which is really not possible, he was just born). We proud of you Sean!! Here we are with the handsome graduate!

The graduate with is family on the deck of the house in Dauphin Island. Great place to go to btw if you enjoy the beach and don't need to do a lot of shopping or sight seeing. It's a 6 mile island with white sandy beaches.

Sunset on the beach. Later that night we stood on the beach and watched a beautiful sky full of stars. I actually saw a shooting star. We were messing with the poor crabs on the beach at night. Shayne spent every moment available in the water. Toward the end of the weekend though tar balls were washing up of the beach from the oil spill (they used some chemical on them to solidify the oil). But we already miss the beach and can't wait to go back. We ended our trip in Pensacola at the Naval Air Museum...more on that later. Happy to be home.

So last weekend I went camping with The Boys, well some of them not all of them. Remember thats what my prayer group girls and I call each other. Not to be confused with my boys, which are actually, my boys. Anyway, we had a very wonderful do nothing relaxing kinda weekend. Except for the rain and tornado warnings! We were so proud of ourselves that we actually built a fire (with the help of Sara's yellow pages she had in her car) and then we grilled burgers over the fire!! Of course, my batteries were dead on my camera so no pictures. Then later Saturday night we pigged out on awesome chocolate fondue with strawberries,bananas,pineapple and other stuff....it was heavenly!!
This coming up weekend my boys and I are traveling to Mobile, AL to see our nephew, Sean, graduate from Spring Hill College. We are making it an extra long weekend, leaving Thursday night and coming back Monday. Spending Sunday in Pensacola at the Naval Air Museum. We are actually staying on Dauphin Island in AL and are praying that the oil spill STAYS AWAY!!! Planning on spending Friday at the beach. So, I'll make sure that I have plenty of batteries so be prepared for many pictures when we get back.

Industrial Tech

Shayne's 1st project in Industrial Tech. He got a 95% on this clock. We're looking for a special spot in the house for it. I'm really proud of him. Industrial Tech is his favorite class this semester. Next project, a bird house. Can't wait to see it.

Shayne and Jeff spent the weekend with Steve Jones hunting. It was youth season for turkey. They saw some turkey but Shayne never got a shot. He did also enjoy shooting Mr. Steve's pistols and shooting clay pigeons. Jeff said he did really well at that, I think Dad was impressed by his boy! Shayne ready to hit some clay pigeons. He looks so big in this picture. Guess he is growing up

My 2 tough boys.

this is my favorite picture. Don't mess with my boys!!

Easter Fun

Saturday before Easter we took Star to an Easter Beg Hunt. The field was full of toys and treats for dogs. It was a lot of fun and an absolutely beautiful day! Star wasn't real sure about the easter bunny she didn't want to get close so Jeff had to hold her down.

Here is a picture of Star with some of her goodies she "found" at the Beg Hunt. She is afraid of the stuffed bunny too. She also got tons of milkbones and a cute easter bandana.

Sunday we went to brunch with Jeff's family at Helen Fitzgeralds...Yummy! And spent dinner with his parents.

Shayne got new video game so he's happy. He only has about 8 weeks left til summer break. Can't believe that he's almost done with 7th grade. My baby is growing up too fast.

Anyway, overall it was a good day, even got a nap.