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Friday, May 29, 2009

Memorial Day With Friends

We stayed home to celebrate this Memorial Day weekend. And it was probably a very wise decision. By Wednesday before the weekend - Dwayne had started seeing each and every boat ramp around Tellico Lake crammed full of vehicles and boat trailers while driving home from work. It was just crazy. And even worse - we were slammed with huge thunderstorms in between pockets of pure sunshine with 80* temperatures. All we could do was sit and think about all those boats full of people - every time the rain came roaring down on us. Where in the world would they run? To the traffic jam at all the docks? Ta! Nooooo... we stayed home! But we did have friends come stay the night with us Saturday night to get an early start on some fun for the weekend! We put two slabs of pork ribs on the pit, along with some links. I made macaroni salad - my jello cake - and deviled eggs. And then, I made more deviled eggs. LOL Charlotte brought a big bowl of her Coca-Cola salad! I had never tried that before. And let me tell you - that stuff is out of this world! Perfect for hot days! Very light, cold and refreshing! Besides that - she brought the booze for the ladies! Charlotte and me enjoyed drinking Bahama Mamas while the guys drank their beer and kicked our butts playing Spades! They think they beat us. Noooo, Sir - I'm blaming that stuff on Bahama Mama! I knew Austin was gonna end up being the only kid here for the weekend. I'd hoped we could get some of the others to show up. But we'd been told everybody had other plans. Later, we found out there were a bunch of them that changed those plans and ended up staying home. Darn it! But to me - a hot Memorial weekend just has to include water in some way for kids. Had to find something to do with water for Austin! I'd looked all over the Internet for this particular wading pool that seemed to be great for little kids and grown-up kids. Wouldn't ya' know - I could order it for arrival in three days. But all the stock in the stores was showing they were all out of stock. So - had to make a change in plans. Headed to Wal-Mart on Saturday to find something for Austin to enjoy - at least. And I got lucky. Found the very wading pool I had looked for on the Internet! They only had two left in stock! And here's my 2-page layout for a few shots taken while Austin had a little bit of fun! Remember to click on the pages to see a larger view! Kit- Bathtime Fun by Verena Karolyi at www.godigitalscrapbooking.com! Verena no longer has this particular kit available. But she has many other really great kits! I'm so glad they came to spend that holiday weekend with us! It was so much fun having them here with us! Just makes me feel so excited about getting our new place set up so we can have a whole mess of people all around here for a lot of fun times to come!

1 comment:

Reba said...

Glad you had a great weekend and I also stayed at home with friends and family. Great pages and It was like summer here too..

Friday, May 29, 2009

Memorial Day With Friends

We stayed home to celebrate this Memorial Day weekend. And it was probably a very wise decision. By Wednesday before the weekend - Dwayne had started seeing each and every boat ramp around Tellico Lake crammed full of vehicles and boat trailers while driving home from work. It was just crazy. And even worse - we were slammed with huge thunderstorms in between pockets of pure sunshine with 80* temperatures. All we could do was sit and think about all those boats full of people - every time the rain came roaring down on us. Where in the world would they run? To the traffic jam at all the docks? Ta! Nooooo... we stayed home! But we did have friends come stay the night with us Saturday night to get an early start on some fun for the weekend! We put two slabs of pork ribs on the pit, along with some links. I made macaroni salad - my jello cake - and deviled eggs. And then, I made more deviled eggs. LOL Charlotte brought a big bowl of her Coca-Cola salad! I had never tried that before. And let me tell you - that stuff is out of this world! Perfect for hot days! Very light, cold and refreshing! Besides that - she brought the booze for the ladies! Charlotte and me enjoyed drinking Bahama Mamas while the guys drank their beer and kicked our butts playing Spades! They think they beat us. Noooo, Sir - I'm blaming that stuff on Bahama Mama! I knew Austin was gonna end up being the only kid here for the weekend. I'd hoped we could get some of the others to show up. But we'd been told everybody had other plans. Later, we found out there were a bunch of them that changed those plans and ended up staying home. Darn it! But to me - a hot Memorial weekend just has to include water in some way for kids. Had to find something to do with water for Austin! I'd looked all over the Internet for this particular wading pool that seemed to be great for little kids and grown-up kids. Wouldn't ya' know - I could order it for arrival in three days. But all the stock in the stores was showing they were all out of stock. So - had to make a change in plans. Headed to Wal-Mart on Saturday to find something for Austin to enjoy - at least. And I got lucky. Found the very wading pool I had looked for on the Internet! They only had two left in stock! And here's my 2-page layout for a few shots taken while Austin had a little bit of fun! Remember to click on the pages to see a larger view! Kit- Bathtime Fun by Verena Karolyi at www.godigitalscrapbooking.com! Verena no longer has this particular kit available. But she has many other really great kits! I'm so glad they came to spend that holiday weekend with us! It was so much fun having them here with us! Just makes me feel so excited about getting our new place set up so we can have a whole mess of people all around here for a lot of fun times to come!

1 comment:

Reba said...

Glad you had a great weekend and I also stayed at home with friends and family. Great pages and It was like summer here too..