Happy Birthday Crystal!!

Crystal will be 23 years old on the 8th of October. I really can't believe she is that old but she is in her last year of school to become a teacher. She will be a great teacher and good teachers are so important to the generation coming up today. We got together on Sunday to celebrate because she has school all week and won't have time. She still works teaching gymnastics and had to go to work this afternoon.

Just the girls, Kim, Crystal, me, and Denise (Donald's twin sister)

Caleb, Crystal, and Donald.

Crystal and Caleb

Caleb playing Soccer

I was able to go see Caleb play Soccer on Saturday and he is a really a good soccer player! He made two goals this week and last week he made three out of the four goals. Of course, remember these little guys are not professional, in fact the other team made a goal at the wrong end of the field. You could hear the coaches yelling, "Not that goal, not that goal, not that goal!!" They they would say, "Good try guys, it's OK". These little league coaches really deserve a lot of credit. Their generous giving of their time allows these boys to really enjoy sports. Please enjoy some pictures of Caleb in action!

La Nouba

For our 40th Anniversary Kim and Dawn gave us tickets to see La Nouba. La Nouba is a Cirque du Soleil show that is full of lots of great costumes and gymnastics. These shows take gymnastics to a whole new level. If you have not seen one of these shows it is worth your time to go see one. We have seen them in Las Vegas, Atlanta, and Orlando. They are all different. La Nouba was playing in Downtown Disney so before the show we took in the sights. Since there were "...no photography or video cameras permitted in the theater" I could not take any pictures of the show so I will just have to show you pictures of Downtown Disney.

One of the coolest things was the Leggo display. The "family" that Jimmy is with are all Leggos, including the dog, as well as the dragon in the water. Cool, huh!!

We had a great time and we really appreciate the ticket from the kids.

We love you!!

Abercrombie Weekend

In case anyone doesn't know, Dawn and David are BIG Georgia Tech fans and have season tickets to all the home games. Well, Georgia Tech played Mississippi State on Saturday (Georgia Tech 38/Mississippi State 7). Jim and I were able to spend the weekend at the Abercrombie's house with Sean. We had a great time with Sean and he was such a good boy all day.

We started off the morning with a healthy breakfast of a cereral bar, apple and banana. That boy has a good appitite and he doesn't miss anything. At one point Jimmy picked up part of his cereral bar and took a bite. Sean just looked at him and said, "What did you eat, Grandpa?" and when Jimmy told him it was his cereal bar that he left on the table, he said, "I did not share that with you, spit it out!" We all got a big laugh from that. You would not believe he is only two and a half if you hear him talk. He sounds like he is four.

We played around the house for a couple hours before we took Sean to Monkey Joe's. He spent most of the time either with Grandpa or looking for Grandpa. Grandpa was his buddy. Most of his interaction with Grandma had to do with diapers, eating, or bathing.

This is Sean with Grandpa.

This is Sean looking for Grandpa.

Sean eating with Grandma. We stopped at Chik-Fil-A and Sean ate his 6 piece chicken nuggets, all his fruit, and half of Grandpa's chicken sandwich, as well as all his Sprite. He especially loved the Sprite, which is apparently a treat given only by grandparents.

....and this is Sean on the ride home from Monkey Joe's and Chic-Fil-A.

After (our) nap Sean still had time to play a little golf.....

and slide on his sliding board in the backyard.

All three of us (Jim, me, and Sean) had a great day and Dawn and David also came home happy with the big win of Georgia Tech over Mississippi State.

Party Weekend!!!!!

Boy, did our family have a party weekend!! We have so many things to celebrate in September and Dawn and Sean were able to get to Augusta this weekend so we just celebrated all of them at one time. We missed David, who was in Boston at a Georgia Tech football game

First we celebrated Dawn's birthday (13 Sep) on Thursday night. I cooked some Lasagna and a Dump Cake and Kim, Donald, and Caleb came over. Crystal and Chris came over after Crystal got out of class at Augusta State. We had a great time.

Sean and Caleb wishing Dawn a Happy Birthday

On Friday morning Jimmy and I, along with Dawn and Sean went to Caleb's school for "Grandparents Day". It was so nice. The school had donuts set up out front of the school for the visiting grandparents. Caleb was sure to tell us, "Grandparents are not suppose to stay for lunch" so I guess the donuts were to lure us out the front door before lunch. It must have worked because there was a line at the donut table when we left.

Caleb with Grandpa at Grandparents Day

Friday night the girls took Jimmy and I out to eat at The Chop House for our 40th Anniversary Dinner. The food was great but the company was even better. We had a big table with Dawn, Sean, Kim, Donald, Caleb, Crystal and Chris. We even had Turtle Cheese Cake for dessert!!

Caleb and Sean in front of The Chop House

Jim and Judy after the first 40 years

Then Saturday we had Caleb's 6th Birthday Party at The Wetzone on Wrightsboro Road. Boy, did those kids have a great time. You will see in the pictures that all the kids had big smiles and they all went down the big slide called "The Hippo".....and I mean big!! It is three stories tall and 170 feet long. Even little Sean went down the big slide about four times all by himself. The first time they go down it takes your breath away, even the adults, but they all go back for more. Please notice that Kim had the picture of Caleb's first Bass on the cake. He was so proud.

Happy Birthday Caleb!!!

The fun begins!!!

Sean coming down the slide!!

Caleb coming down the slide!!

Sean kept telling me, "Grandma, I have fun" and I believe he did.

Crystal & Dawn

All the kids had fun!!

Kim keeping everything moving smoothly

After the birthday party we took Sean home for a nap before returning to Kim's house that evening for hamburgers and more birthday cake. We all played "Wii" which Caleb got for his birthday. He is really good at the games and very good at sharing his toys with the adults and little Sean.
We all had a great time this weekend and I am sure we all need a rest.

Ocala Golf Course

I would like everyone to see some pictures of the Ocala Golf Course. Every morning that I can I walk around this course, about three miles. It is located just across the street from the Condo and belongs to the City of Ocala. It isn't the Augusta National but it is a really pretty golf course that is well maintained by the city. The pictures below are things I see when I walk.

Putting Green

One of the holes on the First Nine

One of the holes on the Back Nine

A small pond

A place to rest

Then there is the Tennis Center that I pass in the morning. There is always someone out there playing to taking lessons.

There are a lot of homes around the Golf Course. The pictures below are just a couple. They would be "very unusual" anywhere else but seem to blend into the Florida landscape.

Yes, it is YELLOW, really YELLOW!

Please notice the 'shed' in the back is the exact color of blue as the house.

I hope this showed you some of the things I see when I walk around the Ocala Golf Course in the mornings.