Birthday Lunch With Her Whole Bunch

So my dad decided to plan a little surprise for my mom for her birthday last weekend.  Props to Dad for arranging this.  Her birthday was on Sunday so we all met for lunch and she was pretty darn surprised and beyond excited.  We were missing the two oldest grandson's, Jake who also became a teenager last week SNIFF SNIFF and Miller were both MIA and although we missed them we still had a great time.  This was the first time since Christmas that we have all been together.  Which is a shame considering we are all within 3 hours of each other.  SHAME ON US!  Anyway, it was a wonderful day and hopefully we will not wait until her next birthday to get together again. 

Of course I had my camera so here are some pics of the day....

Pretty sure Steven had a little dessert from everyone!



Family photo in the middle of Rao's :-)

Beautiful 5th Grader!

Umm...someone was not paying attention :-)

Get back over here, runaway boy!

There are some creepy men behind you, Shana!

Say Cheese!



First Day of First Grade

Well he survived and he likes his teacher!  What a wonderful way to start the year.  I am sure it will be all down hill from here but a much better start than last year.  He said that his teacher was nice and young.  David and I agree to both, she looks like she is 18 and was very sweet on Friday for the meet and greet.  He did say that he was nervous in the beginning, he was worried about not doing well if he had a test today :-).  The one thing that I like, no nap so at 8:30 he was snoring away.  I get the feeling that this is going to be a good year!  Here is his first day photo...my handsome big boy!

Getting Our Crab On --- Old Post Finally Finishing

If you throw a line they will eat and so will we!  This past Several weekends ago we had a little crabbing trip planned with Jeff and Erin and we hit the jackpot!  And the hubby finally caught a fish, yes he has caught fish before but not one in that boat so he was pretty pumped about that.  Jeff caught one too but the missing tail made it too small to keep, ha!  Let me just say that we should keep to catching the crabs then fishing because we would not eat if we had to count on our fishing skills.  Here a few pics from the day, don't be jealous of our loot :-)

Determined To Finish A Post

I have probably 3, 4 maybe even 5 post that are drafts because I cannot find the time am too lazy to finish them.  Maybe one day or maybe never :-)

But here is a little recap of recent events:

• Blood work has been completed for Steven and we are waiting for the results.  Having to have him poked is not much fun but props to the girl at the lab because short of a little cry he handled it great. 
• Miller will start school on Monday, so much for summer being June, July and August. 
• School supply list are OBSCENE!  Thank goodness children are few and far between at our house.  Cannot imagine if we had 3 in school the budget would be sucked dry with pencils, ear buds, and paper towels. 
• Miller will be heading out on a little vacay on Thursday with his dad and family.  We will be picking him up Monday after school.  For me, this reads -  Tomorrow will be the last time I see Miller until he is a First Grader!  For you, this likely reads - Miller is going on vacation and returning the day before the school year starts?  Yes, I do have that thought too but it is what it is.
• David and I had a date night this past Friday.  It included dinner and hanging out until 4 am and I have the blisters on my feet as proof!  Yes, I am super proud of this.  Yes, I know how sad that sounds. 
• This weekend we will get another adult only evening so that Gary Allan can sing to me.  Sorry if anyone else thinks he is singing to them but you are wrong :-)  Haha
• The Olympics are physically draining to me.  I hold my breath, I shout out loud, I clap and smile just like I am on the podium.  It is rough but I am here to support our athletes!!!! 
• Finally, the official countdown to college football:  23 days!!!  Oh and does anyone know who is ranked #1????  Geaux Tigers!