Cute Little Sign

I found the most perfect little sign in TJ Maxx this evening. It's a 4x4 tile that says it all....

Back from Destin, Florida

Yes, we are back from our trip. Here's a picture of how clear the water was. It never rained the whole time we were there. Highs were about 90 degrees.

Here's a picture of Kaitlyn and Lindsey in Uncle Drew's corvette. Don't you wish you were 18 again and riding around in a corvette at the beach?

Joe and I at The Crab Trap restaurant.

The adults, Joe and I, Joe's brother Drew, Chris (Joe's mother) and Jennifer (Joe's sister) and her husband, Zach.

The whole group of us...

The younger ones: Lindsey (Kaitlyn's bff), Steven (Drew's son) and Kaitlyn, then Hayden and Taryn, Jennifer's children on the bottom row.
On Wednesday of our trip, our group rented a pontoon boat and we all went out to scatter Joe Jondahl's (Joe's stepfather) ashes on Crab Island in the bay. Here's a picture of the front of the boat.

Here's a picture of the box that contained Joe's ashes.

After we had our ceremony, we beached the boat and got out and played for awhile.


Drew's corvette.

Thursday evening, we took the Sea Blaster, a sunset cruise where you can see dolphins. Here's Joe, Steven and Hayden on my side of the boat.

Here's Kaitlyn, Lindsey, Drew, Jennifer and Zach on the other side of the boat.

The down side of this trip is you can drink all you want free (beer, wine, and soda). So I started drinking wine. The young man from Alabama (who was on this same ship 2 years ago) kept filling my wine glass every time it was empty (which was a lot) and I let him. Needless to say, I got blasted on the Sea Blaster! Where is that guy, anyway? My glass is empty again!

Apparently, I had a really good time and I yelled a lot of WOO HOOs into the wind too. I had such a good time, Joe gave me money to give the guy a tip. AND, I don't remember going to dinner and coming home. But, Kaitlyn has plenty of incriminating video that she was eager to show me the next day. So if you find it on You-Tube, please forgive me. Here's the guy after I gave him a tip....

On Friday, we flew Kristen in for her 21st birthday. We took her to Fudpuckers for her first "legal" drink. Here she is with her drink, she even shared with her dad.

Saturday evening, we started heading home. Here's a picture at the Louisiana welcome station.

Destin - 2 years Ago

I'm so excited to go on vacation I had to look at old pictures. These are from our trip to Destin two years ago (but in the middle of June). This was on the dock of Dewey Destin's, one of our favorite local "dives" to eat at.

A sunset cruise we took with me clowning around with Kristen.

The dolphins that were chasing our boat.

A picture of the sunset.

Kaitlyn's 16th birthday was celebrated in the car on the way home from our vacation. Kristen will celebrate her 21st with us this year (hopefully in New Orleans).

This was the view from our condo balcony.

Kaitlyn making one of her fish faces.

One of the sharks that swam in to shore. The beach patrol came ahead and made everyone get out of the water. The shark was within 10 feet of the beach in about 3-4 feet of water. Can you hear the jaws music in the background? Nice........ not!

A little project

I decided that I might want to take my old (and by that I mean 25+ years old) "laying out" chair to the beach when I go. I cleaned the cobwebs off of it (I only pull it out to use for garage sales - as a FLAT SURFACE) and tried to clean up some of the rust. Instead, I decided to make a cover for it. I bought some terry cloth, some cute turquoise polka dot ribbon and made a cover. Now hopefully the wind won't blow the "towel" off my chair when I'm not sitting on it. Took me about 2 hours from start to finish.

Graduation Day

Today was the big day. Here's a picture of Kaitlyn before she ran out to go to graduation.

She was on the front row because she had a 4.0 all the way thru high school so she got to graduate in the first group. Here she is turning the corner to have her picture made before she walks up to receive her diploma.

Video of the last moment when they throw their hats into the air and the balloons drop.



We went to lunch at B.J.'s Brewhouse, the sun was in the girl's faces and it was breezy.

Final Shawl Update

Crystal, here's your shawl. I've given it to Nana to bring to you. This one is thinner and longer than other ones I've made. Just to make it fun, you'll need to post a picture of yourself wearing it on your blog.

Here's a picture of Bobo, Nana, and Kaitlyn this morning before Kaitlyn left to go to the Senior Picnic.

Joe, Nana, and Bobo are going to play golf this afternoon at OU's Jimmie Austin Golf Course. I work at Kohl's tonight but am off the rest of the weekend. Will post more pictures after graduation tomorrow.

The Final Final Last Performance

Last night was the "final" farewell for the girls on this year's pom squad. They had a spring show for the parents where the outgoing squads performed, the incoming squads performed, the girls that performed at Nationals did their routine one last time and then the seniors did a last routine together. Kaitlyn and her BFF Lindsey choreographed this routine to P.Y.T. by Michael Jackson. Sorry for the wobbly video, we're sitting up high in the gym and they move around quick, so zooming in/out is usually not possible with a camera (we quit taking the videocamera).



I don't know who choreographed this senior routine to So Long, Farewell from the Sound of Music but it's cute and if you know the seniors it fits them perfect. They all love the Sound of Music. Five of the original seven seniors tried out for collegiate pom but only one made it at the University of Tulsa. Of the five that are left, only one will probably continue on through musical theatre, the rest will most likely never dance again. Sad, I know.....