Dominoes Anyone

Well our weekend started out getting ready for Hurricane Ike. We secured everything

outside getting ready for the high winds and rain. Friday night we went with the boys to the high school football game. The wind started picking up while we were at the game, so we definitely figured we would be getting our share of this enormous hurricane. Saturday morning we got up to what I would call breezy morning with an overcast sky. By now we should have been getting poured on. We checked the news to find out that the hurricane had turned more north. For the folks along the coast line it was not a good scene. For us it meant not even a drop of rain. Laura and I were left with no other choice other than sitting on the back deck playing dominoes and drinking cocktails all afternoon. Sunday was another day of kicking back. We put all of the outdoor furniture back out since it didn't look like we were going to get high winds from the hurricane. Then we went to Home Depot and picked up 3 Queen Palm trees and planted them along the pool. Looks like it is time for another cocktail. Cheers!

Historical Dirty Day

This afternoon was a day that will go down in history for our project. Brace yourselves folks, because this is a big one. All the DIRT has finally been moved!! I repeat...All the DIRT has finally been moved!! It's like this big dirt cloud has been lifted from our house. No more piles of dirt in different parts of the yard that need to be moved. We would like to thank all of our friends and family who helped make our dirt disappear. Either by taking some dirt, helping move some dirt, giving us words of encouragement like..."What could you all possibly do with all of that dirt?" or "I'm sure you will be glad once you get all of that dirt moved." or my favorite "You all are still moving dirt?" Well all I can say is... When you been gettin DIRTY as long as we have.... I guess in this case you eventually get it all moved. I do have to say it is exciting to think that we will no longer have dirt moving as one of our weekend activities that we need to get to. It is definitely time for a cocktail. Dirty Martini anyone?!? Cheers!

Trip 'N Falls

Aloha! Where has the summer gone?!? I am not sure what happened since we got back from Cozumel, but the time has just flown by. Maybe I am still on Island Time. Over the next few days I will be going back and posting some pics of what all has been going on since then. Today, however, there was a huge event. Laura and her sister Denise participated for the third straight year in the Women's Adventure Race. Their team name is the Trip 'N Falls. Not only did they participate, but they placed 5th in the Master's Category finishing in 48 minutes and 44 seconds. and they got 1st place for raising the most money out of everyone who entered the race. Talk about AWESOME!! The fundraising supports the Young Survival Coalition and Go Outside. We are all very proud of the great job they did out on the race course today. Looks like they are ready to hit the hot tub. Cheers!