Massive Mushroom!!!!

This morning when I got up and opened the window for Phoebe, there was this MASSIVE mushroom in the front yard! IT'S HUGE!! I've never seen a mushroom this big! It is as wide as my foot and stands about 6 inches tall!

River Floatin'

Today was great. Wes and I went down the river with Dad. We put the boats in at the house and got out at the Stonewall bridge. It was the perfect day for a float. About twenty minutes into our trip, Wes was near me and attempted to reach out and grab by kayak to shake it. He never touched me. Instead he FLIPPED OVER!! It was rather funny! That is until he realized that his glasses were missing! They fell off when he went in the water and are now allowing some happy catfish to see better. Here's a picture of him getting back into the boat, nice and wet...

This is the railroad bridge down from the house.
We stopped at the fossil beds near the elementary school. I hadn't been there since I was a kid. The school used to take field trips there. (Remember that Beth??) Dad said they don't do it anymore because someone else owns it now. I had not been down this part of the river in a very long time. We went through Enterprise and behind the high school, and all the way to the Stonewall bridge. It took us 3-4 hours.
The river was so smooth that we didn't have to paddle much at all. It was just high enough so we didn't have to walk at all, but low enough were we didn't have to fight any strong currents. After the fossil beds, Wes decided to stay out of the boat and floated the rest of the way. He eventually tied his kayak to mine and let the current take him. Dad laid back and took a nap in the canoe.

Dad floated into some limbs hanging down. He didn't see them until he hit them....

I ended up getting out of the boat and floated with Wes. Dad was trying to knock me out and he said either I was getting out on my own or he was knocking me out.... So I got out....

This garden spider was in Dad's shed.... I thought it was neat looking.

After our relaxing float, we went to the fish camp.

Here's the bad news from the day... Since Wes lost his glasses, he was going to wear his old ones until he got around to getting another pair. Well.... I think I accidentally threw them away in the move.... They were nowhere to be found. Now we have to get him a new pair this week. With his eye disease, his prescription is special and the cheaper optical places can't do it. I feel so bad!!

Cookin' Out....

Had a good time tonight! Everyone came over and saw the house. We all sat around and visited. It was a great night for a cook-out. The weather was perfect. I was worried that it would be to hot on the carport, but it was perfect. Mom & Dad brought the ice cream maker and we had homemade GRAPE flavored ice cream. IT WAS DELICIOUS!!!!!!

Jana enjoyed watching the fish. She fed them as well. Drew & Gage "rode" each other around the yard and Wes did a great job cooking the meat! Thanks to everyone for coming out. We will definitely plan this again!

Wes cutting the grass before everyone got there.

Papaw & Virginia

Virginia, Papaw, Uncle Chris, Grandmother, & Aunt Jon

Becky, Aunt Patsy & Grandmother (Wes' Grandmother)

Becky, Wes, Grandmother and Steve

Dad with the manual Ice Cream maker. Janna & Drew & Gage were helping.

Jana & the twins playing in the yard.

Chris stuffing his face.

Our house...

I took some pics of the house this morning while Wes was asleep. His regular schedule includes working overnight master control on Fridays. I got up and picked some figs this morning. Carl (coworker and lifelong friend of the family) came by and got some. I have to work today. Just the newscasts though.

The fish were hiding in the back I guess. The snail is on the left in the back near the wood. The wood set out of the water so long that it was dried out and floated when we put it in the water. We had to put the rocks on top of them to hold them down. They'll get waterlogged in a week or so.






When we were little we used to spend the summers here with Mamaw & Papaw. Laura, Becky & Josh would come over for several weeks as well and we would have a blast together! We would all ride the tricycle down the road and play ball in the yard. One day, Pete, Laura and I wrote "___ was here" on the side of the house. It's right below the kitchen window in the back. I don't know what we used, but after 20+ years, it's still there! I colored the one white brick and we all wrote out names on the bricks above it.... Just kids having fun. Brings back a lot of happy memories everytime I see it. The tricycle is in the laundry room. Uncle Ken is going to take it to their house, since they have grandkids now (Becky is due any day now!!)