Catch-up time

I'm not sure why it is, but it seems much harder to find time to blog when I'm at home. A lot has happened around here since my trip to Germany, but we have been slack on the updates. So this will probably be a rather long post ...

One of the big things that we done the Saturday I came home was a 80th B-Day party for my Granny Blackwell. This was a surprise party that my mother -with the help of her brothers and their families- put together. The reason I say Mom done the party was because she came up with most of the crazy ideas. Granny was totally surprised and I think everyone had a great time. I think we should do this every year for Granny's B-Day!!!

The Family

The Kids

The Grandkids

The Great Grandkids

80 - $1 bills all taped together and wrapped in a box. It took her forever to get all these out!

Pin the nose on the clown

A Sack Race

A Cupcake Pinata

Duck - Duck - Goose

Not exactly sure what Jenni is doing here?!?!

And then we had the "accident". I say it like that cause I think Andrea may have done it on purpose ;) Not really but we had been discussing the need for a new van for a while. Our old Dodge had just tripped 230,000 miles, and while it was still running good it was definitely showing it's age. So Andrea finds the biggest bodied deer in Marlboro county and somehow persuades him to jump in front of her. Thankfully, she was not hurt - but I can't say the same for the van! This really was a huge deer. I didn't weigh him but without a doubt he EASILY was 225+. HUGE for this area

So, we finally did get a new van. It was used but new to us. The new Dodge has arrived. I hope it carries us safely to 230,000 miles and beyond!

And then something from myself. I think I posted pics last year of the calico deer I killed. Well, I got him back from the taxidermist and he looks great. The kids can't hardly keep their hands off of him. And for those who don't know, this is a whitetail deer. It is a very rare thing for a deer to have any white on it outside of the normal areas- neck, belly, and tail. Any deer that has any "abnormal" white is considered a calico. Calico's make up about 1% of the deer population. To have one this colored and unusual is very, very rare. I've even considered contacting some big sporting good stores and see how much he is worth. If the price is right, I may have to let him go ;)