Summer is quickly coming to an end...

This blogging thing is hard to keep up with! But since no one else is reading this yet, I guess it doesn't really matter. :-)
I made it through the family reunion. It was really a lot of fun and we are already planning our next one in Oregon. Peggy and I looked at some places online before she left. We are looking at going to Florence, OR or maybe Coos Bay. Both are near the Oregon Sand Dunes which I think would be a fun place to "play"!

Next - Nigel and I went on our romantic weekend get-a-way to Atlanta. The aquarium was awesome. I got some great photos. He also planned 2 nights of Shakespeare for me. Both were fun. He did a great job of planning everything (of course, this is Nigel we are talking about) and keeping it a secret! I didn't know what we were doing until we started driving each night. We ate at a really great Brew Pub called the 5 Seasons on Staurday night. MMMM!!!! And the hotel we stayed in was fantastic!

So this week I am helping Chelsea and Kirsten get ready to go back to school. Of course Chelsea has to have the right outfit for the first day and Kirsten has to have enough shoes to take to England with her! Are these really my kids???? Ha!

Life goes on at the Pickering house....

This is me and my sisters: Linda, me, Debi, and Peggy.

It is July 4th and we are 1/2 way through our Family Reunion. It's been really awesome to have everyone here at my house! The fireworks last night were great. There are lots of family games going on and a small group of us are actually going to Graceland today. On tonight's menu is hamburgers and hotdogs and of course, homemade ice cream. mmmmm!
Dinner at the Texas Roadhouse on Sunday was a blast. Kirsten was a good waitress and put up with a lot of "stuff" from us! Mark announced to the whole restaurant that Kirsten was serving us and was the best in the place. She was so embarrassed, but kept on smiling. :-) We left her a $125 tip so she was really, really excited about that!
Here is the next part of Kirsten's story: She was SO EXCITED about getting all that money and was feeling really good about the whole night. She decided to go tell her friends at the pool hall after work and was driving a little too fast. The policeman told her she was getting a ticket for "reckless driving" - he should have taken her to jail!!!!! But instead she has to go to court and the VERY NICE policeman has to stand up and tell the judge why he did not take her to jail! So now Kirsten has to pay for the ticket ($50) and the court cost ($150) - SO.... there goes her great tip money from us!!!! :-) It is laughable. Any other night I would have been very mad, but I just laughed when I heard! She had visions of the WHOLE FAMILY coming to the jail the next morning to bail her out - AND of course we would have had the video cameras in tow! :-)
Life goes on at the Pickering house.....