Last Fling of Summer & Happy Birthday Jeannette

Fall has definitely arrived here in southern California. The temps have been in the 70's all week. NICE!

But last Saturday it still felt like summer & was on the hot side. So I invited Eric's family over for one last summer fling and an outdoor movie.

Jeannette was the only one who didn't come. She had worked all day & was tired. Too bad as I had made chocolate cupcakes to celebrate her birthday. Which by the way is today.
Happy Birthday Jeannette!!!! Or in other words, happy 32nd anniversary of your 18th birthday.


I promise not to divulge how old you are today.


Just have a grand day. And don't forget your cane, you might need it now.

And now back to our regular scheduled post. Taylor & Michael arrived in their very first car as a married couple. They had just purchased it the day before.


Here is Taylor showing off the car.


Too bad Taylor can't drive it. She let her permit lapse & has to get a new one. So for now, only Michael can drive the car.

We had a fun time swimming and then BBQing hamburgers. I never seem to get any photos of the food. Probably as we are always too busy eating it.

After dinner it was time to relax in the jacuzzi & watch a movie, pool side.

We even invited our neighbor over. Her hubby had a tooth ache so he didn't come. But Roxanne and her sons Reinhold & Hayden came over. Even Jesse's girlfriend Brin was there. And Cade brought one of his friends over as well.

Our pool has this shallow area that is perfect for sitting in a chair. You can keep your feet in the water to stay cool. Or better yet, sit in the jacuzzi to watch the movie. Except you get quite wrinkled by the end of the movie.

Michael & Taylor actually left before the movie started. Party poopers!!!


Here is Mike setting up the projector. He is waiting for Jesse to bring out the Xbox to play the movie.


And here is the movie screen all set up over the pool. Just waiting for it to get dark enough to show the movie.

And what movie did we watch?


Danica & I love, love, love this movie. We have to watch it every year. This has become an annual event for us. Gets us in the mood for Halloween.

Gary Oldman is so sexy in this movie. Be still my heart! Don't tell Mike.

Even a couple of doves wanted to watch the movie.

You can tell who the die hard Dracula fans are, as Danica & I were the only ones who stayed & watched the entire movie. Everyone else either got tired, too wrinkled or too scared to stay.

Oh well. They missed out on some killer s'mores. Just kidding. We didn't make s'mores. But now that it has become cooler, they are sounding pretty good. Maybe this weekend.

It was a fun night spent with some of my most favorite people in the world. Can't wait to do it again.

I love spending time with my family. They are the best. Too bad everyone else in my family wasn't here.

Well I better go get ready for work. Just wanted to get this post done & to wish Jeannette a Happy Birthday!!!

BBQ at Eric's House

Last night we went over to Eric & Jeannette's house for a BBQ. Three of Andrea's boys were at Eric's house for the weekend. So they invited my family over for dinner so we could see the boys as well.

Here is Eric BBQing the hamburgers. He really needs a light outside to cook. He forgot that it now gets dark at 5pm, so he had to cook in the dark. This didn't turn out so great. As the first time he brought the burgers in, they were still raw. So he had to recook them.

Brandon was helping Danica load Rosetta Stone program on her laptop. She needs to learn about 4 different languages for her college degree. She's hoping this program will help her. Brandon decided to stick out his tongue for this photo.
Jase was watching a movie in the living room while dinner was being made.
Danica, Brandon & Mike waiting for dinner.
Zak, Cade, Nate, Grayson (Andrea's boys friend) and Jase (front). Getting ready to bless the food.
Taylor poses for a profile photo for me. I took profile photos of each kid. I'm going to use their profiles for a project I'm working on.
The kids eating dinner. Simon & Nate could almost be twins because of their haircuts.
I didn't get Jesse in on the last photo. He was sitting on the corner & I missed him in the other shot.
I thought I took a lot more photos than I actually did. A few didn't turn out as I hate to use my flash & some were just too blurry. I tried to get a photo of Eric's new dog Luke (pug/chihuahua mix) but he wouldn't hold still long enough for a photo.

Zak's girlfriend stopped by for a little while. I forgot her name already & I forgot to take a photo of her. She had been in Beaumont for the weekend visiting a friend. That is the real reason Andrea's boys were at Eric's house.

Noah didn't come with them so he was the only one we didn't see. They traded Noah out for their friend Grayson instead. Maybe next time Noah.

For some reason I didn't get a photo of Jeannette either. And I didn't take a self portrait of me so you can't see my dark hair. I now have dark auburn colored hair. But it looks more brown than red. Maybe I'll take a self photo & post later.

We had a good time getting to see Eric's family & most of Andrea's boys. I brought brownie bites & ice cream for dessert. I wish we lived closer to Andrea's family so we could see them more often. So it was a nice treat getting to visit with my nephews for at least a little while. And It's always nice getting to see Eric's family.

Thanks Eric and Jeannette for inviting us over for dinner. We had a nice visit. The food was good and the company was even better.

Kim