Tyler is "2"

Seems like just yesterday when I was in the delivery room with Nikki, Joey and Tyler. Two years later, he is running around crazy, playing with, swimming in the pool, riding a tricycle, and he loves the new scooter that Bampa and I bought him for his birthday....He is such a great little man and soon he will be a great "big" brother.

Of course, the cake was the funnest part of his birthday!

Birthday wishes to Tyler, and to my sister,Penny on August 1st. Also to Kayne!

Shannons Engaged

Here are a few pictures of our visit to Pensacola last week. Shannon is showing her ring. And DC is very excited to be getting a new "brother" Derek ad DC get along great and they have a lot of fun together. They have tentativly set the date for May 22nd, but is likely to change by a week or two either way.

Shannon and DC are working on buying this cute house just around the corner from where they live now. It is an old Victorian style home with 2 stories. Everyone is so happy with their engagment and plans are in action !!

On Saturday,July 18th our family all got together to celebrate Nikki and Joey's wedding. They have been together over 4 years and they decided to make it official. It was such a nice day. It is always so special when our family gets together because we always have such fun. It wasn't a big wedding, Derek traveled from Pensacola, My brother from GA and his wife and kids, my sister,Kelly (who hasn't missed a celebration yet) from Venice, and my mom and Tom. My neice , Jessica from NC drove down for the celebration. As well as a few others. Thanks to all those who shared in this day with Nikki and Joey.


Tyler was the life of the party. He danced on the table, fell off the table, got back on the table and continued to strut his stuff. He is the cutest thing in the world. Not sure how he is gonna accept his new sister in December. He is the center of attention now, and that will be tough to compete with. Tyler called Derek, "Uncle D" and they were the best of friends. Derek spent most of his time laughing at Tyler. He comes up with some funny stuff. He will be 2 on July 29th and this is the most funnest age. He copies EVERYTHING that you do or say.

Spankey

This is Spankey our new rescus pup. We got her from the Animal shelter in Santa Fe. She is a mix of Rottweiler and lab we think. She has gotten to be a favorite around the job site. She visits all the workers and is very fun to have around. She just turned 3 months and we have taught her lots of tricks...

Beach Baby

Love them rolls....Tyler and family went to the beach and Tyler was the main attraction. His little belly got lots of sun that day. He loved the water and sand.

He will be 2 next month. Can't wait to see him next month at Nikki's wedding. We are very busy getting her wedding put together the way that she wants.

Let it rain.....

Horray we finally got the roof on our patio and it looks great. A few of Dan's friends come over Saturday morning and worked diligently, in and out of rain showers, to help put on the finishing touches like the roof. We can now sit in the rain and not get wet. After the roof was complete Dan made a campfire and celebrated with a beer. We took the "roofers" out for dinner as a thank you for all their hard work. Don't know why I was there, all I did was pass out the cokes and bothered them.....

My friends Visit

This is my Shannon. Her and her boyfriend came to visit me and Dan for the weekend. We had a wonderful time. We seen Santa Fe together. DC was such a champ by staying in our "Little Home" The accomadations were small but cozy. He was cool about staying here with us and not at a hotel.

We had alot of laughs together. We had dinner together with some of our friends on Saturday night and that was very fun. We went to a pizza house that was ancient. It was located right next to the "oldest house in the USA" You can actually see the hay mixed in with the adobe to make the walls.

Shannon fell in love with our new puppy. Spankey just loved Shannon and DC. We took a drive to the Rio Grande River with Spankey and she got car sick in the truck...and Shannon held her in her lap all the way home, even with the spit and drewl coming from her mouth..

Now the next exciting thing that I have to look forward to is Nikki's wedding in July. She is having a beach ceramony and just a few friends and family. Nothing big, but very special.