Jude's present

We bought Jude a trampoline on Saturday for his birthday (which is not until June 30). As of Monday it was sitting in the garage - BUT, when Phillip, Carmen and the boys were over Monday night I took the golden opportunity to ask Phillip for his help. It started out great but I am now typing at 9:00 pm and the boys just came in from trying to dig the "trench" to even out the legs of it. Our yard is way uneven and it was not as simple as following the directions (even though one picture proves that Phillip was reading them - although he said he was only looking for pictures) and throwing it together. The boys had great help from the kids, Landon loved playing in the box and Carmen and I were wonderful supervisors. I will update when it is actually ready for jumping action. (Yes, Jude is in his underwear - some decisions are NOT worth a fight.)

Jumpy

Jude has been asking to "jumpy" for about a week now. I was very excited about the idea of doing something inside considering it has been so hot out anyway. So, I took my car in to get the oil changed then met Carmen, Lofton and Landon at the jumpy place. They had about 2 hours and $13 of fun then we went to eat at Backyard Burger where they played in their playplace (again, inside) for about 45 mins or so. The milkshake alone was worth it!

Weekend Fun with Friends!

On Saturday night our "old" friends Larry, Joni and Reesi came by after a weekend in Indiana to visit. The girls had a great time playing in Ella's room and were so good. We let them party the night away and then tried to let them sleep together. It ended in a few tears around 11:30. In church on Sunday morning Joni noticed that the girls had played beauty shop in Ella's room and apparently added to Ella's "hair collection" which was her first curl from about 9 months old. They both got a bit of a trim which has resulted in Ella loosing any scissor privileges for an undetermined amount of time. Reesi's cut was worse in that she actually gave herself bangs. She might have a career ahead of her as she did a pretty good job. On Sunday afternoon the boys golfed while the girls (and Jude) slept. It was great. They returned home for some grilling with the McConnells, Nesbitts, Harringtons (minus Casey who was flying to Chicago) and the Judkins. The kids were pooped by the time the weekend was over (the adults too). I had to steal Joni's pictures from her blog since I didn't ever take any.

Ella and Jude Pics

Lamberts

On the way out of Gulf Shores we stopped at Lamberts for some "throwed" rolls and great food. Audie's was served in a big frying pan! She and Rachel paid Jenna a dollar to catch all their rolls so they wouldn't look uncool in front of the "hot roll thrower" (and although the rolls were hot, that is not what they were talking about).

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Fun in the Sun!

The Harrington family, Rose family and Griffin family headed to Gulf Shores for a little R&R. If you have ever been to the beach with young kids you can be sure to know that there was NO R&R but we did have a great time! We ate ALOT (hush puppies especially), got plenty of sun, played a few games, got stung by some jellyfish (at least Nick, Riley and Jude did), played in the pool and Reagan got her toenails painted (Jude did too but only his big ones - which he is still asking for the rest of them to be painted). The boys also managed to play golf one day but it was SO hot that they claim it was not that enjoyable.... The Rose family is still there but the rest of us came on back to TN. I have about 200 pictures on my other camera but I will try not to post too many!