I picked Joey up a bit early from school and we headed down. Joey and my Dad went camping Friday night with Joey's Pack while the other two boys and I got to hang out with my mom. Do you know any other 69 yr old who not only goes camping but flat out refuses to take an air mattress with him? LOL According to both of them, they had a great time camping.
On Saturday, my Dad and Joey came back by the house and we all headed to the air show (pictures to come next Saturday for Show and Tell). Not only did the kids get to walk through a C5 Galaxy and a C135 but we actually ate lunch UNDER the C5 Galaxy. There were so many performers there...the Blue Angels, Tora Tora Tora, and the Seymour Johnson Strike Eagle demo team to name a few. All the kids had a great time. Gabe was fascinated with the C5. And, Marty said the only bad part was that Vic had to work and couldn't be there with us. We all were exhausted when we left the show because it was so hot out there on the tarmac of the air force base. No one felt like cooking so we got pizza for dinner and watched a movie.
On Sunday, we were totally lazy in the morning and then went to my niece Brianne's birthday party that afternoon. Brianne's party was at Shiloh Farm, a little local farm that dedicates itself to working with high risk children. The lady that runs the farm is friends with my sister and Brianne wanted to have her party be a fundraiser for Shiloh Farm. Instead of presents, people donated money to help take care of the animals. Here are some of the pics I took. Each picture is a clickable link to a larger version of the pic.
Gabe and me; my sis, Keri
my sis, Becky; Becky and Gabe
turkey; rooster and hen
Becky and Gabe petting Jack the donkey and the sheep
Joey and Gabe with the miniature horse; Gabe climbing
peacock; Texas Longhorn
Zebu; palomino draft horse
the goats
Marty and a puppy; Becky and my mom
Everyone had a fabulous time but we were exhausted when we got home on Sunday evening.
9 comments:
Looks like you had a GREAT time, as did the kids! I love the idea of no presents. How awesome! Hope you are all rested up, now.
*HUGS*
thanks for sharing this will all of us. I really love all the photos and it looks like a grand time was had! Of course you can't get any better than Gabe resting on Mom :)
Looks like a fun party... but where are pics of the birthday girl?
It looks like a lovely day :)
you and your family always have such amazing times together!!!
mama and baby boy sleeping...*sigh*
I love your pictures! thanks for sharing. So happy you all had a great family weekend :-)
Looks like a fun weekend!!
What a terrific weekend!!!
Looks SO fun----and what a great idea to donate $$ for animals instead of buying bday presents. :)
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