Jenny and Tawana's Engagement Party

Jenny and Tawana
Beautiful Engagement Cake!
The girls in the kitchen! (Christine, Jenny, Tawana and Pam)
Danielle and Christine
Phil and Mike "thinking" about playing!
Missy and Jeremy
Beautiful Addysen
Addysen and mom
Yum! Chocolate!
Fruit Punch Fountain
Eric and Lindsay
Herb
The girls- all smiles!!!!

Sunday afternoon, some of the family here in Arizona gathered at Chris and Pam's to help Jenny and Tawana announce/celebrate their relationship and commitment to each other. All involved in planning the party did a very nice job. They had a milk chocolate fountain with strawberries and pretzels, a 3-tiered drink fountain, we all brought a dish, plenty of snacks and had hamburgers on the grill. Plus a beautiful 3 tiered cake with game pieces all over it. Jenny mentioned that her and Tawana love to play board and card games.

It was nice to see the family. We hadn't been all together since May, when Tina and Alicia were out for a visit. We were missing some family members for this occasion. Some of the choices that we make in life aren't always approved by all. But as a family, we need to let each other know that we care and love each other.

Addysen, AJ and Danielle's daughter, is just so darned cute! She's just like a marshmallow and just so happy! They will be moving into their new house at the end of this week. They sound excited about the move!

Eric and Lindsay started back at teaching this week. Lindsay said that the students will be in next week. Eric is taking some classes for his masters, so it sounds like they have pretty busy schedules. Christine is recuperating well from her knee replacement. She will be returning back to her nursing job in the middle of September. For now though she is still at the physical therapists, three times a week and being pushed to the brink of tears. Herb went back to work last week, after being off for 12 weeks. He looks good and is following his Dr's plan.

Chris and Pam look like they are doing well and getting to do some babysitting! What fun that would be! (no rush though Mike and Missy!!!) They now have 4 dogs! I would go nuts but Pam loves it.

Phil, myself, Mike and Missy were there, as well as Missy's new boyfriend- Jeremy. We got to meet Jeremy at our house before we left to go over to the party.

Busy Weekend- Where did the time go?

Missy has been staying with us since last weekend because the breaker keeps popping the air conditioner off. The "plan" was to go over yesterday (Sat) and check the breakers, replace if needed, and buy and install a new dishwasher. The dishwasher at the condo hasn't worked now for quite some time. Friday, Phil called me to say that he had to work for awhile on Saturday, so we altered the plans.

New plan was to have me go to Lowes to buy the new dishwasher and for Mike to meet Missy and I over there so that he could help us carry it upstairs. Turns out that they are pretty darn light weight and Mike carried it up himself. Now everything was ready for Phil to come by after work to get the job done! It started to get pretty late in the afternoon, and Phil had been at work, way longer than he thought (11 hrs) so I could see plans changing again!

New plan was for us to get up early this morning- Phil's birthday- and start the work over there. After some errands, we ended up over at the condo. The dishwasher did get installed, but it turns out that the breakers are so old that we will have to go to an electrical supply company. We ran to Lowes and Home Depot- neither of which carried the right ones. There are some arcing burns on the 40amp and 50amp so hopefully replacing them will solve the problem. We brought the "smart" ladder over there for Phil to check out the unit on the roof. Our ladder bends in half and has extension coming out of both ends so it just about reached the top of the second story of the condo! Pretty darn scary! I was leaning over the railing upstairs to keep pressure on the ladder towards the wall as Phil was climbing up. Once he got to the top, the saltillo tiles were so flippin hot that Phil couldn't climb onto the roof. Keep your fingers crossed that the breakers solve the problem.

New plan now is for Phil to pick up breakers on the way home from work tomorrow and to have Mike meet him over there.

We didn't get back home until almost the dinner hour. Mike and Missy met us over here about 6:00pm and I ordered pizza and wings for Phil's birthday dinner. Yesterday while I was out, I picked up a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream cake from Dairy Queen for Phil's birthday dessert.

Where did the weekend go!!!!! Happy "56th" Birthday Phil!