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The saga of the prom dress

Yesterday as I was getting ready to pick up My Angel Food and looking for my receipt, I came across the receipt for Cindy's prom dress lay a way.We originally put the dress in lay a way because the store has a no return policy on these gowns . I guess that in the past many girls were wanting their money back the day after prom because they decided that they didn't want that dress after all. Anyway, we decided that we would put it in Lay a way so that if she found something that she liked better or if for some reason she ended up not going, we would not be out the hundreds of dollars that these things cost. With Michael's surgery and all the other fun stuff that has been happening here, I didn't realize that the dress was due out of lay a way ten days ago. The fact that I told Cindy that we would go get it as soon as her room was cleaned and she was badly running behind ,didn't help. As soon as I realized that we were ten days late, I told her to call and see if the dress was still in lay a way. She got a hold of a girl who Cindy said called herself Amy. This girl told her that the dress had been taken to the back room and since it was a special order, it was supposed to be sent back to the company. Amy ( or whom ever she was ) told Cindy that the dress had not been sent back yet but would be within twenty four hours if not paid for and picked up. Once Mike got home from work and we ate dinner Cindy and I went to get the dress ( about six hours into the twenty four) When we got to the store a different story on the dress surfaced. According to the two women working , There was nobody named Amy working in the store and though the one looked in the back, the dress was not there. They told me that someone called my home six days ago ( amazing that caller ID missed this call ) and since I still didn't contact them that the dress was put on the sales floor. I explained that this made no sense because Amy ( or whoever she was )described the dress , size, style, color, style number, etc. to Cindy on the phone. How could this be? they blew me off and said that as soon as the cashier finished with her customer they would give me a refund for what I had paid . Furious , I noticed a rack behind the counter with Lay a ways and holds. One had a yellow bag over what looked like a formal gown. What is that I asked? Someone's hold I was told. " Maybe that is mine? " I asked. " No it has a name on it" I was told." Is the name Cindy or Diane? " I asked. " Yes", the girl looked at me like I was a psychic . " That is Me ! I am the Diane who they are holding the dress for twenty four hours for " The girl still was not convinced. "Let me see the dress to make sure it is the right one " I said. " describe it" she shot back. I opened the order book to a picture." This is it in size __ " I said feeling my blood pressure rise. The girl held the bag so I couldn't see as she checked. "Wow"she said. Cindy went to try the dress on one more time as I tried to calm down. When she was done and surprise it fit ! The same girl told me that she could not give me the fifteen percent off that I originally was given because the Lay a way was canceled. Now I was getting Mad ! I didn't say a word because I knew I would blow up. I just looked at her. She caught on and said she would see what she could do. She called the second girl over and told her that due to all the mix up, she decided to give me the discount. The second girl said she shouldn't but my silent look changed her mind too. Almost two hours after I entered the store I left with the dress. Only paying the balance of what I owed, not a penny more. Cindy asked if I wanted to look at anything else in this mall before we left . I managed to mumble a no as we went to the car. I had enough of this mall to last for awhile !

Angel food

My Aunt Donna introduced me to Angel Food Ministries about five or six months ago. Angel Food Ministries is a Christian food ministry that sells preselected packages of food for the discounted price of twenty five dollars per package . Angel foods also offers other specials at various discounted prices.

When Aunt Donna first told me about Angel Foods, I brushed it off because I thought that it was only for the poor. I told her that I didn't want to take away from those who needed it more than I . She explained that it was not only for the poor but for anyone who eats. She also explained that the more packages that the ministry sells, the better discounts they can get for buying in bulk and the more food that the consumer actually gets.

I was skeptical but decided to check out the web site . I liked what I saw and found a church near me that distributes this food. I E mailed the church's contact person and found out what days and times they took orders and payments. I decided to give it a try and headed to the church in my area to sign up. The process was very simple. All I had to do was write my name and phone number. Because I have a family of five who like to eat, I Ordered two packages, paid my fifty dollars, and was on my way within five minutes. I was given the pick up day and where to park for pick up when I signed up.

On pick up day I showed up, ordered and paid for the next months food, showed my receipt for the current month and was given two clothes pins. I walked into the next room where they took my clothes pins and started me down a line of tables, where they had workers put one of each item in my clothes baskets that I brought from home. By the end my baskets were full. A full clothes basket of food for only twenty five dollars. Not just junk food either, but meats, side dishes, vegetables, even a desert. Angel foods said that this is enough food for one person for the month, two people for two weeks ,or even a family of four for a week. As I said I order two packages. For April the menu is :

6) 4 oz. Hamburger Steaks with Bacon(4) 6 oz. Pork Chops(1) 2 lb. Breaded Breast Fillets(1) 1 lb. Ground Beef(1) 16 oz. Fully-Cooked Meatballs(1) 2 lb. Breaded Chicken Tenders(1) 12 in. Supreme Pizza(1) 16 oz. Corn Dogs(1) 20 oz. French Fries (1) 16 oz. Corn(1) 15 oz. Pork & Beans(1) 16 oz. Pinto Beans(1) 10 oz. Gravy(1) 16 oz. Rice(1) 6 oz. Pancake Mix(1) 30 oz. Pie(1) 16 oz. Green Beans

Everything that I have gotten has been top quality just like I would buy at the store.( No seconds, expired dates, crushed packaging or anything like that) Of course there have been a couple things that were not favorites of my family ( I have a picky bunch ) but I have found that even donating a couple items here and there , this is still a phenomenal deal.

I have been happy with the food and thrilled with the savings .

Yesterday when Michael returned from school he brought a flyer for Angel Food ministry. I guess that many are trying to get the word out to those who have not heard of it. I had not realized that thirty of the United States have multiple sites in their state. I told Michael that I would spread the word by sending E mails with a link to the site to all on my E mail list. After all who wouldn't want to get good food at an even better price ?

Back to School

We packed Michael's doctor's excuses with his lunch in his lunch box with the long handle that he could hang around his neck while walking on his crutches. I then drove him to school, walked him in and made sure that he could make it up the steps without falling. I then stopped in the office to talk to the principal. As I left the school I felt a feeling that I have not experienced in many years. My heart sunk . I was half way home before I realized that this is the very feeling that I have felt as each of my children got on that bus on their first day of school. How odd that this feeling would resurface. How odd that I prayed while driving that my child would be OK . That he would return home safe and sound. Then it occurred to me. I should get used to it because I will be feeling these feelings the rest of my life. This must be what my father is feeling when I leave his house fifteen minutes from my own and he screams out the door " Call me and let me know you get home safe !" I roll my eyes as I say " yes Dad " Thinking Gee I'm thirty eight not six !I guess that my ninety year old Grandma knew what she was talking about when she said " The bigger they get the more you worry " I guess that is the way that it should be . He may be fourteen next week but he will always be my baby !

Happy Birthday Nanny !

Happy Birthday to a wonderful Mom and Nanny.

We hope it is your best Birthday ever !

Nanny and Pops with their grandchildren

Follow up doctor's appointment

Michael seen his doctor for his one week post op check up yesterday. Though they did not remove and change his cast they did take X rays and showed us where the pins were in his foot and where the bone graphs were done and that they were "looking good". Michael also got the go ahead to go back to school tomorrow.

I think he is ready to go back but I do worry about the crutches on the steps.Especially with his heavy plaster cast still on. He has an appointment for next week when they will remove this cast and put on a light weight one. Everything seems to be going good, even his pain level is decreasing. Of course, we are still in the beginning as he will have this lighter cast for six weeks and then , after a slight break to get back on his feet we will start all over again with the right foot. Thanks to all for your prayers !

Something to think about

When I logged on to my computer this morning I noticed this article. NFL- Sports Concussions Called a 'Ticking Time Bomb' - AOL Sports It caught my interest as it flashed by because I seen Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's picture in the introduction . Being a Steelers fan I decided to see what the article was about. I was glad that I did because , though Michael has had at least one concussion from missing a block and being hit in the head during a karate class. I never really thought of it as that big of an injury since he never last consciousness. As a matter of fact I wouldn't have even taken him to the ER except that his pupils dilated catching my attention.

This makes me wonder, If these "head injuries " are as dangerous as the article suggests,aren't eighty to ninety percent of today's children at risk? I personally have always known that Shoto Kan karate could cause injury . I remember the first month that Michael started karate.I dropped him off at the dojo and went to my mother's house to return a dish I had borrowed. When I came back I seen an ambulance in the parking lot of the plaza where the dojo was located. Panic overcame me and I got out of my car and ran in without even taking the keys with me. Luckily it was not my precious five year old who was injured but there were adults in the class who were sparing. One missed a block and took a hit to the face. For those of you who have never watched this type of sparing, when a punch hits the skin, the snap of the impact splits the skin open like you cut it with a knife. I have never forgotten the fear that I felt this day and have since felt it many times as I watched Michael compete once he earned his brown belts and finally his black belt.Luckily Michael has grown up competing and though any belt lower than a brown never free spars in competition, he has learnt how to block .

I know that many Americanized karate clubs fight in full protective pads to prevent injury but in Shoto Kan hand pads and mouth guards are the only padding used. I agree with this because One of the main reasons that I put my son's into karate was to teach them self defence. Now if they have never spared or taken a hit without padding what happens when they need to defend themselves on the street and they don't have their padding? I believe that teaching them to defend themselves, how to block and how to fall are essential.

Though karate can certainly cause injury,Karate is not even mentioned in this article. How many boys play football? I have heard that there are now pee wee football leagues for children as young as five. Though these kids wear full pads so do professionals and as the article proves these don't always protect. Then there is hockey, Baseball, basketball, even track and field . Once in high school I saw a pole vaulter miss the pads after his vault.

When you stop and think about it most activities that our children participate in can cause head injury ( or many other injuries for that matter). Aside from sports how about horse back riding? Bike riding? skateboarding? Are their any children out there who are not at risk? I would think that if any, it would be a small percentage. So what is a parent to do? I'll tell you what I do ; I pray ! What else can be done ?

Warm and Sunny

North East Ohio is finally sunny and warm again. Two weeks before Palm Sunday we had some nice weather but it gave way to mostly cold with rain and even snowed a couple days. Hopefully this warming trend will last. The only problem is that I have some neighbors that ,quite frankly,could probably use some excitement in their lives. Weeks ago these neighbors seen the nice weather as a chance to start mowing their lawns. Now I am not in the least thrilled by the thought of mowing the lawn and usually hold off as long as possible. My goal is not to mow until June and then pack up the Mower at the end of August. Unfortunately, this never happens but for the last few years I have been able to hold off until May and at least slow down to once every two or three weeks in September and be done in October( other than using the mower as a way to quickly bag leaves).
Yesterday, after dinner Mike and I were looking at the weekly sale ads and I mentioned ( How stupid can I be ) to Mike that Sears now had a mower that you didn't have to pull one of those rope thingies to start but it came with a key start. Since my yard is too small to justify a riding lawnmower, this sounded perfect to me. Since our old mower is pretty old ( we bought it used about ten years ago ) and very hard to start I have had to have Mike or Michael start it for me every time I used it the last few years. Mike started asking questions about these key start mowers that I had no idea how to answer, like does it have a battery or is it electric? I of course answered " No it runs on gas " He explained that to be a key start it would need a battery or plugged in to for the key to work. I had no idea what he was talking about as I am not real good with these types of things. Finally after Mike got sick of my blank stares and found no information in the ad We put Cindy in charge of Michael and Robby and left for Sears ( we only live a block from the mall so it wasn't too long away)
Once at Sears Mike decided that with his bad back and Michael being in a cast most of the summer that we should get this mower. We had his Grand Am so we had to come home and get the Aztek. We got the mower home and Mike got it ready to use by about seven , just when it was starting to get dark. I managed to mow the front yard before it got totally dark but saved the back for another time.
The yard looks great but now I have committed myself. Even my neighbors who had not yet done her lawns are doing theirs this morning. Ohhhh No what have I started !

The teddy Bear story

When Michael went to the Surgical center on Monday. The nurse was concerned that he would have a problem with getting an IV. Since Michael is not as tall as many thirteen year old boys and this particular nurse did not see his chart she was not sure of his age. She walked past him carrying a teddy bear then past again trying to gage whether he would appreciate the bear or not. Finally she came over and explained that they give all kids these bears and layed it down on his lap as she put the IV in. Michael is really not the bear type and would just as soon left this one for some younger child but he has always been taught to say Thank You and act appreciative so he did.

After Mike snapped this picture with his cell phone Michael handed me the bear. saying " Mom you can have this" I layed it on the table by his chair and took it with me to the waiting room while he was in surgery. Once we got home I tucked it into my cedar chest right next to the one Robby got from the Police when he was a baby and we were in a car accident . I will keep these safe and sound until my boys have a child ,then I will give their bear to their child and tell them the bear's story when they get big enough

Michael with his surgery Bear

Michael's Surgery

Pre Op
Post op

( Posted with Michael's permission)

Michael's surgery went well. We were kind of pessimistic that it was going to actually happen there for awhile but it all worked out in the end. We arrived at the surgical center at nine AM like instructed and were taken to pre op within fifteen minutes. We answered many questions, while Michael got into a gown and they put in an IV line. At about nine thirty we were just setting back in pre op waiting. Waiting and watching cartoon network, waiting some more . At ten AM( Michael's scheduled surgery time) the doctor came in. Unfortunately he didn't come to our section, he went to the lady in the next section. Here he was behind and we were after her. After he left she told us that her surgery was expected to take an hour. Michael was growing restless and asked one of the nurses if Nanny could come back with us. Since this nurse knew us from church and Understood Michael's situation she allowed his request. At eleven thirty Pops came in. He had jury duty and didn't think that he would make it but the defendant decided to plea guilty for the case he was assigned so he was free. Michael was thrilled that Pops was there . Soon it was noon. Michael started looking uncomfortable. Then he got down right fidgety. We asked what was wrong and he said he itched all over. Upon inspection he had a bumpy rash all over him. I was sure that this would threaten his surgery as we called a nurse. The nurse called a doctor who called two more doctors. The doctors called an anesthesiologist. I stood there as they all looked and pointed. Nanny ands Pops retreated to the waiting room when one doctor spoke to Mike and I . We think it is an allergy to our laundry detergent he said. Another doctor went to get a surgical (sterile) gown. They took the blanket away and the rash started to go away. The doctor never did come back with the gown but it was twenty till one and the surgical nurse came to get Michael. Problem number two occurred when this nurse asked for the crutches that the doctor's office gave us to bring. Gave us? We asked. The doctor came in and asked Mike if he would go to the office and get a pair since the staff neglected to give us any. He did and I went to the waiting room where a staff member offered me a variety of snack foods as well as free,coffee, tea ,cappuccino, hot chocolate,or select Coca cola products. Mike soon returned with Michael's crutches and a bag of McDonald's double cheeseburgers ( no onion for me ) . The surgery took a little over an hour and a half and then the surgeon came out. A half hour later , we were called to recovery.
Upon entering recovery I seen Michael was blotchy again. I pulled the blanket off and he was still in the same gown. the post op nurse said she gave him Benedryl but she didn't want to give him too much so he wouldn't wake up. I told her to get his discharge papers and that I would take him home and give him Benedryl here. Mike helped him to get dressed and we were on our way. Once home the blotchy rash went away after a dose of Benedryl. They just didn't give him enough in addition to not removing the offending fabric.
We are doing a lot better now. We just keep the Vicoden coming every four hours and limit the time off the couch to bathroom breaks and eating Michael seems pretty comfortable. Of course it helps that he has two new X Box games in addition to the hundred and some that he previously had to occupy his time. His school has also been helpful in sending home a weeks work for him to stay busy with.(By The Way... He wishes to thank them )

Divine Mercy Sunday

Though I have been doing pretty well with not worrying too much about Michael's surgery tomorrow. I find that more worry creeps in as the day gets closer. I was starting to feel quite a bit of worry when
my Family and I decided to go to mass last night instead of this morning .With Mike working six days a week and not even taking extra days off for Easter we really wanted a day that we would not have to be a slave to the alarm clock. Being in the frame of mind that I have been in ,I didn't realize that This weekend was Divine Mercy Sunday. I have always loved the above picture of the Divine Mercy every since Uncle Bob gave my brother Jim a huge framed copy when he stood for him for Confirmation .I believe I was about twelve at the time The picture was placed above my parents fire place where it has remained all these years. Even though Jim married and moved out almost eighteen years ago he felt that this picture should stay.
As We walked into church I dropped a prayer request for Michael into the box and went to our pew to pray. As mass started and I could feel a sense of peace come over me. When Father announced that it was Divine Mercy Sunday I understood . Father also announced that though it had not been in the bulletin nor had he remembered to announce it, there would be anointing of the sick after the reading of the gospel . Wow , I thought Michael could sure use anointing about now .Tears filled my eyes as Father anointed my precious Michael and I knew that God would take care of him through not only this surgery but his recovery and the next surgery and recovery too.
Isn't it amazing how God sets these things up? He surely had a hand in scheduling Michael's surgery on the sixteenth so that he could be anointed the day before which he knew would comfort me. God knew that I would probably not think to ask Father to anoint Michael privately so he worked everything out.
Come to think of it, I don't even know if anointing of the sick is done at all parishes on Divine Mercy Sunday.

Post Easter Sale

I was bombarded with errands today. The car payment needed to be mailed at the Post Office,. We were out of Dog food that is only available at the Pet shop,. I needed buns from The Schwabel's outlet, We were out of milk and it was on sale at Sparkle, and that sort of thing. Nothing big but just many many little things. As I was knocking these things out one at a time I ended up in the wrong lane of the road and could not get over. I was forced to turn into the Target plaza and figured that since I was there I would see what Easter markdown's they had. There was not much left but I did spy a metal lunch box type container with peeps all over it.It was a Peeps smores set. The light bulb in my head went on. I figured out a way to put a new spin on some of the left over Easter candy. We put 1/2 of a single size Hershey's milk chocolate bunny on a graham cracker and topped it with a peep ( yellow of course :-). We microwaved the smore for 10 seconds ( Cindy put the first one in for 15 seconds and it blew up big time) and put a top graham cracker on it. The kids were thrilled with this new treat. I may just buy some reduced peeps and chocolate to put in the freezer to see how peeps do over a campfire this summer.The wheels are always turning !

One last Easter picture

I am so proud of this year's Easter Bread. I have not made my own in a couple years but this year Cindy asked for it. I finally found time Easter eve at 9:00 PM to get it all together and let it rise overnight. I awoke Easter morning to a beautiful looking loaf of bread.

I think this is the prettiest I have ever baked !

Easter Egg pictures

Hmmmmm orange or Blue????
I made a Robby egg !
Creativity !
A green thumb

our masterpieces

The Easter Bunny ( Monkey) came !

The Easter Bunny ( Monkey, as Cindy claims) came !

Yes he did bring a bag of socks for all !
Robby poses with his goodies
Thanks to Gift cards most of Michael's stuff actually fit in his basket
The Easter monkey knows what Cindy likes

Clancy doesn't look too happy with Mike's help
Clarissa digs in

Lent is Over !

I am so proud of Robby for following through with giving up playing Game Boy for Lent. I must admit that I thought he was doomed to fail as he plays Game Boy more than most people eat. But he didn't. Even on our trip to North Carolina he stayed strong.

Once Easter came, though Robby was ready. At 5:00 am Robby was in my room asking if lent was really over, when I gave him the go ahead he grabbed the Game Boy and was gone. Here is a picture of him playing as his egg " soaked " in the dye.

No May testing

Well Michael's saga turns another corner. The decision has been made and he will not test in May. Oddly enough this decision did not come from the ISKF or our regional officers. Nor did it come from his Sensei. Rather it came from his doctor and parents.

Wednesday we went for follow up with Michael's podiatrist . We pretty much knew that surgery was the only option for Michael's misshapen, flat, over worked , even abused feet. but we honestly didn't know the whole of it. Wednesday's office visit consisted of the doctor telling us that he was in over his head with this one and that , though he would assist, the surgery would be preformed by a doctor who specializes in these surgeries. We were told to have Michael at the surgeon's office yesterday morning at nine. Mike called off work for a half of day to go and we were at the office by 8:45. We were called back soon after arriving and the fun began. Michael was called from the room for his first set of X rays, then his second, then third,fourth, fifth, Then the doctors assistant came in to examine him. More X rays, he said. When Michael was gone this time the surgeon came in. He introduced himself to Mike and I and told Mike to take his shoes off. We explained that Michael , who was the patient , was in X ray. The surgeon said OK , obviously surprised that he was still in X ray and said he would be back. True to his word soon the doctor was back and so was Michael. An exam was done and Michael was sent again to X ray. It was now lunch time so after Mike let work know that he would not be in at all, we talked about lunch plans. Mike suggested that we hold hot dogs to Michael's feet and let the radiation from all the X rays cook them for us. OK not funny but sadly true. I am not real sure whether that was his last trip to X ray or if there were more but the surgeon came back in and explained what needed done. ASAP was recommended as the doctor felt that there were tears in the tendons which are causing all the pain. An MRI could confirm this but since Michael's karate has been suffering because of the pain anyway, we scheduled surgery. He will have the left foot done on April 16th. The right foot will be done after the cast comes off and the pins come out of the left ( about two to three months).

Please continue to pray for Michael, as he has a long road ahead. Though, the good news is that since he has been winning karate competitions with this problem, once it is fixed he should be unstoppable.

Awwwwww

Cindy took this picture of Mike and I between masses Palm Sunday.

Palm Sunday Passion at St. Paul's

St Paul the Apostle church in New Middletown, Ohio has had a Palm Sunday Passion dramatization , for the past eight years. I have always enjoyed the dramatization of the gospel but never joined the team until three years ago. The next year I recruited my entire family. The entire dramatization is put together by one of St. Paul's own ,Alvera who works hard year after year to put this all together. For this and so much more Thank You from the entire parish ! Here are just a few pictures taken of the 2007 dramatization. Please forgive me for not giving credit to all of the participants but I would rather not name names without every one's consent.

Many from the parish volunteer as palm wavers. They wave their palms as Jesus processes in

Jesus hugs the children who's parents bring them to him Robby is one of the kids pictured

Jesus hugs Mary Magdala ( Me) after she anoints his feet with expensive perfume and her hair

Jesus reclines with some apostles ( One of which is Michael) as he learns of Judas' deed

Jesus is questioned by the High Priest

Peter weeps at Jesus' feet after denying him.

Palm Sunday Passion continued

Mary bursts through the crowd and hugs her son, Jesus

Mary holds high the crown of thorns

Pilate ( Mike) questions Jesus

Barabbas is led in by two guards

Mrs Pilate ( not me ) pleads with her husband

Pilate washes his hands

Jesus is offered vinegar on a sponge by Cindy

After his death a soldier thrusts a spear into Jesus's side

The crucified Jesus is worshiped

After the procession to the back of the Church Jesus bows at the cross

God has taken away my excuse

Have you ever had the best of intentions to do a good deed but for one reason or another just could not accomplish the task, due to road block after road block? Sadly, this happens to me more times than I want to admit. Lately, though, God has been taking away those road blocks and forcing me to follow through.

For the past few years my family has helped one family at Christmas and Easter time.For Easter we have purchased groceries for their Easter dinner, eggs and the necessities for coloring, as well as made baskets ( these usually turned into huge gift bags of toys and novelties accompanied by a brown paper bag of snacks and candy per child ,because so many people that I know would donate to the cause)However, this year this family is doing pretty well. My original intent was to find another family to help but for some reason or another, I haven't. Yesterday while my family and I were having breakfast between masses with the rest of the cast members of the Palm Sunday dramatization. (BTW Thank you David, everything was delicious !) I was thinking that time had gotten away from me and I never found an " Easter Good deed" for this year. Oh well I thought,I'll do better next time.

Not even half an hour later, I was approached by Kim, Are you free on Friday she asked? It seems as though the soup kitchen at which our church volunteers has never been open on Good Friday. When asked why, the answer was; that though churches in the area cover all other Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, nobody was ever available on Good Friday.Upon hearing this, Kim took it upon herself to find volunteers. I agreed to help and even realized that Mike was off and asked him .

Of course Kim found the ten people that were needed so the kitchen will be open on Good Friday. Maybe this will become our families new Lent/ Easter project.

It just goes to show that I shouldn't sweat finding a good deed to do but just open myself to God's will and he will find me one !

Cindy models one of Fashion Bug's Spring outfits.

Cindy has modeled at our local Fashion Bug's fashion show quite a few times. She has always enjoyed being in the show and I enjoy the 40% discount that comes with it. Usually, the store lets the participants pick the outfit that they model from any current merchandise in the store. However this year they chose the outfits that were to be shown and the girls could only pick from the select outfits. Cindy wasn't thrilled with this new rule or the fact that she could not mix and match the tops and bottom choices. After trying on most of the choices Cindy agreed to model this outfit. We did end up purchasing the Capri pants but picked out a monkey shirt to go with them.

Playing X Box after the pool closed

Uncle Wayne plays X box with Tim, Michael and Kayla

Swimming at Maggie Valley

Kayla gathers bubbles from the hot tub while Robby watches and Tim checks out the bottom of the tub
Robby leaves the hot tub to go back to the pool.
Michael , Robby, and Tim enjoy splashing each other in the pool.