The World's Luckiest Guy!

I'm so lucky!  I have had an unbelievably GREAT birthday.... I'm blessed with such very dear friends.   Saturday started to become CRAZY when I looked from the deck into our front room and saw .... Deb & Jack Felkey from Montana!  I was on the phone w/ my brother Andy and said good-bye to him to greet them.  Within the hour Andy & Jane arrived from KC and the party was really on!  We were joined by Doug & Pam Williams and Lindsay & Pat Ellingson, and of course, Ashley Martin.   Before the night ended A.J. Felkey came from Chicago!   We had a great time visiting, eating pork loin, baked beans, Ogden pasta salad, hash brown casserole, and Dutch Oven desserts.  Along the way we drank a few beers and had some "Cayman Mamas."  What a very memorable evening!    If a person's wealth is measured in his friendships, I'm a billionaire, many times over.   Doug tended a great fire for us and at about 11 p.m. when most parties with "old folks" start to wind down and end, this one started gaining steam.   Next on the list were some rousing and spirited contests of "beer pong."  By 1 a.m. I had had all I could take and went quickly to sleep.  However, the party carried on, and on, and on (or so I'm told.)  I think Jack and Deb may have gone to bed about 2 a.m., but Kelly, A.J., and Andy (?) were still going strong (?) at 4 a.m.  What a night!  A huge thank you to all for making my 60th birthday something more than special.  I love all of you dearly......

GOOD MORNING!

It is both Mother's Day weekend and my birthday! To add to the special treat, all of our girls (plus Andy W.) are here for the weekend. We are having a BBQ this evening and the weather looks great.... PLUS it is a full moon and we should be able to have a bonfire! The final piece of good news .... the girls gave me a new, huge hammock for my birthday - I secretly think Bailey (owner of our current hammock) and Jamie were afraid they wouldn't get any "hammock time" this summer, if we didn't have a second one.....

Anyway, I usually post when I'm frustrated, but not today! Everyone have a GREAT weekend!