hiatus

well, it looks like everyone has taken

a blogging hiatus.

we were all out of our respective towns a couple weeks ago,

celebrating birthdays and summer.

BML and CMD share a birthday,

RBD follow shortly after.

so all of the boys headed out to Idaho for some

celebratory fly fishing...in the warm Idaho

SNOW.

(i am SURE one of them will tell you about it in the near future.)

on the other hand, FTD, P man, and I

headed to the Emerald coast to visit with mom/bluegee

and grandmother.

is there anything more beautiful?

maybe bathtime with aunt t

 (who learned quickly to just stay in her bathing suit)

or popsicles on the porch...

or fried crab claws, fried fish, and fried shrimp with GG.

we did it all in our short, sweet, wonderful visit

back to our home state.

we beached...

which P loved...the harder the wave smacked him in the face,

the happier his giggles.

the more sand aunt t threw in his face,

the bigger his grin.

we pooled...

 (at 830am - would hate to be there with the crowds)

and on the way back to o-town,

we over heated.

big time.
so, as every floridian would do, we stopped.
at publix.  the coldest, most awesome grocery store
in existance.

p man stole my ice cream sandwich.
it was 102 degrees.
and the car air conditioner went out on us.
he was a trooper.
FTD and I....well...that's another story.

Friday Night in Neverland

A mutual friend had a going away party in SD last weekend. In keeping with tradition, she rented out the Pacific Beach VFW and put on a little costume party. We've had Rubik's cube, favorite MTV reality character, bar golf, and pajama themed parties there as friends have come and gone. Last weekend's theme was "Neverland." Even though we all vowed to attend wearing red leather jackets and gloves on a single hand, we succumbed to the real theme of "Never-Never Land." Pirate was the most common costume, and the best costume probably went to a pair arriving as Captain Hook and Smee. Tick Tock the Croc was also in attendance and scared most people not by threatening to chomp off their hands but by breaking kneecaps and ankles on the dance floor. Our roommates went as Tiger Lily, Michael Darling (complete with top hat and umbrella), John Darling (including teddy bear) and we got to claim the Croc as a member of our entourage. Of course Peter Pan was there in force, and we'll claim a few odd costumes (including a bear boy and the infamous Neverland banana) as part of the Lost Boys. As if living in PB and attending costume parties wasn't a big enough clue, our major weekend goal is to follow Peter Pan's direction: "Follow me and never worry about grown-up things again!" Of course, on Monday we'll have to start running from the shadows of the party nights!