PennyDaisy

What an awesome weekend! 

Flying on Friday.  I was so thrilled that we made it down to Galveston…took pictures of our beach house…  It was cool that my dad and little brothers could go, too.  Friends and cousins at the house for pizza and then a late movie.  Everyone said it was better than the first–which is unusual for sequels.  I liked both, but this one was able to deal with more issues since they didn’t have to set it up.  I liked it that he ruined his whites by washing them with his spiderman stuff.  LOL  Very clever.

I also got to talk to a very old friend (no pun intended, bro) and wish him an early happy birthday.  It was cool to hear his voice after all these years.

Saturday I worked on my room and the big kids (that would include me) went swimming just before dark.  I love having brothers and cousins…they all did tricks and poses off the diving board for us.  Even the lifeguard was laughing.  The rule was “more-pain-more-points.”  We watched Paycheck after the children were in bed.  I was actually surprised at how good it was.  I’m always surprised when I enjoy a Ben Affleck movie (like Bounce), and I’m not sure why.

Sunday after a Bible study with Dad (he also read a thing about the Fourth of July by Ronald Regan) we set up a picnic out back.  Mom and Dad bought all kinds of soda and stuff–filled two huge coolers.  We went off to the pool again.  My six-year-old sister has just started really swiming (underwater, no floaty…you know) in the past two weeks and she was everywhere.  She even went off the diving board for me–did a tiny little cannon-ball.  Then we walked home and cooked up the burgers (nothin’ better than a Mac burger–and I don’t mean McDonald’s), hot dogs, chicken–yikes! what a lot of food.  The weather was perfect.  Our deck is very well shaded in the afternoon/evening, and the breeze comes straight through our backyard.

Oh, and Dad put some shelves up in my room for Shelly and I to put our stuff on–makes a lot more storage space.  Hurray!

Cousins leave today (except Kat), but I think we’ll be going up there next weekend to help them blow up their money (fireworks) since it’s not legal at our house.