Above, see my birthday present from Julia! I also got a gorgeous pair of earrings from Kristi, but I don't have a picture of those.

They were given to me at our party on Sunday. We had Dave/Julia, Lee/Kristi, John/Kathy, Duke/Claudia, Russ/Ronda, and Tim/Janine. With all our assorted progeny, the total was 26 in our back yard.

I would include pics from the party, but I don't want to have to get permission from people to post them. So, screw it.

After all the water toys were put away, and the towels were drying on the deck next to the big bags of bottles and cans, all I could think was: "Man, are we lucky!" To have so many really nice, funny, wonderful people in our lives, how much more can anyone ask for? Plus, with the property values crashing the way they are, no one can sell their house and move away for a very long time!