Aunt Ethel's 97th Birthday!

My Granny's older sister turned 97 on Saturday, September 17 (just one day after my brother turned 34!)!! We've decided that she is going to out live us all!  She is in fairly good health and has a wit that is sharp as a tack!!  She amazes me!

Since the Gators were playing Tennessee in Gainesville, I suggested that Steven and Tiffany leave the kids in Wauchula and Grammy, Papa, and I would take care of them.  We had a blast!!  The kids were great at the party and other than waking me up at 6:00 A.M. (but I'm not really complaining because I got cuddle time with them for an hour and a half), it was a great weekend!  Jay was too cute at the party.  While sitting in my lap, eating finger sandwiches and carrots, he kept putting his arm around my neck, pulling my head down to his, and saying "Cheese!".  So we took some self portraits!  I did realize that I somehow got through the party without taking one single picture of my great aunt! Hopefully my Uncle Bill will send me some that he took!

Grammy and the two
Gator fans!

Lily and her Grammy!

One of the shots after Jay insisted
on being cheesy!

Our first shot

Playing with the birthday balloons!

If I get pictures of Aunt Ethel, I'll be sure to add them!!

And here they are!

The Birthday girl sitting down to
enjoy the party

Chatting with her son David!

Until next time!

Football Season is here!!

And we are in full swing with tailgating and games!  We've had two games so far and we've won them both (which is not saying much considering the teams that we've been playing).

The first two games were at 7:00 PM, so I suggested that I keep the kids while Steven and Tiffany went to the game, after tailgating of course. . .  We had a blast!  I didn't take any pictures of the "campout" as Jay refered to it, but I do have a few of the kids while tailgating



Jay, trying to hide from
the camera



Lily - red faced. It was hot!



This past weekend, Tiffany kept Lily at home so that Jay could go to the game (we had to do a little convincing last weekend to get him to come with me and Lily).  Since Mom wasn't going to be at the game, Dad asked me if I would like the tickets.  I said of course!  So I asked my friend Susan if she wanted to join me.  We tailgated, of course, before the game.  I'll have to see if I can get the pictures off my phone and add them - Ethan was FILTHY by the end of the tailgate.  Steven took Jay to the game and we all stayed to the end of the 3rd Quarter so we could sing "We Are The Boys"!  I can't believe how big Jay is getting!



The boys in Orange & Blue



Love the interaction between
father and son!

A shot for Mom & Dad to say Thanks!

The moon was almost full and I got a few great shots of it.  I wish I could have gotten a picture of the clouds too.  They looked like a painting.

 Well, until next time.  We play Tennessee this weekend, but I won't be going. I'll be watching with the kids and Mom and Dad in Wauchula.  We will be celebrating my Aunt Ethel's 97th Birthday!!! 

The first scenes from the new apartment!

My Uncle Randy is an amazing carpenter!  When I spent the weekend with he and Aunt Jeannie in May, I mentioned wanting to get a bookcase for all (and I mean ALL) of my books.  So what does he do?  He offers to make one for me!

It is beautiful and perfect!!  Well, don't just take my word for it.  See for yourself!

It looks like I might be getting Jay and Lily overnight during the first football game this weekend.  So I've been cleaning and organizing the apartment like a mad woman!  That being said.  There WILL be pictures of the rest of the place soon!  I just had to first post a picture of my wonderful bookcase!  Thanks Uncle Randy! You're the BEST!!

Another Galloway Girls' Weekend

Last weekend, my two Florida aunts (Jeannie and Susan), my mom, my cousin Leslie, and I all got together for a Girls' Weekend.  Aunt Jeannie had some flight vouchers that needed to be used and so she flew Leslie down from Nashville just so we could have some fun.  Again, I forgot to take pictures of the entire weekend, but did get some shots of us at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company and a group shot on the beach Sunday morning before the "storm" hit (it didn't come until much later in the day, but we were sure we only had an hour window between showers).

We played Uno, drank Coastal cruisers, played Uno, ate snacks, played Scrabble, and oh, did I mention that we played Uno?  It has become a Galloway tradition to play Uno and eat Cheetos at any and all gatherings. 

Mom, her sisters and her parents get together at least once during the year to just have some time together.  A few years ago, we decided that the Florida Galloway Girls (including the next generation) needed to get together.  Then Leslie decided to move out of the state to Tennessee (no worries, she's still a Gator fan!).  So we've had to improvise as to how to have her involved.  Aunt Jeannie to the rescue!!!  We had a blast and can't wait to do it again!

Just a few shots of our adventure:

This is where our adventure
began on Saturday.

This is where we ate lunch on

Saturday.  YUM!

Enough said!



This was really cool! They
had the scene set for you, just
sit and insert your feet!





This is why we don't let Mom have
the camera! I should have known
better!



The girls! It was windy, but nice.