What a Day!

Started with a walk along the lake front, saw lots of wildlife by these two were the best shots I got. Usually turtles are very quick to swim away as soon as you get anywhere near them. This one just sat there and looked at us.

I just like the picture of the this bird.

Stopped by WalMart and Sonic before we headed home. Once there we didn't do much of anything got a couple of chores done and then it was time to head over to Tammy's.

We were celebrating Pirate Cole's eleventh (yes, eleventh, I can't believe it either) birthday.

Had a big crowd, Kim, Dennis, Kimberly, Tommy, Sami, Cole, Breann, Mum and Dad, Tammy and Tom, Andy, Nikki, and Riley and Dan and I were in attendance.

Started with a great meal: turkey and stuffing, honey-baked ham, potato salad, a couple different pasta salads, tomatoes and cucumbers. It was all delicious. This was followed by homemade cake. Choices were spice cake or chocolate cupcakes.

Not sure what is happening with the birthday pirate here, but he looks like he is having fun.

This was the conversation area. We were also welcoming Kim home, hard to believe she has already been home for a month. Sure did miss her while she was gone and we are glad she is back to stay.

It was pool time for Riley. The water was very nice, I was able to walk right in and Riley came right to me and didn't have any problems getting use to the water. He had a great time and the longer we were in there the more comfortable he became. By the end of the summer he will be a regular water baby.
Then the kids joined us and Riley really loved that. Breann just swam up to him underwater and popped up and he thought that was very funny. So they kept doing it and he kept laughing. Lots of fun.

There will be more pictures tomorrow in the weekly group that I sent out, so be on the look out for them.

We had a really great time today and all of us are looking forward to the picnic/pool party at the end of the month. Of course by then we will have added another member to the family.