So the girls went out for one last shin-dig before for Laura left town. It was in celebration of her birthday and but also in mourning of her moving away to Florida. All good things must come to an end and we have seen the dwindling of "the girls" for some time now. April, Heather, Katherine, Laura and me at Wahoo's in Decatur.
What do girls do at Bachelorette parties? I'm not going to tell you. I will simply show you the beginning:
and the end:
and let you draw your own conclusions...
I think I won for falling the most, followed by Karla in close second. We were playing tag and none of us escaped being sore the next morning. Taylor's taking the picture and that's Spencer in the camo pants and Karla in the tan coat.
So we rented a cabin in Tennessee for the new year. We took an afternoon and drove around Gatlinburg. We stopped at this place called "Cooters" and took pictures in front of the General Lee from the Dukes of Hazard. From the left it's Brandon, Seth, me and Liz.
I went to my very first ball drop while we were in Gatlinburg. This is me and Liz with Seth who was being our "keeper" in the mist of everyone in the crowd pressing up against us.
So it just so happens that Nancy, the librarian, in the first picture is the one that always seems to turn every get together in to something that involves humans and being stupid. This night we rode the Pilates ball like it was a bull - for 8 seconds. Nate, in the middle, got pretty sophisticated with his double-reversal balancing act. Spencer, on the right, seems to be perched. As with all stupid human tricks, I guess you had to be there. We had us some fun!
So the church is putting together 70,000 kitchen kits for victims of Hurricane Katrina. They have just about everything I can think of on the assembly line: knives, forks, spoons, pots, plates, bowls, glasses, scrub brush, vegetable peeler, sharp knife, dish drainer, ice trays, salt and pepper shakers, colander, trash can, rags, rubber gloves, oven mits and I am sure there is more stuff. This photo was taken on my 4th trip to help out. Anna Paget is with me. She was visiting for Christmas. I do love that Paget family so it was fun to hang out with EVERYONE!
It's been 4 months since Hurrincane Katrina. I was home for Christmas and only had time to visit a few neighborhoods. I never made it to New Orleans, or even to the lake for that matter. These 2 images were taken around the Kings Point area. There are FEMA trailers in front of maybe half the houses most of which have been gutted and a few have been demolished. This McDonalds is still not open. Actually, that area isn't even closed to being open. They say that in the "toxic soup" that covered everything there was sewage-related bacteria at least 10 times higher than acceptable as well as a surprising amount of lead.
This was part of the Christmas decorations in Lakeside Mall in New Orleans. I think it's hilarious with the blue tarps and the people stuck on roofs and such. My dad says that so many people complained that they had to take it down. Then, so many MORE people complained that they put it back up. Come on, People! Have a sense of humor!
So here's ma familia on Christmas Eve. Not the choicest of locations but Padre didn't really want to move furniture inside the house. Everying else had a blue tarp in the background. Stupid Hurricane!
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