Cell Phone Saturday #8

My very first ride in the Sweethearts Money Pit!

It was a lot more fun than I thought it would be.
He's like a kid in a candy shop.
Very happy.
Still needs a lot of work but at least it is drivable.

I am late in getting something up.
We have had a week of sickness with our children,
GRANDchildren and now the Sweetheart.
Looking ahead to hopeful a better week!

I've shown you mine now you show me yours.
Cell Phone Pictures, that is :)

Sweetheart's Money Pit Returns Home

The Sweetheart started this project 5 years ago before his leg was amputated.

After that he wasn't able to do the restoration work any longer.

So a friend has done most of the work.

 And that friend has had it for 3 years in his garage!

Today it came back home to our live in our Garage.

 I really wish I could tell you it is finished but sad to say it is not!
The air condition needs to go in and the interior hasn't been done yet.
Oh, I can see this being another few years of waiting.
I can say that it has been a pay as you go project so there is no debt,
thank heavens!

Once home, he let my Big Baby, Travis take him for a ride!

Good times!!

I told him that it looked like a

very expensive "Photography Prop" to me!

What y'all think?

I Won!! I Won!!

I had a phone call telling me that I had won a $250.00 Gift Certificate!!

However I did not win the Silhouette machine that I signed up for :(

But I did win a $250.00 gift certificate for LMC Truck parts!!!!

Well I was so excited that I went through the catalog and had

picked out all of y'all a Christmas present!!

I thought y'all could use a pink pair of dice to hang from

your review mirrors!!

You're welcome!!

I hoped you would love them as much as I did!

Well, imagine my disappointment when the gift certificate came in the mail

and it had both The Sweetheart's and my name on it!!

That meant that I had to share with him!

He had on his list, a head liner, carpet, a console and door covers!

What?

That meant that there was no money left for the pink dice!

I'm sorry, I'll have to find something else for your presents!

Now, I know you are wondering where and how I signed up for

$250.00 worth of truck parts!

When all of you were hitting the stores for those wonderful Black Friday Deals

I was walking off that Thanksgiving dinner in Daytona Beach, Florida!

Not at the beach but at the Daytona 500 Speedway!

At the Daytona Turkey Run!

   The annual Turkey Run is the largest car show and swap meet in the Southeast.

Turquoise is such an in color!

I guess this is what they call the swap meet part of the show.

You swap your money for their junk!

Pictures like this have me hunting for Waldo!

The smells of all the carnival food were wonderful!

Those funnel cakes and curly fries and Fried Bologna Sandwiches

just made us so hungry.

But after what I had eaten the day before I was looking for something

a little different.

We did find a wonderful Greek Salad, so good!

I also found these that would look really good on MY TRUCK,

not his truck.

And this of course caught my attention!

But I didn't have enough money to swap them for these two items.

That didn't mean I wasn't interested in them though.

It would have been nice to have had $29000.00 to swap for this gorgeous truck!

The Sweetheart did swap some of his money for an air condition
to put in the truck that he is having rebuilt!
Merry Christmas to him!!
But truth be told, he knows I won't ride in that
truck without air-conditioning!!

 My very first time at the Daytona Speedway

was a beautiful day with perfect weather, spent with my Sweetheart!

I personally think that once is enough for me,

he can take one of the boys next year!

Time Flies When You're Having Fun!

Celebrating 34 Years Today!

Happy weekend to all of you too!

Mellow Yellow Monday

I was a guest bystander with my camera

Saturday at the wedding of the Sweetheart's, first cousin,

Donald's son.

It was a beautiful day for a wedding and we enjoyed attending.

Handmade yellow and purple flowers on each cupcake. 

The cupcake tree instead of a huge wedding cake.

I'm usually not as fond of cupcakes as I am of wedding cake

but this is the exception!

These were the bomb!!

Best cupcake I've ever eaten :)

The Groom, Randy's first marriage.

 The lovely bride, Marie and her parents.

 The kiss and the giving away their daughter.

This is a beautiful shot of Donald and Christine's back yard

over looking the pond. My boys have caught many a good fish

in that pond. And plenty of fond memories.

 The "I Do" kiss!

 Mr. and Mrs. Randy Barlow.

 The parents of the groom, Christine and Donald Barlow.

 My MIL, Donald, another first Cousin Farrel,

Sue, the Sweetheart's oldest sister and The Sweetheart!

Besides me, this is the only family that was there on Donald's side.

We were happy we could be there for the fun.

 Okay, let me just say that no "good", southern wedding reception leaves out the fresh wild Georgia Shrimp and I must say these were some of the best I've ever eaten. I bet there was the best shrimp salad on Sunday with the leftovers!

 All the food that I tasted was just wonderful.

Another favorite was the blue crab mushroom caps!

 The spinach dip also seems like a must have!

Christine, the mother of the Groom did all the food

with the help of some wonderful friends.

It was wonderful as always.

 Let the dancing begin!

 The Bride's friends from work did a little entertaining and it was really cute.

 The first dance.

Donald was telling us that they took dance lessons

so that they could have a wonderful first dance.

 They did an awesome job all the way to the dip!

Everyone had a great time!

Wonderful way to spend a Saturday afternoon and evening

and not have the stress of being the wedding photographer!

Happy Birthday To My Sweetheart

Happy Birthday to my Sweetheart today!

 Celebrating on the Black Raven Pirate Ship with the GRAND-daughters.

Celebrated with the rest of the family this past Sunday.

He is the Bestest Sweetheart, daddy, and Pop Pop, F.I.L. ever and a pretty good Son, S.I.L.., Brother, B.I.L. and Uncle Harry, too. I think we will keep him :)

He is a walking miracle.

I think he is even surprised that he has lived this long.

We thank the Lord daily for him and his life.

He is blessed.

We are more blessed.

Waiting For Fireworks

This year we viewed the fireworks in old downtown Brunswick.

We got there over an hour early to get a good place.

We try and sit right at the edge of the parking lot so that

the Sweetheart can get right out and sit down

and no walking or tripping involved.

Of course it's a good time to take some family pictures.

 My GRAND, Shelby.

The other GRAND, Reagan.

My oldest son, Harrison and his wife Christon.

The parents of my GRAND-daughters.

 The Sweetheart aka Pop Pop and Shela.

 Pop Pop and Rea.

My niece Leah and Shel.

The Sweetheart's sister Sue and her oldest son Aaron.

Family friend, Paige.

Family friend, Claudia

Family friend, Kara Mia.

My GREAT nephew, Jonah, Aaron's son.

GREAT nephew Manny, Aaron's youngest son.

The Sweetheart and his mother, aka, Gma Griffis or Kathleen.

Shelby and GREAT-GRANDma Griffis

and a fake cat.

GREAT-GRANDma and Reagan.

And finally the Sweetheart and yours truly!
The weather was perfect, no smoke from the fires and the best breeze.
Everyone had such a great time.
Half way through the fireworks Shelby yells,
"This is the best day ever"!!
And it really was.