Day Three Hundred Seventeen

Buddy Cat chillin' in the afternoon sunshine. More of the same tomorrow, I hear. Hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!

Day Three Hundred Sixteen

Happy Birthday, Kelly!

Kelly Teresa Ranft Kimbrough was born on the snowy night of November 12, 1976, about half past midnight. Here she is with husband Kerry this afternoon at the Dolce Cafe on the square in Cookeville, enjoying her fave coffee (Dolce Caramel Latte).

Here she is at about a month old. God blessed us with Kelly 33 years ago (so hard to believe!how time flies!). She's loving, caring, and thoughtful, and the best friend anyone could have. She's always fun and always makes me laugh. The world would be a boring place without her in it. Loving you always, daughter, and wishing you all good things and fun times today and always.

Day Three Hundred Fifteen

Celebrate!

Daughter Kelly doesn't turn 33 until tomorrow, but we partied a day early. We ate supper at El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant this evening, and her dad let our server know it was her birthday (well, almost). So toward the end of the meal, they set the ceremonial sombrero on her head and sang their happy birthday song, in Spanish, of course. She should have seen it coming, but "Conchita" was taken totally by surprise. (Cell phone camera picture--always grainy in a dark setting)

Thirteen family members gathered around the table in our little dining room and sang the birthday song to the birthday lady. We enjoyed the best cake made by daughter Holly's friend, Tammy. After Kelly opened her presents, we somehow got into a paper wad war. (Sister Ann and grandson Elijah were the instigators) That was great fun. All our family birthday parties are fun. Happy (early) 33rd Birthday, Kelly!! Will post more tomorrow ...

Day Three Hundred Fourteen

Chillin' After School With A Movie And Some Orange Punch

"Granny, I wanna watch Scooby Doo on the puter."

Day Three Hundred Thirteen

Ground Control To Major Tom ...

This is Neil in his "man cave". It used to be a workshop for woodworking projects back in the day. Don't let this picture fool you. He's building something to hang another RC airplane on. He was making so much racket with his drill, it scared him half to death when the flash went off on the camera.

Some of the planes are gas powered. Others are electric.

He's built a lot of them over the last few years. Some from scratch--cutting out the wood pieces and gluing them all together until it looks like an airplane.

Some have crashed and burned over the years. Some get rebuilt over and over. Others end up in the trash heap. Sometimes I think he likes to build and repair them more than he likes to fly them. Well, not really. The flying is a lot more fun, I'm sure.