Celebratin'

A few of us went to the ALTAPL golf tournament dinner and prize portion of the night.  So glad we went as we were big winners!

Jill won a box of golf balls, I won a golf bag that I sold to someone for $100, Justin won whiskey, and Neil won yet another yeti cup!

 We got up and at 'em the next morning for Paul's 2nd birthday party!  It was balloon themed-his favorite!  So happy to be able to celebrate one of my favorite little boys!

Amy and I gave him this Jon Hart dopp kit!  Essential!

Live Band Karaoke!

We had been waiting for what felt like weeks for Live Band Karaoke. And what did Neil do?  He planned a dang trip to Plano.  So I did what any self respecting mom would do and got a sitter for the kids.  We had a baseball scrimmage before the karaoke so I got my dad to pick us up because he wanted to watch the game.

My bro and I brought our roadies in to the game and little by little every mom caught on and asked where we were going.  And you know what?  Our tiny group of 4 turned into a bunch of moms who needed a night away!  The dads were so excited all these mamas got out of the house!

you can see Pops and Granddad watching the games.  Richard drives over to Shreveport for most games and Bennett LOVES it.

 Dad ended up dropping me, my bro, and Jenn McGuire off at the casino.  Little by little our friends started showing up like we were in college or something!  ONE of MY FAVORITE NIGHTS!

Moms loving it!

It was amazing having the lights on you with a live band playing your songs.  Like something out of a movie.  

Sadly, this was the last time they were going to be in Shreveport due to budget cuts.  Shame.

I'm sad that Marshall and Marie left before this pic!  They had babysitter issues.

Uncle Frank's Show

We were thrilled when Uncle Frank headlined at Queerport 2019.  Friends and family came to enjoy the show!  And he sold out of his merch! All 10 shirts sold QUICK!  

Contact him @ frankmichaeljones@gmail.com if you'd like your very own shirt for $10!

Dad loved it!  He sat down behind someone's booth to watch.  This was a booth in which they were selling items.

Getting ready to slay!

Marie and me

Jenn and Me

The fancy group minus Julie and Casey and my aunt who didn't get in the pic!

Trivia + Bears

We love our trivia team!  We play with the Harpers, Reeds, and Williams each month.  Marshall and Daniel are like the biggest geniuses over all.  I go for the socialization.  My brother joined us this month which was a treat.  He had been wanting to go to live bank karaoke for months and it happened to be this night!  So, a few of us loaded up and went after trivia.  

This was so funny and I'm so glad I got it on camera!  My brother who goes to ST using my dad's membership was mentioning something he had read in the ST magazine.  He said "Amy, it's something members get."  Knowing he isn't a member and he just read the thing at my dad's house.  Guess you had to be there.

We went to El Dorado and they didn't have karaoke!  My brother had called ahead and everything.  It wasn't going to be until the end of June!  UGH!  We made the best of it and went to Bear's with the Harpers!

They happened to be doing the EXACT same trivia questions at Bear's so we knew all the answers.  We got home around 10-I felt so cool going "out!"

Henry's 1st grade Easter Egg Hunt!

The Pace's opened up their new home to 44 first graders!  We had so much fun hunting for eggs together at their beautiful home.

All of the eggs were numbered 1-12 and they could only select numbers they didn't have yet!  It's a fun way to make it last longer.

Caden and Henry

Thomas and Henry

all 12 eggs!

Henry and Truett (this is his house)

We got to bring a blanket for a picnic.  Anyone recognize any of my college t-shirts?

We grabbed Uncle Frank and got to hang after!

Ceramics

Amy, Catherine and I have been wanting to try out ceramics at church for a while now.  It is a fun time and we are about 40 years younger than the next youngest person.  We painted angels for all of the members in nursing homes.  We were only allowed to paint the white base coat at first until we showed off our skills.  We were then allowed to paint the faces flesh colored.

We really just laughed and played the whole time! Can't wait to do a ceramic Christmas tree!

I went the next week alone and had to clean up all of the messes!  I was on touch-up duty!  Sent this to Catherine and Amy:

One lady accidentally painted the angel wings the brown which is only the hair color! Goodness!  I had to touch her up A LOT!