Welcome to out 87th Birthday Celebration! Everyone's here, we're having a blast!





Check out our new matching birthday suits!

Well, here we are relaxing with Lucille and her daughter, Barbara. Such nice weather today!

Right over there you can check on dinner!

Dan, tell them what you are cooking!


"This is my creation of grilled veggies. This griller is my favorite pan for grilling!

Now, this one may be a bit hot, I added a few chilis from my garden hot house. You might like this other one I call cool veggies."





Now, here's Terry starting on the shrimp.


Dan brought in a "whole lot of shrimp! Listen to the guys talking about it!"





"I heard Dan brought in 10 lbs. of fish today!"

"I heard it was 20!"

"You are both wrong! It was 35 lbs!"


Fish story!?!








The food is coming off the grill fast and furious, the kitchen is a madhouse!


"Where is it all going to go, I hope everyone is hungry!"







Now this is great food, great wine, great friends, and great family!






Before you knew it, out came the birthday cake!

The twins were really getting jiggy with it!





Gettin' down with the birthday tune!







John and Dan joined in the "shakin" your booty" thing!





Making a wish for many more!









Taylor dives into the red velvet cupcake!










The men approve!




And then, it was time to say goodnite!

Terry and I took advantage of both having the holiday off and went to see the Americana Grove outdoor mall.

The place is like Disneyland with outdoor shopping and dining. Really over the top!

With Starbucks in hand we checked out all the high priced luxury shops available.

We ended up seeing "Slumdog Millionaire" and it was really a good movie! Two thumbs up!







Back to shopping. we found gifts for the twins birthdays.


We also found a gift for another birthday party we were invitied to.

Terry found a hat. He looks quite great in hats and likes to wear one when it rains, but it usually ruins the hat. The boys got him a nice Indiana Jones hat that he's worn and didn't want to ruin it. Now, he has one he can wear in the rain! Didn't get a picture of that though. All in all, a great day!

Sean finally got his haircut! He couldn't see for the mop of hair in his eyes. He's been so busy with school and design projects almost 7 days a week.

Seven or eight months since his last cut. (last cut before Katie and Chris were married)!







He went to Taylor's guy.


Looks great!

"Happy Valentines Day Katie".

This kitchen remodel we've been talking about for a few years is looking more and more like a reality!

Terry and I had an afternoon recently and we went looking for ideas. Kids in the candy store! What fun!

I have drawn out plans, redrawn and redesigned over the years. Every time we get a new idea, find a new appliance, cabinet, space saving item etc. it goes in the envelope. We took our envelope shopping!

We've put many obstacles in our way; the economy, the kids, the retirement, vacations. One by one, they have been falling away and it seems like there is less and less to stand in our way.

Terry has been diligently checking how to obtain his "gourmet cook's kitchen" that works for our space, which is quite challenging.

Here, it is refrigerators. Side by side, french doors, counter-depth or built-in. . . Terry checks it out.


Terry has already decided on a cooktop rather than a stove. Separate oven means multiple cook stations and that means cooks have room in our limited area!


Here we check out ideas for storage under that cooktop. Cool!







This is also very cool. Terry likes this idea!












We are moving out the eat-in kitchen to make room, knocking out a wall and making room for an area on a penninsula for casual dining. Now this is an excellent look!











Now, you are dreaming Terry!













This is his choice for a hood for that cooktop. Looks pretty pro, Terry.













And this. . . this is where it all happens! Yeah, I'm looking forward to those gourmet dinners on this baby!


We'll keep you informed as progress proceeds!

Sean took a look at our alarm problem and found the problem in less than 15 min. Terry had been looking for almost the whole week for a solution and was losing sleep over it. It was, of course, that pesky loose dip switch! I hate when that happens! Thanks a bunch for solving the problem Sean!