HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE

 MIKE HAD HIS 44th BIRTHDAY DURING THE WEEK, SO SATURDAY HE AND JENNY WENT TO EXPLORE THE NEW GRATON CASINO TO CELEBRATE.  THE KIDS; AND DARYL AND I, HEADED FOR THE NEAREST GOLF COURSE FOR LUNCH. SOPHIA, HAVING THAT GAMBLING BLOOD IN HER, WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT THEY HAD AN ARCADE.  SHE'S QUITE LUCKY WITH THE CLAW MACHINE, AND WON THIS BLUE BEAR.

 BEINGS THAT WE ATE LUNCH OUT, WE HAD MY NEW FAVORITE DINNER OF RIBS, CORN, AND MACARONI SALAD. THAT'S ABOUT AS MUCH COOKING AS I LIKE TO DO.

THE BOYS BOTH HAD WEEKEND HOMEWORK.  PERSONALLY, I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE ALLOWED.  GABE FINISHED HIS AND WAS LOUNGED OUT WATCHING TV, WHILE SAM DID HIS MATH HOMEWORK.  HE STILL HAD FIVE PAGES OF SCIENCE AND SOME HISTORY, THAT HE FINISHED UP TODAY.  WHATEVER HAPPENED TO PLAYING ON THE WEEKEND???

SAM AND I STARTED THIS PUZZLE, WHILE SOPHIA DID HER OWN OF A LION.  LATER, WHILE SAM WAS BUSY WITH HOMEWORK, SHE HELPED ME WITH THE BIG PUZZLE.     

WE WERE UP QUITE LATE WORKING ON IT, BUT WE JUST COULDN'T STAY AWAKE ANY LONGER, SO FINISHED IT UP THIS MORNING.

ONE OF SOPHIA'S FAVORITE THINGS TO DO, WHEN SHE WAKES UP HERE IN THE MORNING, IS TO GO THROUGH HER PICTURE BOX.  GOOD THING I WROTE THE DATE ON ALL OF THEM, BECAUSE IN THE PROCESS OF ENJOYING EVERY PHOTO AND REMEMBERING EACH OCCASION, SHE REALLY HAS THEM OUT OF ORDER. 

A TRIP GO PAPA AND GRANDMA'S IS NEVER COMPLETE WITHOUT A TRIP TO KRISPY KREME DONUTS.
GABE,S CHOICE, ONE OF THE FEATURED DONUTS, TRIPPLE FUDGE.

SOPHIA ALSO TRIED ONE OF THIS WEEK'S FEATURED DONUTS,
THE BIRTHDAY CAKE DONUT. 

SAM SETTLED ON DONUT HOLES, HIS FAVORITE. 

BACK HOME AGAIN, SO SAM COULD FINISH UP HIS HOMEWORK, BEFORE WE HEADED BACK OUT TO THEIR HOUSE.
ANOTHER JAM PACKED, FUN WEEKEND!!!