What a Sweetheart!

I spent some time Wednesday and Thursday (30-31st) with Mandie, Brian and the kids. This morning, they took Carter for a checkup and I watched Abby and cooked a turkey dinner. I was so thrilled that Abby liked cornbread and milk - an old East Texas tradition. She kept coming to me with her mouth open for big bites. What a sweetheart! Then while I was checking the turkey, she disappeared. I found her in the bathroom - cleaning the toilet with my hairbrush. What a sweetheart!

MEMORIAL DAY FESTIVITIES

Memorial Day festivities will be at the von Bose home anytime after 1 p.m. on Monday. The usual things will be going on: swimming, games, eating (lots of eating!), roasting hot dogs & marshmallows. The zip line is up and running if you're brave. We'll try to get our neighbor's smoker again for some really good brisket, so bring whatever you would like to accompany slabs of beef. As always, you're welcome to bring assorted friends and near-relatives as you wish. See you soon!

Carter Brian McMurdie

As most of you know, little baby McMurdie came in to the world yesterday weighing in at 8lbs 1oz, 20" long and "round and sweet!" Here are some photos from yesterday. I'm sure Mandie will have many more to add soon! We all agree that he looks like Abby a little, but is all boy. Congratulations Mandie and Brian!

Art Club Mural

Chrystal & Gideon have been working with the "Committee for Painting Elementary Schools" (CPES) from Art Club to paint a 50-foot long rain forest mural in the teacher's lounge at their alma mater. Carrie also joined us for a day--she painted the iguana top left. Over 120 man-hours (woman-hours?) were put into the project. The pictures don't really do it justice--it's quite beautiful and the teachers are thrilled to have a nice lounge to rest in. The principal even ordered new furniture for the room, so it's a super nice place to be.

The pics are: The whole group with a thank you card signed by the teachers, Chrystal kissing Frank, the lemur she painted, and the whole group autographing the wall (Gideon is the one signing his name upside down.)

My apologies to Missy for the poor layout of the post. I'm just excited that I figured out how to upload the pictures without any teenagers helping me!

31-cent Ice Cream!

Tonight, Baskin Robbins is having a 31-cent ice cream cone sale, from 5-10pm. All proceeds go to the Fallen Firefighters Fund. So, support your firefighters and get some cheap ice cream! Visit http://www.baskinrobbins.com/Promotion/31cent.aspx for more details, or find a store near you.