Happy Birthday, Joey
Happy Birthday to the fisherman with the mostest! Joey went fishing last weekend and participated in a rodeo where he caught lots of trout and redfish. We'll be bringing some trout with us to share in Tennessee. He caught a redfish that won 2nd place for biggest redfish (which gets you nothing, by the way) and they entered their string of 5 largest trout. They also won 2nd place for that, but the guy who beat them cheated. It was a guy that they know and actually stayed in their room one night. The guy's dad had been fishing earlier in the week and caught 2 huge trout. He gave them to his son to keep on ice and enter into the contest. I was appalled to hear that adults would actually cheat in a stupid fishing contest. Of course there was $400 in prize money to be won, but really, is cheating necessary? Joey said they gave the guy a hard time because the guy knew that Joey knew he cheated. It didn't keep the cheater from collecting his prize money though.
I'm fixing meatballs and spaghetti for dinner tonight- Joey's favorite. I'm also making a cheesecake for dessert because Joey prefers that to regular birthday cake. His family will be joining us as well. Stephen, I got Joey a toiletry bag like yours because he made a comment about it after he saw it last week. He said his is too small. We'll see if this one has enough room for him. You have to understand that Joey likes to pack and over-pack. When we went to the hospital to have Samuel, his overnight bag was 3 times bigger than mine (no exaggeration) and I had my stuff and all the "new baby" paraphenalia packed.
Happy, Happy, Joey.
Have a Day!
Happy Birthday Joey.
Happy Birthday, Joey! I hope you had a lot of fun!
My usual... Happy belated birthday, Joey. And congratulations on catching so much trout. I am excited by the idea of a good fish dinner.
That was funny, Angela.
I had Shelby overnight Tuesday and all yesterday, her birthday. She is 10 years old now. She and Julia started laughing the minute she got in the car to come home with us. They have so much fun together. Yesterday, I took them to Elizabeth's neighborhood pool to swim with Joe. We bought Shelby a blow-up dolphin which Joe was playing with. A little girl came over and took it and swam across the pool with it to give to her younger sibling. Shelby was trying to tell Julia about it, but she couldn't stop laughing and just pointed at the dolphin making it's way to the low end. Julia promptly swam over to the girl and asked for it back.
Elizabeth, Joe and Polina stopped by later in the day for a quick visit and all three girls were in Julia's room when we heard uproarious laughter coming from them. Julia and Shelby came to tell us what for. They said they asked Polina what she did at camp and she told them, "Oh, I just took a damn nap." They said it wasn't funny what she said, but how she said it.
Thanks for the laugh Janine. That Polina.
Yes, I laughed too. That Polina. Wonder where she gets it. Hmmmm? Aunt Alice would occasionally shamefacedly tell on Cousin Ann who would sometimes come up with a word when she was very young. One time, Aunt Alice and Uncle Puzzy were having a minor argument, and 3-year old Ann got in the middle of them and said, "What the HELL of it!" Of course that ended the discussion. My mother always got a good hearty laugh out of things like that about other people's children, but she would have absolutely died if any of her children used vulgar language. And they never did. Oh no. Not us.
That is so funny! I cannot stop laughing about it. I can see myself on Sunday sitting in church recalling it and doing one of those stifling laughs that gets out of control. That girl!!