Happy Birthday Chance...

Today was Chance's birthday, I love doing things for these kids on their birthdays! So first stop was Texas Roadhouse for dinner, Chance and his love for steaks... :) I actually bought him one for lunch too, which Carolyn made for him... That boy LOVES ribeyes smothered with A-1 sauce, so had it he did...

Trying to take a pic at the Texas Roadhouse, Tanner wasn't cooperating... :)

Once we got back to the house, the people who came over for the cake... Just missing Carolyn and myself... I'm sure we were taking pics, well, I wasn't, but Carolyn was... :)

I just love to see their faces when they open their gifts...

Yeah, these are not in order... Chance about to blow out his candles... :)

Everyone at the birthday dinner, well, except me, but I had to take the pic... :)

Great day!! I just love my kids birthdays, they make me happy. We will go to Six Flags with his friends and us of course on Saturday for the finale... Should be fun, I really am not a fan of Six Flags, but Chance is, so, yeah, that is where we will go... :)

Father's Day...

What a wonderful day! A continuation of Taylor's birthday celebration and Father's Day! We had a great time once again. Now that I no longer will be remodeling, we will have many trips such as this. We had a great weekend together as a family, and we will have many more, God willing... :)

Me and my fabulous children at the top of Stone Mountain! I love these kids more than life! The only one missing is Cory, and I love him just as much!

My lovely wife bought me a new iPod for Father's Day, which is great because my other one died, and who can be without one?? Thank you Darling!!!

I just LOVE the notes my children write me in the cards they give me, who could ask for more wonderful children than the ones I have?? I love them all dearly!

My first born son, I love that boy! I love them all though, what a wonderful life I live!!

Me and my wonderful, lovely wife Carolyn! I lucked out snagging this woman! She is my soul mate, my friend, my confidant! There are not too many people who could deal with me, Carolyn not only does, but we are perfect for each other! We were meant to be together! I love you honey!

Stone Mountain...

So Taylor decided that instead of having all her friends over for a birthday party, she wanted to go to Stone Mountain and spend the night. LUCKILY they did not want to camp, so we stayed at the Marriott inside the park instead. These pictures are not in any sort of order as blogger is not copperating... :)

The guitar Taylor wanted for her birthday...

Cookie cake Taylor wanted instead of a regular birthday cake... I actually ate a piece of it, I normally do not eat cake...

Birthday cookout and party... It started pouring down rain right as we were finished! Whew!

The "grill" was a challenge to say the least, luckily the hotdogs were precooked... It was good anyway... :)

Our lunch picnic, which was the first thing we did when we arrived at the park, which was also rather tasty, and a LOT cheaper and better than the food you buy at the park itself... :)

Now, off we go to do some swimming, mountain climbing, riverboat cruise, etc... Oh yeah, and also a Father's Day picnic lunch somewhere, wherever we happen to find a free picnic table I suppose... :)

Happy Tenth Birthday Taylor!!

I can't believe my sweet little angel is ten!?! Where did the time go? It does fly by though, that is for sure. I suppose I'll blink again and be walking her down the aisle... sigh. I can say that it has been a WONDERFUL ten years watching my baby grow up, and I am looking forward to the next ten with great pleasure! Happy Birthday Sweetheart! I Love You!

She was going to have a birthday party, but decided instead she wanted to go to Stone Mountain for the weekend, so go we will. We will be staying at the Evergreen Marriott Conference Resort located inside Stone Mountain Park, so I'm sure we will have a great time this weekend doing that and doing all of the activities there are these days at the Park. Luckily she also wanted a new digital camera, so I might actually have a few decent pics to post next week... :)

Chance and Tanner are still at Tybee Island and return tomorrow, so today we took Taylor out to Longhorn for dinner...

Taylor and Carolyn

No, my kids no longer order off of the kids menu, and I usually have to tell the host or hostess that we all need adult menus, or just grab them for the kids myself... :)

Me and my Princess!

The Grand Finale, for today anyway...

Carolyn and Taylor are watching the Justin Beiber movie right now, yeah, I had to pass on that activity... I don't think I have ever watched a kid movie with my children and I don't understand people who do. But that is just me... :)