Daily Archives: August 23, 2014

Birthday Boy . . .

Jan and I left the rig about 1pm to meet Brandi, Lowell, Landon, Sonja, and Lendel (Lowell’s parents) and Sherry (Lowell’s sister) at Brandi’s before we all headed over to Smith Ranch – Katy where Landon’s 4th birthday party is being held.

As the kids showed up, the first thing that caught everyone’s eye was the enormous inflatable waterslide.

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For some of the smaller kids, like Landon, it was a tough climb. But that didn’t seem to slow anyone down.

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Almost there.

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Finally!

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Now let’s do it again.

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This little girl in yellow was the star of the show. She was fearless.

She would claw her way to the top of the slide, stand at the edge, leap into the air, bounce on her bottom, and fly halfway down the slide before she hit the ramp. Then she’d do it again.

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The party itself was held under a nice pavilion with ceiling fans to help keep things cool. Kind of.

It was 100 degrees today.

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Here’s Landon with Brandi’s BFF, Shawna.

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And here he is showing off his Power Ranger’s Cupcake Cake.

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Then it was time for the presents.

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Everyone had a great time, and the Smith Ranch young ladies took very good care of us. This is an excellent place to have a party.

And, as I said yesterday, when it’s over, you just get in your car and go home. No cleanup.

About 5:30 we all (minus Sherry who headed home earlier) met up at Little V’s Vietnamese Bistro to introduce Sonja and Lendel to the great food there, and now they love the place as much as we do. And we got to eat there twice this week.

After we’d been there for a while, I looked up to see a cute blonde waitress behind the counter. She was wearing a white blouse, black slacks, and had her hair in a ponytail. When I looked up a couple of minutes later, she was now wearing black rim glasses.

But when she brought our pork spring rolls to our table, she wasn’t wearing them. OK, maybe they’re reading glasses. Right after that, I watched her walk back into the kitchen. Then I looked up and she was standing there asking if I wanted a refill on my iced tea. And she was wearing the glasses again. Huh?

Then her identical twin sister came back out of the kitchen, sans glasses.

Now it made sense.

When we got ready to head back to the rig, Brandi insisted we take her Lexus, so we  had a nice, cool trip home. Thanks, Brandi.

Tomorrow afternoon, we’ll be going back to Brandi’s to spend the afternoon with Landon, and his other grandparent’s, Sonja and Lendel.

We’re really looking forward to it.

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Thought for the Day:

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor. – Victor Hugo

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