~~ODNEAL FAMILY BLOG~~Port of Readlyn, Iowa

Almost forgot to post this picture......Bill (Taylor's Dad) carried around these purses the whole time Joyce & I were taking pictures, so I had to get his picture before he handed them back over. I don't think they were his color!!!!!!!! Sorry Bill!

Here are a couple pictures taken when we were about done at the high school of us with Kyle, and Taylor with her Mom & Dad-Bill & Joyce. They were on the planning committee and worked the after prom so they deserve a big pat on the back.

Here are just a few pictures from Prom last night. Taylor's Mom & I decided we will have a fortune wrapped up just in developing our pictures. But they had a great time and Kyle delivered Uncle Louie's convertible back safely this afternoon. He also won money at "after Prom" and even offered it to me to help offset my cost for the evening. We told him to keep it but I was rather impressed by his offer. What a great kid. Glad they had so much fun. Sorry he had a bad steak at Bourbon Street. He should have complained. His Mom would have!!!! By the way Taylor looked absolutely GORGEOUS and Kyle was the THE MOST HANDSOME guy there. What a great looking couple if I do say so myself.

Here is a picture of the cake Bruce once again got for me, and a picture of me and the boys. Maybe he's starting a tradition now with the cakes. He told me he had to get a 4 and a 0, because 40 candles on the cake might burn the house down. Very funny!!! Pretty uneventful night. Had dinner at Carlos O'Kelly's and then stopped and visited Louie & Helen and picked up the convertible for Kyle to drive for Prom this weekend. Him and Ty even put the top down on the way home from Raymond. BRRRR!!!! It wasn't that warm out.

Bruce & I grouted the bathroom tile Tuesday night. It looks really nice. Need to wipe over it a couple more times to get the haze done coming through, but getting there! Even got a potty back in yesterday so we don't have to go upstairs to the boys bathroom all the time. It was nice to shower in my own bathroom again this morning.

Yep today is my birthday. Not in my thirties anymore. Here is a picture from last year-when I was 39! Bruce bought me a cake last year and I told him at the time I don't think I had a birthday cake since I was 13 years old. It was very sweet of him. This birthday doesn't seem to bother me, but I'm guessing when I hit 50 it will!

Here is a picture of our boat in our slip in the marina. Also I took a picture of the marina and how empty it is this early in the year. In a couple weeks there will probably not even be an empty available slip. It was a nice, quiet weekend there for us!