Ella's Birthday

Well, a few weeks back it was little Niece Ella's 2nd birthday.

Lets see, I got to swing, fly a kite, eat hot dogs, have dirt cake, get presents..... wait the presents were Ella's but the rest was all me.

So it was the Christensen and the Doak clans, taking over the park for an afternoon.

Zac and Dani sure do have a nice kid.

Here are a few memories, oh and happy birthday Ella.......

Zac's Birthday

Zac turned 30 on the 19th, so Jamie Lou and I did the lame thing and got him a gift card to Best Buy and a card with a sexy woman that was vacuuming on the inside. Complete with sound effects of that woman vacuuming. I laughed at it, so that is all that matters I guess.... But his wife was a bit better than us and invited over a few friends an family for some BBQ and a pool party. A good time was had by all. All except the kids Yoshi, Zac and Thad made cry. But other than those 5 kids, a good time was had by most.

So happy birthday Zac!

Ah yes, the happy Birthday boy. Can't you see it?:
Donna, Jamie Lou and Ella "The Kid" :
you might think it was Thad's Birthday, but it wasn't. In my best lispy voice "THAPRIZE!" or "TA-DA, a magazine for and by gay magicians":
And this is what happens when little kids tell Zac and me "I wanna go fast" Wait that was Ricky Bobby... Oh yeah, when they say "I WANNA GO HIGH!":

Wednesday night is "Wanted" at Billy Joes, I wonder if I will learn anything at that movie.

PS Oh and if you haven't checked out the show "The Middlemen" Mike was talking about on his blog, it was pretty damn good/funny/witty/ I liked it.

PSS OOOOH and Jamie Lou got me Rosetta Stone Spanish Speaking for Latin America.... I am one hour in and I know lots of words I didn't before come, leche, perro, mujer, pan, manzana the list goes on and on.... I wonder if I will really learn to speak Spanish, that would be KICK ASS to actually order a real drink at a real Mexican place and know what the eff I am saying/doing... I'll keep you posted....

PSSS My buddy Eric started working out, so starting next Monday I think I may too. Remember that is next Monday. That reminds me of the time in Ames at Olde Main Jamie Lou said "Too bad we aren't here tomorrow" as I look up to see a sign that says "Free Beer Tomorrow" She is awesome on so many levels! Always makes me laugh.

PSSSS JB, you an I once talked of doing Damn-2-Damn. Maybe next summer is the time to do it. What do you think?

1980's Party

I am thinking that the 1980's, while WONDERFUL as a child with Transformers, GI Joe and some pretty good cartoons, had to have been better for the adults. So when a 80's themed party was thrown for no reason by our friends the Stovers we jumped at it. I originally thought it mights have been funny to show up looking like we were from the 1880's, and them acting embarrassed to find it was a 1980's party. But a couple pastel shirts, 2 popped collars, and a sailing sweater I was good to go. Jamie Lou on the other hand went the prom dress route, it was great. The only thing missing was a few 8-balls of Coke, snow, C, flake, blow or lady. ( really am not up or down with all the nicknames, but everything is on the internet now :-)

When Jamie Lou tells me the next day we can't party like that anymore that means a good time was had by all.

I think the photos speak for themselves so ENJOY!

EDIT Well, thanks to FlickrSlidr my issues with uploading have been fixed so now the flickr slideshow seems to appear to appear....


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