Pat's Birthday

James' oldest brother Pat turned 40 this year so to celebrate his being an older, his wife Krista planned a big 80's party. It was a lot of fun. We all got decked out in our best neon, and 80's big hair and blue eyeshadow and partied down. They have a large shop built next to the house and she even rented a fog machine, strobe lights, changed out all the fluorescent bulbs with black lights and had a DJ playing the great hits of the 1980's all night.
Here are Pat and Krista.


Here are Dan (James' other brother), Susan (sis in law), and their friends from Amarillo - Mark, Lori, and Jason and Katresa.

James and I - he did wear pink and he did pop the collar. I went for the denim jacket, rolled jeans, Go-Go's shirt and jelly shoes. Hot stuff right?

Andrew came dressed to impress too in his Run DMC onsie and he was quite fascinated by the lights and music. So much so that he refused to go to sleep until well past his bed time but still woke up at the crack of dawn. Not so fun for Mommy and Daddy.

Hanging out with Grandma Marlene.
Some of the crowd, and the one below that is Dan. Not sure exactly what really cool dance move he was doing here but the pic turned out pretty funny.


Here are my glowing jelly shoes. I couldn't hold the camera still long enough for the shutter to get them clearly but you get the idea. :-)

And a few shots of the party getting started. Again I tried with the blacklights but need a tripod to get it to work really well.





I think she takes the cake for the best dress of the evening. AC/DC is either the most popular band of the 80's or just easily available at the stores right now. I counted at least 4 guys in AC/DC gear.

The Fleischman boys.

Dan and Susan

Mark and Lori

Sim with hair....and a mullet at that.

Dan and Michelle (sis in law)

And a shot of the crazy boys the next day changing the black lights back to normal.

We had a fun but very quick trip. I did get to see my bff Ashley and she met Andrew for the first time. You can see in this pic so did her 2 German Shepherds. They kept coming to smell and lick on him. He thought it was so funny and kept trying to chase them around.

With Brittany in town we have been trying to take her around and see things throughout the area. So a couple of weeks ago she had a wedding reception in San Antonio and we drove down with her and went around the riverwalk, and the Alamo. It was a quick trip but she did get to see downtown San Antonio. We'll probably try and go back before she leaves a see a bit more. I also babysat for a friend of mine - her little girl Kimbri is an absolute doll but to keep her from getting too bored with us I also invited Rylee to come over and hang out. They had a blast playing Wii, doing nails, makeup and making s'mores. I tried to get a picture of Rylee with her face completely covered in chocolate but she wouldn't turn her face so this is the best I could get. Here is Kimbri also covered in chocolate but not quite as much as Rylee. Andrew was so crashed the other day this is how he was asleep And another funny sleeping picture. I love the way that these little ones fall asleep and nothing bothers them. Andrew is definitely growing. He is figuring everything out. We first put him in the jumparoo and he wouldn't put his feet down or do anything with the toys on it. Now he will get in there and go totally crazy. He absolutely loves it. And he is doing the army crawl scoot thing and he is quite fast. Starting to make things harder on Mom that is for sure. And of course Aunt Brittany who gets to chase him down regularly too. He actually started out sitting in the seat drinking his bottle and he crawled out of it. And climbing under the coffee table to get anything and everything. Here are a couple of mommy and Andrew pics since I never have these because I'm usually behind the camera. :-) And a super cute little outfit. A car outfit that goes really well in the Fleischman family.