Reunion

Here is Megan with her brothers girl friends at this years reunion.
They are sporting the famous/infamous Butler tee shirts.

It was a sea of red this year with Paige and Delaney doing the art work for the back and Megan suggested the name and year for the front of the tee shirts.


In this one Megan, Levi and Kye are wearing the first Butler reunion tee shirts.

I made these the night before the reunion with a silk screen kit I got at a hobby store.
I painted the image directly onto the silk and then printed all the shirts on the dining room table at midnight. (Not recommended!)

Modeled by Megan, Elaine and Levi.

Not to bad for being sleepy, crabby, inexperienced and under the gun.

Mom and Dad's 25th Anniversary

For Mom and Dad's 25th Anniversary we went for a retro 60's theme party.

Elaine's family pitched in to help us as we spearheaded the event. (We means Elaine did it)

Elaine borrowed a maternity dress form the 60's from her Aunt Ann.

Elaine's sister, Diane, is wearing a bridesmaid dress from their Mothers wedding.

Elaine's Dad, Gary, is wearing his letter jacket for Mount Auburn high School.


We put some of Mom and Dad's old pictures on to slides and had a slide show narrated by me.
I mostly made fun of them.

My parents 47 anniversary was Monday.

Mine anniversary was Monday too. (We share it!)
Elaine and I have been married 24 years.
I wonder if our kids will do a retro 80's theme party for our 25?

Man time flies.

Honeymoon

My bride on our honeymoon.

Happy Valentines Day

Happy Birthday Niki

Happy birthday little sister.

Pensacola Beach 2010

Elaine and I on Pensacola beach last week.
It was sunny and 65.
We came home to snow and cold.
Vacations are to short!

Labor Day Weekend

Labor day weekend had us making our trip to Kentucky and our family reunion.

Elaine, Joel and I left Saturday before lunch and took our time going down to Tomkinsville.
Take our time means that we played around a little bit in Cave City.

Cave City is a tourist trap town with all kinds of things Kentucky to do.
One of my favorites is Big Mikes.
On the front porch of Big Mikes was a coin operated Batmobile.
On a previous trip to the reunion, 1992, I found this Batmobile in Glasgow, Kentucky outside a Walmart.


After I rode in it I let Megan and Levi take a turn.

At that time there wasn't a Joel yet.

Joel made up for his missed opportunity this year.
I got in another ride too.
I might not have been as enthusiastic as I was when I was younger but I still had to sit in it.

I know it had been repainted but it was the Batmobile.

Big Mike had other coin operated rides from the past on it's porch too.


They also had a big thing or marbles.

That was just the porch.

Here is what it was like on the inside.

If it had Kentucky printed on it they sold it.
There are several items that used to be a staple at these stores that I keep my eye out for but didn't find them.
The man thing I always look for is the man in the outhouse that turns around and pees on you.

Big Mike let me down but if you look closely in the picture you can see giant underwear hanging up.I did spy a vintage decal advertising Mammoth Cave.

I didn't miss seeing Big Mo either.


The boys tried on some hats.
I looked under a giant penny.


The girls humored us.

The junk shop is fun but the real reason I stop here is for the Mystery House.


It only costs a dollar so we did it twice this weekend.

Check back later to see what mysteries lay withing.