The "Day Of"....... a lot of prep comes together. Trotti's put us on the marquee.......

The Ferns await adornment..... and the stage is set up for the bands.....

The bar is transformed with decoration....

Catherine, then Stanley and Michelle.... the family is starting to trickle in. Mary&Gary'sHotel is starting to fill, spilling over to The Saftety Harbor Motel. These photos, courtesy of Cathy!

Armani and Tux finally get to go discovering around the back yard.....and boy do they love it!

Tux really liked the flowers we collected for the wedding...she loves to sleep on silk, any kind of silk!
Animals around the homestead.....

Snake...yikes!

New Graduate, New Job, New Car......congratulations, Nichole!

Nite Blooming Sirius Cactus....it's Christmas in June at our house!

We're gonna be "Grams and Gramps" or is it "Meemaw and Peepaw"? Whichever it is, Stephen and Sam are giving us this wonderful gift!

Taking in the Lake Tarpon "Sunset Experience"

Our new screen room addition and paver project.

Projects, projects, projects. We built these picture rails for the "family" guestroom....appropo, ya think?

We had a wonderful Mother's Day (on Saturday afternoon).......Gary BBQ'd an assortment on the grill, and we had a nice crowd, Ralph, Gus and Laurie, Ralphine and Joel, Crystal and Brandon (Dana drove to Indiana to surprise his Mother).

The Dads gave the Moms a break and went on a fishing expedition.....

All Gary got was beer.........
Gus and Ralph, they just caught a bunch of fun!

The Stage is set for the graduate nurses' pinning ceremony
Pam and Nichole, friends from elementary thru nursing school
"Nichole Azilee Knight" with an Azilee Averitt Settle orb over her shoulder
The gals made sure they were last in procession, saving the BEST for last pinning!
Pam and Nichole with their favorite teacher.
Now, photos with.....the proud aunt.....
the proud Mom
the proud parents
and a really proud (get this....smiling) Dad!

Men with flower power.........

hey, where's that smile?

Cinco De Mayo Graduation Fiesta!

Grandma, she'd be SO proud!

Dana & Crystal, Hugh & Becky, Gary & Mary.....cruisin' Tampa Bay