Old School, Cousins, and Zeke's Big Feat!

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Years ago my mom was sorting through boxes of old things and found her high school pep club uniform. Upon discovery of this amazing artifact, she got up and danced the "Highland Fling" for us. I died laughing! I couldn't believe that she planned on throwing such a treasure away, so I've kept it all these years. More than 20 years after I saved this relic from a sad fate, my mom donned it once again and wore it to her high school reunion where she dazzled her classmates with a rousing rendition of the Highland Fling. She is amazing!

When Mom came over to claim the uniform, we dialed up a YouTube version of the Highland Fling and all tried our hand at the fancy footwork. 

A post dance, backyard photo shoot with a legitimate, vintage member of the Highland Pep Club.  Isn't my mom so pretty?

My mom brought me several boxes to mail the stuff I've been selling on ebay (I'm cleaning out Wayne's Bar for the upcoming remodel) and Lindy found this one to be a perfect fit.


We also got to have Mary's kids for a day while she hiked Mount Grandeur. (Her husband, Phil, is currently deployed to Qatar and she needed a respite.) We painted and deployed rockets, played at the park, fed the ducks and geese, and had a picnic. The best part was Grandma came to play too!

Piet, Jake, and Zeke at the Scott Avenue Park

Lindy, happily feeding those ducks



This girls LOVES playgrounds. When she sees one she screams, "SLIDE. WHEEEEEEEEE!!!!" She has zero fear and can work a playground over just like the big kids.

This was the site of our hasty picnic near the spring. A massive thunderhead was rolling in and we knew we'd have to work quickly to launch the arsenal of rockets.

A couple of weeks ago, right before we left on our trip to Nauvoo, Zeke finally did it! He went for 30 days without peeing the bed at night. He's been potty trained forever during the day but that guy sleeps like a rock and wouldn't even wake up at night to do his duty. Well, something finally clicked and as a reward, we removed his toddler bed and gifted  him a big-kid bed, complete with Star Wars bedding. At the ripe old age of 5, the kids is finally fully potty trained. Yeah!!!
The man with his prize!! Truly something to celebrate.

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  1. Eileen WhiteJune 17, 2016 at 5:08 PM

    I actually went looking for those MIA rockets again. To get over their loss, I built a new fleet. Thanks for making the short movie. My old pep club members had quite the shock when they saw the highland fling and the dress again... Vintage.

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