Memorial Day Weekend 2008

We all gathered at Port Alto for Memorial Day Weekend. Carolyn and Brent bought a huge waterslide and everyone sure had a good time on it. It's strong enough to support 400 lbs. at the top, but it still made us nervous when the little ones would congregate up there. It wasn't that we were worried about their weight, but they would jump around and lean against the openings and peer over the side to the (very shallow) pool 8 or 10 feet below. There is a mesh fabric over the openings at the top, but who knows when it might decide to give way. We need to remember to inspect that every time it's going to be inflated. Once we figured out how to arrange it on the ground, we started trying to hammer the pegs that anchor it into the hard ground. That was quite a job. Then you have to thread the plastic tubing all around and up to provide the water to keep the slides (there's a smaller slide below the area that you climb on) wet and slippery. There are also water cannons to spray and torment whoever isn't operating a cannon. The pool is about a foot or so deep. The first time or two we inflated it we let the pool fill up, but then realized that Carlee could play more easily if we disconnected the cannons and let those tubes just water the grass. The kids played for hours each time we set it up. We're much quicker at setting it up now.

Tito, Brian and Tatum stopped by. We hadn't seen them for quite a while so it was nice to visit with them. Tatum really had a good time playing with all her little cousins.

Wayne came out in his muscle shirt that I got for him when I was in Hondo a year or two ago. Those shirts are really a hoot! From a distance they are pretty convicing.