Happy Birthday Daniel Weyandt!

Birthday Graphics

Daniel Weyandt's birthday was April 8th.  Deborah successfully pulled off a surprise party for him at Kaze with help from Sara Barrett.  Besides great food at Kaze, cherry cheesecake and coconut macaroons, the staff at Kaze was very nice and welcoming.  They sang to Daniel and let him hit the gong.  :)

Daniel was surprised and a great time was had by all.

From Deborah to Ray, Carolina, Eli, Randy, Julia, Chad, Sara, Kristen, Jeannie, and Rob...

"Thank you for coming on Friday night! He even said that having you all there made it perfect.  I think it made his year. Thank you for coming and giving and making it happen! We love all of you!"

Daniel got a new guitar for his birthday.  I hear it sounds pretty good.

It is the perfect time for something fresh, something that symbolizes life, joy, family, and love.

Storm Damage

Last night we had quite a storm come through Mesquite about 2:00 am.  We had high winds, rain, hail, and tornado sirens.  When Randy and I got up and looked outside, this is what we found.

It will be a few days before we know for sure of any damage to the garden, but overall, it looks really good... just a few snapped rose branches, squished flowers, and a couple of broken potato plants.

Randy went out and raised the fence as much as he could.  He propped up the fence with boards.

The petunias and Gerbera daisies got kind of squished.

Driveway side view

View looking up the driveway from the alley.

Corner opposite the driveway along the alley

Wow! That sure looks different.

The remains of the old fence section

The poles snapped at ground level.

New fence in progress

Looking better already

Tyler Azalea Trail

Last weekend, Randy, Daniel, and I took a day off and went to Tyler to see the azaleas.  Daniel and Randy drove and we had Wendy's on the way.  The scenery was beautiful.  Just getting out of town for a few hours was refreshing.

My favorite picture

Black petunias

Yellow and pink petunias

My two favorite men

Watering the flowers was fun.

We called this turtle shell plant.

Very tall trees

Daniel taking a picture of me taking a picture of him taking a picture of me.

:)  :)  :)

Black and lime green petunias

Watering cans at the well in someone's backyard

The well was lots of fun.

That's some fancy landscape.

A bottle tree