February 2002 Pictures
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And a cold winter it can be in Texas if you hold your
tongue just right, like Angela and Devin do here trying to mouth-catch some
of largest snowflakes I've ever seen.
Devin climbed up on the breakfast area window sill to get a better look.
Caitlin built a snow-elf.
Mommy built a snow-friend.
And Caitlin mourned his passing as the days warmed. |
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Angela spent about twelve hours making two decorative real/fake plants. She has the patience of a doctor. ba ha ha. Seriously though, they are pretty. Leaf it to her. |
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Caitlin poses for a lovely photo. |
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Nathan Hubble swings Devin upside down at a Sycamore concert. |
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Mamaw Speed (my dad's mom) celebrated her 90th birthday.
She doesn't look a day over 85 if you ask me! We had the party at her church
in Mesquite where ninety or so well-wishers turned out to party-it-up.
Mamaw gives a brief speech thanking everyone for coming out for bowling night. We told her it was her birthday, and she thought it was really neat that her birthday happened to fall on bowling night. I kid...she really is still very sharp for her age and up with pop culture. She went to an N'Sync concert the other day and was seen crowd-surfing to "Tell Me, Tell Me...Baby." |
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Caitlin and Devin pitch in and help by carrying my guitar case. |
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Caitlin turned 6! We had a "Survivor" themed party. The
party started with the guests separating into two teams by popping balloons
to reveal a piece of paper with their team name on it. Then they were
off to eat exotic food like turtle intestines (spaghetti), Angolan lizard
poop (melted chocolate), and Pacific jelly-fish lungs (jello). Here, Cruz
Camacho tries to stomach the choco-poop before his competitor beats him. The
determination on these players faces is inspiring. Cruz won. His competitor,
cousin Spencer, was crushed and cried. I think what really bothered him is
he thought it was actually poop in his mouth. Then it was off for a camera scavenger hunt, where each team had 15 minutes to stage and photograph 15 scenes. Here Team Zoolu performs a chorus-line kick.
Wagon relay races, the confusion of champions.
Bubble-gum contest, how much can you get in your mouth? Team Tumatra popped out as the unexpected winner of this one. In the back, you can see Grandma at the ready with her paper-towel roll. The best one in this competition was cousin Madeline whose mass of bubble-gum came out of her mouth in the shape of her throat. That girl was serious about winning!
The agony of defeat!
Ah, presents!
Shhh...don't tell her, those are trick candles.
Yes, if you looked closely you could've caught the M.C., Greg Probst, wearing his safari hat. |
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And finally, a warning out there to all of you who were thinking about trying some day-bed gymnastics to prepare for the 2004 Summer Olympics: be careful about the double-flip somersault on the uneven bars. Start easy and work your way up to the harder maneuvers. |
