The Patio Pour

Right on schedule yesterday, we poured our patio extension. They kept calling for rain in the late afternoon, so they scheduled the concrete for 7:00 am!!! Now that's pretty early for a Saturday morning, but I did get out of bed and put the coffee on and had cinnamon rolls and milk ready for the guys who showed up. Jarod and 4 other guys that work for Massana (company Cleo and Jarod work for) showed up--as promised, on time--and the fun began. I was so nervous when I saw that big concrete truck pull up in front of the house. It was much easier to have him back into the side yard and around to the back patio. I was REALLY nervous because we'd had a heavy rain Friday late afternoon and the ground was super wet--all I could see was that big truck making huge ruts in the yard and then getting stuck, but all went well. You can hardly tell today that he was even back there. Jarod was the "navigator" and kept the truck driver in line.

Looks like Cleo is a little too relaxed "watching" the pour!!!

Like I said, Cleo looks a little too relaxed....

I guess he felt he needed to get his feet dirty to prove he really did get in and help.

Job well done boys..........CHEERS!!!

Putting the finishing touches on the patio.

And, last but certainly not least, this was by far my biggest contribution to the whole project. I guess they will look good for a while and then next year when we do pavers or decorative concrete over the top it will just be a distant memory.

The project went really smoothly and we never did get that rain they had predicted so the concrete has really cured nicely. Today we mowed the yard, trimmed and edged and then power washed the driveway and patio. We will wait until next weekend to drain the hottub and move it to the corner of the patio. We don't want to put too much weight on the new concrete just yet. We are very happy with the way it turned out and even happier to have more room out there. Guess we're ready for our next round of visitors to have a big BBQ. See you in 2 weeks Pat and Cleo and Tommy and Cindy.....

Goodbye Camille...

My niece Camille left today after spending 2 weeks with Cleo and I. We really enjoyed having her here, but have to admit that a good deal of the time, we didn't really know she was here. I have never seen one person who could sleep so much and I must admit that I am a bit jealous. I have the worst sleeping habits EVER and am always amazed by people who actually get more than 3-4 hours of uninterrupted sleep at a time.

We enjoyed her last weekend here by going to Rib Fest '08 up at Jarod and Lindseys house on Saturday afternoon. Jarod thinks he cooks the best ribs ever and so does his friend Aaron, so they decided to have a cook off to see who did the best. I will admit they were both good, but Jarods were much better! He cooks baby back ribs, which to me are the best and his friend cooks country style and they just have too much fat on them for my liking. There was sooo much food...ribs, beans, homemade baked macaroni and cheese, salad, chips, dip, munchies, homemade cupcakes, cookies, and homemade banana pudding. I guess you could say it's just a typical southern menu!! Camille stayed the night at Jarods and Cleo and I left before the cornhole tournament got under way. Jarod and Camille were partners and apparently got their butts kicked, but I think they all had a good time.

We met up with them on Sunday for the Braves game. Lets just say the Braves weren't in their best form and pretty much looked like the Bad News Bears so we didn't stay for the entire game. I think the final score was 15-6!!! We did, however, get stay long enough to see Bobby Cox have a "discussion" with the umpire and of course he was "asked" to leave which always makes for good entertainment. GO BRAVES............

Our house will be quiet now for about 2 1/2 weeks and then we will have Grandma and Grandpa Cheney and Tommy and Cindy here. We just love having company and are hoping to get our patio extension poured this weekend so we can have lots of room when they're here.

Hope you had fun with us Camille and you're welcome back any time. We love you....

Stone Mountain Park

This is the skyline of Atlanta from the top of Stone Mountain. It was kinda hazy on Saturday when we were up there, but it was still an amazing view. Cleo and I took my niece Camille on Saturday and had a great day. It was really hot but a good time nonetheless. We really wanted to go on the newly opened SkyWalk, but the wait was 120 minutes (for those of you who don't do math, that's 2 hours!) and with temps reaching almost 100, it was just too dang hot to stand in the sun to wait our turn. We did ride the tram to the top and hung out up there where temps were about 10 degrees cooler. It's always so much fun to do different things, and one of these days I'd like to hike up to the top instead of riding the tram, but until I'm in shape I don't really feel the need to punish my body like that!

Camille and I in front of the "face" of Stone Mountain.

While taking pics of Camille and I, these 2 "older" ladies came up to Cleo and asked if he'd like for them to take a picture of all 3 of us. He said, "That would be nice, I'm just her (marcy) pack mule and do what I'm told and then once in awhile she feeds me a little grain and pats me on the butt". I thought they would die laughing and they just couldn't quit smiling--I think he made their day and after that he, of course, had to flirt just a little. Is that in the genes of all the Cheney men??

Cleo and Camille hamming it up for the camera!

It was a great day and after leaving there, we went to eat at a new Mexican restaurant here in Newnan. The food was great and the atmosphere was fun--they had a "one man band" in the bar area and you could pretty much hear him from wherever you were sitting. He wasn't bad at all and we'll definately go back again.

Happy 20th Anniversary Baby!!!

I just wanted to wish my husband a happy 20th anniversary! I know a lot of people wouldn't have given us much of a chance, but thru thick and thin, bad and good, sickness and health we've made it for 20 years today!!! Cleo--you are the love of my life and my best friend. I consider myself the luckiest person alive to be married to you and having the time of my life. You always make me smile and laugh and I ALWAYS feel like the most special person on the planet when I'm around you. You have a quiet sensitivity about you that a lot of people don't see and I swear your heart is made of pure gold. I look forward to spending many, many more years on this earth with you by my side and then eternity with you. I love you baby....

Little Angels...

Just wanted to show off a few pictures of our darling little granddaughters. They are growing so fast and we had such a good time with them this past weekend. They has us all laughing and were just so sweet and loved everyone. It's like they've never met a stranger--which of course scares the bajezus out of Cori and Brandon!!! Anyhow, just wanted to post a few quick pictures of them.

Happy 50th Anniversary Mom and Dad!!!!!

This past week we spent in Wyoming helping my parents to celebrate their 50th anniversary. They are simply the most wonderful people on the face of the earth and what a testimony of their love. We had the best time ever and only hope they will be around for many, many more anniversaries!! At the last minute, Kyle wasn't able to come but our other 3 kids and their spouses were there. We really enjoyed our time with everyone and especially our 2 adorable little granddaughters. Cori and Brandon let them stay with us at my parents house while they stayed at the hotel with everyone else. It allowed us some quality time with them and they are just the cutest most well behaved kids ever. Kudos to you..Cori and Brandon for doing such an amazing job parenting them. Unfortunately, my camera was really acting up and I didn't get hardly any family pics to post. My niece was the official photographer and will be making cd's for us all, so I hope she got some good ones for us all. My 16 year old niece, Camille, came home with Cleo and I and will be staying for 2 weeks. I hope she doesn't get too bored being out in the country, but she says she just wanted to get away from Douglas for a little while and "chill". We hope to take her to Stone Mt. Park and maybe a Braves game while she's here. We did go shopping yesterday and she got some school clothes---she was excited to get clothes that no one else will have so that was pretty neat. It's raining today--started just after I got the lawn mowed so at least now I don't have to water tonight---YAH!! so I guess we will just hang out here at the house for the rest of the day.

It sounds like everyone had a wonderful 4th of July. Isn't America great?!?!?