The DeBorde Family: May 2009

Well this year our Memorial Weekend was quite eventful! Rusty is the Vice Pres of Bay Area Builders Association & this weekend was their benefit for Support the Troops. It started Thursday with a Golf Tourney, I didn't have to participate in this, but Rusty drove the beer cart! Friday night was a black tie function, that I was initially dreading, but it turned out to be really neat. I think they raised like $75,ooo which will build at least 3 injured soldiers a home valued at $300,000!!! We weren't done yet though, all day Saturday was a fundraising concert, Rusty and I both worked (a term I use loosely) there wasn't too much work but we watched Roger Craeger, Johnny Lee, Todd Fritsch, and Randy Rogers. I forgot my camera on Friday night so no fancy shmansy pictures of Rusty in a tux (or as Reagan called it a "botox"). There was someone taking pictures of the event I will try to get a picture soon. Part of the entertainment was a guy you may have seen on You Tube that paints on canvases to music, resulting in an amazing 6 foot by 6 foot piece of art. He painted 3 patriotic themed paintings that were auctioned off to raise more than $ 20,000. I captured video of one of the paintings so I will get that posted soon. As if we hadn't done enough we boiled shrimp and had our Moms over and a small handful of friends on Sunday. It was yummy, but sadly it seems as though my little buddy,Preston, wasn't tickled about Pearland. We will work on that, but I am so glad he wasn't getting sick! After the rains & our AC got up and running, the kids had a really great time swimming and playing. I have no idea why a long 3 day weekend has to fly by so fast...time flies when you are having fun!