Or if worse comes to worse I can bring a couple of those big water guns and squirt you with them.  I believe that Bobby feels like he has already had enough pain without setting in Gordy's Christmas room.  You know how he is about Chirstmas decorations!!! He has avoided that room like the plague before.  He likes to look at the car pictures.   Oh well, it will be fun.

The 4th at Gordy's does sound fun.  Also, sounds like some of you speak from past experiences at his house. 

Hey Linda P., bring your suit and you can run through the water sprinkler, or I'm sure Jack would be happy to squirt you with the water hose. Probably the only water you will really want is a water pic to get all that barbcue out of your teeth. Come on out and have some fun.

Since you're on technology (ain't it all great), I'd recommend you folks with family in faraway cities download a product at www.ooVoo.com  It's a voice/video similar to Skype, but more efficient. I talked with, and saw, both daughters the other night; one in Calif & one in Georgia, simultaneously. Our IT guys found & recommended it.  It's free and no costs for calls anywhere in the world. A webcam's needed, of course, and they're about $20 at Best Buy (most new laptops come with webcams).  SNL, you can watch your triplets grow daily.

Ada Ann, we've had Verizon for about 6-7 yrs & it works great everywhere.  We've never encountered any problems in the DFW area or in traveling to Hstn , Austin and such.  Don recvd a Blackberry with AT&T service at the beginning of this yr frm his company.  He's traveled all over the U.S. with it frm coast to coast and it always works never any dead zones.  AT&T & Verizon are the two best carriers that have the fewest dead zones & best overall serv.  As Jack said, either wd be a good choice.

....I hope Shortcake won't have to rent a stretcher for Bobby....Karen, you should call Gordy so he can make room for Bobby in his Christmas storage room...lol...he'll still have a good view of the party!!

Linda,  I bet Gordy would let you sit on a rock and dangle your feet into his Koi pond!  Gordy's house is a great place for a party...inside and outside!  There's always someone telling a story that you can get in on....I enjoy Gordy's recollection of his car collections!  Why don't you come with Sandy McM...it'll be fun...and wonderful food.  I'm already getting everything to make my banana pudding and cole slaw.  I told Gordy I would make him his own individual banana pudding so doesn't have to share! 

Linda - - Besides eating, drinking, laughing, telling old stories and laughing at stories told by others . . .  not much!   I guess you could get in the pond with Gordy's Koi fish, not sure if they bite or not?  Come on by and check it out for yourself, you can catch a ride wit McMakin!

SNL -- Besides eating, what happens at Gordy's house?  Do you swim?

Kathy -- Too bad you can't read back far enough to enjoy the "ice hole" (Jack Hawkins) story.  It's a classic.  I've learned from reading the GB over the last year+ that our guys have a great wit and sense of humor.  Wish I'd known how clever they all are in h.s., but now am enjoying all their smack and that's what it is.  40 years later, who knew that Bovie would be called "Botox Bovie," Buddy Capps "Baywatch Buddy".  As for the girls, I've gotten to know and enjoy some that I didn't know in h.s. and renew old friendships.  Find out Miss Ada Ann lives in New Hampshire.  Riding in the car through our old haunts for hours with Toni RJ, Sandra Mc, & Debbie Melton was quite an experience.  We did have lots of laughs and and with Sandra at the wheel, well, that was a trip in itself.

Ms McMakin - - No, we don't eat at 4:00.  We start eating about 4:30 and it continues until buttoms start popin' off the jeans!!    We never run out of food, so it's an Eat Fest all afternoon and into the night!!