September 13, 2025-Happy 14th Birthday (Party) Keaton

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• Campbell and I were the first to leave the house. We went to Raymar to work the concession stand for the football games this morning. Whitman and Robby came in the next car load. It had been so cold last week, that we were a little surprised that it was not just warm, but hot today.
• Usually at Raymar it is cold-it can be hot everywhere else in the city, but at Raymar it is breezy and chilly, but not today. It was a little warm in our concession stand-poor Whitman had on a long sleeve shirt, and his cheeks were red all morning long.
• Robby ran some errands while we were there; then he swung by and picked up Campbell up. They went to eat lunch with Grannymom. When Whitman and I left Raymar, we went to Walmart so I could buy more lettuce for these girls tonight (spoiler-we didn't need it). Also, Whitman has been wanting to run to the store to pick up candy for all of the birthday people this month, so he was happy to get to make a quick trip to Walmart.
• I came home and after putting out chairs for Keaton's party, jumped in the shower and then painted my toenails. We weren't home for too long, but I did have time to shout out some chores to people-Graham had to go and see Annie twice and fold the last bit of laundry, Campbell had to make some lemonade, and well, Whitman wasn't around when I was passing out chores so he lucked out there.
• Keaton went with us to a funeral, and she had people coming over at 4. We thought we would be home by then, but we sure weren't. Since Campbell was there, she entertained until we made it home.
• I took Keaton and a few friends who came early to Crystal Hill to take pictures. Campbell was there photographer, and she really should think about doing the picture thing for some spare money. She did really well with the thousands of pictures that she took all evening. 
• We hurried back to the house so all of the party crew could arrive-I think that there were 16 plus Campbell's friend Laynie. Robby had hung lights this morning, and Keaton had a vision for the tables. Her friends and her made it happen, and everything looked really great. 
• They took pictures while I scrambled in the kitchen making two different pastas, salad, and heating up the bread. They ate, made dirty cokes, played a game, and currently they are painting picture frames. 
• They still have presents and cake left. My kitchen is clean, but the outside will have to be cleaned when this party is over which is still over an hour away. Plus there are at least 4 extra people spending the night tonight (both Keaton and Cambpell's people) so it may be a long and noisy night here so right now, I'm going to put my feet up on the couch for the next few minutes...just kidding it is cake time now!
• There are about a thousand pictures to come, but I’ll add them to tomorrow’s post. I do have a few to give you an idea of the birthday blowout.