~All because two people fell in love~

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Luigi is a posin pug :)

The boys like to chill outside : )

After the floors were put in. : ) We LOVE em! July 2009

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Because my husband is the BEST ONE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!...to cheer me up when Randy left for Iraq, he got me HARDWOOD FLOORS for downstairs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am SOOOO excited!!! Part of me will miss the carpet...but I reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeallllllllly wanted hardwood too. Thanks Herman! You are my hero!!!!!!!!!!! I love you baby!

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~Happy Birthday America~

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For our annual 4th of July party, I told everyone they had to bring some type of goodie for Randy. I used all of these goodies to put together Randy's FIRST box to send to Iraq. We love you Randy and miss you every single day. Words cannot express how very proud we are of you. Thank you for your sacrifice. We celebrate you as well as all of our military today. Happy Birthday America.

4th of July at the Waggoner's

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This flag pen is from Mamaw and I promised Randy I would wear it every single day that he was in Iraq.,,and I did. :)

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Now, THAT's the way to welcome home someone you love. ;)

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CALI OR BUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Okay...well...I have posted this everywhere else so of course I need to put it on 'THE BLOG."

Randy J GRADUATES today from his school down in NC. So, tonight, we will be headed to CALIFORNIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are gonna make a pit stop in Texas so he and the family, most of them anyway, can visit. Theeeeeeeeeeeeen, we will take off from Texas Sat, arriving in Sunny San Diego Sun. We should be able to move right into his house. He and Stacie are getting a place and I am very excited to help them set up and get settled; and I am BUSTING to see my Cowface again! Clint will be coming out there the 14th for an inspection so he will get to hang with us a while, woohoo!. Unfortunately, Dareck will be here with the puggies holding down the fort, being the fantastic pug watcher and most awesome college boy ever! He will start a new term next week.

June 22nd, I will come back home to Va, CJ will go to Mississippi for another inspection and soon after that, our sweet Randy J will have to head to Iraq. But, for now, I am focusing on the HAPPY and I am so excited to have this time with him. We will have LOTS of fun on our CALI OR BUST trip! I have the cooler filled, snacks packed, music and games all ready to go! : )

Dareck takes his finals this week. GOOD LUCK DARECK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU CAN DO IT BABY BOY!! I am SOOOO proud of you! : ) Thank you for taking care of the babies. Now, you and Dad will have uninterrupted WOW time.....oh boy! : ) Enjoy! Wish you could go with us....you will be with us in spirit......I KNOW you HATE missing the LONG road trip! :) hee hee

Clint has been SMOKE FREE for TWO MONTHS now!!!!!!!!!! WOOHOO! Way to go Babe!!! YOU CAN MAKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lady Bug, Mario & Luigi are as precious as ever!!! It physically hurts me to think of missing a moment with my Herman, Baby Boy, or my pug babies...But, for now, this Moma needs to be in a Penske truck with her HOOYAH of an older son making memories to last a lifetime. : )

Please pray for my guys, please pray for our mililtary, please pray for me.

A special CONGRATS to all of the nieces, nephews, Godchildren and friends who have finished school.......Congrats on your accomplishments and good luck in your coming year! But for now...IT'S SUMMER TIME!!!!!!! Auntie Kat and Uncle Clint's pool is open for business so come on over!!! : )

until next time....................It's CALIFORNIA OR BUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

My gorgeous guys!!!

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It's ok....I know you hate me! Who wouldn't!!! My handsome men!!! How lucky am I!!!! I love you guys to pieces!!!! Facial hair and all! : )

~guy time~

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Clint, Dareck and Tom met at Randy's house to help Randy work on his Chevy Nova. He has to get it back together so he can ship it back to California. The guys are all alone with no women...Chandra is in Raleigh and I am here in Va., so they are having some good ole fashion guy time. : ) Tomorrow, Chandra and kids will meet all of the guys for lunch to say good-bye to Randy. He has finished his school (way to go RJ!) and has orders....CALIFORNIA! Stacie is VERY happy, needless to say!

Soooooo, Tuesday, he will be leaving for California and I am lucky and blessed enough (thanks Herman!) to get to ride along with him. ROAD TRIP! You can just imagine my delight, can't you! : ) OH BOY! I am BUSTING with excitement!!! : ) We are gonna stop over in Texas to see the familia, so that will be great. And I am very excited to get to CA and see my cowface, Stacie. :)

I will get to stay and help Randy and Stacie get settled in their new house. June 14-19th, CJ will be out there for an inspection so we will get to hang out together, and with RJ and Stacie in sunny san dog for another week. After that, CJ will go to Mississippi for a week for another inspection and I will come home to Boogie (Dareck) and Puggies.

And then, sadly for us, exciting for him, Randy will be heading to Iraq. I am not really prepared for this and have no idea how to go about getting that way. So, that is all I will say about it, except to beg you to keep my Randy along with the other service members in your prayers.

Dareck is doing great in college. We are so proud of him! Puggies just had a check up and are all healthy and happy. Lady Bug is almost completely blind and has pugritis (arthritis to everyone else) but she is a trooper and we will do everything we can to treat her like the PUG QUEEN that she is! : ) She will be 9 this year....:(

Have a great weekend.

Love, Kat : )

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CJ has done some work around the yard for me this last week...even tho he has been sick. Thanks Herm! You are sooo sweet!

ufc pugs :)

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This is how the boys show Daddy how much they appreciate his 20 years of dedication to our country. : )

~Happy Memorial Day 2009~

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My Sailor Man ; ) I love you baby.

a great day : )

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It was a great day with our friends, the Young's. Thanks for coming over guys. We love you and look forward to our next get together.

For some reason, I did not get any pics of either of our boys.....They swam, we ate, played games (Yahtzee, of course!), lounged around, ate some more,...do you notice how the pugs always seem to be following the food????
hee hee hee

puggies : )

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YEAH!!!YAHTZEEEEE!

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it was a gorgeous day!!!

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HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!!!!!

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I will never forget..........

~Happy Memorial Day 2009~

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MY HEROES.

THANK YOU for all you do.

Randy and Stacie :)

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These two are gonna make me some GORGEOUS grandbabies!!!! :)

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This was on mine and Jen's way home from the Pugapalooza. It was sooooooo pretty!!!

~PUGAPALOOZA 2009~

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PUGS!!PUGS!!! and MORE PUGS!!!

Jen and I volunteered at the 2009 Pugapalooza event to raise money for the wonderful rescue I am proud to be a part of:
MID-ATLANTIC PUG RESCUE. Our motto is,"Let No Pug Go Unloved." And my personal motto is, "Saving the world..one pug at a time." Please visit the website and see our pug babies we work so hard to save and find forever homes for. And if you are able and feeling generous, please become one of our blessed Pug Angels. : ) Thanks for helping me Jen....my closet pug lover (She is a Great Dane lover). :)

http://www.midatlanticpugrescue.org/

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fun at the Young's house

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This is our good buddy GUNTHER. : ) He loves us....and we love him.

~Mother's Day 2009~

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My most precious sons,
Randy J-22 and
James Dareck Keith-19.

I love you, my sweet sweet boys. Oh the fun we have had over the years! Afterall, we grew up together! :) No Moma has ever been more proud or felt so blessed! Thank you for your love and thank you for being men I can be proud of.

At my ripe old age of 16 and 19 when I was pregnant with each of you, I had no idea exactly how much love one person could feel for another. Becoming the Mother to each of you and the wife to your Dad brings me an unimaginable joy that I treasure and thank God for daily.

Be kind to others and remember the less fortunate; be honest with yourself; follow your dreams and keep God in your life and you will never go wrong.

I am here every step of the way, no matter what.

Always your biggest fan,
~Mom~

for my Moma that I am so very blessed to have ; ) Love you Mom!

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Make a Smilebox slideshow

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Today is also the birthday of Clint's Daddy, Charles J and of our pug,, Charlie Bell. We love you both and miss you every day.

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Happy Birthday Dareck :)

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Dareck asked for pizza as close to the pizza we had in Chicago, so I took him to Chicago Pizza Grill. We had some goooooooooooooood food. :)

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We love you Boogie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lucky dog

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CJ had a conference/inspection in Hawai.....He was nice enough to take some pics to show me what I was missin...ahhh thanks Babe! : ) You are SOO sweet!

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my sweet baby boy : ) I love you!

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When I got home from Texas, CJ took me to a place at the beach for some wings. :) yum!!!

Texas bound................

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CJ and I are meeting each other in Texas for a visit with the Familia. He is coming from San Diego (work). So, not only do I get to see our family...I get to see my man too!!!!!! : ) For those that we did not get to see....we are sooo sorry. We hope to come back at Christmas and catch up with you then.

mmm......Maybe CJ and I can sneak off to our old make out spots....hubba hubba :)

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Me and Mumsy at the airport ;) I'M 'HOME' !!!!!!!!!!!

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Things really ARE bigger in TEXAS! :>)

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My niece, Jody, with her beautiful family: Brad, Ashtyn, Megynn, Lily and Keynan.

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My nephew Lynn, with his beautiful wife, Jessica, and their beautiful baby boy (Chipper).

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My delicious new lil great nephew. : )
Introducing to the blog.....
Mr. Kenneth Lynn Smith III, aka KL, Baby K and to me, Chipper (b/c his fatty cheeks remind me of a chipmunk!).

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Aunt Iris, who is CJ's Daddy's sister, here with Uncle Scottie and CJ. Aunt Iris' three beautiful daughters had a luncheon and we went and were able to visit with everyone and enjoy some scrumptious food. Shannon, we need that recipe for that sausage casserole pleeeeeeeease!!!!! : )
Love you all. It was so nice to sit and visit with you. You are all so loving and welcoming. It is a treat to be in your presence. Sorry I cannot join you for your girl's getaway. :( Maybe next year!

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CJ with Aunt Wanda and Uncle Scottie. Uncle Scottie is CJ's Daddy's brother. They are wonderful people and came up to Wichita Falls (North Texas) from Carrizo Springs (waaaaaaaaay South Texas) to see us! THANKS GUYS!! It was SOOOOO fantastic to see you. We love you dearly!

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Attack on Uncle Clint....he seems to be a pretty good wrestling magnet...:)

This was Lane's 8th birthday (4-24-09). We went to he and Kyler's Tball game, which they WON by a landslide!! Then went back to Whitnie and Donnie's for pizza, cake and ice cream. Allie also sang us one of her winning songs from her beauty paegants. It was a great day! Love you all.

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Allie Bren, Whit's daughter.

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Whit's sons, Lane and Kyler.

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Whit's daughter, Balie Grace.

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CJ with his bro, Keith; his sis, Whitnie and his Mom with Ms. Cricket. : )

...a day we will never forget....

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GAME DAY!! let me tell you....we usually play cards where it is SISTERs VS. SISTERs.......so we play a few games and mark our winnings in a book...On this day.....me and my WONDERFUL, FANTASTICALLY AWESOME sister beat our mom and Aunt Agnes 12...yes TWELVE games in a row. We started playing at 1230 pm. Pop and Kenny came in for lunch..we were playing...they came home for work....we were playing....pop got ready for Wed night church and said, "Well, Carolyn, are you going with me?", to which she answered,"No, Jerry Don, I cannot leave this table until Agnes and I win!" He then says, "Well what am I gonna tell them at church?" Mom did not even make him dinner!!!! It was insane!!! He came home from church...we were playing. He went to bed...we were still playing. : ) Kenny brought us a FRUTISTA from Taco Bell for a snack.....we had cheeseburgers brought in for lunch....We had BANANA SPLITS for dinner.!!! The point being we never stopped to cook...we just played and played and played! We finally stopped playing at 1130 that night and only stopped then b/c Mom, Auntie and Reeney could no longer feel their legs and their backs were in agony. :) It was one for the record books, We played two other days but nothing compared to THAT day! I love you girls!! Thanks for the wonderful memories...and the 10# I gained while home! : ) xoxo

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My sis' dog, Barney. He is a trip! Go get your water Barns....RUN RUN RUN!! HURRY! they are coming!!!! :)

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Soooo many clouds.....it was sooo pretty.

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Helping Mom clean the house.....my lazy sister sat on her butt and watched me! mmmmph!!!!

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Mom and I played WAHOO every night that I was there....to date our score is 25 me......22 her......hee hee hee

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Uncle Clint is sooo cool.....: )

~The Familia~

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I love you guys.

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Us kids with our spouses....

L to R:

Mark and his wife Donna
Kat and my Herman
Gary and his wife Tina
Darlene and hubby Kenny

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This is the wall in my brother's (Mark) Jam room. He loves his lil sis. ;)

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me and my big big bro, Gary. : )

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me and my little big bro, Markus. :)

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spring is here !: )

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These beautiful flowers were all over the place at the outlet mall we shopped at today. I want a yard full of them!!! : ) Mom, you are my planting partner, you need to come help me! : )

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh grams....: )

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at Cracker Barrel today, I just happen to sit below a sign that was advertising snuff.....my Grandma Bell dipped snuff all of her life and although I thought it was naaaaaaaaaaaaasty, I would love love love love love to see and even smell her with her mouth full of snuff! : ) I miss you Grams and love you every day. You are with me always. xoxox

:)

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~We love you Randy J~

time to play...

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CJ and I went down to see Randy this weekend. We met Randy and his buddies at an ATV park Friday morning and spent the day riding dirt bikes. Well....the guys all rode.....I sat and chillaxed. ;)

i love you guys! : )

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These are the rest of the pics from back in Feb when we went to see Randy in NC.

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fun times. :)

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charlie bell snoring ;)

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ohhhhhhh he is a cutie......ya gotta really turn up the volume.....

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We got this windchime and hung it on CELEBRATE CHARLIE BELL DAY (4-7-07). Every time I hear it, it brings me peace and reminds me of how precious he is and that he is never far away.
Moma loves you sweet boy. : -)

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~Celebrate Charlie Bell Day, 2007~

You are with us always sweet boy. I love you and miss you every day. xo, Moma

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weekend in Wake Forest, NC

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This past weekend marked the one year anniversary of the day we lost Mamaw Fulp. We all got together and celebrated her life. Randy came into town to join us. Dareck and Clint could not make it.

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Friday, March 13th, 2009

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...and we're off to ATLANTIC CITY!!!!!!!!!!!! This marks the beginning of our BIRTHDAY GETAWAY EXTRAVAGANZA for the 40 year old that is CLINT J WAGGONER! :)

We did this last Oct for Tom in West Virginia, we will do this in Sept for Chandra (location is a surprise so you will have to wait until after we go) , and in Dec for me in NEW YORK CITY.... But for now, it is ALL ABOUT THE CLINT!! We have a great 5 days planned. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY! We love you!! Sit back and enjoy the ride-funny that he and Tom are asleep in the pic above.....hee hee hee. Chan and I drove to Jersey, the guys will drive home.

HERE WE ARE!!!! ATLANTIC CITY BaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaBY!!!

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our view from our hotel room. We stayed at the Wyndham Hotel right off the Boardwalk. : )

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HOT DOGGIE!!!! : ) WE MADE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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We unloaded our stuff and hit the casinos and boardwalk!!!! : ) woooohoooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

~Saturday, March 14, 2009~

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Adventure Aquarium
Camden, New Jersey

oh yah, they're THAT cool! : )

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Happy Birthday CJ : )

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We surprised Clint with his first of two BIG adventures (tomorrow is #2 with the hot air balloon). He and Tom swam with the sharks and stingrays! ; )

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hee hee hee hee hee......ohhhhhhhhhh hee hee hee hee hee

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the stingray tank. They got to get down and play with them, pet them, hug them, squeeze them and kiss them....AND call them George! :)

they swam with the fishies! : )

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THEY SURVIVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

loooove these guys!!!!!

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u tawkin to me????

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at the aquarium

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Shark attack :)

Over the bridge and into Philly we go!

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There she is......Philadelphia, PA.

When we got to the Aquarium, we looked and saw just how close we were to Philly....Naturally, our mouths started watering for a what.....??????......Yup! You guessed it!!!! A PHILLY CHEESESTEAK! We had to do it...: )

Pat's vs Gino's

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We decided we wanted a REAL AUTHENTIC PHILLY CHEESESTEAK.....so we asked around and also called our best food expert friend, Chris Lowery---who happens to be from Jersey---all said the same thing...YA GOTTA GO TO PAT'S or GINO'S. Ironically, they are right across the street from each other and BOTH had lines around the restaurant and down the block. We chose GINO'S b/c it was the first place to have CHEESE on their sandwiches. And, had we had time, we would have done both for a taste comparison but we had our reservations at the TUN TAVERN in a couple of hours. It was DELICIOUS and well worth the wait. :-)

Tun Tavern, Atlantic City

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Sat night after our Shark Adventure and our little trip over to Philly, we went to the only working brewery in Jersey, Tun Tavern. We had some really good food and drinks and enjoyed being together and reliving our awesome day. : ) When we leave here, we will be going back to the hotel to have Clint's actual Birthday Celebration! :)

SURPRISE!!!

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HERE HE IS!!!!!!! THE BIRTHDAY BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~the birthday boy~

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Lordy! Lordy! Look who's FOURTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 40!!!!! FOUR-ZERO!!!!