The Davis Family: Neighborhood Crawfish Boil

This past weekend we had our neighborhood crawfish boil/going away party for us:( It started at 3:30 in the afternoon and the kids all headed over in their swimsuits to start the summer pool season! We sat Emma down immediately and told her that she had to have mommy or daddy with her when she went anywhere near the pool and that she wasn't to even put her toes in without us next to her. Not even 5 minutes later she jumped right in to the deep end and we weren't near her!! Thanks to Mr. Brian who happened to be in the pool and saved our little munchkin for us. That was a great lesson for both Emma and for daddy (who happened to be in charge when it happened). You can't take your eyes off from those kiddos for one millisecond when water is involved.

The rest of the day (and night!) was fun filled with swimming, good food and drinks, and great friends. The neighborhood gang did have a few surprises up their sleeves for us though. First they presented Jay and I each with a gift. Mine was a canvas painted with a Texas star with the names of all the families in the neighborhood and handprints of all of the kids in the neighborhood. The edges of it reads "Good friends are like stars, you don't always see them but you know they're always there." I cried in front of everyone when I opened it (I am such a sap these days!) It was just so thoughtful of all of our friends to make this for us. We really are going to miss our awesome group of friends! Jay's gift was a road sign of Blue Opal Ln. - the street we live on. It will definitely always remind us of the great memories we created in just one short year. Later in the afternoon Mark, the host of the party, told his story of coming home from his families spring break trip to find the For Sale sign in front of our yard. They were extremely disappointed but didn't know who to blame. He said they couldn't blame Jay for wanting to further his career and they couldn't blame me because they all knew how disappointed I was about the move. They decided to blame mother Exxon and pulled out a Tiger pinata for all of the kids to beat with the bat! HOW CUTE!! Jay took a swing at the Tiger and broke the bat and I even got a good swing in. Lets just say that the pinata won and nobody could break it open!

We have one week left so we haven't officially said our goodbye's but I know they are coming. We really have created some special memories in our awesome neighborhood. Enjoy the pics!

Anna breaking out the sun hats for the season