The Pirkbey Kids

A few years ago, we went camping with our great friends, The Pirkles. While going in and out of stores and restaurants, we were constantly trying to make sure we had not lost 9 children! So as we would exit, we'd say, "OK, Pirkbey's time to go!" and everyone would hop in the cars. We figured we were all 1/2 Ownbey, 1/2 Pirkle--it worked and it has stuck. So here are a couple of Pirkbey pictures from our recent camping trip to Hunting Island, SC in May. For those of you that don't know yet--we sold our camper last week much to everyone's sadness, especially Luke! We just felt the Lord telling it was time. We' ve got kids getting older with much more sophisticated needs, so it was time.

Surprising Katie

Katie turned 13 on May 12th! Another teenager lives in our home--though I would choose to the phrase "young adult" :) Since we knew we would be at the beach camping during her birthday, we decided to surprise her early.




Katie loves cookie cake and hot pink (with lime green-but that wasn't available...)





And for the biggie...her HOT PINK iPOD nano. She was so excited to finally get her iPOD. She has had so much fun listening to the music and watching some shows that she downloaded from iTunes. Isn't she adorable!?!?!

What a gentleman!

Watch out if you have girls from ages 4-9 right now. In about 15 years this young man could be stealing their hearts! This is Luke and Emma. Each boy was assigned a girl to escort into the Tea Party on Wednesday. Luke was so excited to get Emma since she was already one of his friends. Also pictured is a photo of the goodies that day. Luke had orange tea with cream and sugar with chocolate covered strawberries and tea cookies. Aren't the teapot cookies adorable?? His friend, Lauren's mom made them. yum yum!

Tea for Two

This is Luke and his teacher (who has taught him many new things this year!)--Mrs. Pace

Luke and his "Bud"

The Boston Tea Party

Luke's class has been studying the Boston Tea Party during the last few weeks. To celebrate, Mrs. Pace gave them a Victorian Tea Party. Here are the boys and girls preparing for the big event. Notice in the last picture, he's preparing for his future as a model for Jos A. Bank!!

Look out Zaxby's...

Chick-Fil-A's got a secret weapon that you don't have------BRETT OWNBEY!!
Brett began working at Chick-fil-a 2 weeks ago. He is having a lot of fun and EATING a lot more!! Nothing like telling a teenager that he can have a free meal (or milkshake!)!! He's enjoying meeting new people and learning to answer to a "boss." Just thought I'd show you a couple of pictures so that you can see how much he has matured in the last couple of months. Keep in mind, his driver's permit (Lord willin') comes less than a month from now. YIKES!! (If you click on the first picture, zooming in shows off his handsome smile :) )