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TEN, HUT.

It's that time of year again, and that year again. Many of the military families in our neighborhood are packing up and getting ready to move to their next assignments.

That means our good friends Autumn, Patrick and their sons P.J., Nick and Charlie are only a few weeks away from moving north.

Which means that yesterday called for a neighborhood send-off.

We did the shrimp boil...

We did the Giant Vat O'Corn...

...and we did the liquid refreshments.

But we also added a new ritual to our send-off:

Patrick once suggested that we assemble all of the Salad Bowl lawn inflatables, so we decided to give him a 10-inflatable salute this morning before he flew out.

The salute included:

* The musical snow family
* The giant snowglobe
* Two Thanksgiving turkeys
* A margarita glass with salted rim
* A glowing Halloween skull
* A giant Halloween inflatable gateway
* A Buccaneers player in a three-point stance
* A happy birthday cake
* An Easter bunny

It had the desired effect.

Here's to a safe move and a happy new home for our dear friends.

Posted by Jeff at May 26, 2008 02:49 PM | TrackBack