paint by numbering

 

A great way to spend the long summer hours!

A graduation and a birthday

I was so lucky this week to be able to fly home and watch my sister's oldest graduate from high school and be there for her baby's 11th birthday! These are the kind-of events I normally miss and I really wanted to be there for my nephew. He has a special place in my heart, that one does. So Sunday evening I looked up plane tickets, found some cheap ones, and packed my bags!

Finally... a clean little boy

Having a cast on for six weeks makes for one dirty little boy. Especially when he was due a bath before the cast went on. A long soak in a tub full of bubbles was just what his little body needed!

my 2nd baby

This princess is growing up too fast so I have to savor these moments when they come.

it's coming down

The school year is over and all the stuff is coming down. I am looking forward to having my house look like a house again and not a school. I envy the lucky ones that have a dedicated school room.

Memorial Day

Pancake breakfast, visit to cemetery, hiking and finding lizards with friends. Not a bad way to spend the day!

Anna and Parker. We are all a little baby hungry here. Well....  almost all.

A big THANK YOU to all the men and women and their families that have sacrificed their lives so that we can enjoy the freedoms that we do. 

book club

Friday the kids had their last book club for the year. At the end of the party we raffled off the pledge that they made earlier in the year. Anna was thrilled to win it!