Thursday, June 12, 2008

Long Time No Write

Sorry - been a bit busy, not really with anything terribly important, just a lot of summertime stuff. We took a quick weekend trip to Beanbah's and went to Holiday World. We had a fabulous time there - and discovered Alex really doesn't like water parks or fast rides. He loves things like the carosel and the bumper boats. Avril on the other hand is the free-spirit daredevil. It was pretty cute to see them play around on everything but I completely forgot the camera. And it was nice to see everyone again - thanks to Beanbah for hemming my pants. They're perfect!
We've set up a small pool on the patio and the kids are loving it - we refill it about once a week and keep it clean with a spatter screen and a drop of bleach. They play in that for about an hour each evening before the "bitey buggies" come out. lol.


Abby came over to play for the day earlier this week - she is such a sweetie.


Alex went fishing with daddy and actually caught something!

We also went miniature golfing, and he's actually pretty good!


You can definitely tell he's turning into a big kid now. There are always those points between newborn and baby, baby and toddler, toddler and preschooler, and preschooler and big kid. Someday in the future we'll watch him go from big kid to preteen; I'm definitely not looking forward to that one.
Our garden is coming along alright - Frank has some nice corn, tomatoes, peppers and cabbage coming up. My blueberry bush is doing nicely and already has edible berries. I'm not sure that the strawberries are going to fruit this year, but they're filling out nicely and should berry well next year.
The raspberries I've transplanted from Beanbah's aren't looking so well, but I'm holding out hope they'll recover and grow better next year. Avril loves to water the garden. This morning she wouldn't quit; she just kept saying "They're so sad and thirsty!" I think the sunflowers might be a bit drowned. I had to tell her they were very happy to get her to stop. lol.

Thursday, May 29, 2008

At Beanbah's






We had a great time with Beanbah and Grape! A quick visit unfortunately, but great nonetheless. The kids loved playing with the dolls and the other toys we found in the top of the barn. Avril calls it the farm, lol. We put together puzzles and ate a few pints of fresh strawberries. We'll be going back as soon as we can. And I'm hoping the berry plants I brought home!

The Graduation

This would have been a really cute picture if it was in focus.
Josh was attempting bunny ears but I was too quick.
I thought this one was cute.
Yum, chinese on the way to the ceremony.
This is Kelly being cute. She couldn't get her can of silly string open. lol.
So pretty with her flower.
Avril loves Missy.
Leah and BJ. I miss her and wish I could see her more.

I wasn't aware until right as I was going to Beanbah's, that Kelley was graduating high school that evening, so we were glad to be there! Luckily it was held in a gym so the kids didn't really have to sit still and be quiet, lol. There were something like 140 kids graduating that night! I couldn't believe the crowd. At the end all the graduates unleashed their silly string, but Kelley couldn't get her can open. It was pretty funny.

The Party












Saturday was Kelley's party and Uncle Butch (Fancypants) and Aunt Tammy and Ronnie came in. The theme was music and it was very cute. I tried to get pictures of everybody in the family to represent to all you out there in cyberspace what you missed. Kelley won so many scholarships! It is amazing what a fabulous women she's grown up to be; we're all very proud of her.

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Party!













Well the party went off successfully and Avril had a really good time! It was really great to have family and friends around. And she fell in love with everything as soon as she saw it - especially the pink princess costume. We had to have a major discussion this morning as to why she couldn't wear it to church, but I think she understands now, lol. Missy had given her a Dora house set so we put that up inside and between it and the swingset the kids had a really great time. There's not really a bunch to tell about the party - we ate, gave tours of mom's house, opened presents and ate cake and berries (yum!). All of the kids had a good time. Gotta go...princess calling from bed.