Happy Birthday Karin! Happy Mother's Day!

A wonderful day of celebrating wonderful women! 

Blow!

 Of course swings are always going full time.
And Grampa full time pushing!

If Grampa is home the rest of us get rejected for pushing the swing.  We don't do it high enough or straight enough.  The kids want to go "as high as a bad guys coat hanger"  And also as high as " a purple banana."  If two are going on the swing at the same time it is called a "double hambigger"  Who knows where or why this all started.  :) But it is fun.

Liv loves the swing!

And Abby!

Liv exploring the grass

The pool is back in service ~

 I mean the heat has arrived! 

Ahhhh yes, a look into the next 10 years!! 

Keren S, Luana & Me visiting.

Happy 30th

"For the past 18 years,5 months and 10 days , we've had kids in their 20's. 

 It all times out at midnight tonight. Onward "

~ Elwood Larson

Hanging Together

Rae & Linda came for the weekend

Can you tell they are brothers? 

 

Our Sunday dinner crew

Good times.  The kids all swam! 

As did Jeff & Ryan who jumped in after Adeline! 

Thankfully all are well. 

  Thanks for coming R & L. 

Loved our time together!

Now we just need their whole family here...

....Hmmmmm....

Land of the Free and Home of the Brave

Jeff became a US Citizen.

They had a whoop-de-do party! 

The Stars & Stripes Forever

 Licorice Firecrackers! Yum!

 Jane, Secily & Adeline dressed for the occasion

Happy Easter Weekend

Our Easter weekend started on Wednesday evening 

with Ken & Care & KJ arriving in Dallas!

Forgot to take a picture of the family all together

 but here they are with the chalkboard door

Saturday we drove up to Sharkarosa Wildlife Ranch  and 

enjoyed seeing all the wild animals! 

A great place to visit!

A brown bear in the cage.

Anders having a chat with a camel

The Zebras, pot belly pig and deer

Inside the goats, sheep and lama enclosure.  

Adeline was unafraid! 

Our fun day on Resurrection Sunday! 

Good Easter Egg hunt

 A good meal with good friends & family. 

Good Times

Congratulations to Secily on being chosen to represent her school 

with her art work at the Regional Art Show

Her picture is the snowman above her head! 

Well done Secily!! 

Love having Lucy, Abby & Liv here for the weekend. 

We spent time at the Beach and it was so warm the kids

 loved being in the water and getting their clothes soaked!! So fun!

Always fun doing puzzles

The new pose ~ 

"Relaxin' 

Loved having Al & Emma here for a couple of days.  

Such good friends, such good times!! 

Anders is in Soccer!

Anders began soccer on Saturday.  

He was soooo excited that we all had to come out to support him...

....at his first practise!!! 

So adorable!  

Coach Jeff did a great job.

All 3 and 4 year olds. 

The crew cheering them on...

even Scout.

A great windy, fun day!