Day 176 Saturday June 25th

Stephen Alexander is 4 months old today. (15lbs 8 ounces)
Steve and Jodi came by to hang out, and joined us for dinner at Casa Grande.

Day 175 Friday June 24th

Welcome home Philip and congratulations!

Day 174 Thursday June 23rd

A rose from Heather on Mike & my's (is that how to say it?) 21st Wedding Anniversary

Day 173 Wednesday June 22nd

Took the kids to see Marmaduke. Wait for it... wait for it.... Ha! It never gets old. :-)

Day 172 Tuesday June 21st

Signed up for the Library Summer Reading Program today

Day 171 Monday June 20th

Philip is camping at Cabwaylingo for the week

Day 170 Sunday June 19th

Mike and I visited with my dad and Lee on Father's Day.

Steve, Jodi, Courtney, and Ms. Roslyn stopped by to wish Mike a happy Father's Day.

Day 169 Saturday June 18th

Celebrating the triplets' birthday

John, Zack...

& Madison,

with friends Steve & Jodi

and twins Ginger & Lily.

My favorite photo of Jodi

Ending the awesome day with S'mores

Day 168 Friday June 17th

An early Father's Day gift from the kids (and Jodi).

Sneaking a peek

Getting a little help from Olivia

The biggest I've seen Mike smile...ever.
(He was expecting a pizza stone)

Day 167 Thursday June 16th

Homeschool Skate Day

I finally ran out of excuses for not skating

Olivia's skating buddy Erin

Grandma preferred holding Stephen Alexander to putting on skates :o)

Day 166 Wednesday June 15th

Olivia's friend Natalie invited her to VBS. She had such a good time, loves Natalie, and has started asking me a lot of spiritual questions...one of which still keeps me grinning. She wanted to know why they (at Natalie's church) call Jesus, Savior. I told her that savior means rescuer, and explained that they call Jesus Savior because He rescued us. "It would make more sense to call Him Rescuer than to sound like they are trying to say, "Save Your Breath"...Ha! :o)

Day 165 Tuesday June 14th

Philip took this photo at Beach Fork.
He is there this week with his friends from New Song Church VBS.

Day 164 Monday June 13th

Mike's Aunt Sandy and Uncle Bobby visiting from St. Augustine

Aunt Sandy brought a teddy bear blanket she
made for Stephen Alexander...so soft and sweet.

Day 163 Sunday June 12th

Play date with Lydia and Jacob...

Day 162 Saturday June 11th

Amber's 9th birthday party at Skateland

Sleepover with Klara

Funny faces

Day 161 Friday June 10th

...Took the kids shopping for a new tent for the annual
Great American Back Yard Campout,
promoted by the National Wildlife Federation.

and Olivia couldn't resist using her reward
nickles to buy these pink flowers on clearance.

Day 160 Thursday June 9th

Jodi slept over to hang with the kids so I could sleep in,
mow grass, and help mulch the 4-H garden with newspapers.

Day 159 Wednesday June 8th

Kitty Cat kisses at Jodi's house

Day 158 Tuesday June 7th

Grandma's flowers in bloom.
I'd love to know what these are called.
They remind me of her because they
were here when she lived here.

Day 157 Monday June 6th

Our neighbor Bonnie

Day 156 Sunday June 5th

Sunday afternoon naptime...like father, like son.
Love those Budda bellies :o)

Day 155 Saturday June 4th

Tearing down the house

Day 154 Friday June 3rd

Found this on the Hudson's farm

Day 153 Thursday June 2nd

We had a really fun day seeing the animals, playing,

and planting our seedlings at the Hudson's farm.

Adam

Stephen Alexander and Jarred

Lucy

Olivia and Klara working together

Live entertainment :o)

Planting

Playing with the little frogs that were jumping all over the place

Adding manure

Watering the plants

Resting