the fun before the storms

Sophie hates thunder, thinks James is going to protect her.

Gotta get a picture of the monkey pajamas.

Here's the usual crew at breakfast.

The play-doh was mostly still good, even after the winter.


Dannell and Tim are discussing one-card poker.

Examining all the junk. Yep, it's the same.

So here we've got your video games played right in the middle of the way. There are too many doors in this room to arrange the furniture well, so we live with it.

Sometimes people cuss, like when another guy trips over the cords and it unplugs during an important board. Oh yeah.

And they did this until numerous people were hurt. That whole trailer is far from the yard now. Dannell was not sad to see it go. One less thing to discuss, over and over and over. Sit down! Stop pushing! Take turns!

Oh, some fresh air and a little sunshine, finally.

The sun makes us all feel like that, Jule.

No idea why they're smirking, and they sure aren't going to tell us.

Okay, this kid wants to stay up much, much later. The next night they let her and she was thrilled. Why do kids hate to sleep?

t.c. wanted to paddle that boat everywhere, but the water's still really cold, and it was time to make lunch. James indulged him for a little while.

Ants got in the sandbox last year, so we'll have to buy some new sand.

That water is sooooo cold! She's nuts.

And then it was time to come home. Onward to Monday. love, Val