happy birthday jay

You were a good sport about seeing us tonight and it was so nice to see you on your birthday.

Here's hoping the year ahead is a great one.

You are so incredibly loved.

Happy Birthday, Sweetheart, 

Love, Mom and Dad

 

an old unlabeled disk in the desk

Love, Val
 

other people's vacations

They were in Florida and were generous with pictures.

I love vacation photos, even if they aren't mine.

The kids were texting pics and it was nothing but fun.

These guys were in California. That's their niece. She's growing like crazy.

 And this? Always one of the best parts of vacation is coming back home again.

I love you all, MOM

the olympic program

There was singing and after that, games in the lunch room.   

This is the long jump.   Our little girl is a great cheerleader.

Balance beam

It was a fun night.

I love you girls, Grandma and Grandpa




 

the end of march

It was warm and beautiful last weekend and some guys wanted to come over and play.  The yard is a bit muddy, so the boots were very smart.

I made a pan of taco dip and the baby LOVED it, was gobbling it up by the handful.  We got him his own bowl and Maria found him crackers. Tortilla chips seem hard for a little guy to chew up.

This was from lunch on Monday.    He and Grandpa have become buddies.

Here they finally have the Monster Truck program on the TV. The older kid loves to watch this with Grandpa and they can have it.  It is so mind bendingly boring, honestly.  But they love it.

The girls and I were laughing, noticed that while they watch this together, they chat.

"Oh, he's going in the ditch now.   Look out. He's going to be on fire."

"That tire is coming right off."

Etc. etc.  

It's okay.

Nothing but love, Grandma and Grandpa
 

A pic from preschool this week: