Father's Day at Mom's

We had a great time at Mom's lake house for her Father's Day picnic! All the boys were maniacs and Eva wanted to join right in... then the crazy boys felt the need to torment poor Lindsey. Eva just LOVES Lindsey- pretty soon she'll be able to give Eva some "private" dance lessons! (Eva wore her "ballerina" almost all day!)

The boys caught A LOT of fish- and Eva caught a small mouth! (ironic- isn't it!!) At one point the boys couldn't decide whether they wanted to fish or swim... so they did both... AT THE SAME TIME!!! Jacob and Jeffrey weren't quite sure what to think of the madness at first, but got used to our gang quickly!
It didn't rain a drop all day, until we were walking up the stairs to leave- then this was the beautiful view on our drive home!

Kittens

Happy BIRTHDAY Kittens! We have two new babies at our house (and the proud Mama, of course!) She's such a good mommy (and smart too!)- she had them in the box that I told her to use!

PS- they both have full size tails!!- When Uncle Gary rescued Mama from his renters, she had been kicked out of the house with her first litter of kittens, and one became known as stubby, because of his birth defect! Mama and the kittens were all given homes, but Mama made her way back to us and was never spayed... so here we are... with another little litter! Small, but perfect! Mama kitty sure is a survivor- she's been through more than a little critter should go through!

Water BALLOON Toss

Well... the kids used up all the actual water balloons, so Aunt Donna and I came up with water filled helium balloon toss instead! They were almost the size of bowling balls and had to weigh 7 or 8 pounds!! It took a lot to make one break- but it was like taking a shower when it did!! (right- Sammi??) Sammi was the first to get hit in the chest and stand there in shock! (I filled them with COLD water!!) I was laughing too hard to snap a photo at that moment-sorry!
The grand prize went to Zack and Aunt Patti with their ugly brown balloon! It squashed and slammed all over the place, and final just broke in Aunt Patti's hands! FIGURES! It was a fun way to spend a VERY HOT afternoon!

Eva Fishing

Eva's FIRST FISH on the Barbie pole! (She had a little help from Daddy) Not bad to catch a rock bass for your very first one! She really impresses everyone with her casting abilities at the age of 2... she's been practicing at Auntie Martha and Uncle Tom's for a couple months now! Daddy upgraded her to a real lure for a little bit, before putting the plastic fish back on her line... GOOD JOB EVEE!
Bugs are yucky- but apparently fish are just fine!!

Swimming

It was SOOOO HOT that the cold lake was very refreshing... the kids swam all day in the 68 degree water...
... Mommy and Eva even took a dip!
I got a workout for my legs when I dipped Eve in... not that I needed more after going up & down the MILLION steps to the cottage. Mom and I are going to have rock hard glutes after this summer!!

Grama & Papa's

We had some clams outside at Grama & Papa's house...
... we even got the kids to eat some!! What a beautiful day on Owasco Lake!

Eva with the Flowers

It was just Eva and Mommy the other morning, so we were inspecting all our beautiful flowers- of course Mommy had to take advantage of our quiet time and lure her into some cute photos! It was the perfect opportunity with her "grama dress" on and her natural girly obsession with all the "pretties" in full bloom!
(a little Marilyn Monroe action going on!)
And somehow she inherited Mommy's high school hair-do... even though Mommy's was enhanced with a spiral perm and hairspray! Look at all that HAIR!
Eva liked making the snowballs shed petals!

SNAPPER

Well... thanks to our neglect with spreading our gravel, we're going to have babies! This mama snapper was laying eggs in the cozy little rock spot! I guess I have to do a little research, so we can watch for the hatching and relocate the little critters to the Montezuma wildlife refuge!!

CRAZY Dog!

Apparently your "grand dog" likes the Christmas present too, Grama Colleen! He follows Collin everywhere- even into the trampoline!! Up the makeshift picnic table steps and into the FUN!

Memorial Day 2008

We had a great time at our picnic... friends, family and good food! Thanks everyone- for bringing such yummy food!! Brian even got the trampoline up in time for the gathering... so we had all kinds of great kid entertainment! Bounce house, trampoline, swing set, hot tub, volleyball net, bonfire... all the good stuff!!

More Memorial Day PICS!

Mmmmmmm... fudgcicle!

Violets

Yes... I know this is a VERY boring picture for most of you... but it's a MIRACLE in this house!! I was babysitting Mom's plants over the winter (she didn't really trust me!) and LOOK-- it's beautiful (not to mention still ALIVE!!)

Don't worry, Mom... the other one is still alive and well too- just not quite as pretty because it's just getting buds for flowers (it was waiting for you to get here!)

Happy Birthday Cameron!

Well... you guessed it... more CRAZY boys!! (BJ, Cameron, Mitch and Joel: all from school!) This photo is from Cameron's backyard tire swing... BJ says we need to get a tire swing! I don't think there will be a shortage of tires here- We could put one in EVERY TREE WE OWN!!! Anyone want to buy a tire swing????
This pic was from BEFORE the FROSTING FIGHT!!
Who wouldn't LOVE this face!?!?!?

Race for the Cure 2008

Race for the Cure 2008

Eva spent much of the day looking like this... she's a little afraid of people!... not to mention being a spoiled rotten monster!
BJ being a wise guy... as usual!!

What a beautiful day for a celebration!

Eva Brushing Her Teeth!