Where did May & June go?

Mother's Day....

We got Grandma Teena a pretty orchid corsage for Mother's day.

That afternoon we went to Grandpa Herman's for a cook out.

Everyone loved the pond.

Shane went fishing with the boys.

We had a great day !

It got HOT quick this year so we went and got a sprinkler. Luke helped Lilly get in it.

Rosemary watched from a far.

Lilly watched Luke safely from Daddy's lap.

Luke had a fun day cooling off.

I went with Luke one day to preschool.
Later in May they had a Graduation for the 4 year old class.

Luke will be in the older 4's next year so this was a practice graduation.

Afterwards we had snacks to celebrate.

The end of the year at Jonah's school they had a field day and party.

After the awards ceremony the 4th graders went outside for fun.

They played games and half way through they took a break. This is Jonah's class.

Then the fire department came and cooled everyone off.

The kids loved it!

Jonah's class went inside and had Chic-fil-a for lunch.

They did the limbo and had a water balloon toss before the day ended.
Luke's school ended the end of May and Jonah's ended June 10th.

Next was Father's Day...

It took A LOT of pictures just to get one good picture for Daddy

and all the Grandpa's.

Father's Day weekend the girls help Daddy make sure the boys go kart was good to go.
On Father's Day we went to Mark & Amy's house for a cookout.

Handsome Daddy!

Jonah resting in a tree on a HOT day!

Lilly enjoyed the appetizers!

Molly liked the pool.

The kids patiently waited for Grandpa Herman & Bryan to blow the pool up. Finally
it was ready, Emmett & Luke laughed and splashed in it.

Then it was time for some hot dogs and hamburgers!

Afterwards we had watermelon and homemade ice cream.

We all had a great Father's Day at Uncle Mark's & Aunt Amy's house!!!!

What a great surprise!

We got the best surprise a few weeks ago! Shane's Grandpa called, he put his wife Rita on the phone and she said they would like to come up here from Florida for a visit. Me and the kids had never met them. It had been years since Shane had seen his Grandpa and he had never met Rita. Shane's Grandpa had just had his teeth and I think some bone removed because he had mouth cancer. They wanted to come for a visit before he started radiation treatments.

It had to be the best weekend! I can't explain how much it meant to Shane. They arrived Friday morning and we got to visit while Jonah & the girl's were at school. Luke was at home and took to Rita immediately. Soon Jonah got home and I went to get the girls. We all visited, learned about each other...it was great.
The next day Shane and Mr. Keller went fishing. Shane LOVES to go fishing and so does his Grandpa. The guys returned after lunch. It was a perfect weekend, the weather was beautiful, we talked and played outside all weekend.

We learned all kinds of things about Mr. Keller and Rita. They are amazing you would never know they are 87 and 89 years old.

We threw ball, and learned that Mr. Keller grew up on a farm in upper New York State. They grew cherry trees, he built his own motorcycle from scratch, and so much more.

Mom and Dad also enjoyed their visit, they slept at their house which allowed us more time to spend together.

The kids loved playing and visiting with them. First thing in the morning they asked where great grandpa and great grandma was.

Everyone wanted to swing, first Lilly & Rosemary ...

Then Lilly wanted to push Luke.

Even Rita and Hank wanted to swing.

This weekend meant to much to Shane and therefore it meant a lot to me. I really hate they didn't get to know each other all these years because they are a lot alike. Hopefully soon we'll get to see them again!

Love my Job

I am really lucky, I love my job. I like the people I work with, I like what I do. I am a GIS Technician. I update and make water and sewer maps mostly. I do other things also like on this day. I got to climb one of our Water Tanks. We are on top of the tank in this picture.

It was harder than I thought it would be. We climbed around 175 feet straight up. The water tank was being worked on and painted so we got to go inside the empty part of the tank that holds water, 1.5 million gallons of water. It was great and the view from the top was awesome! As you see Shane climbed it also. I am very lucky we get to work together. A lot of people say they could never work with their spouse but I really think we get along better working together. We ride together and drop the girls off at daycare work 8 hours then pick them up and head home. My parents look after the boys when they get out of school, there again I'm lucky that they have family to watch them until we get home. I do have to say I live for the weekends! I hardly feel like I see the kids during the week. When we get home it is busy, cooking dinner, checking home work, making sure everyone has a bath and then we get to all spend a short period of time together before the kids head off to bed. Everyone (kids that is) is in bed by 8pm. So on the weekends I love the time we get to spend together! Most weekends we stay at home all weekend. All week we rush to school and work so it is nice to all stay home and have a peaceful easy going weekend and enjoy each other. That to me is the best time ever!

Fun with Grandpa Herman

Grandpa Herman came over to plow our garden with his tractor. After he finished Luke drove him around the yard.

Luke did really well steering the tractor. We all watched as they went around the yard. Lilly and Rosemary were to scared to get on the tractor even while it was turned off.
The next weekend we all went over to his yoga teacher's house to see their pet turtles. Giant turtles, like the ones you would see at the zoo.

Luke jumped right in to see the turtles close up. Jonah and Rosemary stood back and watched most of the time. Once Rosemary let Grandpa pick her up to touch one of their shells.

Lilly warmed up to them quicker.

She quickly touched one of them.

Luke got one their back and went for a ride. They are not very fast but you have to keep your balance or you might fall.

The two largest ones were males. One was over 50 years old and the other large one was over 40 years old. They weighed around 500 lbs. each.

They had several smaller turtles too. The turtles were amazing. You never know what is in someones back yard.