Memorial Day

Well it turned out to be a great weekend after all. The weather was beautiful Sunday after a rainy Saturday. Monday was great too. Some of us made it out to the lake. You can see from the pictures that the cousins played together in the sand. Randy raked the sand....that person floating in the water is Scotty. The tent-like gazebo is for shade since the tree is gone. Kobe even got to romp around the beach. Brooke is doing her Kobe imitation with her tongue. Everyone got a ride in Scott's boat.
It was a great day!!! Hope yours was too.

Mostly Brayden

We are waiting for some warm, dry weather this holiday weekend. So far it isn't happening. Denise sends us pictures of Brayden every Friday so this week Brayden is featured. Isn't she adorable?
Congrats to Denise for passing her boards and with high scores! What a relief!
Debbie and Ryan are celebrating their 1st wedding anniversay this weekend. (See their blog).
We wish the best of luck to Denise and Brandon and Brayden and Bruce and Tiffany and family as both families will be moving to their new homes the first weekend in June.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Randy will fly to N.C. to help Bruce's family by driving one of their cars to Louisville. Devon and Carter are excited to see Uncle Randy and will ride with him.
Brandon's dad and brother will help them with their move to San Antonio.
Joan will be so glad when they all arrive safely to their new homes.
We hope to get some lake pictures if the sun comes out on Memorial Day.

Taking a break

sometimes you just have to stop working and take a break. which is exactly what we are doing in Debbie and Ryan's back yard. Just some random pictures of Brayden and Brooke....Tyler and Natalie too.

Middle of May

We have been enjoying some warm summer-like weather in the middle of May. So we got out the pool for the kids. Debbie was watching a family over Mother's Day weekend and they enjoyed a morning at the Children's Garden at the Morton Arboretum along with Heather and Tyler and Natalie.
We even went to the lake to do a little work and the kids played in the sand.
There's a picture of Brayden after her bath.
Hope you enjoy the pictures.

First week of May....more "house work"

After a wonderful weekend in Utah we returned to work and more house projects.
Debbie and Ryan's house is busy being painted. The wood flooring should be in this week....then is has to sit in their house and "season" for a week or so before it can be installed.
Dayna and Randy had a big tree "extracted" from their back/side yard. It was a big job. Glad the profesionals knew what they were doing.
Brian and Heather got into the action by tearing out a closet in their laundry room and making it more open. It is their work in progress. They had the exterior of their home painted and it looks really nice (sorry no picture...maybe next week.)
Debbie took Tyler and Natalie to the Dupage children's museum for some learning (goggle picture and bubble picture).

Trip to Utah and more

We had a great weekend in Utah. We saw Denise and Brandon graduate. We played with sweet little Brayden. She is so smiley and cooing a lot.

Tiffany sent a picture of Chelsea at 9 months.
Brooke is "super" baby.

We missed Brian's birthday.

Debbie and Ryan have added paint to their home.
Ryan is trying out his skills....trimming a tree.