Thursday, May 27

Jen May 27, 2010

Today we bought a lawn mower and a grill. I cut the lawn for the first time ever. I needed to learn once Joe goes out to sea. I also helped put the grill together.

Marla May 27, 2010

Eric's parents arrived from Colorado tonight. They are visiting for Vaughn's graduation.

Miranda May 27, 2010

Dinner out on the patio tonight!

Colleen May 27, 2010

Had to use a snow shovel to clear the deck of all the blossoms from the honey locust trees.

Maureen May 27, 2010

We ordered a sunbonnet from the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum. It came in the mail, today

Wednesday, May 26

Marla May 26, 2010

Vaughn's last day of school.

Maureen May 26, 2010

New haircut (now that it's natural, again)

Miranda May 26, 2010

Joe got some pepper plants from a guy he used to work with today. Yum!

Colleen May 26, 2010

Brooks cleaned out the gutters on my house today.

Margie May 26, 2010

They were having a meeting because they heard that there were some Beanie Babies up in the attic and they wanted to figure out how they could ask me to get them down.

How could I resist after they held a meeting and all. Here are the 2 boxes of Beanie Babies that I pulled down from the attic. After looking at all of them, we put some back up in the attic, and Madi is playing with the rest. I figure that they never will really be worth any money, so she may as well enjoy them.

Tuesday, May 25

Jen May 25, 2010

James played in the sprinkler today for the 1st time. He loved it!

Marla May 25, 2010

My new bulletin board. We put this up at the end of every school year. Then we put markers out and the students come by and sign it.

Miranda May 25, 2010

Another trip to the Zoo...G loved seeing the giraffes again!

Colleen May 25, 2010

The duck seems to like the water despite the greenish tint and gazillion honey locust blooms floating in it.

Margie May 25, 2010

It's been a while since I have posted pictures. I take them every day, just don't find time to post them. Anyhow, this is Madison when she came home from school today. I always ask her how her day was. She said it was a little bit sad, and a little bit happy - and that is why her face is like that. It is half a smile, and half a frown. (She was sad because she cut her toe, and happy because they got 2 recesses.)

Maureen May 25, 2010

Cooling off after school

Monday, May 24

Marla May 24, 2010

I told the hairsylist to do my hair "curly"...didn't know it would be that curly.

Maureen May 24, 2010

I've seen a lot of sidewalks these past few weeks, out enumerating for the census. We're about 75% done in our district.

Donna May 24, 2010

Seriously, what do you think of that website? Ok, it's at Lord of Life Church, but still..

Miranda May 24, 2010

The cat and a butterfly were playing!

Colleen May 24, 2010

I think it is time to start up the air conditioner. It was hard to sleep last night. Reminded me of when we were kids and it was so hot up in our room.

Sunday, May 23

Maureen May 23, 2010

New haircut!

Marla May 23, 2010

It was quite a hot day to be outside working but, Eric was. He wanted to trim up a bunch of the trees in the backyard before they lay the sod (did I mention that besides getting the driveway done and the deck painted that we are also getting sod in the backyard?)

Miranda May 23, 2010

Gianni's first hair cut

Colleen May 23, 2010

Ellie trying to stay cool in front of the fan.

Saturday, May 22

Maureen May 22, 2010

Taking Charlie on an adventure on a little island in the middle of a nearby lake. I think the kids would love to spend all day here, exploring.

Marla May 22, 2010

A storefront in downtown Geneva. It is next to Starbucks. Looks like it used to say Tri-City Appliance Shop. And, above the door it says ____?___ Beauty Salon.