July and August 2014

Hugs between Sibs

Jr. Church ... Posing as Statue of Liberty

Skirt Vannan made for Rue

B and Rue playing on their Innotabs together.

Cousins hugging

Ring Pops and Tablets ... between cousins

Slinky

Water Works ... Joel and Rue's rules

Sister Time

Playing with the games all by herself.

He just finished all of these kits during his science studies for school.
But at this point, he was getting really excited about all of the experiments.
AND hoping for more for Christmas.

LaRue plays with this puzzle all the time ... if she can get her sister's to get it down.  But the pieces talk, have adventures, and hide all over the school room.

June 6 - June 20 Fun Pictures

June passed in the blink of an eye.

I turned 46 - I don't feel that old mentally, but about twice that physically some days.  LOL

Joel turned 9.

Vannan got glasses.

The weather was mild.

We finished up our school year.

Kendra continued to work at McDonald's and so did Tim.

Vannan tweaked this much loved vest into a dress for Rue.

Watching movies with Big Sister.

Growing up.

Sleeping in ....

She is always so disoriented when she wakes up ... and grouchy.  It's best to let her come up slowly.

Pretending to wear glasses like Vannan and Kendra.  So she isn't the ONLY girl without glasses.

A new hat.

June 8 - Volley Ball Uniform

Tim had to take a picture for some reason in his volleyball uniform.

I thought they turned out pretty good - and since Tim doesn't get posted much ...

June 4 - Returning Home from Vacation

The next morning, we collected everything, ate breakfast, cleaned the kitchen and bathroom, collected all the laundry to the downstairs area .... packed the car, and were checked out by 9:30am.

We stopped and ate lunch about 2/3rds of the way home.   We hadn't planned ahead really well, so used the lids from the storage containers for our plates.

I'm sure Tim could tell you where we were.

We pulled back into home mid afternoon.  Unpacked, ate supper and most of us crashed early - happy for our own beds and peace and quiet of the road being half a mile away instead of right outside our windows.

June 3 - Our Family Vacation

Since none of us slept really well during the night ... new location and the traffic noise - it was a very busy street, and a lot of large trucks (the kind that pull trailers and boats) and delivery vehicles.  Anyway, we slept until 10am or something like that.

The kids played with the toys they brought - Joel enjoyed having enough space to put together his new Lego kits.

This is the unit we stayed in ....  http://www.vacationrentalsinc.net/property/733-2/


Around 2:30 - we spent an hour or so at the lake.  Those rocks went right down into the water and were not kind to feet.   But the water was nice.  And it wasn't crowded.

See how clear the water is?!

Later, Tim and the kids went for a walk down through trails.   I took a nap.   We cooked supper, watched reruns of some shows we use to watch when we had cable several years ago ... cooking shows and such ... washed laundry ... cleaned the house .... packed everything .... and went to bed.