SUMMER FUN

The Three Monkeys

Catching the Rain

Walking on the Railroad

The boys are using the stick their great-grandfather carved to use when he would help Martha peddle her tricycle.

The Orange Butterfly

Oh my, a lot has happened since my last post! I have been having fun on face book and learning the ins and outs of that program. It is great fun keeping up with friends and family. Twitter is not something that I have indulged in. Martha is forever texting someone and I often ask why she just doesn't pick up the phone and call them. In a few years we will have to add "How to Have a Conversation Face to Face" in our school curriculum!

School ended on June 5th for me and I was in the dr.'s office with an ear infection. Today is Aug 1st and I am still dealing with ear problems. It has been a very long summer for my ear - the constant ringing is getting old. I go back to the dr. on the day before school - wonderful - what a way to open the school year.

We spent a week at the beach with the Darley's and the kids loved the water, sand, and pool. Anna Claire loved digging in the sand and was not afraid of the water at all. The boys took their trucks again and enjoyed racing around the beach with them. AC even got into pushing the trucks on the beach. What ever the boys are doing, she thinks she can do it also. She loves to wrestle with the boys and will quite often start the trouble and just giggle when they come after her.

The boys wanted to come to MiMi's house and ride in her car. We had great fun with them. Melinda and I took them to the Kid's museum to see the Blooming Butterflies. The boys were excited to see them and thrilled that there was an orange one. Martha and Chris have done a great job of making sure they know the importance of orange! Melinda and I took the boys to the train tracks to take pictures, but the boys were worried that the train was going to come so it was difficult to get really good still photos - oh heck, it is always difficult to get still shots of the boys!

When I brought the boys home, they wanted to know if I was going to stay at their house for a long time. But of course! One of the things we did while the Princess was sleeping and I am not talking about Anna Claire, was to play in the rain. The boys loved it, but it took awhile for Anna Claire to understand what was happening. We were soaking wet by the time THE PRINCESS got up. She couldn't understand why everybody was taking baths at LUNCH TIME!

I had fun shooting a rehearsal dinner party in mid June. It was at the Corley Mills House and the main dish was a "cooked pig". I took shots of it and a close up of the apple in the pig's mouth and sent it to Martha's old neighbor, the one who always does the photos of the kids. Sara is a yankee through and through and I have had great fun teasing her (she right back at me) about our southern ways. Needless to say, she was not thrilled about a pig pick'n and couldn't believe that we ate it like that. When I told her that a true pig pick'n was eaten by just reaching in and pulling the meat off the bones, she was horrified.