A few more pictures

I meant to find this one this summer after seeing the video of Claire in the pool. Claire is definitely her Daddy's child....and don't blame me.....blame Papa! Joseph was between 16 and 18 months here. He had no fear and even went off a high dive with his daddy.



Here are a few more when he was just a little older....not very much older.

My Squishy Face Boy

What do you think? Does he look like his Daddy?(I don't know how to get them side by side.)


Please notice the too tight paper shirt. They finally realized they
needed to get him a bigger shirt.
So I have been meaning to dig out some pictures of Joseph so we can compare "squishy faces". Here are a few.

My Super Men

We took a quick trip to St. Louis (Edwardsville, IL) to see Joseph, Katie, Claire and new baby Caleb. We stopped at a rest stop in Metropolis. Daniel came running out telling me to get my camera (couldn't imagine why). In the end Rick and Daniel took pictures of each other. They were cute....it was in the middle of the night, I think around 2am or something.

Recycled

I have tons of things I should blog about....lots of fun things from the summer, especially 2 new babies, Zoe and Caleb....but not today.

I had a long list of projects this summer and didn't get to most of them....but this week I was able to check one off the list. I needed a new bag for preschool to take our First Aid kit, etc. out to the playground.

I couldn't find a picture of the original apron - but I turned it into a bag. My class is the Busy Bees, and I had been wearing this apron at work, but it wasn't working for me. I left the cute pockets on, used the straps from the apron for the handles, put some different gingham to line it and put a pocket on the interior made from the bodice of the apron.

I was pleased...what do you think?

Summer Fun

Rick and Daniel left for a week of Boy Scout Camp on July 4th. I spent the evening with some of my favorite people to watch the fire works. The Bell family met some friends and let me tag along.

We are having a great summer. I have worked one week and will work another one starting tomorrow. We have been going to the pool a couple times a week, Daniel is playing golf some every week - with that picking up to several days a week. I have been walking everyday with my 70 something neighbor and even though it is still very hot at 7:00 am, it still does a body (and mind) good!

I have been cleaning out and have only scratched the surface - or I should say not even began to scratch the surface. I sold a bunch of fabric on Craigs List and then Laura and I went to Ikea one day and I got some cool things. I have more pictures to post another day.

Spring Break

Rick took a day off and we went camping at Jordan Lake near Raleigh for one night and two days. The weather was perfect. Laura and the children joined us for a day. It was very relaxing just being outside. The boys did a little of unsuccessful fishing and Daniel rode his new bike a lot. I rode mine some and we even have a picture of Papa(Rick) riding. One of the children, and I can't remember which now, said Papa rode better because he "wiggled" when he rode.

More birthday

Family and friends came for our party and it was fun. Laura and Jason always do a party up just right! Rick did this amazing "cake" for me. He took a vegetable steamer for the grill, turned it upside down and then taped some of my favorite candies all over it. It was very creative. I think he said it "came to him in a dream".