Happy Birthday Granny!

Today is my mother's birthday.  She and Daddy came over to have hamburgers and dessert.  Clarence grilled delicious burgers as usual, and we had pie afterwards.  Here are a couple of pictures I took while my parents were here.

Granny with her boys

Isaac telling Granny about the movie that was on tv



Granny and Grandaddy in their matching camo.

Happy Birthday Granny!  We love you!

Father's Day 2011

 This Father's Day was pretty uneventful in our house.  Clarence wasn't feeling well, so he stayed at home yesterday while the boys and went to visit my father.  After we visited with my daddy and went to the store, we came back home and made cupcakes.  The boys helped me, and they turned out great!  It's too bad that Daddy's belly was hurting too bad to enjoy them with us.  And, apparently, Daddy gave Alex his sick belly, so Alex had to stay home with Daddy today.  Normally I would stay home with our boys when they're sick, but today was my first day at my new job.  It was a great first day, and I am looking forward to all I am going to learn!

My husband and our boys

My Daddy and his grandsons

Me and Daddy

Cooling and waiting for icing and sprinkles



Adding sprinkles





Adding more sprinkles







Ready to eat!





Our summer weekend at home

We had originally planned to go down to CMA Fest this weekend, but it was just too dang hot! Also, we haven't had a weekend at home with nothing to do in quite a while, so it was nice to stay at home. I was off work Friday, and Isaac and I spent the day at home. I washed my husband's truck and cut the grass in the front yard. Yesterday we spent most of the day inside and cleaned house. Today, it was a bit cooler outside, in the 80's instead of the 90's. So, we cut the grass in the back yard, and then I washed my car. After all that, Isaac, Alex and I rode our bicycles around the neighborhood. We had a great day, and a great weekend!

Isaac and Alex playing with the Geotrax trains

Isaac and Alex playing together again

I love this picture. Despite the messy toy room in the background. :)

Our busy weekends

So our busy weekends started two weeks ago. The boys, Clarence and I were invited to Jacob's sons' birthday party. Clarence works for Jacob at Milestone Paint. Jacob, his wife, and their two boys live out in the country and have what I would consider a farm. They have a large lot of land and a variety of animals. The boys had a great time seeing the animals and swimming.

Isaac in front of an old building

Alex looking through the fence at the animals

this cool guy wanted to be let out :)

petting the small horse



Alex with his ring pop colored tongue



the boys by the pool

After the party a the Miles' farm, we rushed home so we could visit with Matt and his family. They were passing through town during their visit to the U.S. Matt and his family live in Japan and were here for a visit. It was great to see them again. His girls have really grown!

Clarence and Matt - they grew up together and have kept in touch over the years



Alex and Marie, Matt's youngest. They are less than a year apart in age.

A picture of everyone before they left. Marie, Michelle, Nicole, Alex and Isaac (I think I got that in the right order... :))

The next day we took the boys to the Renaissance Festival. Alex likes knights and castles, so we thought he would like it, and he did.



This weird looking man greeted us as we entered the festival

another interesting sight

the back of the castle

a horse at the jousting match

Isaac and Alex with their cousin Lucas inside the castle

the boys watching the jousting

another random picture of one of the flowers in our yard

and another one

And finally, this past weekend we went to Selmer for Decoration Day. The first Sunday in June is set aside to decorate the graves at the small town cemetery. Clarence and I go every couple of years. This year, we drove Clarence's aunt's van loaded up with all the boys. Clarence's aunt and uncle took a separate car.

at the rest stop



Alex not looking too happy

that's better

Isaac

Lucas

Logan

Well, that was a long post. I need to start posting more often! We were planning to go to the CMA Fest this weekend, but we may just end up hanging around here. I am off work on Friday, so maybe we'll go do something fun then.