Zachary is now a licensed driver.  He’s 18, so if any of you have children that do not have their license and think they’re the only one not to have it at this great age, you can tell them about my son.  🙂  Zachary was good about it and never complained but we just waited since insurance is so high and funds weren’t. Seth arrived home without all the hoopla I was wanting.  As a matter-of-fact we were 30 minutes late picking him up from the airport.  His plane was supposed to be later but than they arrived sooner than they had announced.  Otherwise, we wouldn’t be late.  Not us.…

I am so excited!  My Seth is coming home tomorrow from his month-in-a-half stay in Manitoba, Canada.  He’s been staying with his aunt and uncle and working.  He bought himself a camera before he went so I’ll try to post some of the highlights of his trip shortly. Audrey was pretty excited when I told her Seth would be here in 2 nights.  “Seth likes to tickle me,” she said, and I guess she must like that pretty much because she was sure happy to hear about his return. We want to write “Welcome Home, Seth” on the side of our Suburban so that when Seth walks out of baggage…

The big attraction around our place has been Sandi, which is the name Serenity chose for her new puppy.  Sandi seems to be enthralled with her new owners as well. Is it any wonder?  She’s carried around like royalty (on this day anyways 🙂 ) on her big cushy pillow. Once in a while the kids will even let her walk on her own. But Sandi shows her loyalty and runs after Miss Audrey, just as fast as her little 4″ legs will carry her. She runs and runs until Miss Audrey is convinced she must be exhausted. So, while she rides her bike, daddy is given the charge of…

The week started with a BBQ on Sunday, May 30, with about 40 of us.  We had the typical Memorial Day fare with hamburgers and hot dogs… and of course, ice cream.  That’s almost a given when you come to our house. 🙂 Not much happened that was picture-worthy during the week until Friday when we went to my sister in law’s for supper.  I always feel as if I’m at a resort when I go to their place. Saturday, we went to a lovely tea party with its theme being international.  Serenity was dressed Chinese, I was from Mexico and Audrey was Heidi/peasant girl. East Indian & French We…

Before I start my week in review, I want to give honor to those who fought and gave their lives in service to our country – a very great price to pay.  May we never forget them. Monday was the day we said goodbye to Zachary’s cello teacher he’s had for the last year.  She’s moving and will be pursuing her doctorate in cello.  She was a good teacher for Zachary.  As we’ve had different teachers over the years, I can say that you definitely need to find a teacher that’s a good fit for your child. We had our end of year awards at 4-H.  This is Zachary’s last year to be…