We went to visit mom & Kara over the weekend. It was
the first time I'd been back in the house since the day
after daddy's funeral.
It was so strange to walk in and see his straw
hat hanging in the bathroom, his jacket on the back of the
door...his things in the same places he always put them...
I miss him...
My nieces and nephews came over to play with the kiddos
Saturday. They are like stairsteps, but not in order of
age...my sister, Kara (the girl in the red) is 17 & the oldest.
She is slowly being pushed further down the line by the boys.
If you look in the top of this tree...you will see Ethan.
I had to threaten him with-in an inch of his life to get him down.
As if he wasn't already there!! I use to do the same thing...
but now it scares me to see him that high up.
Monkey see - Monkey do!
For some reason, little kids love Ethan. They
are always copying every move he makes ;o} Thank
Goodness Caleb didn't try the same tree Ethan climbed.
Since the weather was sooo beautiful we made the kids a
scavenger hunt. It kept them busy for about 2 hours.
One of the items the kids had to find was a square rock...
and the bonus (which counted for extra points) was best fossil.
You wouldn't believe how long these kids looked for
square rocks ;o}
Since more than one kid collected all of the items on
the list (even the something alive~yuck) the winner was
decided by who had the 'squarest' rock. I think Ethan won.
It's so hard to get a good picture of these two. One hardly
EVER smiles in pictures and the other can't be still long enough
for a picture~I'm sure you can guess which is which.
After supper the kiddos break out the board games...
here they are playing Apples to Apples...and that's fun...but...
Bananagrams usually gets played tons more than any other game...
Playing games is a lot of fun...you should try it.
Turn the t.v. off (there's nothing on there but trash anyway) ;o}
and spend some quality time with the family playing a good game.
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