the fort

The kids slept up in their fort on the 3rd floor all week at the Birdhouse.

talking in church

It is our last Sunday in the Eustis Ward before our mission. Doug, Brianna and I are speaking. Karla and Gigi came down from Ocala to share this special time with us.

 

 

 

 

Ours is the last name on the mission board. It is our turn to go. 

making memories to last three whole years

 

fishy, fishy

When our girls were little their Grandma Pat taught them a rhyme:

Fishy, fishy in the brook

Daddy, catch it with a hook,

Mommy, fry it in a pan,

________ (they say their name) eat it like a man!

 

It was a rhyme they learned and usually performed at Christmastime when they could barely talk. Of course, we all loved it and thought it was wonderful.

Courtney is taking matters into her own hands and showing us the real deal!

introducing audrey to birdhouse lake

The boys still love it too!

 

Later, Audrey lets Andrew go for a little spin in her walker,

and enjoys a bath in the kitchen sink.

happy birthday to me

 

It was a wonderful birthday to go to the airport and pick up Cherylyn and her family. We celebrated afterwards at home with a cake I picked out myself from the Whole Foods Market.

 

So delicious!

 

the packers

The packers came to the Birdhouse today. When they seemed to be all done and were loading up the truck, Doug mentioned that there were still shoes in my closet. What?????????

 

I ran upstairs and found not only shoes, but all of my clothes and things…Nothing of mine had been  packed.

So they took care of that and we had a good check around the house before they left.

Then, I sat down on the very top step of the stairway and had a

 little cry.

dessert and amelie's and at the pool

Happy Memorial Day!

sunday faces

papasmallows wars

 This group takes their marshmallow fights pretty seriously. Papa, Jonah and Izzy were members of the Black Tooth. Courtney and Carter were the Green Warriors.  Courtney made armbands to identify the teams, but only her team got the ammunition boxes.

Net result of the wars: everyone ate a lot of marshmallows