Mill Creek

We did  a little something different with the big kids one day this Summer...took them down to Mill Creek.  they enjoyed it a lot and were amazed at how cold the Spring water was.....here they are crossing the low water slab

Had fun catching minnows and crawdads!

peaceful place to be!

We sure had a good time that day!!

 

River Dog

Fun times with the kids!

One time this Summr when we put the boat in the kids there was a stray dog at the cabin...believe it came from some other people upriver....Emily was not a fan! haha

Fuzzy because I was laughing too hard to take the picture   When we drove up the cabin that day it was laying in the sandbox..with a cat!  ha   the cat ran off but the dog stayed around for the day.

 

Day on the River

These pictures are from earlier this Summer  We took the two "big kids" to the river oneday.  Emily brought her fave pet along    "Howler" haha  she even had a life vest for it!

Tyler is getting so tall!  By this time next year he will probably be taller than me!

Up below Terry Chutes...using the same blue bucket our kids used...

She loved climbing on these logs

She is something else!  We sure had  good time with them that day!

 

Tea Party

Emily likes to have a tea party sometimes when she is at her house. We very carefully use her Great Great  Grandmother's  tea set. We use lemonade in it and usually have a small snack to go with it. This time we used vanilla cupcake flavored goldfish!

Note that she brought  a special outfit for this actiity! haha

We sure had a good time!

Kids' Day

One  of the days I had the kids this Summer.  The doctor and her assistant!

Ben was pretty busy on something else!

Howler was helping Emily paint!

 I sure enjoyed the time I spent with the kids this Summer!

Mother's Day

We had a nice time on Mother's Day....nice meal with the family and good times for sure!  I got some  handmade crafts...the flower pots and handprint picture are so cute! Still on the front table...some choclates, two  gift certificates to the local Mexican  restaurant, a nice card too

also this geranium hanging basket, in almost a fushia color and  a big white lilac bush!  I sure like lilacs  and didn't have a white one. We found the perfect place to put it and have it planted! Will enjoy for years!

Sure am grateful for my family and all they do for me.   It was a good day!

Saturday Afternoon in the Woods

We took a walk in the Mae Woods and Creek on  Saturday...Sarah's idea.... the kids loved it!  Fun to see them explore so much!   Here is a turtle that was coming out of  its mud bed!

Was a good time to explore down there since there was water flowing in the creek and it wasn't all stagnant.

all decked out in his safari outfit!

little snake!

sure was a wonderful time and so glad we got to do that.   Good to get out of the house and enjoy the day!

All the Pretty Colors

I have a net ball scrubbie project on going..this picture shows some of the net colors I am using.  It is fun to match up what colors you want together!

Valentine craft from the Grandkids!  Love how special they are! Mom is so good to make crafts for the kids to give us! love them!

Play Day

Pictures from a couple weeks ago, one of the days we had a couple of the kids over to play. Emily used playdoh to make food for her baby....green peas, yellow pancakes w/pink chips...and right now I can't remember what the third things were.

We bought a couple of these old school balsa airplanes for them to play with...they had a lot of fun with these....they are pretty fragile, so got put up afterwards and will play with them again.

We had a good time with the kids!

Chalk Art

Some chalk art Emily did recently....that is "Fake" Elsa on the left....and "Real" Elsa on the right.

First it was a cucumber on the left...then it was green bean plants....

We had a  lot of fun this day!

Fun in the Yard

More fungi  the kids found in the yard.

Emily likes to stand on these stumps to put on her "shows" and do her dances!  She is too fun!

Emily and Jack

I had Emily one day and we made some Rice Krispie Treats....of course she had to put some sprinkles on them!

and Jack made a neat creation with magna tiles!  neat toy!

More Catching Up

Emily earlier in the Summer...had out the totes of Happy Meal Barbies...would line them up and knock them down!

The twins had fun playing on the atv...no doubt imaging some fun adventures.

Finished my grapevine tree a week ago. not real happy with the top, but it'll be alright, at least for now.

More atv fun!  they got these paper bags out of their van and a couple of them went around collecting things from the yard....hickory nuts, seed pods, etc.  fun activity.

Summer on the River

Every Summer there just seems to be never enough time to spend on the river with the Grandkids....this year seemed more that way than usual.  Seems like the Summer just slipped by without taking advantage of all it had to offer.  We will still go out some this Fall, but never as much as we think...our attention turns to other things and life just goes on.  Here is Emily on a sandbar upriver

Tyler got so much better at his swimming this year...they both did, but he really was improved.  Next year I will take them to swim lessons again.  That was so much fun last year and they'll learn even more.

We had fun with them!