And Baby makes Nine!!

As we were taking our oldest grandson out to celebrate his 8th birthday.... Irene was in the hospital giving birth to our youngest grandson Ryan Jeffrey. He was born on July 31st (one day early) at 8:40PM... 7lb 11oz and 18 1/2 inches long. Can't wait to meet him!!! Congratulations to Irene, Jeff, and big sisters Lily and Emma.

Happy Birthday Trevor

Thanks for coming to dinner with us and browsing thru the isles of "Toys 'R Us". Birthdays thru the eyes of an 8 year old are so fun. Hope you had as much fun as we did.... :) Love you!!!

Happy Birthday Josh

Have a "COOL" Birthday with all the family!!

Ike's Win

It was a sweltering hot dog show on Friday and Saturday in New York. We got thunderstorms on Saturday night to cool things off for Sunday. Ike really surprised me and took Winner's Dog on Friday for his first two points. He also got pulled by the judge for Winners on Sunday, but ended up taking a Reserve (2nd place). He's turning out to be a fun little show dog and I think that he'll be really good at agility, too. He'll probably do a few Pre-Novice fun runs at our trial in October. We're taking a great class with an awesome instructor in NH and really learning lots.

Fruit of the Vine

A little experiment this summer growing upside down tomato plants. They are loving this hot weather and are producing lots of tomatoes. Can't wait for them to ripen or at least become some yummy green tomato relish!!

Summer

These are the "dog days" of summer. It's supposed to be near 100 degrees today with a heat index well over that. Thank goodness for air conditioning... we're staying in today!!

July 4th...

Favorites:
Spending time with all the kids
The sunny weather
How many times can 6 kids change in and out of bathing suits?
Lemonade
Paddle boat rides
Playing on the beach
Jumping off the dock
Kabobs, hot dogs and blueberry pie
Doesn't get any better!!!