swimming in Texas

Our paintings

Jess had found this painting place. Painting with a Twist. There were about 35 women and 1 man there!! Poor guy, he was on date and kinda had to go, LOL Anyway, You go and they have a certain picture for the night and the teacher shows you how to paint and you do just what he does, lol Sounds easy huh??  He showed us how to do the background and the branches.....

By blending colors, you add in some greenish leaves......

And then the flowers. They both turned out different but I think we both did a great job and it was soo much fun and something to do with Jessica, so that was the best part.

See the picture on the left of me, It is so cute and would look great in Molly's room. Jess is going to take that class to do that painting later on. But Molly will have purple boots cuz that is her favorite color just like her grandma!! :-)

The Ducks

When we went to Texas, we all took off for Austin for a couple days. We have only driven through it but have never seen the sites. It is a pretty cool city. We took the Duck tour where the boat drives on land and then in the water too. It toured a lot of historical sites in Austin and we had a great driver than made the ride fun and it was very interesting. We all received duck horns and blew them along the ride.

Tyler was less than thrilled about the duck whistle whereas I thought that he would Love it, I mean a chance for a boy to make noise!! Maybe it isn't as much fun when you can make the noise go figure!! lol

Here's the water. It was on a big lake and very pretty.

Nice homes and Don and I decided to buy the last one on the right of the 4 white homes, uh yah...in my dreams!!! and probably not even then LOL

On the way home we stopped at the Louisiana Longhorn Café. It was very unique and had good food. We did try some Alligator meat.

It really wasn't that bad, it was just the fact that I knew what I was eating. I couldn't have too much because it is cooked in peanut oil and I am allergic to peanut oil.

It was a fun day and even though it was 100 degrees!!

We surprised Tyler

On July 22nd was Tyler's 6th birthday and so Don and I flew in to surprise him. We rang the doorbell and instead of answering right away he just looked at us out the window. He told Jess that it was grandma and grandpa.

 She said Well...open the door. He was very much surprised so that made our day.

Tyler LOVED to see his Grandpa.

We took him birthday shopping and then we went out to eat at his favorite restaurant. Upon arriving home, he found all of his friends and was surprised for the 2nd time. They had all come over to have a Sundae bar for his birthday.

And....of course there were gifts....which he loved also.

I am sure that this will be a birthday that he will remember and he had so much fun. It was fun for us to surprise him also.

Summer is here!!

Summer is Here and Enjoying it!!

Zac in the hospital

Zac was in the hospital last weekend. He was taken to the ER and had pneumonia. He did great on getting the IV in and didn't cry a bit. He did get toys, cookies, M & Ms, books and balloons so all in all he didn't make out too bad. LOL

You know alls well....when you sister is right by your side, watching movies with you!!

Grill/marathon/kalebs graduation/parade/Toms house/color run

 Since Mothers day, there has been lots of stuff going on. Don got a new BBQ grill from the kids for his B-day. Kim and I decided to put it together for him, I mean how tough can it really be???

 Well......2 hrs, 45 mi later TADA!! 1 new BBQ grill and it works fantastic!!! Not that Don ever cooks on it but he likes the food that IS cooked on it ☺

Kim ran her 1st 1/2 marathon in Rockford. She did good, we were so proud of her and she kept running but she was tired by the end. says she wont be doing another one for awhile lol

 Kaleb graduated from Preschool!! YAY, Kindergarden and every day school come August 14, not like we are counting or anything!!! lol He went to a wonderful preschool and had the best 2 teachers!!

 Kaleb LOVES to dress up in his suit and there is another little girl in his class that likes to dress up as much as he does. Don't they look cute and take a look at her shoes, lol

 Next was the Memorial day parade. Jason was driving the Loves Park ladder truck and so Zac got to ride in it with his dad. You cant see Zac but he is in there waving to everyone!!

 3 of our grand daughters, Sydney, Bailey and Katie

 The grand kids with the duck!!

 Tom bought himself his very own house and closed on it this week. It is 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car garage, nice deck and yard. It is a pretty good size home and he is so excited and ready to make it his own, so we are excited about that. Now....I have an empty basement to figure out what to do with ☺

 

Today was the Color Vibe run in Belvidere. It was a 5 K and so Kim and her friends ran it. There are a zillion people that run/walk and so they started them in waves. We saw them in the beginning and not again until the end, there were just way too many people there but it was fun for the kids and I to watch.

 

Allissa and her friend also ran the Color run!!

So while I  havent posted much, there is alot going on and more to come!!