Plague or Blessing?

It's that time of year again (Summer) when the frogs invade.  Where have they been for the last six months?  These little guys have to eat something, and it's bugs, bugs, and more bugs!  Therefore I call them a blessing!  

They're tiny but they sure make a racket.  Maybe they are a plague after all.

Happy Birthday Garret

Garret had two days to celebrate his 8th birthday!  As we reminisced over the day he was born, words like rain, wind, stormy weather came to mind.  A far cry from the record breaking temperatures we've had the past two days!

Papa, Garret and the much loved, much wanted Nerf Sword!

They can finally have their duel!

Two swords, different colors, no confusion!  Thanks Papa and Grandma!

Yum!  This was Garret's request for Birthday Breakfast!  I turned it into a Sunday Breakfast Brunch with enough leftovers to make it to the actual birthday breakfast!  It was fun and delicious!

Present Time!

The school teacher in me couldn't resist another state and capital game!

Yeah!  If it's Nerf and it shoots - they love it!  This one is air-powered!  It makes enough noise to keep me out of site of target!!

Garret - will open this present...

anyway, he can!!!

Box cake - we weren't really hungry for anyway!

Sunday was a great day spent with Papa and Grandma.  Monday was school, but Monday evening we broke out in celebration again!  We ordered Pizza Plus and took it to Grandma and Papa's!  Garret and Lilly had their first swim of the year - in the freezing cold pool!  Rachel and Bret swam too, but they do that every day!  When swimming was over, and Wade had cut an old telephone pole down with the neighbor's chainsaw (must stay busy!) it was once more time for cake.  We enjoyed coffee cake this evening - yum!  The partying is now over.  I probably gained 5 pounds, but it was fun! 

It's nice to have an 8 year old in the house!  Garret is a special boy, we enjoy his intellect, his love for God, and his play by play computer game stories!!

Happy Birthday Garret!