First of all...I know it's been awhile since I've been on the blog....sorry... I'll be doing A LOT OF UP-DATING for the next few weeks...:) Here's Steve, Johnny, and Di - We are so proud of them...we are so Blessed.
John turned 2 the end of June. He is the apple of our eye.... 
This little Lion was our favorite ....wonder why?
He's not the little baby we took care of the first year of his life.... but he is our angel. 
Some friends and family asked to see our yard and flowers...so here are a few... The rain has made everything so lush and green....and most everything is blooming about a month ahead this year.
The first daylily to bloom is "James Spencer" given to me by Sandy L. last year from her collection. It's so beautiful...I wish they'd stay more than ONE DAY! That's why I have to take a picture of each one - so I can look at them on the computer any time I want. 
The new additions to our yard are the play things we have for John..:) This area will be made into a new flower garden and the toys will be moved. We are moving ALL the plants that are close to the deck away from the deck... What a job this will be!!!!
Got a call Tues night from Steve. John had a fever and couldn't go to school Wed. - Could we watch him from 7:30 til noon. SURE! We were glad to help out and John was so very good. You'd never know that he wasn't feeling well. 
Steve called again Wed night and asked if we could watch John again on Thurs morning as he still had a fever...Of course we could help out. ...We made sure he kept drinking his water... He was such a trooper about not feeling well.
But you can see in his eyes that he's not feeling well... 
I kept Steve's Fisher Price Garage from when he was little... Took it up to give John something new to play with and pass the time. He loved the garage and so did Papa:) Not happy that John didn't feel well, but happy to have time with him. He counts to ten, sings his ABC's, twinkle twinkle little star, the wheels on the bus, the itsy bitsy spider, and can say ANYTHING now. He'll be 2 in a few weeks.
Brad was ready at 7 a.m. and so we were off to drive the 50 min. to TT Hershey to play Pickleball. From left: Carlton, Carla, Dean, (his wife, Marge, came later) Keith, Karen, John and Brad... The courts are in GREAT shape...look and feel like new. Lots of players...enough to have 2 courts going all morning and so we only had to sit out a short time before we were playing again. A good workout.
Dean offered to take another photo so I would be included:) We played from 8:30 til 11....the storms were coming and...we had to get Brad home as he was playing for a wedding ...plus he and Vivien had 2 cake tastings going on at their house. Vivien makes wedding cakes for those of you that don't know. 
We babysat for John. In the kitchen was the rocking chair that Becky, Tim and Cayton gave him before he was born. It's so fun to see John fit in it .....and like it so much. He's having a snack of pretzels while he rocks away. 
This is the shy boy....RIGHT!
We knew that John and Carla were coming into Hershey so we planned this day to drive over and play some ball... it was a perfect day to play...no wind, and a little overcast at first. It was humid but hey, you can't have everything... Carlton and Dawn invited us to visit with them after the morning of play. 
Carlton took me up on using my camera. I don't usually get in any photos. The courts were lookin good and felt so good to play. We hadn't played since we left Conroe, TX.. 
Thanks again Carlton for the great photos...:)
Here's Karen, Nancy, and Tom... We sure had some good games... Several other players came but I didn't get their photo:(
I goofed and didn't get a picture of the GREAT looking meatloaf dinner we shared with Dawn and Carlton. It was a real team effort. I mixed my meatloaf recipe, Keith taught Dawn how to make his gravy...and Dawn made the mashed pot. and corn. When we were ready for dessert, Dawn brings out this choc. peanut butter pie...oh my gosh was it good.:) Sure did have fun. As always the day ended too quickly. We did manage to get home before dark... LET''S DO IT AGAIN! 
Because we help out with Brad's orchestra whenever we're home, we were asked to join them at Shady Maple for the end of the year banquet and awards event. Keith, Vivien, and I met the buses at the restaurant. Shady really has their act tog...they make sure there's a "room" ready with microphone and podium.
I tried to get a shot of the food ...but everyone was eating so fast, I almost missed out. Look at Vivien's face to the right! I'm not sure what she's looking at.
This was the room we ate in. The students ASK to come to Shady Maple cause they can have ANY thing and EVERYTHING they'd like to eat and...as MUCH of it as they can eat. Some students boasted that they had 5 plates of food and...dessert too.
Students giving Brad a standing ovation. 
This girl was so happy to recieve her award! Everyone got a good laugh from her reaction. 
