Summer Sun ~ Family Fun

Ponchatoula Strawberries!

This hand painted pic was a gift to us from our Dear Friend in LA, Bro Willard Bardwell.  He gave this to us years ago while we were on deputation and it's just now "found" a frame and a sweet corner in our Haus! Thanks dear friend, for a piece that we will always treasure!

Old Chair, a gift,  Old dishpan, yard-sale deal and a cheap $1 Ivy on clearance... add the strawberry pic above... & it made this ole' corner pop!  It always makes me smile when I pass this corner!

                                                         Red, White, Blue, and Delicious!

                                        Pop-Pop doing what he does best.... acting up!

Pepsi coasters and reusable stars for name tags!

We were privileged to get to have family over while Dad and Mom were here.  Dad's brother and family only lives about 1 hr away, so they came over so Rod and I could celebrate our Birthday's... we share a birthday.  Who cares if it was late... "better late than never" they say! =)

                              Breydon and Bryan... fast friends, best buddies and cousins too!!!

Darla and little Lizzie!  She was delighted to find the doll house... if it hadn't been 105o that day they could have really enjoyed playing.  They'll just have to come back in the fall so they can really play.

Dad, Mom and 3 of our kids on the Lord's Day.  Natasha was away at a camp-meeting babysitting.  We missed her much, but she had a wonderful time.

Two very dear people to our hearts!

Monday, Daryl took some time off and took the 3 kids and his parents to the Cincinnati Museum Center.  This is the old train depot here in Cinci... the very place where 50 years ago, my Moma came in on a train in order to attend GBS!

Beautiful Fountain outdoors!

Don't know Who's craziest!!!

The main floor of the old train depot.

The main reason I didn't go along was we'd gotten a phone call that my parents were going to get to come over for a visit. They had to be over our way due to a funeral of a family friend.  We were saddened for the reason, but DELIGHTED that we got to spend a few hours with them. And So I went to work in the kitchen preparing a meal... an early Birthday meal... for my Moma had her 70th B-day the next day! 

           Moma, so glad you got to be with us, even if it was only for a few hours!  I love you MUCH!

Strawberry Shortcake with a touch of Blue!

Fun at the park that evening.  It was sooooo nice to have ya'll with us Dad and Mom.  Thanks for coming!

Insane?!

Sane... looks can be deceiving though!!!

3 very special people in my life!

Truck Troubles!

Changing a tire!

Driver's Ed??

Look who popped up in the Fields!

                        Jail? Must be for being sooooo "happy" to have Grandparents here with us!

Another Jail bird!

Grandma playing as the check-out clerk with the kids! She was checking the dates and codes,from all her years of experience while working for Kraft Foods! =)

               talk about inflation.... milk, pancake syrup, and Karo Syrup and your total is below!!!

Meerkat!  These guys were so fun to watch... they weren't sleeping like most everything else was!

     Darla and Bryan found these old burlap bags and boy did they ever GO FAST down those slides!!! 

Daryl had to teach on Tuesday, so we could be near him we decided to do Boonshoft Museum since it wasn't too far from WSU.  Daryl's Dad had been "interviewed" by his English students that a.m. so they could practice "SPEAKING" English.... Dad and Daryl left early and we came a couple hours later and picked Dad up from Wright State and went to this museum and our fav...... GOODWILL!!!  Then, Dad and Mom treated us to Golden Coral for supper!  Thanks so much!

      Wednesday found us all visiting what some folks would call our "relatives" at the zoo!!! Not US.. I'm no kin to a Monkey and the monkey's NO KIN to me.... We're created in HIS image!

Gardens are so gorgeous there.... so we took plenty of pics identifying
flowers.... dreaming of our raised gardens some year....

More dreaming....

Learning to read a map.... hope he does better than his Momma!

Yes... you guessed it... more "posy" dreams!

Not sure who works here?!

This pic didn't help clear it up any!!

                                                                   Hungry, Bryan?!

Baby Camel, had him named and everything!

                        Fun to check out our wingspan in comparison to those of our fowl friends!

Creepy Reptile House.... I chose to wait outside!

Not sure what Darla could see... but these were the only glasses she could find in her mad dash out of the house that a.m.=)

                    Out of Focus??? Nope, we "zoomed" in on these 2 wonderful people in our Haus!

            matching foot prints?!  Nope... again I'm very thankful to be made in God's image!

Thanks to Gold Zoo passes the kids got to ride on the Carousel as many times as they wanted!

look who's "DELIGHTED" to get to be riding!

This guy joined us at our snack area.. no we didn't feed him either!

Train Ride also included and for those of us with weary feet it is always a welcomed break!

Just before leaving Cincinnati, one MUST try this ice cream... it's OH SO GOOD!  Thanks Dad and Mom for the fun, fun, fun week you got to spend with us!

thanks again for all the special gifts of sweet Lebanon bologna, tasty cakes since we can't get those items here in OH... and wonderfully "delish" fruit from your farmer's market!  So much enjoyed getting to laugh together!  We love you all so much! ~Laura and Family~