Visits with Bryan

We made a couple visits to Bryan and Melissa's last month....one time to finally meet little miss Katie and the next to see Katie blessed. We had good times both times.

Here I am first meeting Katie....doesn't she look happy to see me?What do I do with her now??


We went blueberry picking with them. Boy were there some BIG blueberries on those bushes! It was a bit of a hot day so of course we had to go for ice cream when we were done :o)
The girls went for a swim after naps....I wanted to get in with them it was so hot!

Before church on Sunday...

The baby blessing visit we went to a Sun Flower Maze! The shape of the maze this year is that of a bee!


We let the little girls pick the path for us to go.....we finally had to make an executive decision and take charge or else we would still be in there going around in circles! Even they got tired!! (this is the bee's stinger in the maze!)





Gordon got some great sunflower and bee shots. There were bees all over those sunflowers!
They kept hives at this sunflower farm. They offered honey for sale but we didn't buy any for we had a bunch in our trunk of our own honey!! We may need to plant more sunflowers in the garden in the future for our little bees :-)

The girls were quite entertaining like usual!
The girls LOVE playing with Grandpa Gordon! They were happy to see me but were asking "Where's Grandpa Gordon?" as they were peering around me!!

I hope Bryan and Melissa's camera got better shots than our camera did...our pictures turned out blurry.

We had wonderful trips both times!

Can I make it up to you?

My oh my....it's been a long time since I visited! I have a lot to blog about but I don't really have time to do it! But here are some pictures of Bryan and Melissa's visit before their cute little baby was born!

We had such a good time. We went to the Baltimore Zoo
where we had a picnic and the girls got to feed the giraffe!

We also celebrated Amber's birthday while they were here. Look at the cute cake Melissa decorated! It has a zoo theme using frosted animal cookies. It was Yummy too besides being cute!

We have a Little Tykes Car that the girls all like and we got Amber a little trike for her birthday. We took Amber out of the little car and put her on the trike. She looked at the trike and she looked at the car and looked back at the trike and yelled out "NO...I don't want it!!" We all busted out laughing! So we put her back in the car and Robyn got on the trike and LOVED it! Oh well....so glad someone likes it :o)

Robyn and Grandpa Gordon flew kites that he brought back from China.
Amber LOVES to slide.

Melissa machine quilted 2 quilts she made for the girls' 'big' beds while she was here. She did a nice job!She's such a happy quilter :o)
We were sad to see them leave...

And THIS is what has happened since the visit!.....
She's so happy to be home...Getting ready for her visit to Grandma and Grandpa's house! Gotta protect those pretty eyes :o)

Gordon found this under our deck.....aaahhhhh!

The bee man cometh...
Actually - the Maryland bee inspector showed up at our door on Memorial Day to check out Gordon's hives. They passed with 'flying' colors!
Take a look at those pretty grape plants in the background and the raspberries in the front :o)

Thanksgiving

I know.....it's almost Christmas and I am just bloggin Thanksgiving pictures! Just be glad it's BEFORE Christmas :o) Here are some of the highlights from Bryan and Melissa's visit.

Watching the Thanksgiving paradeOutside playing
Leftovers anyone?
Guess I didn't get any pictures this year of the actual feast!

We went to the Baltimore Aquarium. Had a great time!

At the bubble tubes...They loved watching the fish




Waiting for the Westminster Christmas parade to start :o) (Gordon actually had a good time! He just doesn't look like it!) Did I say it was COLD??
More fun outside. Parachuting off the deck...

Most people may have GI Joe parachuting, but we had 2 princesses in the house. So.......
(No one was injured in this fun!)

Then came out the bubble gun!