Camping at Watkins Mill

We went up to Watkins Mill for

a week for Paul and Alex's birthdays.
Our home away from home.

A field trip to Tyrst Falls.

Jack Jessie and Demain came out to play.Demain riding the HOG.

Jack kicking back by the fire.


Paul & Lily he tried to sit her down

and learned the error of his ways

very quickly!

Ali with the big girls working on her

3rd bag of Cheetoes. I don't think

Matt & Beth feed her.

Big man on a little bike...
Lily relaxing after spitting up all

over me.

Don serving beer can chicken. Beth and
Lolly weak from hunger...

Aunt Lolly riding the HOG.

The vela tent

Alex & his buddy Mike.

Ersix & Ali

Ali & Jack had a great time playing in

the tent but I didn't get any pictures.


Mama & Lily, we tried to put

glow sticks on Lily but she

didn't think it was such a

great idea.

Alex's 16th birthday celebration!

Sara and Amanda decorated the

whole campsite.

Jack, Ali & Eric

A few years ago We were out camping and

Eric and I were playing with glow sticks and

here is what we came up with. Now we

can't go camping without them.

Ali & Ersix

Eric riding his bike with glow sticks.

Happy Almost Birthday Alex

Alex will turn 16 on June 11th and

Paul went out and bought his

present a couple of weeks ago.

We hid it at Matt & Beth's house

and Paul just couldn't wait for him

to see it. We decided that we

would go get it and tell him that

Matt & Beth bought it for Zach

and that we were going to take it

to our house to hide it for them.

When we got to Matt's Matt told

Alex that he could test drive it

but if he wrecked it he would

owe him allot of money and

manual labor for the rest of

the summer. So Alex took it for

a quick spin and Matt took

Eric and Sara for a ride and

we headed for home. After

playing with Lily, Ali was

sleeping.

When we got home we put it

in the garage. A while later

Paul called Alex down stairs

and told him to read the owners

manual. Alex was asking

why he should read the manual

for Zach's scooter and Paul

finally told him that it was his.

The kids made it through
another year of school.
The older they get the faster
time flies! Sara spent last
weekend in St. Joseph with
at her friend Amanda's
Grandma's house and the
boy's and I had a garage
sale at Lolly's with Lolly,
Josh and Claudia. We did
ok but I think a lot of
people were out of town.
We did have fun hanging out.

Sunday night Alex, Sara and I
had a Rocky Mountain Chocolate
Factory booth at Celebration
at the Station. Jack and
Jesse came and helped all
night. Jack was comical,
he wanted to go to the
alligator and it took us a
few minutes to figure out that
he was saying elevator.

Sara has been at Grandma's
for the last couple of days
and the boys and I have been
just hanging out here. Last
night we babysat for Jack, he
kept us entertained all
evening. Today we are going
to babysit for Miss Lily.
We can't wait to see her
roll over.

Things have been crazy around here for
the last few weeks! It seems like we have
had some kind of event at school almost
every night. Both boys had band concerts
and Sara had a choir concert.

Alex had his last few golf practices then
his golf banquet. He had a lot of fun playing
golf and is planning to play again next year.
He will be 16 in less than a month and can't
wait to drive. AARGH!!!

Sara has graduated from 8th grade and
has stayed on the honor roll all 3 years
of middle school. She even got an award
for her math skills. She is really excited
about high school. We went a couple of
weeks ago and she picked her classes and
most importantly she and her best friend
signed up to be locker partners.

Eric is ready to be out of school for
the summer, he has much better things
to do. He did great his first year of
middle school. He finally got to go to
Friday Night Live!

This school year has gone so fast!