Birthday Bash!!!

It's Erin's birthday. She turned 15 today. We had t-bone steaks and cream peas with potatoes. We all got on our party hats and wished Erin a very happy day.






We made a german chocolate cake and we all sang a roaring rendition of the Happy Birthday song. Then she blew out all the candles. Erin got a new digital camera for her birthday.




Erin is growing into a beautiful young lady. Her eyes sparkle with a bright light. She always keeps us laughing. We love her very much and wish her a very happy year.

High Aventure

The other night Katie and Erin decided to have an adventure. They climbed in the van and went to Walmart at 11:00 at night to get cookies and strawberry milk. Then they came home to sleep out under the stars. They slept out in the front yard.

I can only guess what the paper boys thought in the morning when they came by. As far camping out goes I guess they felt like they were really on a high adventure.

Like Mother Like Son

When our oldest daughter Betsy started driving we were always looking for her keys. We even had to hire the locksmith to make molds of the key hole in her car because she had lost all the keys. Well, Charlie came to visit last weekend and guess what he left behind. You guessed it!! His keys. He is getting an early start. But then practice does make perfect.

Moose on the Loose

A few days ago we had a Moose come to visit our neighborhood. He found a nice shady spot in our neighbors front yard by the pond. He was the neighborhood entertainment for most of the morning. Then the DWR came and tranquilized him to take him back to the mountains. Erin got to help load him in the trailer. It was very exciting. I love living in Mendon. We are so close to the mountains we get to have wild visitors every now and then.
It is almost like living in a mountain cabin all year long.

I think I need to figure out a way to not be so busy and spend more time enjoying the place we live. It was a very good day when the Moose came to visit.

Some Fun Came to Our House

Eric is always working so hard and he hardly ever

takes time to have some fun. So I bought him a

motorcycle. We suprized him with it a few weeks ago while he was calling play by play at the softball games. I think he was so shocked he didn't know exactly what to do. I hope he gets to have many hours of fun with the wind in his hair and the bugs in his teeth.

I think Charlie was born to be wild.