“In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different.” ― John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent

June 1

Somebody was hungry ~ enjoyed the chicken fingers at Raising Cane's

June 2

Knox’s team came in second place, undefeated until the last game

June 4

Elsa was here

Ella wrapped up in her Frozen blanket

Knox and Ella ~left to their devices

June 5

We enjoyed dinner and a movie with Elijah and Shelby

Ended up watching The Amazing Spiderman even though we’d all already seen it

June 7

In her own little world, surrounded by her dollies

June 11

Beachin'

Elijah and Shelby and parents enjoyed a beach trip to Gulf Shores

June 17

Evening stroll- or roll if you’re Knox - in the neighborhood

June 18

Little mama feeding her baby and rocking her in her arms

Wish I could show you the live version of this pic ~ so sweet

June 18

It’s officially summer when you’re sipping on a Chick-fil-A peach shake

With whipped cream and a cherry on top no less

Happy Happy Joy Joy

Ella could not be bothered to smile

June 19

Father’s Day

Dad Jerry and his kiddos Shelby and Elijah

Daddy Neil and his kiddos Holly and Kelly

Grandpa and grands

Kerry and his kiddos Ella and Knox

We love the Dads!

June 27

Little mama rocking and singing to her baby

Speaking of little mama

Well, at least they’re outside for a change

Grandpa did get them outdoors and took them hiking around City Lake

Ella came home with about twenty skeeter bites on her legs

June 28

They’re back!

Ralph’s Donut Shop is making their yummy cookies for Fourth of July

This week only

June 30

Ella and Knox playing flashlight hide-and-seek with Grandpa

Kids never need an excuse to play with flashlights

Good times on this last day of June night

with the sound of fireworks already popping in the distance 

Freedom, anyone?

June is the gateway to summer.

~Jean Hersey

“This is the smell of June ... honeysuckle, green hay, wet linen hung out to dry ...” ~Lisa Kleypas

June 1

Ella says there’s no such thing as too many Bandaids. Boo-boos are not required

She’s adept at applying them all by herself

She especially likes the Peppa Pig and Frozen characters

Knox is ready to play first base as the season winds down

Unfortunately, they lost this one 16-1

June 2

Dancing in the rain

June 4

If Neil had pushed them any harder they would’ve done a loop de loop

Cousin trampoline time

Shelby and Elijah having been doing trampoline jumps and flips

and hand stands since they were toddlers

Same trampoline

He didn’t land on her, in case you were wondering

Kelly bought this coconut cake from a new local baker

And we ate it

Delicious

June 6

On her way to Sunday school

with her trusty Bandaids

Picture by Kelly

Sunday mood

June 7

Let it go!

Watching the movie and listening to the storybook at the same time

She sings along with gusto

Ella plays in the dirt while her brother plays baseball

The Braves lost their last game of the season 11-12

but the team made it to the tournament

June 10

Good day to get wet

With more than 2100 miles between us, our visits are rare with our cousin Tom

who lives in California. He was here for a music department reunion at TTU.

We enjoyed our brief time catching up over a meal at Romo’s

From left: my brother Ken, cousin Tom, moi, my sister Jane, my sister Ann

and her hubby Terry

The Braves lost their tournament game

Good season.They played hard and deserve kudos 

for making it to the first round of the finals

June 12

Gratuitous picture of my cinnamon apple waffle

at Grandma’s Pancake House

And whipped cream clouds

I’ve got food on the brain

June 14

Feed me!

One of the three robin nestlings (I googled it) just outside our back door

Their mom freaks out when we stand on the porch watching her babies (nestlings)

But that’s what happens when you build your nest two feet away

from the humans’ back door

Sorry, mama, but we live here too

Nap time

Wings up!

June 15

That face you make when McDonald’s dining room finally opens

June 17

She’s got mouths to feed

Her job is relentless ...

June 18

… and they are always hungry

A few days after I took this picture, they flew away

Neil noticed them standing up in the nest

We got to see two of them fly away (and now they’re called fledglings)

Lots of calla lily blooms this year

June 19

That face you make when you take that first sip

of your favorite (limited time) peach shake at Chick-Fil-A

Happy Father’s Day

to my hubby Neil and sons-in-law Jerry and Kerry!

Dad and daughters Holly and Kelly

Grandpa with his grand peeps

Shelby, Elijah, Knox, and Ella

The Myers Family

Jerry and kids Shelby and Elijah

The Kimbrough Family

Ella did not want to pose for any more pictures

She started running circles around her brother and dad

and ended up taking a header into the grass

Wish I could post the video of this on here. It’s hilarious.

Kerry and kids Knox and Ella (who finally decided to cooperate)

The Grands

He enjoyed his cards and gifts

June 22

You probably know how ridiculously expensive lumber is right now

Neil replaced the bad wood, and the patches will have to do until

we can replace the whole deck

Someday. When wood doesn’t cost a small fortune.

June 25

Bubble blowing should be an Olympic sport

Our Friday night Mickey Ds supper tradition has returned 

Last time we did this was March, last year
Things are (almost) back to normal

June 30

Ralph’s Donut Shop makes cookies during the weeks leading up to two occasions:

Valentine’s Day and Christmas

Tuesday of this week, they announced they were making cookies

this week only for Independence Day

Happy! Happy! Joy! Joy!

We love these rare treats!

It’s the little things

I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June.L. M. Montgomery

June is the gateway to summer.Jean Hersey