“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

April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks Go. ~Christopher Morley

April 3

Ella's trampoline hair

Her brother Knox will gladly 'pop' her

She'd rather run around in circles

April 4

You'd think it wouldn't be all that hard to grow grass

But it is. Here's hoping third time's the charm

April 4

Kelly and Ella just a swingin'

April 5

Grandpa, Knox, and Ella soaking up some rays

And then back to their game on the phone

She loves to color but mostly she loves playing with the crayons

Markers are fun too

April 7

This boy loves to read

Knox, Ella, and dad Kerry out for a stroll

Snapchats borrowed from Kelly

April 8

Shoving crayons into her sock

Good times

April 8

Knox zooms by on his go-kart

April 8

We've enjoyed our first real Spring in a long time

In recent years past, we've jumped from Winter right into Summer it seems

April 10

7:01 AM at Wally World when physical distancing is easy

A rare sighting of this hot commodity

April 10

8 AM donut run

Gotta get 'em while they're still available and fresh

X marks the spot until it's your turn to order the goodies

April 11

We had our annual Easter egg hunt on Saturday this year because ... sunshine

Easter Sunday was forecast to be a washout

Easter Bunny brought Knox a Red Ryder BB gun/rifle

Easter Peeps

Easter lunch

Easter Bunny brought Ella her favorite Bubble Guppies characters

Shelby and Elijah

Kelly took this pic with her new iPhone 11

The camera is amazing

Ready to hunt

This was Ella's second Easter but first to hunt eggs

This year we numbered the eggs in grand peep birth order

Why carry a bag or basket when you can stuff the eggs in your pants pockets

Grandpa and Ella

She had a great time picking up her eggs and putting them in her basket

And then dumping them all out and doing it all over again

Holly and Shelby watching Ella as she picked up one egg at a time and took it to her basket

instead of lugging that basket around the yard with her

Prize egg found

Knox found his

Shelby did too

Target practice

Kelly and Ella Easter selfie

A lot of these Easter pics were taken by Kelly

April 11

Saturday sunset

April 12

Kelly ordered giant coloring pages to help keep Knox busy during the 'stay home' days

This one took quite a while with help from his mom and dad but they finally got it finished

April 17
Swing time

Monkey

April 18
Look, Ma, no hands!
Ella does her own stunts

April 19
Frozen treats at Sonic

April 21
Sign o' the times

April 22
That look on your face when you hate online school/homework
And you just woke up

Sometimes you need a crash helmet when you're making art

Robin takes a break from nest weaving

Shelby needed to get out of her house and came for a visit
She's enduring online college classes but no choice but to get through it

And hope for a normal semester later this year

High flyin'
Ella's always happy to see daddy

April 23
We've had not only a wet month but a very wet year so far

April 25
Reading in their fort under Knox's bunk bed

April 25

April 25
Ella's tower with a little help from Grandpa

April 25
Rediscovered an old photo editing app
Photo Funia
Enjoyed playing with the pencil sketch
Check 'em out

April 28
We hadn't seen Holly and Elijah since our Easter egg hunt
The Kimbroughs popped by too
Elijah registered for his freshman year in high school and that just blows me away
Time is flying by even though these past few weeks have sometimes seemed like years crawling by

Ella got to (slowly) ride the go-kart with her dad

I'll be looking at the moon, but I'll be seeing you ~a line from one of my mom's favorite songs
Ella was sitting on Knox's go-kart, looking up at the moon

April 28
Cinnamon roll from Ralph's Donut Shop
It was a whopper

April 30
Is anyone else tired of being told what to do and where we can go?

I sure am

Not fun for someone who's claustrophobic
It is what it is
y'all stay safe
this too shall pass

it's all good