Wednesday, June 30, 2021

“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

Monday, May 31, 2021

The world's favorite season is the spring. All things seem possible in May. ~Edwin Way Teale

May 1
Ella, Kelly, and I visited (niece) Sarah’s ‘Cool Stuff’ booth 
at the Algood Mingle Market where she sells her handmade
items like hats, totes, and pot holders. I bought a couple of
pot holders. So pretty and very useful.
Also a good day for some Lazy Cow Creamery ice cream with Knox and Neil ...
… and Kelly and Ella
May 2
Let’s go to Sunday school!
May 7
What’s (or who’s) in the box?
She had the best time playing with this big box
Kids don’t want the toys. They just want the empty box.
This is Knox’s first year playing kid’s pitch baseball
Fewer hits, more walks and steals
He’s playing first base
May 9
Happy Mother’s Day to my awesome daughters
Holly and Kelly
who are awesome moms!
May 11
Loves picking flowers wherever she goes
May 13
Sunny (in your face) day at the ballpark
Knox at bat
May 14
Aunt Holly came to watch the game
Holly is an Ella magnet, always
May 17
Kelly and Kerry celebrated their 13th wedding anniversary (a day late)
May 18
Run, Knox, run!
May 19
Anniversary breakfast at Grandma’s Pancake House
Happy 48 to us!
May 21
Good day for blowing bubbles ...
… and visiting with her cousin Elijah who ate lunch with us
before heading to school for his English final
May 26
Last day of 3rd grade for Knox
This boy made all A’s all year
May 27
Spotted a flower child clover princess at the ball game
After the ball game, we hit the carnival at the fairgrounds
and so did a gazillion other people
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a crowd this size
at a local carnival (or fair)
Long long long lines for every ride and food vendor
This was Ella’s first time to ride the rides
She loved it
Her mom snapped this pic
Grandpa rode the merry go round with her
as he’d done with Knox when Knox was this age
Ella loved it. Grandpa just about fell off the platform.
Kelly managed to grab this shot of Knox 
as he whooshed past us on the roller coaster
Kimbroughs at the carnival
Knox ran into one of his baseball team mates
They endured the long lines and had a blast
riding the big rides together
Ella happily photobombed
Fair Hair
Don’t Care
May 28
Tornado warning around one pm
Turned out to be an EF-0 tornado (65-85 MPH wind)
that touched down on the too-close-for-comfort outskirts of town
and left damaged trees and buildings and power outages
Caught us all by surprise. Thankful it wasn’t worse.
Their dad dusted off Knox’s little roller coaster he rode 
when he was Ella’s age and put it together for Ella to enjoy
More fun than pint-sized humans should be allowed to have
May 29
Our resident chipmunk
He chased a bird away so he could munch sunflower seeds in peace
He (she?) lives under the deck
May 30
Caught grandson Elijah in a pensive moment
during Sunday lunch at El Tapatio
Granddaughters Shelby and Ella
playing guess-which-hand
Parking lot group shot
(Almost my whole family—missing a son-in-law who was working)
May 31
Memorial Day
We are free
because
they were brave