It was our last day. We had to squeeze a lot in... guess that's why there are so many pictures.

Just a good picture of Taryn... She agrees, so it must be good (once you hit teenage years you rarely like a picture of yourself again).

David with his baby flounder fish (and his monkey face)

I don't know what they're studying, but they are intent (and cute... can I still say that about them.  Please tell me they're still little enough to be cute?)

The girls boogie boarding together

Some sort of race to keep the water from drying out? Whatever they were doing, they were doing it in a hurry.

Fiddler crab in his little hidey-hole

Bird diving to catch a fish

Got him!

Heron taking off (presumably because I was disturbing him and the fish he was trying to catch)

The fish kept jumping out of the water. I wondered why they would do something like that. Seems pretty stupid to me. Why show yourself to all the birds waiting to catch you. John said they were teenager fish and they were showing off.

Tina's reclining chair

Taryn's dog (sniffing a little turtle)

Church on the beach and playing in the water afterward (John got this pic with his phone).

One morning in the sun and out pop all those wonderful freckles.

Cooling off in the afternoon.  My sister and I had the Snoopy Sno-Cone machine growing up, but turns out SpongeBob (aka Cheeseman) makes just as yummy treats.

A bit blurry, but loved it too much to not post it too.

My turn for a haircut. I did something totally crazy. I let the girls cut my hair. They did great!! Don't assume the reason I don't have an after picture has anything to do with the quality of the haircut... mostly has to do with the quality of the ol' forgetful brain.

Really bad storm tonight. Joseph is watching the hail come down.

Sam said, "Daddy, is this the first time I've seen hail?"
John answered, "I don't know Sam. Ask yourself."

Tina before:

Tina after:

The boys were cleaning up and found these old sunglasses with the lenses popped out. David loves to ham it up for the camera, but I'm sure that is obvious by looking at these pictures.

The kids have been making all kinds of paper airplanes and throwing them off the deck. They'll throw them then come back in to make changes to improve the airplane. They all have several different ones, but I got a kick out of Tina's. It definitely looks like her style. The GFS stands for "Girl's Fun Ship".

All finished. Well, mostly. Need to get some more stuff on the walls and some blinds put up. But the girls love it.

Getting ready to paint... the not-fun part.

Color going on the walls. That's green!! I was trying to convince them that this was too green and they should pick a lighter color, like the green in my bathroom. "But that's your boring bathroom. This is our bedroom." "Yeah! We don't want it to be a Grandma and Grandpa room. It has to be pa-zowie" They got it!!

They were too excited to hold still for my picture without a flash. But you can tell they're happy! I think Tina is saying pa-zowie!

Found these in the garden

Baby squash:

Bug (he was on a weed, so I did not kill him, but did pull the weeds):

School outside. 

The girls have enjoyed looking at the stars lately. Tonight they took their pillows and blankets and laid out on the deck to watch. The boys also joined them with their pillows and blankets. I just didn't take a picture of the boys because my flash was interfering with the stars. A couple nights ago when we were out we saw a satellite moving across the sky.

I usually (not always) make bread on Tuesdays.  I was a little later getting started this morning, so I was cutting it for lunch almost straight out of the oven.  I was trying to catch a picture of the steam escaping as I cut.  I wasn't really successful in that, but was successful in baking yummy bread.

Taryn brought home this rose for me. One of our neighbors has a beautiful rose garden. He takes meticulous care of it and they are all blooming in so many colors right now. This one was off of his trash pile by the road, so you can imagine what the blooms that weren't rejected look like! Gorgeous!!

Sunday mornings.

Taryn washing dishes (and playing with the bubbles) in her dress.

Tina in the bathroom closet (?!) (which has since been cleaned out. Holy smokes! What a disaster!)

I made a comment that the Mother's Day sign is still hanging in the dining room. John joked, "Yes, our mother's day gifts do not include clean up. You have to do that on your own."

Rebekah was wearing her felted headband that she made herself and it looked so cute with her peach top, I wanted to take her picture.

I've been watching it expectantly for weeks. The first Amaryllis has bloomed.

We had a very fun night tonight.  Guess where.

Tonight's game against ETSU was free admission. It was threatening to storm and we heard thunder, so were not sure we would get to go. But after we ate dinner we turned on the radio and the announcer was saying they were playing ball and to come on down to watch. And that is just what we did.  Students are done with school and the crowd was very light, which I presume is why they were letting folks in for free.

No peanuts or Cracker Jack, but we did share popcorn.

Go Tigers!!