Things started to get really hectic around the second week, when my sister Jen arrived and then a day after that my sister Wendy arrived, with family in tow (all except J.E.B, who was sorely missed!).
It had been over 6 years since the 3 of us had been together, and in that time A LOT had changed - namely marriage and kids! So there was a lot to catch up on and we tried our best to manage chatting and managing our kids! Of course, Gramma and Grampa were in (a sort of) heaven of seeing their children and grandchildren all in one place, but it was a bit exciting at times....
Anyway, here are some pics throughout that crazy, but fun and exciting week.
Dunno why Sage thought this was comfortable, but it does look comfy, so who can blame him for going into Louie's cage as soon as it was brought into the house?
Sage not too sure about Ethan and his mom, Jen
Ah, the boys are set though
Sage, Ethan and Nate all lined up
Woah, Ethan changed!
Grampa was 'encouraged' to be on drive duty for the tractor again
Nate was having a good time tractoring!
Now it is time for a pillow fort!
Sage, getting an ok from Grampa about the building codes...
Up up and...
King! (for a very short time)
Ah, now look who showed up? It's Baby V! Hi there!
Short, sweet, cute and smug all rolled in one.
A grandparent's dream...
Sage taking a break, getting into a movie
But it was quickly time for playing with Grampa's chair
Then came our 4th of July meal (Gramma mentioned the Twizzlers were supposed to be fireworks). All sorts of goodies were had that night! Yum!
Yes, Wen, don't worry, we can get a nice pic of you in this blog as well....
A growing family
A growing funny face family
Sage, what are you doing there?
Grampa stirs things up
Now onto the sacrificing of the marshmellows to appease the gods
Hurray!
burn, baby, burn
But Sage just appreciates the mellows themselves....
Grampa and his patented 'foot dance'
I see you over there
Ethan, firing up the guitar
A little dance!
Now it is time to splash around in Bill's area of the stream
Everyone got into it (some more than others)
Sage, taking a break
Baby V's sexy little snarl
Thanx Jen! for a great shot
Ah, back at the sand pile...simple pleasures
We celebrated many birthdays on the last night
And had a mini dance party
With present sharing!
Too bad Dad tried to play the accordian
But Grampa and Sage took over on the banjo.
And a great time was had by all!
Here's to another full family meet up sooner than later!
Best to all and thanx for a great trip and vacation!
Just Sage eating grapes. Mom is anal about being clean so he is all decked out.
He still manages to find a way to get dirty tho..
We took a brief trip to an aviary near us. Yup, saw some birds.
Sage hanging out with Peter Penguin and Panda, his bedtime buddies
Dad recently is into forts and Sage kindly obliges him by playing in them...
Fishing with mom is always fun, too
See?
That's right!
Smiley
I am getting bigger!
...and more little boyish!
See?
I am cute!
Dad paints and Sage wants to help as usual.
Here is Dad's latest mural - the Car Room (balcony)
That is what I want!
The "dahng" (Balloon)
More eating....this time - peaches!
Dunno why Sage thought this was comfortable, but it does look comfy, so who can blame him for going into Louie's cage as soon as it was brought into the house?
Sage not too sure about Ethan and his mom, Jen
Ah, the boys are set though
Sage, Ethan and Nate all lined up
Woah, Ethan changed!
Grampa was 'encouraged' to be on drive duty for the tractor again
Nate was having a good time tractoring!
Now it is time for a pillow fort!
Sage, getting an ok from Grampa about the building codes...
Up up and...
King! (for a very short time)
Ah, now look who showed up? It's Baby V! Hi there!
Short, sweet, cute and smug all rolled in one.
A grandparent's dream...
Sage taking a break, getting into a movie
But it was quickly time for playing with Grampa's chair
Then came our 4th of July meal (Gramma mentioned the Twizzlers were supposed to be fireworks). All sorts of goodies were had that night! Yum!
Yes, Wen, don't worry, we can get a nice pic of you in this blog as well....
A growing family
A growing funny face family
Sage, what are you doing there?
Grampa stirs things up
Now onto the sacrificing of the marshmellows to appease the gods
Hurray!
burn, baby, burn
But Sage just appreciates the mellows themselves....
Grampa and his patented 'foot dance'
I see you over there
Ethan, firing up the guitar
A little dance!
Now it is time to splash around in Bill's area of the stream
Everyone got into it (some more than others)
Sage, taking a break
Baby V's sexy little snarl
Thanx Jen! for a great shot
Ah, back at the sand pile...simple pleasures
We celebrated many birthdays on the last night
And had a mini dance party
With present sharing!
Too bad Dad tried to play the accordian
But Grampa and Sage took over on the banjo.