Meeting Rhett, Ellie's pool time, boating

We got to meet Rhett last Friday.  What a sweet little guy he is, he even opened his eyes for a bit.

It was a warm day so later we filled Ellie's pool,

she wasn't sure about it for a while,

but she enjoyed it.

The girls came up Saturday for the weekend.  We went to Mayfield and

hung out with Gabe, Des, Rielee and her college roommate, Ava, Parker, Alissa, Ellie, and Alissa's parents.  

It was a little chilly so we got a boat ride with blankets, the sun finally started to break through on the way back to shore.

Ellie was pretty chill most of the ride.

Parker and Ellie gave us a ride back to the house.

We had lunch and then left to stop at a few garage sales on the way home.

 

Macee & Wren, Josie & Hattie, Mother's Day

Macee and Wren came over Friday to visit for a few days.

We had beautiful weather, so they were able to play at the play fort.

Wren was a little nervous around us at first.

Macee and Papa's selfie.

Wren was kind of tired by the time they posed in the hammock.

Saturday, we went to Josie and Hattie's dance recital.  It was so cute!

Mother's Day breakfast was fun, Charb and the girls came up (Kelly had to work). Harper cooked the eggs, Ava made French toast, I made biscuits and gravy and potato patties, and Des brought sausage and bacon.  

Wren and Ellie liked all of the food.

Wren tried out the sandbox later.  It took a little while,

but she got into it! 

And she loved the hammock, too.

Dinner was Kentucky Fried Chicken at Des and Gabe's. Ellie likes Gigi and Grandpa's swing.

Grandpa entertained Wren with bubbles.

All in all, it was a perfect Mother's Day.

 

Auna's shower

Auna's baby shower was at a beautiful venue by Silver Lake.

She got lots of help opening gifts from her nieces.  Lots of "doodle" gifts, too.

We were bad at the games, the girls entertained themselves drawing pictures of each other.

Brentley looked so cute with her hair up.

 Laury brought a blanket and toys for the little ones, kept them happy for a long time.

Ellie's baby bun, cousin visit

Ellie looked so cute Friday with her little baby bun hairdo.

The cousins came over for a visit, getting a good picture was impossible.  Ellie looked suspicious of Laury taking her picture.

There was some intense Barbie playing going on.

 

Ava's Championship soccer & Ellie

Ava's Columbia Premier soccer team had a great weekend in Beaverton.  Saturday, they beat Bridge City in the semi-final of the Founder's Cup Tournament.

Proud family afterwards!

Today they won the Championship game 1-0 in overtime against Apex.

These are the defensive players.

And our favorite, Ava, played so well!

I have to add these pics of Ellie from last week,

 

Her first time in the hammock, she was pretty relaxed.

And wearing her hat, the bright sun had been bothering her in the swing and stroller.

A & H lunch, Ellie, cousins

We had lunch with the girls on Wednesday.  Heard all about their fun Spring Break trip to Florida and about Harper's first day on the job at Firehouse Subs.  

Ellie visited us a couple of times, 

and the cousin gang was together yesterday.

 

Easter 2026

We had a wonderful Easter at Cathy and Bob's.

Big and little cousins this year!  Jillian is holding Hazel, Brock and Kaylee's little girl.

Harper has Jo, Ty and Deb's baby, and Bridget has Grant.

Challenging getting a good picture of them all.

Egg hunt, Harper helping Hattie.

Josie's bag was full when she was done!

Looking through their stuff.

Josie in the background was excited to get K-Pop socks!

The adult egg hunt/craft challenge.

This one was third place.

First place winner-Dan told a great story about the Easter 

bunny looking for the gold.

Second place, James' story was about an Easter bunny war at the beach,

if I heard it right!

The kid's discussing who should win.

Giving out trophies.

Next up was the kid's egg roll.

The little girl's playing with their prizes.

Adult egg roll.

Cale won, Dan's Step-Mom Wendy was second and Ava third.

Jillian and Bridget won the raw egg toss.  Ava and Harper

did better than they've ever done before.

It was a very warm and fun Easter!

And me with my favorite guy.