Good times with Gabe

Thanks for hanging little dude!

Summer Visit

Thanks for coming to visit Gabe!

Danny and the Family

It just so happened that Mom, April, and Danny were all in Seattle on my last day. We met for some pizzas and good times.

The Hartzell Visit

Just before the school year ended we witnessed the tornado that is Jake, Ruby, and Thomas. We had a fire, went to the beach, and they slept in a bounce house.

Maggie's New Best Friend

Gabriel learned a new trick and Maggie made a new friend. Maggie may be more excited for Audrey than any of us. 

Birthday Foodz

Thank you everyone for the birthday well-wishes! I spent the bulk of the day eating various foods with Alea (my favorite thing). Lucky for you I snapped pics of it.
It started with blueberry coffee from 7-11 and a salt bagel from Einstein's (*sad face emoji* they were all out of pretzel bagels). Just before lunch we received the call we had been waiting for, the Lazy Boy was waiting for us at the warehouse. They quoted us 10 weeks at purchase, which would have been our expected due date, but they came through early.
Before picking it up I did my best at re-creating the Greek Sandwich from Subs-N-Such. I think I nailed everything except the Greek Dressing, store-bought was too sweet. For dessert Alea slaved away on a peanut-butter cheesecake with chocolate ganache.
For dinner I prepared some homemade black and blue's and dined on a huge pretzel and curry shrimp at Coasters. I love food.

Big thanks to Rock-Steady D.J. for helping with the recliner transport!

Ham, salami, lettuce, onion, black olives, Greek peppers, (tomatoes optional), feta, Greek dressing.

Safari Adventure

Tom and April took us to the Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch. Plenty of animals stuck their heads in for food and some may have taken paint off of the new van. Thomas hung out the window for the entire ride while Ruby scammed pellets of Alea, April and I.

Sea Worthy

Maggie had her second trip on the water (first in a canoe). She served as the ships coxswain, whining profusely when the oars stopped moving. We caught sight of a baby dolphin with mom and Beth spotted a pair of flamingos heading North.

Maggie's Got Friend's in Comfy Places

I have to send out a huge THANK YOU to Mom and Beth for visiting, (like this on facebook and check out my sponsors). Maggie broke a lot of rules this weekend. We soaked up plenty of rays and had some re-frozen milk products to celebrate my birthday.

Epcot

Spaceship Earth is one of my favorite rides.

Clean Teeth

We visited Steve, Eva, Mason, Christian, and Lillian for an evening and a day. The kids taught me how to brush my teeth. Next time I get to sit on the sink.

Christmas Eve

After a wonderful dinner at River Rocks we piled into the truck and drove through Wickham Park's "Festival of Lights".  Good times all around.

Go Beth

Graduator!

Fire pit @ Cortez

Fire brings everyone together.  Lots of smoores and smiles.

Kiddo's

Post-turkey dinner photo shoot.

Hanging around

Pre-dinner action, Mason was refusing to act normal. 

Happy Birthday Grandpa

There were plenty on hand over the weekend to celebrate Grandpa's 80th birthday. 

Tarpon Springs

It's just Joey, Grandpa and I drinking in the sun, and eating snacks out of a sippy cup.

Lobster Dinner

The Butler Surf and Turf Beachside Inn is officially open for business.  We put together a nice lobster and chicken dinner paired with asparagus and mashed potatoes.  Grandpa swears that he had lobster only one other time.  I broke out the Cheeseburger in Paradise Mug to class the joint up.

Spoiled Animals

Grandpa, Grandma and Mom stayed for the weekend.  The "no animals allowed on the furniture" rule was quickly abandoned.