Tressa Never Saw It Coming

...but Meghan did.

"OH NO!  Here we go!"

And the front of the tube sank, causing the girls to plummet headlong into the lake!

Swimming back to the boat... Tressa sporting the "drenched-puppy" look.

Big Evan and Little Evan

When It's 100 Degrees (and every other summer day)

This is the best summer toy EVER for the preschool crowd:

We have this water table on the deck and inside a screened canopy.  The little ones stay cool, shaded, and entertained for an hour or so.  I go about my business inside where it's a comfy 78 degrees.  Ahhhhh.  Yesterday I brought out the shampoo and showered the little monkeys on the deck with the hose.  It was THAT hot that the cool hose water felt good on their stinky little heads.

The Way Brothers Are

victory plunge

SCREECH!!

"Screech" is the Nats' mascot

Evan and Craig had 3rd row seats behind home plate.  I got to see them on TV every time the camera was on the batter.  Craig called me:  "can you see us waving?"  And about 10 seconds later I did!  (There was a delay on TV.)  I also got to see them pigging out on all the free food that was included in the ticket price.  I saw Evan eating ice cream TWICE.

Awana Scholarship Camp and Hershey Park

Whilst Meghan was baking in the Pennsylvania sun here:

"no I canNOT open my eyes - too sunny!"

The rest of us were chillin' Hershey-Park-boardwalk-style here:

Where are all the people??  We came at 11am on a Monday morning... the PERFECT time to go!  NO CROWDS!  LOVED IT.  As you can tell from my YELLING, population is a big deal to me.

These guys are just happy all the time regardless of the teeming masses of humanity or lack thereof.

Seven fine looking kids (ours sans Meg plus four of the cousins):

Tressa, Josh, Evan, Caleb, Olivia, Austen & Hayden

A girly-girl always wears her accessories...

This picture was taken at Meghan's field hockey tournament... but the attire is typical of Tressa, no matter where we go!

In case you can't see, Tressa is wearing sunglasses, a headband (Vera Bradley no less), two purses, silly bands, a charm bracelet, a huge jewel ring, a necklace, and a sticker.  What style!!

Middlings' Birthdays... Evan 8, Tressa 5

So many pictures to comb through... (the curse of the digital camera!)  Here is a sampling:

Poor baby doesn't want to leave the pool!  Craig swings him across a fountain in an unsuccessful attempt to make him laugh.

Walk Like An Egyptian

Karate-chop Like An Egyptian

Pharaoh Amenhotep Evanhotep III

Seeing Double

Name that movie... it's this little nodder's favorite

Hey, yo, DJ!

What up?

We've got ourselves a nodder.

(Cue Kenny G song.)