animal friends

Today we enjoyed a lovely walk along the lake shore, with Jeff as our guide through his land. We also had lunch with Grandma, and briefly saw Jill (our Koko bean) and Andy. They have all kinds of landscaping projects going on, and the house is really looking nice:) After we returned to Fondy, we enjoyed some A and W root beer at Lakeside Park, where we earlier photographed the deer.

Birthday celebrations...

"Happy Birthday" today to sister Jeannine, visiting with family in Connecticut. Today we had a great time at Elle's 16th. birthday party. The grilled alligator and the bourbon chicken were a great success. Here are some photos:)

lovely baby girl

Here's a photo of baby girl Estes at about 20 of 40 weeks gestation. We are SO happy that everything looks to be O.K. I'll send the video link (of the ultrasound) to the local folks. To quote my favorite Motown singer Stevie Wonder..."isn't she lovely?"

Happy Birthday to Elle:)

Today we're celebrating Elle's 16th. birthday with dinner at her favorite Mexican restaurant, and a strawberry pie (her favorite.) Also news from Nashville is that baby Estes is a girl! We received the first sonogram photos today. Baby is about halfway along in the pregnancy at 20 weeks. Will post a photo soon.

Thanks a bunch...

Thanks SO much for Jo's help today on one of the rentals. We're preparing it for August 1st. and the new renters. We got a lot done. Thanks also to Elle, Eva and Steve who joined us later. Today's pic is a black and white of Elle from last year's homecoming. On the eve of her 16th. birthday, we celebrate with Elle:)

Happy Birthday to brother-in-law, Big Dave

Birthday wishes go out today to Big Dave, who is 50 something, but I honestly don't know for sure:) They'll be visiting Hannah's family soon, and celebrating all the July birthdays on the east coast. Hope they have a great time. The pic for today is dated July 13, 2008, and is some of the Cinderella cast from Community Theater's production. Elle's on the far right.

Fiddler a success

Fiddler was a great success and tonight the cast is enjoying a party at Lakeside Park. Elle had a sectional today, so we spent much of the morning getting music stands and preparing music.