I volunteered to do my Grandfathers birthday cake when I thought it was suppose to be a small family get together.
A month later it turned into a major party with over a 100 people. The pressure was on and I was already committed. I made no promises and made sure everyone knew I was in no way shape or form a professional. This is what I came up with. I was pretty pleased with myself, being self taught and all.
On the way home Grandma Sue got our her lipstick and the boys all had fun on the back of Grandpa Bills head.
The giggles were never ending.
I finally got a clear protective on the houses and got them hung.
I love them every time I look out my front window I see a beautiful array of colors and think of my boys.
Grandpa Bill and Grandma Sue came for a visit and we pulled the kids out of school and took them to Story Land.
We told them that Grandma Sue and Grandpa Bill wanted to give them a ride to school and that we would follow in our car to make sure they found it.
So off they went expecting school and they were like "Hey our school road is over their."
Grandpa and Grandma played right into the whole way, for the whole hour ride. They were so surprised when we pulled into Story Land.
We had such a fun time. Grady got off the fast rides with this look on his face of awe and said, "Whoa that was totally awesome."
This was the first time he has been tall enough to ride the fast rides. And of course Hayden and Coy knew what was coming and loved it anyway.
Grandpa Bill got the tea cups going so fast even I was glued to the seat and we were all laughing hysterically.
The boys discovered yet another joy of the trampoline this summer and I introduced them to sprinkler trampoline jumping. They absolutely loved it, of course whats not to love. A slippery jumping mat, cold water cooling you off, and brothers to play with. I used to love doing this as a kid and it was so fun to share that with my boys.
Anemone, I thought this was the coolest.
Jelly fish, this was Hayden's favorite.
Hayden in front of a fish tank.
They had a Tiger Shark you could pet, and Hayden actually did. He has come such a long way. We couldn't even get him to touch a sheep at the fair when he was three, now here he is petting sharks.
We also got to learn a lot about sharks in a shark presentation, this was a really cool field trip. I was so glad I was able to share it with my buddy.
The kids have wanted bird houses for a long time, but I just didn't want to buy one. Papa being the excellent Grandpa he is made them each one last year.
Well this year we finally got around to painting them. He had a bunch of old paints left over from projects here and there.
They had so much fun being able to paint their very own bird houses.
We now have three very colorful bird houses in the woods in the front of our house and every time I look at them I think of my boys and my dad. Thanks Dad, it's a memory I'll cherish forever.
