The more candles...the bigger the wish!

Happy, happy birthday Nathan.  Here's wishing you a big win in your basketball tournament...a great weekend celebration...and the chance to sneak another piece of your birthday ice cream cake!   Love you, Nathan!

Happy Birthday, Tyler!

Few things are more satisfying

than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.

Doug Larson

Unbelievable....T is 13?  Where did that time go?  Soon you'll be driving something a lot faster than Grandpa's lawn tractor!   Welcome to your teenage years, Tyler.  And to your Mom and Dad....enjoy the journey, rough waters ahead!  In the blink of an eye, you'll be looking back, laughing....take time to enjoy each and every day of it.  Love you Tyler!

Heroes....

America is the land of the free....because  we are the home of the Brave!
Thanks for all you do, Kevin...and those that walked that line before you...Joe, Grandpa Von, Grandpa Bill, Joe's Dad, Joseph...Great Grandpa Fred....and soon to be Jake! 

A Case of Bieber Fever?

There's a lucky little girl who has the best daddy in the world....he won her tickets to a concert she's been dreaming of going to! Justin Bieber....for the little girl with Bieber Fever!   The best part of this windfall was being with her  when he called to tell her about the prize he'd just won!  Not sure if Daddy realizes just what he may have started here...the next thing out of her mouth, after the screams of joy was..."I have to have a new Justin Bieber t-shirt to wear, Mommy!"   Enjoy your "girls night out", Miss K and Mommy...wonder if Mommy will come home with the fever too?

Summer afternoon....

Summer afternoon, summer afternoon;

to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.

Henry James

One summer afternoon +one clean garbage pail+one garden hose

+three small children = a memory in the making!

Summer fun in the sun at Grandma and Grandpa's house!

Happy Anniversary!

Newlyweds become oldyweds,

and oldyweds are the reasons that families work.

Author Unknown

Happy 15th Anniversary to these special "oldyweds"...

what a fantastic job of making your family work you guys are doing!

Hope you're planning something special on this rainy day in June!

Love ya all!

Dog days

No matter how little money and how few possesions you own,

having a dog makes you rich.

Louis Sabin

Gus isn't certain who coined the phrase "dog days"...but he's certain that this summer day was not a celebration!  Thanks, kids...for bathing our "dirty dog"!