Graduation

D.P. was presented a certificate at "Honors Day" at his elementary school. He is a great student. While his body has many challenges, his mind is smart and absorbs all the learning he's given - and he's given the same as the other students in his mainstream class! What a boy!

We love music

Music is in the blood in our family. L.A. is no exception, with the band and chorus. This is her final choral performance for middle school (what we used to call Junior High). For part of it, you can see, they were very formal. But then they changed into their '50-'60's outfits and had some rock-n-roll fun. You know Grandma Mell loved that! Actually, I loved it all, but I'm SUCH a child of the '60's... :-) BTW, be prepared, the girls do a little screaming in the rock number - you may want to adjust your volume on that one. :-)

What a swing!

He may only be 23 months old, but our D.W. can play croquet and golf! What a sport. The croquet "game" was played at Hills & Dales Estate on the day they opened the gardens for free to families with picnic baskets. We had gorgeous weather and enjoyed the picnic, flowers, the music, and, of course, the games. Oh, there was also a horse, who sneezed in the boy's face and made him cry. :-( But he quickly got over it.

The golf practice was on his dad's "practice field" in their backyard.

Fun Food

We celebrated the June birthdays and Fathers' Day in one fell swoop last night. For dessert, we had "hot dogs." The bun was made of cake, the dog out of homemade ice cream, and the condiments were red frosting (in a ketchup squeeze bottle), whipped cream (in a mayo squeeze bottle), caramel sauce (in a yellow mustard squeeze bottle), and diced peaches (tinted green to represent the pickle relish). It was quite fun. Gayle ate her's by hand, just as though it were a real hot dog; but Jenn opted to use a fork.

Note the belly on Jenn - that's our little "Boo," so nicknamed because she's due on Halloween. Yes, it's a girl!