Penny's birthday and canoeing at Pineview

Diana sitting on me.

Playing on the wiggle bikes at Granny's house.

Sam and Penny giving me a massage at Granny's house.

Douglas playing in the sandbox.

Making some butter.

We celebrated Penny's third birthday on the 17th at Granny's house.

Sam and Penny

My sister's children celebrated with us.

Diana laughing at Gideon (my sister's son)

We spent a few days doing swimming lessons at "Carrie's pool." Carrie is a family friend who lives in a condo near Granny's house. She's been kind to us over the years, giving us access to her community pool many, many times. Granny taught swimming lessons for a couple of decades, so we are taking advantage of her skills these days.

The reason Diana was laughing at Gideon.

Stacie (Sam's sister), Penny, Kate (Sam's sister), Sam, Diana, Clayton (Kate's husband)

Kate and Clayton invited us to join them for a day of fun in the sun at Pineview Reservoir on Friday.

Kate and Clayton rowed a canoe over to our location on the shore.

Douglas LOVED the canoeing. Every time he came back to shore he would ask who else wanted to go out with him.

Penny enjoyed the canoeing as well.

"Mom, I'm sagging."

Penny's saggy swim diaper.

Douglas

We sang "Happy Birthday" to Penny again and we ate cupcakes and muddy buddies.

Sam and Diana

Sam, Diana, Penny

Penny loves Clayton

Diana knows how to relax.

I love these Father's Day gifts from Douglas and Penny. Apparently, I need to either lose weight or gain weight, depending on who you ask. And yes, I like to work and I often tell my children about the benefits of work. I'm not sure about the beans and lemonade. :)

We listen to music on Pandora frequently. Whenever a commercial comes on I say, "Oh! That's my favorite song!" Yep, I like wearing underwear. Funny kids.

Painting, Park, Swimming, Bump, Birthday, and Crossbow

 Sidewalk painting.

 Diana paints the back of her head as much as anything else.

 I'm an arteeest!

 Yo ho ho!

 Diana at the park

 Douglas, Diana, Penny - sibling love.

 "Ah ha! I found Mom's water bottle. I don't care if it's attached to her bag. I'm thirsty."

 "You caught me!"

 Seth, McCall and their children are in town for a few weeks. They went to the pool last week. This is Krew chilling on a lounge chair.

 Diana

 Penny

 Douglas

 Jarren is wiped out.

 Ah, the joys of being a tipsy toddler. Check out the size of that goose egg!

 Joseph (my brother) turned 36 yesterday. He's doing what we call the "bean diet," so he got a bean cake for his birthday cake.

 Daniel, Lee, Dustin (in the wheelchair), and Alan. Yesterday, Lee and I picked up Dustin and we drove to Manassas, VA to visit Alan, Emily and their cute kids. Twas a beautiful day. So nice to be out in their gorgeous, wooded neighborhood.

 I tried out Alan's crossbow.