Fun Tuesday

Tuesday when I picked Mallory & Clara up from school we just went to their house for the afternoon.  We snacked, they played outside – it was a gorgeous afternoon, did homework, and then we STILL had time to make duck calls from straws before we headed into town to pick June up to go to the library.  They really liked the duck calls 🙂100_6776

When we got to June’s house I dropped Mallory off to spend a couple of hours with Mason & Uncle Lee, and headed to the library for the Cupid Celebration with June and Clara.  As always, they had great fun.  They played a game, and then the children’s librarian pulled out pretty much every craft supply known to man, & they made valentines to their hearts’ content.  Apparently it’s a universal thing – all little girls love an art supply.  Here is June working hard on hers – and being a little goofy 🙂100_6779

Mason, last Friday

What a fun day Mason & I had last week before we picked June up from school.  Actually we had fun AFTER we picked her up, too – just not as many pictures :-).  The first thing we did when Mase got to the house was check the chicken bones we are rubberizing.  I think the instructions said it takes three weeks, and it had only been one, but they were just sitting there on the table, WAY too tempting not to see what the status was.  Here he is getting ready to dig out one of the bones.  It had started softening up some on the very ends 🙂100_6761

Mase does LOVE to cook, so we usually end up making something the mornings that he’s at the house.  We went all out this week – Chicken Parmesan.  He got to use a garlic press for the first time, & thought it was great.  Good, good times 🙂100_6765

Little Hope Comes Over

My friend Meg’s daughter Hope is taking a photography class, and Mallory & Clara are serving as some of her models.  Tuesday she came over when they got to the house after school for another round of picture taking.  Here they are just as they finished up, when we were all getting ready to head into town to have pizza for supper at their school fundraiser.  Those funny girls 🙂100_6759

Off to Europe

Big excitement in our family – Cooper and his girlfriend Rachel headed out Monday morning to spend the next 3+ months backpacking through Europe.  How wonderful does that sound?!?!  I am so excited for them.  They flew out of Charlotte Monday morning, so I got to meet Coop, and his mom and dad, for breakfast at Cracker Barrel just before they dropped him off at the airport.  Looking forward to pictures and updates on facebook in the weeks to come.  Here is the world traveler with his happy and slightly nervous mom & dad after we ate.100_6754

Friday Pictures

What a fun afternoon we had last Friday when June and Mason were at the house.  We decided to try a science experiment that I’ve been wanting to do I think, really, since I heard about it as a kid, where you turn chicken bones to rubber.  Mason & I fixed barbecued chicken drumsticks for lunch for him, Papa, and me, so we had a good supply.  Here are June and Mason washing them at the kitchen sink – the first instruction said to get them good and clean before you put them in the jar of vinegar.  They’ll be back at the house tomorrow afternoon – we’ll see if we succeeded in rubberizing them then :-).100_6737

That evening the kids went with us to Rock Hill to Charlie’s church league basketball game, and afterwards to CiCi’s Pizza for supper – Charlie’s choice, since it was sort of a late birthday celebration for him – we missed his party last weekend while we were in Indiana.  The kids wanted a booth so all the cousins could sit on one side together – Adam was home sick :-(.  the food wasn’t spectacular that evening, but the company was out of this world :-).100_6748

Sunrise!

Doing a little more catching up on pictures from last week this morning.  This is one I took out our back door last Tuesday morning, I think it was, of the absolutely gorgeous sunrise that morning.  This picture doesn’t begin to do it justice – it was jaw dropping.  What a beautiful way God made to start our day!100_6731