FAMILY FUN

AUNT JUNE'S HOUSE

Aunt June has a grand-daughter a year older than Nora. Her house was so much fun. She has the best things to play with. Plus she has a wonderful yard with lots of space and plenty of flowers to pick.

Aunt June

FLOWERS IN YOUR HAIR

Nora loves to pick flowers and Greg was kind enough to wear them.

PLAY BALL

PLAYGROUND PICTURES

Del and Greg had a great time (Nora too)

THURSDAY'S PICTURES

We went to a picnic at Del's sister June's on Thursday evening. She had invited some of Del's friends from highschool. We had a great time. Del got to do some catching up with old friends. Nora had a great time with Lilac, Roger and Bonnie Brown's daughter. She loved playing with an older girl. It made her feel so big. Rob and Barb Stokes were there also. Del saw Bonnie, Barb and Rob at a reunion in 1991 but hadn't seen Roger in over 30 years.

Nora and Lilac

We took Nora to the mall to pick out something to wear in her hair for the wedding and she found blue hair. She didn't wear it to the wedding (we got some small butterflies for that) but we did leave with the blue hair.

Blue Hair

Nora and Daddy at the Hotel

PENNSYLVANIA POST

I haven't had time to get pictures posted but maybe later. We went to Matt and Ali's wedding yesterday. The festivities lasted until 10:00 o'clock last night. Nora took a nap about 8:00 and then woke again and enjoyed the rest of the party. It was a beautiful wedding and everything went well. I'm picking up Kim's bad habits and forgot my camera. I'm hoping someone will send me some pictures to post on the blog.

Nora is loving all the attention she is getting. We had a cookout on Thursday and she ran off playing. Del and I hardly saw her all evening. Uncle Jim watched her and another older girl play. They ran all over the place picking flowers and playing hide and seek. They also had a great time with the hammock and the foot bridge over the creek (only a trickle of water but the girls loved it). Some of Del's high school friends were there. He hadn't seen them in years. We hope they will be visiting us sometimes soon.

While the wedding rehearsal was going on Friday Del's mom took us out to eat at a really good restaurant. It was a very nice evening and very relaxing and pleasant. Nora has loved being here. We seem to be eating all the time and eating is Nora's favorite pastime (ha ha). Nora has always enjoyed food.

Nora got to visit a play ground earlier on Friday. She had such a good time and cried when it was time to go. She hasn't wanted to leave anywhere we've been except the wedding ceremony. She was ready for that to be over but she was very good.

We will be leaving in the morning for home. It's hard to leave everyone but Nora has told us several time she wanted to go home. That is usually at bedtime. I guess everyone wants their own bed at bedtime.

TRIP TO GRAMMA'S

We are going to visit family in Pennsylvania. Nora's cousin Matt is getting married. This will be Nora's second wedding to attend. I'm not looking forward to trying to keep her quiet and still for the wedding but we don't want to miss Matt's wedding either. I know Nora will love the dancing afterwards. We will also get to visit Gramma, and aunts and uncles and cousins. Because of the wedding we hope to see some relatives we don't always get time to visit while there.

Nora told me today she isn't going to go on a trip. I told her that Daddy and I are going we would like for her to go too. I added that she could swim in Uncle Jim's swimming pool and slide into the water. She then said "and play with dogs". Jim, I sure hope the dogs are ready for her.

I hope to post some pictures while we are gone but it will depend upon the hotel Internet connection. I don't know if they use wireless or DSL. Our last trip the wireless reception was spotty and not good at all in our room. We're staying in different place this time so I guess we'll see.

Fran, June, Jim and Gramma we can't wait to see you all!

THE BYRDS' VISIT

The Byrd family spent Saturday with us. The girls had such a good time. They are all growing so fast. They were only gone for a couple of months. It's hard to believe that the next time we see them the girls will all be several years older. They will all change so much and we will have to see it all on blogs. We will miss Greg and Kim and Lottie and Emma while they are serving as foreign missionaries (serving in Mexico), and they plan to make this a permanent move. Greg was our pastor for the past five years and Kim and I have been friends since we met. Lottie and Emma were Nora's best friends and Nora loved playing with them at church and at home. It will be odd not having them live just a short distance from us. I'm going to have to get better at communicating by e-mail and blogging. I've never been very good at that but maybe this will cause me to try harder.

NORA SINGS (and dances) "SUPER SPY"

FORTH OF JULY

On the morning of July 4th. our family met at our house to celebrate the birth of our country. We celebrated by attending a TEA Party at the courthouse square first and then we came home and cooked hamburgers and hotdogs outside. Later in the day we made homemade ice cream and then shot off fireworks. We all had a great time. Nora actually enjoyed the political protest. She sat in her stroller with a sign that read "BIG PEOPLE, LITTLE GOVERNMENT". Everyone got a kick out of that.

Nora with her sign

Del and my sister Lisa with flag with Nora looking on

Nora with my sister April taking a break from the sun

My parents with signs (you can't see my mom only her sign)

My sister Angela with her husband Dale

Del, Lisa and my brother-in-law Dan in the back

NORA WITH FLOWER IN HER HAIR

Nora has taken an interest in Tinker Bell.

DRIVING LESSONS

When Nora got her little car her cousin Cody was here and they rode together in the car taking turns driving. A few days ago when she started to drive her car she said "Mama, something miss". I asked what was missing and she patted the seat next to her and said "Coey" (Cody). Hop the bunny is filling in until Cody can come and play.

OUR KITCHEN

DADDY'S BOOTS

Nora has pretty pink rubber boot with yellow and green butterflies on them but of course Daddy's boots are better. Nora is having the time of her life in the new house. She loves having so much space to run around. She is much more content to play alone than she was at the old place. I don't know why but I'm grateful because I have time to do things around the house. We have a very large yard to play in also and that is a lot of fun. We try to go outside every afternoon. We have had a lot of rain so sometimes we don't get to go out.

We had Nora's birthday party on Saturday. Everyone had a great time. It was our first time to have people over and we all had fun. Nora's favorite gift was bubble wrap. Aunt June sent her a gift in the mail and when the box was opened she yelled "BUBBLE WRAP". It was hard to get her to open the other gifts after that.

We still have a few boxes in the garage that haven't been unpacked. We are about to be finished with the move. I have some things on the walls but not everything. When I'm finished I'll take time to post some pictures of the house.

BIRTHDAY FUN

LEARNING TO DRIVE

TURN THE RADIO ON

THAT'S SO FUNNY

I LOVE CAKE
I WANT THE PIECE WITH MY NAME ON IT


DORA CAKE