Happy Baby

It has been hard to get smiling pictures of Michael, but for all you grandparents out there- here you go. Isn't he so adorable? I'm trying to get him acquainted with the high chair because we start his first solid food in the next few weeks. Time is flying.

Cousins

We had a great weekend filled with kids. Uncle John, Aunt Christy, Nate and Vayda came to visit. Lots of eating, laughing and refereeing going on. It was fun to see how much all the kids are growing up. Nate and Vayda are Tera, Daniel and Michael's only first cousins so we're sure they are all going to be the best of pals.

Recent Pics of Michael

Michael turned 3 months old yesterday. He is not always so serious just when I take the pictures. He is beginning to laugh and coo a lot. He is such a wonderful baby who loves kisses.

End of School Pictures

We have taken a lot of pictures of Michael lately so today I took end of the school year pictures. I can't believe how these two have grown. Daniel is still a ham when it comes to taking a picture.

Woodworking Projects

We just finished up school yesterday, but last week the kids worked on a woodworking project from Home Depot that Aunt Christy's dad got for them. They made Sailboats/Catamarans. They did great with the hammer-I busted my thumb. As you can see by the pictures, we had a hard time getting genuine smiles. They are such hams. The picture on the left is the finished project.

hey, hey we're the Monkees

"Hey, Hey we're the Monkees and people say we monkey around...." That's our theme song right now.

We are winding down this school year and my brain is winding down with it. JP went to 5 days again (for now). We are battling ants along with the rest of East TN. Our baby is finally sleeping for 10 hours at a time at night- too bad we don't get to sleep during those same 10 hours. He konks out at 7:30, we don't get in bed until at least 11:30 but oh well. Tera and Daniel are down to the last 2 1/2 weeks of school and driving us crazy. We are trying to get our house ready for company. I am starting to prepare for next school year and for our Monday Fun classes. I am teaching 2 music classes this fall and 2 in the spring. It seems all we do is go to the grocery store and we are always running out of bread. Life is really getting back to normal but I'm realizing we're the ones that aren't normal. "Hey, Hey we're the Monkees..."