Shelby's 8th Birthday

Opening presents... Lots of fun!

Shelby decided that she did not want birthday cake and ice~cream this year.
She LOVES my (Gramsy Lewis') homemade chocolate pudding.
So, we made two batches. A cold batch for those weirdo's who like it cold, and another batch that was still warm for the rest of us!
We had to put a blob of cool whip in the middle for the candles.
And ALL the kids got a candle. (Hard to put 8 in a bowl of pudding!)
Left to right: Ethan, Colesy, Shelby, Micah and Jared.

Guess who...

played in the freshly cut grass!

No, they are not half Martian!  

(Although after looking at Shelby, maybe she was overtaken by one!)

They just had a LOT of fun!

Even the bath water turned green, and that was fun too!

And yes, they did need to get a bath before bed.  They could not figure out why...

Oh to be a kid again! :o)

Paula and Me

This is my friend Paula McCabe. She is about the funnest person I know. And I've learned a TON from her these past 4 years. She has become a very dear friend especially during the last two, and certainly now when I need her most, she has been a huge encouragement to me. If nothing else, she can make me smile. Love you Paula!

ATTENTION NELSON~

Please notice that I was successful in the
proper rotation of the pictures this time.
Thank you VERY much!

Rainy Day Tea Party at Grammy's!

The girls sold enough cookie dough last fall to earn a trip to a
Pittsburgh Pirates game.
(Thanks to all of you who bought...)
I didn't think they would like the 2 hour bus ride to Pitt, the baseball game, and then
the 2 hour ride back, so I made arrangements with Debbie to keep them for the day.

I didn't know she had such special things planned.

First they dressed up,

Then they had the party!

The best part, I think, was GRANDMA!

Spring Concert

These are my 5 kids! Kevin took this last week when we took a bike ride together. They have so much fun together.