someone pinch me. seriously. i woke up with sun pouring into our windows and thought this MUST be a dream! IT WASN'T!! a perfect afternoon to take the boys out to Birch Bay for some good ol' rock & log throwing. admittedly, rye and i spent some time in the car...too cold for us old folks. nothing keeps the boys down though. they would have gone swimming if we let them. lucky for us, this trip we left all the 'wildlife' in the ocean where they belong. most trips we end up taking all sorts of animals home (boys snuck in a bucket "just in case we changed our mind") and then the poor things die a few days later! so it was strictly a rock collecting trip! (just to mention, thankfully, the car didn't smell like a sewer tank when we got home!!) thank you God for a reminder that spring is right around the corner. i needed that today.
i'm just getting around to posting pictures of my brother Brady's 36th birthday party. (way back on march 1)i can't believe my baby brother is 36. dang, he's old. our favorite thing to do is the 'party grill'. however, can you say CHAOS?????? 7 kids+7 adults= complete mayhem! still a great time. happy birthday dear, dear brother. i'm so honored to be your older (and wiser) sister. i love you buddy.