I have had several pictures on my camera...so I am going to download them and put them all together here...this is Caleb, 6th grade, going to be 12 in September (I know, where did the years go??) he really enjoys baseball and is having a great season this year...I think his real love is motorcycle riding although he does enjoy quad riding when the family goes to the beach...

One evening Caleb had baseball practice at the local middle school, so I met Lacey and Addie there to walk around the track.  Addie made a new friend, Emma, who is actually in 2nd grade at the same school Lily goes to...she even knew Lily...Addie loved having this friend to play with while we were able to do some walking...  they both had their bikes and rode around and around ...(I personally think that might be easier than walking! lol!)...could certainly cover more miles faster!!

Next up is a picture with Papa Ben...he does love to have little visitors...and he is anxious for them to come back when his 'momma duck' has her ducklings...they are in the backyard, in a pond that his neighbor built for him...actually my dad has a 'natural' stream that runs through his property...so the neighbor just did a little digging and moving around of dirt, added a few rocks and created a wildlife pond...it still overflows and the stream runs down to the road...it has given my dad a lot of enjoyment to go out and feed the ducks and keep an eye on them.

Today was "Grandparent" or Special Friend Day at the preschool...During recess it is NO surprise that Jalen loves the tire swing...today he had his cousin Alexa (cute smile with green jacket and pink bow...Jamie's sister - Amber's daughter...did you get that??) and Sydney on the swing with him...all I heard was:  "faster, grandma...higher, grandma"!!  After recess, we went in for story time, and a little snack, then a book fair and finally back to the classroom...the picture above shows Addie around a group of girls playing a "princess" game!....yes the cousins are in the same preschool...the teacher does a good job of keeping them separated...but then...one is a boy and two are girls...so they are predisposed to princess and then blocks!!  (although, the teacher did snap a shot of Jalen wearing some princess "high heel shoes"...with his camo shorts on!  too funny!!)

Thank you for checking in with my blog and seeing the kiddos growing up...way too fast in MHO!!  Tristan will be 2 years old in 9 days...holy moly...doesn't seem possible...he is such a little boy!!