Goin Camping

This weekend (8/1-8/3) Joe will be attending the races in Mansfield Ohio, so he has graciously paid for the kids and I to go Camping....

So, we have reserved a campsite at Bay City State Park (Port Crescent & Albert E Sleeper had no more sites)



Ought to be a hoot. Pictures should be posted after our return... LOL

Ohio Big Bash

Proud Members: Club Halifax

There is nothing better in life than spending time with family, and I am blessed to be close to all of mine

Here we are, the original kids... all grown up

(Amanda, John, Dan, Melanie & Aaron)

Here are the men of Club Halifax (less Dad)

(Russ, Joe, John, Dan & Aaron)

Lisa & Curtis, was nice that you could join our world of craziness...

Love you all.... (and I miss you all already!!)


Thanks Mom & Dad, it was a great time

This was by far the most incredible weekend ever, and it will be far to long before we are able to do it again... All of us will miss the great times shared at Ohio's Club Halifax.

Underwater Pictures

So, we purchased a disposable underwater camera, and got some pics from the depths of the pool....









Here is Alysha swimming at me...

And Thomas

Showing me he can both sit on the bottomw, and swim

Here is some of Alysha's Mad Skill... The bubbles resulted from her jumping in (no really)... and here she is doing a hand stand

And Look , Sarah can swim underwater too... YEAH!!!!

Takin the kids out...

I took the kids out to Kerby's Koney Island this week as a special treat for them... They loved it... They ate so much they were all saying they were full.. couldnt finish thier lunches, but they all ordered desert... LOL

And really over stuffed themselves... LOL

Alysha's Sleep Over

While I was off from work, I let Alysha have her friend Sarah sleep over.... Here they are getting ready for a nite time swim... (FINALLY) Notice Alysha has something in her arm... .LOL

Oh good, the attachment is gone.. .LOL

The water was beautiful

The girls showin they have skill....

All of the kids in the pool

Sarah has Style

Nothing more needs to be said... than... Just LOVE Sarah's sense of style...

Afternoon at Grandpa's

For the forth, we had a delay'ed celebration at grandma and grandpa's house... the kids played wiffle ball, and yard darts... it was really hot outside

Grandpa BBQ'd some Ribs, and we had home made tater salad, some crab apples and apple sauce...

for desert, a heapin scoop of ice cream on top of fresh baked brownies with whipped cream and marshmallows on top...

Walking to the Park

So, on the forth we decided to WALK to the park... Make no mistake... the park is a mile and 1/2 away from our house...

On the way there , the kids were very excited.We stopped by ACO and grabbed drinks and snacks.

This worked well for the exercise they did while at the park

They were really tired on the way home... "their feet hurt SOOOO Bad" they didnt want to walk

So, they gained some energy with some left over candy and pop

It lasted long enough for them to get home....

Alysha has Grass Alergies :(

So we went to the park, it was a lot of fun for the kids, they always enjoy going.



They love rolling down the hills.

















However, by the time we got home, Alysha's skin started to burn, and she developed this terrible rash.








A dose of benedryl and a tylenol and she was fine, but I dont think she will be rolling down any hills any time soon. :(

Teaching Baxter New Tricks

We have been teaching Baxter some new tricks....
He will crawl for a snack now....

















And of course there is "Sit Pretty"

and we have taught him to roll over (kinda)

and our favorite: He gives himself in-between baths... LOL... check this out...

Our first Watermelon of the year

Today we cut our first watermelon of the year...

And did I pick a good one... Sweet, and juicy...



The kids loved it... ate it all up....

And Tom found Texas in his....