Long time no blog

So, where did I leave off? Took hardly any pictures Christmas Day. 

 

This pretty much sums up the weather. Fire, shorts and flip flops. 

 

Lunch at the Norwood's. My embarrassing middle school project, "aka Kissing Santa" made his annual appearance. 

 

Looks like Truffles recreated the classic pose of our sweet Spike from years ago. 

 

How cute is that? Still miss him. 

Fun gift the Wolfs got me from Trader Joe's 

 

Maybe I should be embarrassed about this custom coaster...but I'm not. 

 

Then on the day after Christmas all the cousins arrived.  Parker meets new cousin Leila. 

 

So cute. Shortly after this big brother came over and helpfully showed her how to properly use this toy. 

 

Brody gets pumped up. 

 

Lorelei serving up soup. 

 

Andrew swinging his sis, Karis. 

 

The balmy weather was great for the kids. 

 

The big boys. 

 

So cute. 

 

Cameron is the best pusher. 

 

Notice anything missing? 

 

Foundation work, round 4. 

 

Then it rained and holes (21) filled with orange water. 

 

Holes covered at night. If Toby fell in there , he would be lost. 

 

This showed up next. 

 

More hole than ground. 

 

Ugh. 

 

A successful shopping trip for Mary Grace was led by should be professional shopper, Sophie. I got to tag along. We celebrated with lunch at Surin. This soup is addictive. 

 

Thai barbecue chicken. 

 

Had a fun walk at Liberty Park before sending them home to Indiana. 

 

Never walked this trail. Dotted with lakes and....

 

and waterfalls. 

 

And beautiful landmarks in the distance. 

 

We tried out the playground.