Panoply of the Arts, 2009

Tucker had this piece of his artwork displayed at our local arts festival, Panoply.

Everybody (except the camera-shy photographer) at Panoply.

Fun for the kids at the Polish tent. Er, keep the jokes to yourself!

Where do the Polish keep their armies? Apparently not in their sleevies.

Ready to do the polka.

Tucker doing an ankle crushing Philippine game.

Tucker at one end...

and Colton at the other. They beat these long poles together in a rhythm, while people jump between the poles. A particularly painful version of jump-rope.

Waiting for the fireworks show. Notice thirsty girl is double-fisting.

Starting to feel like summer.

How stable is this configuration?

No wonder Heyden and Daniella smell like wet dogs. They wash their hair in the dog pool!

Bo is wearing Tucker's shirt, because we just got back from 'fishing'. Bo's version of fishing is chasing minnows. Apparently you catch them best when you roll around in the mud.

Holy smokes! Three years from now, I'll be turning him loose on the roads. Maybe I'd better let him practice with something a little slower...

Easter friends

Easter egg hunting in the front yard with the Taylors.

I hope Ava likes being in a headlock! (quickly tell me where I got the quote, "I will hug him and love him and name him George. And feed him three times a day!" Somehow this picture reminds me of that line.)

Easter egg addicts. Can you get high on jelly bellies, peanut butter cups and swedish fish? Look into their eyes and you be the judge.

Meteorologist Monkeys

Summer storms in North Alabama. I guess this one killed three people in Tennessee, but we just played in the rain.

Of course, Heyden got the umbrella, so Tucker is improvising. That looks more like a hardhat than an umbrella. Maybe he got the better of Heyden, since it started hailing...

Southern Rain

Tucker is amazed at the Great Ice Cube Maker in the Sky.

Whaddayathink? A future weather girl in the making?

Awards for all A's and Perfect Attendance.

Bridgette threatened that I would come home from work one day and find that she had started putting laminate down in the house. Thursday I came home to find the tile in the entryway half demolished. I guess we're getting laminate soon! Bridgette and Colton did the bulk of the work, finished up last night at almost 1am, and now it looks like this. I should have gotten a picture of the two of them with gloves, sledges and safety glasses.

The tile's current location.

Thanks Linda, for the tip on crocheting flowers. They are super-cute!