helping or hindering?

We have been so busy that I truly haven't had a chance to post anything new. This weekend was wonderful. It was filled with family get togethers, home made icecream, bocce ball, baseball and work.

Saturday night and Monday night we got together with some family from Hawaii and had a wonderful time. Emma and Mackenzie did real well "playing" and nobody bossed anybody around too badly. We ate like pigs as usual when we all get together. i think between the cupcakes, cake, brownies, homemade ice cream, donuts and krispy kreme donuts....we all put on a couple of pounds.

Dave is back to work tonight and is getting excited to take Andrew fishing in MInnesota on Saturday. They won't get back until next Wednesday and we will miss him very much. The girls and I along with Stacy and the twins and mom and dad and Brian are taking a very quick trip to Denver this weekend for a graduation. It will be very interesting as all four kids will be in the minivan together. Yikes. Patience with be key. It should be a fun trip though and should produce some hopefully great memories. I can't wait to just get away, even if it is only for a couple of days.

I had to post some pictures of our wonderful new deck that dad has been working SSSOOO hard on for a couple weeks now. I think for father's day I should have got him a box of Band-Aids! Thank you dad so much for all your hard work...it looks so great and will be so nice when it is finished. Thanks also for putting up with your little assistant the other day. She just can't help but be a "helper."

I have so many great pictures from this weekend to post but SOMEONE stole my memory card before I could even bring it home yesterday. Mom, what are you going to do with 10,000 pictures on your computer? :)

Anyway, I'm hoping to have some great pics to post soon. This one of Emma and grandpa is when grandpa put together our new grill to surprise Dave on his birthday in April. Thanks again grandpa.