No More School...No More Books...No More Teacher's Dirty Looks...

We went out to Texas Roadhouse to celebrate Jonathan's completion of his first year of pre-school. Afterwards, we headed to the school for a program. I don't have any pictures from the program because Jonathan was in a bad mood the whole time. It turns out that Jonathan doesn't like to be in front of a crowd...

Jonathan and Mrs. Murphy

Leah and Jonathan

Jonathan made two very good friends (both of whom are moving out of state). You have seen Leah, but I failed to get any pictures of A.J. What a terrible mother. His teacher, Mrs. Murphy, was wonderful. He'll be attending the same school next year, getting ready for kindergarten the following year. Unfortunately Mrs. Murphy is retiring. I hope he will enjoy his next teacher as much as Mrs. Murphy.

He's such a smart boy...I am so proud of him.

Superheros

The boys love pretending to be superheros. Our friend Clay made their dream a reality when he began drawing masks on their faces. They feel very spiffy with their "masks" on.

Can you guess who the boys are? Drew is "Thing" and Jonathan is "Wolverine."

Thanks Clay!

Tuttle Mall

Our family headed down to Marysville to attend a graduation party the end of May. Afterwards, we decided to pay Dublin a visit. We ate at Chipotle and hung out at Tuttle Mall for a while.

Whoever was the first to design a mall with a children's play area needs to be commended. I miss that here. Although, if there were play areas in the malls up here I would probably spend more money...

We topped off the night with a trip to the candy store. The boys were in heaven. Whoever thought of putting a candy store right next to the children's play area should be commended as well. Hmm, there's also a Build-A-Bear workshop right there...Do those marketeers think we parents are stupid??? Wait a second, don't answer that...

Dedicated Baby-Sitters

Abby and Hannah came up from Marysville to watch the boys while we helped move the Jones Family. They were life-savers! The boys truly enjoy their company and were so sad to say good-bye. Thanks guys!

The Great Outdoors

It's always great to spend time with family, especially enjoying the nice weather...

Careful...don't fall in!


The boys enjoyed playing with the lily pads in Nina Tripp's pond. We celebrated Memorial day with Chris's family this year. Ralph fried a bunch of Walleye that he caught in Lake Erie. The boys loved it!



Playing on the water slide is as fun as ever. The boys make my hands sweat sometimes because of how high they jump off the top. I'm afraid they'll not land on the ground, not the slide.



There's nothing quite like being pampered by your grandparents.


Drew decided he needed to rest for a while. I wonder if he would have fallen asleep if left alone?



Weeding is not my favorite job (that would be obvious if you came to my house) so needless to say Mom and I didn't get very far. Dad and Chris (Bobby helped a little, too) ended up power-washing our fence and eventually staining it, all within a week (impressive). It was a dirty job, but it looks great!

What a great brother! Those boys love their jeep. They also love ramming it into the fence. It's a good thing that each 4x4 is cemented in!

The Columbus Zoo

To all of my friends who were about to write my blog off...again...

I was struggling to get the pictures downloaded. Fortunately, I figured it out. Enjoy!

The boys and I had a great day with Beth and the kids at the zoo. Jonathan and Brooklyn hit it off right away (again) and became inseparable (is that the right word??). Drew and Xavier are teetering on the verge of best friendom...they just need to spend more time together.

The weather was beautiful and the company was even better. We would love to do that again soon...What do you think Beth?