the Lake

We spent four great days camping at the lake with Grandma & Grandpa and Deb & the girls.

We took long boat rides.

Spent lots of time hanging out and laughing together.

We swam along the shore line. Jackson fished. We ate great food. (Grandma and Grandpa are the best at camp cooking!) We enjoyed nature.

Harold and I rode the big intertube as Mom captained the boat.

And most importantly we made great memories.

Saturday night we went to the big naturalist Bird show at the camp. Just so you know I'm terrified of birds. Don't know why. But oh am I ever. I sat right in the middle not dreaming that the blasted things would be flying all over the tent right over our heads. One's feathers even touched Mom's hair. Deb claims we'd win the Funniest Videos contest hands down if we'd had the video player. She said my eyes got as big as saucers and I'd fling out of the direction the birds were going. Big old nasty vultures. Ravens. Falcons. I thought for sure I'd have nightmares. But after I got over myself some. And after Mom and Deb laughed until they cried. We all learned a ton about the birds. Really cool stuff. Did you know that the Peregrine Falcon is the fastest animal on earth? That girl birds are bigger than boy birds? That their bones are hollow? That they live like 20 years? The state park where we camp has a great naturalist who has programs every weekend. They have a junior naturalist program that the kids just love.

The rest of the time we entertained each other. These are the girls "Dalton head scarfs" cause all the old ladies in my grandma's home town always wore them. We played many rousing games of go fish and bingo. Jackson used the curtain that separates the bed from the rest of the RV to create a puppet show for us. The curtain stopped about a foot off the ground. So he made a puppet show using his feet. Very funny and very creative.

And at night we curled up inside the nice air conditioned RV and fell right asleep all safe and secure. Except for the night we had the lightening storm. Debbie and Lauren slept in a tent right outside (some of us on the inside um snore) But they high tailed it inside at about 2 in the morning when the storm hit. Jackson and Erin are sleeping on what during the day time is the table. And Lauren and I slept on the couch.

the No No

It was a spectacular summer evening highlighted by a dominating pitching performance. Tonight on June 25 Jackson in his first start pitched a masterful no-hitter. He struck out 9 of the 13 batters he faced, walking only one en route to his first career victory. He also lead offensively with a triple, a double and three RBI's in the 10 to nothing rout. The boy with the rock star hairdo made his arrival known to all in attendance.

The Ace, pictured here with the world famous third base coach and 1977 Shed Park Little League All-Star Game MVP. (as we are often reminded!) And very proud Dad.

Someday Cooperstown may call for this ball! Or maybe not.

Getting Along Swimmingly

We swim. Almost every day we go to the pool with Deb and the girls. This blog could be filled with a hundred azure blue pictures of our handsome, beautiful children with really long hair. I'll spare you that fate every day. But I did want to give you a taste of our summer.

Erin loves the water.

Lauren has taken to riding her bike to the pool- with either mom or I following along behind her. It's too cute. Those little legs are pumping. We sing the witch song from the wizard of oz. Dum, da,dum dad daaaa. Ya know the witch is going to town on her bike screeching "I'll get you my pretty." Amusing our selves is important here at Myers house.

Completely unrelated. ....After trying on 35 different swimming suits over a period of about a week. I brought in reinforcements. Deb and I were on a mission and came away with one workable cooper and black suit that will hopefully last until I am in a wheelchair.

On another completely unrelated pictureless thread....I have applied to be a Faith Writer for the local paper. They have about a dozen rotating columnist who write about living their faith. It's an unpaid gig but one with lots of exposure. I'm sure that I was one of about a thousand 40 year old Christians who wanted to write about their faith. But hey I at least put it out there.

Memory Full

That annoying little pop up message that appears way too frequently on my camera is a perfect description of my nice ordinary Summer Saturday. Memory Full. Just good stuff. Swimming with Jack. John's awesome summer supper. Tinkering around in the backyard. An adorable little black and white ball of fluff kitten at the nursery where I picked out plants. Dairy Queen ice cream. Reading under the shade tree with Jack.


This is my very own Stanley Cup. Finally fitted in all it's glory for the summer season. I made it last year and my intention is to fill the planter with flowers in the colors of whatever team wins the cup each year. Or as close as possible. Some teams will be a real challenge. What do you do with black flowers? Or teal? Last year's Anaheim Duck's gold and black ended up being ugly old marigolds. This year's cup plays honor to the Detroit Red Wings and even features a small team flag purchased on Ebay. A few weeks ago the dogs knocked over the cup and broke the top. My search for a new one ended after three stores. Cause no one in their right mind would go to four stores looking for a terra cotta pot oh about 12 inches across and not very deep. So I painstakingly gorilla glued it back together. Don't ya just love that stuff. New coat of paint. Good as new.

Next on the tour of Myers House back yard..... the bistro table in the gazebo with those awesome newly painted chairs. Remember beige is bad.

Your entertainment on this tour is Brady the wonder cat. Shown here getting his first real taste of the backyard. He's an indoor cat. Jack lynched him up to some kind of leash and the two looked completely ridiculous but had a thoroughly good time out there together. Please excuse those gashes on Jack's neck. I'm sure that Brady is really sorry. And that Jack probably deserved them.

Cooper just laughed and looked beautiful. He's like a walking Hallmark card.

John kept me company as I planted and placed and picked around on my landscaping. Colby hung out under the hammock. But couldn't get any pictures because yes you guessed it..... memory full.

Friday Folleys

The first official day of summer. Nick and Andrew hung out with us today and shot some hoops at the park. Then laughed their selves silly watching funny videos on You Tube.


Then Jack and Andrew teams went head to head in baseball. It wasn't pretty. Nope. The pirates got their planks busted. Here's the fan club enjoying a night out at the ball park.

Speed

Speed evidently is important in football. Important enough to have an entire camp designed to make football players faster. Speed camp. The boys loved it. Today was the last day.

The boys brought home brand new spankin' jump ropes. We did the Rocky scene on the drive way when they got home. Wonder why the boys think I'm the corniest Mom on the block.

Wednesday

Love those Celtics! The Boston three party. Patriots, Red Sox and now the Celtics.