Sunday, August 16, 2009

What a Family!

This was taken at Faye and Javier's the night before Kelsea, Philip and Romey had to leave. We had several family get to gethers, one at Grandma's, one at our house and one at Faye and Javier's. They were all great times! They had spent the middle of the week in Flagstaff, the Grand Canyon and Strawberry and returned to Phoenix on Thursday. Meanwhile back in Phoenix we actually got some rain when they were gone. I woke up at 3am Thursday to thunder and rain on the roof. I went outside to open up the hose on my rain barrel, and I got soaked to the skin. I even had to change my PJs. It was great! It was our first rain of the summer to account for anything. We got at least .6" rain! I know ya'all are really impressed (don't laugh)! It's a lot for us. I wish I had a big rain barrel like you guys in Australia, but mine holds only 50 gallons. The good thing is that it is totally filled whenever we get even a trace of rain!
Maceo who is now 10!
Romey and Jules playing, run over Uncle Julian and laugh at his silly noises.
Niko playing his violin
Romey in Faye's arms, yours truly and Kelsea
Kelsea taking it easy, Romey working on the car.

The old Fisher Price Tool Kit from when my kids were little was a definate hit. She loved the tool kit, pushing any buttons within reach, organizing the toys and playing with cars. I think she is going to be an engineer.
The cat Merlin definitely won out over most everything for Romey heart and attention. She wanted to know where he was most every moment of the day and hardly ate because she just wanted to be with him.
Romey was overjoyed at the cleverness of Merlin jumping onto the bed.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Looks like so much fun. I wish I could have been there too!