More random shots

Emelie and Bethany

Jessica and Tyler

Savannah

Marissa and Eric

My birthday flowers from Clay!

Fun at the Reeds

Allison and Eric

Marissa and Eric

Abby

Jessie

Half of the crew up in the media room

Mom's 35th birthday!

Clay is trying his best to figure out how in the world to create a candle wick. It is totally missing. I am only 35, but the boys didn't want to use the small, slender candles. They wanted to use the "number" candles. So, I am either 54 or 45 according to the cake.

Savannah found drips of ice cream on the pristinely clean floor, so she tasted each one. ;0)

Dog days of summer

Molly was needing a bath in a BIG way. Josh was chosen to scrub her pretty hide.

Tyler was mostly interested in drowning her by inches.

"I can't bear this!"

"I will kill you."

A couple random things

Checkers between the champions

Marble slide!

Josh fixing Abby's leaning towers

A young couple is leaving our church to go out and be a part of a church in Indiana, so we had them over for dinner on Thursday night. Yes, I'm posting a pic of myself cooking dinner since it isn't often that pictures of me look normal... they are shot by a 4 ft tall little guy after all. ;-)

Here's the momma and sweet baby. Maria and Charlotte Conley. We will miss them horribly. I was there when Charlotte was born, and so she's pretty special.

The Roosters Last Stand

We are fewer 3 roosters. They were getting us up at 5 each morning, and I'm pretty sure our neighbors were getting that same helpful awakening. As the biggest and prettiest of the brood, they definitely had their place, but now the 6 remaining hens are happier and eating like they are enjoying the elbow room.

All the deceased roosters looked like this one.

It died happy.

And had a somber burial.

They weren't sure this last one was a rooster, but as he found himself the king of all these queens, this unfortunate bird began to crow loudly...

Clay isn't cut out for this.

Basketball or tea

We no longer have Drew Reed here to help out with our basketball skills, but Jack's trying a little Shaq. Yes, he lowered the rim a lot.

Help, somebody!! It's 100 degrees in the shade!

I took Abby with me to an antique store, and all she was interested in was the soap.