2015-06-28

My mom took Johnny and his cousin on a trip to Michigan

You can see the peek we had into it, by following the link below.


There is some other Summer fun there too.  Great memories for Johnny.  I'm so glad she can do it.  What a great idea.




Andy sharing his clay figure talent! He made me proud. :)

Lunch with friends

Biking with my buddy…

2015-06-26

My boy is too far away! ;)

My mom took him and his cousin on a trip all over Michigan! It's great that they all get to do that!

Telling Andy goodnight, from his perspective...

There he goes, walking to work on the blueberry farm. :)

Proud of my boy.

2015-06-11

NYC. I had a nice trip to a show in New York earlier this week.

For lunch, one day, we walked over to Ground Zero. A very nicely done tribute to those who died. Certainly slumbering.

You can see my other pictures by following the link below:  
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dwbarton/sets/72157651932305404





We will not forget...

Chapulines! I've always wanted to try some cuisine like this...

I had my chance earlier this week in NYC. It was actually very good. One less item on my bucket list. ;) Julie says I need a better list. Haha.

Say hello to Jasper. The new kitten across the street.

He's Buddy's successor, may he rest in peace.

This is a great picture of Johnny too. :)

2015-06-10

2015-05-23 Lakeside Antics

Ok, now you are up to date, at least until I post my pictures from my trip to NYC, New York earlier this week...  These are a few of the clips from our recent Lakeside trip.  Of, course I had to include a few of the storm, but I tried to keep this one around three minutes, total... ;)

Fun with Andy and Finger Guns

Now we are getting close to up to date.  This was what we did during breakfast, just a few days ago. :)

Goofing around with friends

Brutus gets a good howl going at the DP&L guys!

He never actually barks, but when he howls, you better look, because something is amiss...! :)



Daisy, on the other hand, needs to read about the boy who cried, "Wolf".

Andy defends an attack in our tournament from a couple months ago

Andy's 12th Birthday Highlights

Water/flashlight = Light Saber!

Aqua chirping away

Smashing Laffy Taffy - Catching up on some of my videos that I haven't posted to my blog...

Here, the kids are trying to get a car to run over their Laffy Taffy...! :)

Lakeside Storm

You might get a taste for what a good storm is like on Lake Erie here.  It is 14 minutes long, but I tried to put the better parts towards the front.  You can watch it a couple of times and see different crashes you didn't see the first time through.  Try to catch one of the waves crashing straight into the end of the main dock off in the background...

A sample of Lakeside goodness... :)

If you have some time, you can see all my pictures from our Lakeside 2015 trip

Just follow this link: 

Warning, there's a little more than 300 so grab a snack beforehand. :)

What a blessed time we had. Perfect combination of family time, fun, doing things, relaxing and nice weather. 



2015-06-08

Andy and his VBS crew.

Both boys are helping lead teams this year.

Johnny was having trouble getting anything besides a small clump of moss to grow in his terrarium...

...So he solved the problem by buying some mushrooms for it at Lakeside :)