Whats that you say? A b.l.e.n.d.e.r?

I have found the blender L-O-V-E! I have wanted a blender for so very long. However, I didnt want just any blender, I wanted a GOOD blender. And I found a nice glass Oster blender with all the bells and whistles at Target for a mere $25! I have put it to VERY good use!

They were able to down the entire thing in less than 15 minutes! Its just a simple berry smoothie with yogurt and soy milk.







And, since no member of our family gets left out...I have started making smoothies for our worms! They LOVE them and down then in only a day or so! This smoothie contains so many items, I dare not list them!

Feelin' the love

The children can't seem to get enough of Thomas!
Just look at this hug!!!!



Abby being the mama that she is, is totally in love!



Say cheesssseeeeeee!!!!!!!

A PRIDEful day

We went to the PRIDE parade in Columbus with some friends. It was an overall excellent experience.



Abagael and Lisa, the two shall never part!






The "Flaggots"


The after crowd, or at least part of it. There is no way I could have pictured the whole thing!

Let's go camping!!!!!!!!

We took our first camping trip with the kids! We also brought along some of our good friends, who happen to also be the parents to Abagael's best friend ever!

Let there be shelter! We bought an amazing tent a few years ago on clearence and we haven't ever used it! So, there is no time like the present! Turns out this thing is HUGE and perfect in every way. The package claims that it sleeps 6-7, I bet we could have gotten 15 people in this thing. There were 4 adults and 3 children with TONS of room to spare! And of course I didnt take a picture of it completed, Doh!

Downside, it rained (and hard too!) that night around midnight, so it got really cold, and of course we didn't have enough blankets (uh, but for some reason we had a working T.V. and VCR!) so Phillip and I ended up sleeping in the car to keep warm.




There was a demand for hotdogs as soon as we arrived!






He who walks on water. Phillip was convinced that he had to walk on the water, not in the water.


I'm just Cool Abby, being Cool Abby!



Look momma a pool!



Steady young grasshopper....


And now it's time for F-U-N!!!!
(my poor milkey children! I swear in real life, they do have some color!)







Abagael and her bestfriend ever, Lisa!









Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....smores!!!!!!!!!!


(her marshmellow is flamin'!)

Finger lickin' good!

Look! It's Pepa!

Kevin's father and step-mother came to visit! The kids (and we adults too!!!) had wonderful time! I wish we could visit with them more often, but we live about 400 miles apart. However, they do come to visit us a few times a year :D

Every girl must be photographed by a HUGE truck! Posin' with Pepa's truck :)

Note that Phillip is climbing Abagael like a tree :)


Boy Wonder, doing his boy wonder thing.


Everyone MUST wear Pepa's glasses....and of course he knows not the word no :)



Three generations of identicals...