busy, busy, busy

what a busy and fun weekend we had. lots of visiting and playing. friday, my friend lucie and myself went to the 2007 homearama. lucie had free tickets with connections, so we had a great time visiting with her friends.



saturday, the kids, meema, nicole, aunt chris and myself drove to dayton, ohio to visit doug’s grandma - grandma frey. she didn't recognize the kids and i at first, but after a while, regardless of who we were, she was warm and welcoming. we had a picnic lunch in their backyard. we walked around their property and played ball.



today, the kids and I went to visit my dad "grandpa jim" at his new house in clarksville, ohio. he recently moved there with his wife, carol, from springboro. he's about 10 minutes closer now, with a lot more land and a smaller, more manageable house. the kids, pa and I played in the creek for most of our visit. his dog, bob the beagle, treed two baby racoons. the kids had a great time looking for salamanders, crawdads and bugs in the creek - along with skipping rocks. i got a small amount of poison ivy (as i thought i would) on my right ankle. i'm expecting more to surface by tomorrow. ugh!
ella has a cold. very snotty nose with sneezing, although, i'm not convinced that its allergenic in nature. luckily, she was very good about taking her "pink medicine" and has even learned how to wipe her own nose! what a relief!
will had a great time today playing with his trains in the bathroom window ledge. he picked up two new ones while visiting grandma frey. she told us that he could take them and that she probably wouldn't miss them too much!
i wonder what tomorrow holds....
oh- the weather this weekend was exceedingly beautiful.