Hot, hot days in Texas

Austin, Texas is setting a record for consecutive days over a 100. During my stay it had been over 70+ days.
What do you do?? ---- Stay inside a lot...

Texas trip #3 - August 2011

After working 6 of the 11 days at the Iowa State Fair, I got on a plane by myself and flew to see the Ferrera's. Not one to enjoy flying, I must say the flight wasn't too bad... I stayed for a week and had a great time.
Did a little cooking, lots of dishes (especially Erin's glasses - hee, hee), played with my buddy, watched quite a few movies/cartoons on TV, helped babysit, went to the movie "Help" with Erin and Annie, listened to Jason's informative presentations for Academy, had some special time with Erin (shopping/lunches out), and sorted Michael's baby clothes. Sunday the 28th came way too soon, but Dave and I will be driving back down in a few weeks to welcome Michael into our family.
Soon to be a family of four...

A Little Bit of Texas

We purchased a package of Texas wildflower seeds when we visited the Ferrera's in March. Everything else is drying up with our 90 degree temps, but our Texas wildflowers are thriving - lovely, just lovely...

Hat Man

Col-dog in his many hats...

Hot Days in July with the Grand Kids...

We had the pleasure of babysitting over the weekend. The temp. was close to 100 both days. What do you do with the grand kids on a hot, hot day in July: swimming in the #3 washtub, a pizza picnic in the playroom, riding trikes down in the basement, and a short trip to Bass Pro. Oh, those were the days...

4th of July - 2011

Happy birthday USA!!!
The Willis family came down from Ames to help us celebrate the 4th. We started on the 3rd up at North park. Makenna and Colin had fun on the bouncy toys and we enjoyed some supper and home-made ice cream from the Methodist stand. The fourth found the grand kids watching a parade and Makenna perfecting her wave to get lots of candy. Next we attended a brunch and after naps cooled off at the Carlisle pool. Then one of Dave's workers, Michael, invited us out for a swim in his pool. We finished the day with root beer floats - a Sigmund family tradition and lighting some sparklers...

Makenna's Special Room

Since Makenna was a baby, we put the pack and play in our walk-in closet and called it her "special" room. Don't turn us in for abuse - it doesn't have a door and she loves it.

Recently she started to out grow the pack and play and I decided to bring down the crib mattress and put it by our bed. She wanted it in her "special" room - go figure...

I just bought a "my cot" from Walmart - it fits toddlers up to 4 feet or 75 pounds. I put a body pillow under the sheet to give it more cushion. Yes, it's in her "special" room. I found Allison's Sunshine Care Bear and put our new favorite book on the cot for her. She'll be here on the 3rd and we'll see how it goes!!!