A Fantastic Weekend

Savvy came this week along with my Mom, Dad, Derek and Sammy. We had so much fun playing games, eating out and in and just hanging out. As you can tell Savvy was very excited to talk to her Dad (who is moving across the country ) on the telephone. Soon to come is video proof that Trevor's daughter loves cats.
It is always fun when my
Mom comes because she starts projects with us. She worked on flowers with Camille and me as well as helping me make my Birthday Calendar vision into a reality. It is coming along nicely, there is still a lot of work to do. We learned that it is practically impossible to write legibly on felt, but my Mom and my friend Missy both has some great ideas that I think will work!

Today should really go down in history, it is the first time I have ever made a Rhubarb Pie by myself. I had to call my Grandma to get some clarifications and directions, but it was delicious.
We had a BBQ today with some friends.

The door bell ditchers.

All in all it was a great Memorial Day.

Happy Memorial Day

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved, and were loved,

and now we lie

In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields. — John McCrae

Congratulations

Jackson has informed me that I have gone blog crazy this week, so I figured I might as well go the whole nine yards and keep adding more posts. Today both of my brothers are graduating from Dental School and a couple of weeks ago my mother-in-law graduated from the U. We are sad that we missed out on their graduations but so proud and excited for all three of them. So congratulations to Barbara, Boss, and Boss Hog (otherwise known as Trevor and Derek).

Grilling

We have been having so much fun with our grill. Tonight we put our pizza stone on the grill and grilled up some pizza. It was delicious, especially the herb crust from Trader Joe's. Jackson is becoming a Grill Master.

Digitabulists

Have you ever wondered what exactly a digitabulist is? Well I hadn't. It is a thimble collector, for those who don't know I am a digitabulist. I got bored at work today (still am in case you didn't notice) and so I typed thimble collector into google and found a myriad of information! There is an international thimble collector group! And people actually write books on thimble collecting. While this new and quite honestly random information (mostly for you) has inspired me to start looking at more antique stores and garage sales for thimbles, I am pretty sure I will never be the digitabulist that buys a thimble that costs thousands of dollars. I am even more sure that Jackson will never let me become that person! I hope you have enjoyed the product of my boredom.

A day with the Dentist

Today Jackson had his very first patient, me. This is a picture of us after the 4 hours spent filming Jackson giving me directions on how to brush my teeth, paperwork, and finally getting my teeth cleaned (which probably took the longest only because every step had to be checked off by a Professor.) Jackson did a great job, despite my tendency to talk a lot while at the Dentist (just ask my brothers, both Dentists), that may have contributed to the amount of time spent in the chair, but only a little.

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to everyone, especially our Mothers. We are very sad to be missing out on family dinners and Sunday brunch with our families today, but we are thinking of you from way out here!