recent things...

Can anyone believe my mom is 50???  I can't.  Except for the fact that she has 7 grandchildren, you would never know.  :)

Baylee and Madison

Mom and her kids. :)

Brenna loves to smash scrambled eggs in her hair every morning.  Lovely.

Which leads to bathtime, inevitably.

It is probably her plan all along.

Our olive tree has ripe fruit, finally!

We have been harvesting and curing like crazy!  :)  It is my first time, so I am hoping it works out!

A few of our jars, should be ready in May.  :)

Noah got a high chair!  He doesn't look all that happy about it here, but he loves it.  Now, he is part of the family at meal times.

And then there is this one... he is just busy being adorable!

Kid Quotes

Jaden: "Grandma, I would really love a hamburger!"

Grandma: "Really? Where did you have a hamburger before?"

Jaden: "At the dunking."

Grandma: "The dunking?"

Jaden: "Yes, where those people got baptized!"

Afternoon at Grandma's

4th of July

We had a great Independence Day this year.  :)  We had my parents, Steven Ashley & Chase, Cathy and the Karrers over.  The kids and even some of the adults swam for most of the evening.  It was 106 in Bakersfield, yikes!

How many Grandmas go swimming with their Grandkids?  Probably not too many.

It was Chase's first time really enjoying the pool I think, he kept saying "Bath! Bath!"  :)

The Karrers brought sparklers, which were the hit of the night.

I think of everyone here, Baylee was the most excited about the fireworks and kept screaming when they would go off!

The boys enjoying their sparklers.  :)

I thought this was a great picture that Anne took, it looks professional.

And this is just adorable. :)

Livie loves Cathy!  She hung out with her all night.

Baylee with her sparker.

This one was pretty funny, so I thought I'd add it in.  Luke seems very concerned.  He must know Jaden well.  :)

We had a pretty good view of the Seven Oaks show, so that was great.

Noah Perry Congdon

 

(I will come back and fill in the story soon.  :)  Just pictures for now.)