Jon and Emilee's new house

Last week we had the wonderful honor of being dinner guests at Jon and Emilee's new house. Jon cooked Cincinnati Chili and it was great. Here are photos of the house from the street and close ups of the family on their new porch.  This weekend, while Dave was in Quincy cooking for everyone, Hannah and I had a lovely weekend of shopping, walking, and studying biology. We spent Sunday and part of Monday at the cabin...until the blizzard made us decide to head for home. 

It's #10- Brady Held

YUMMY! The food sounds awesome!!

Here are some recent pics from Brady's baseball game. He went 3 for 3 with one double on Thursday. He is quite the little ball player. Surprise, surprise. They are so fun to watch! Otherwise, we are counting down the last days of school- 4 to go. The kids received their daycare's activity schedule today & it looks like non-stop fun. Our neighbor is teaching Brady's group so he will hit the ground running- probably literally. Kenz has been hanging out, enjoying her break from tumbling and cheering on her brother's team. Well, unless she can get out of it. She does like the concession stand though and the socializing.
Love to all-

Leslie

Food, food, food

Ok, some have asked about this weekend's menu(s).  Here's my plan.  If you have suggestions (like I didn't know you were "allergic" to certain things (like peas, Sherry), please let me know.  I'm happy to change.

Saturday:

Breakfast Caramel-Pecan upside down coffee cake

Maple bacon

Assorted fruits

In-between 

  Nibbles Asiago Cheese dip w/crackers

Lunch Oh-so-sticky BBQ ribs

Slow smoked brisket

Braised summer vegetables

Country style baked beans

Chips

BTS* cake (*can't tell you what this stands for since Mom 

and Dad -- and small children) will read this post

Dinner Whatever is leftover

Sunday:

Breakfast Strawberry-orange muffins

Chipolte bacon

Assorted fruits

In-between

  Nibbles Pineapple-chipolte salsa and chips

Lunch Oh-so-sloppy pulled pork

Slow smoked brisket (I'm hoping some is still available)

Fruited cole slaw

Homemade bread-n-butter pickles

Chips

Dinner For the card-playing/"I'm too full to eat anymore" crew

Hot wings

Chili dog nachos

Ain't no diet peanut butter cookies

Monday:

Breakfast Nothing.  The diets return.......

See you soon.   Applications for sous chef are being accepted.  Dishwasher(s), too.

 

Tyler's Blessing

Tyler was blessed on Sunday, and it was a really special experience to bless my firstborn son. He looked especially handsome in his white outfit.

Wish you could have been there, and we're excited for y'all to get to meet Tyler and Ashlie this summer.

Weedend End

Hope you all enjoyed a fun weekend! It was an absolutely beautiful weekend in the South with sunny skies and (finally!) warm weather!! The best part was I was off to enjoy it!
Actually we had no big plans-cleaned out some closets and the garage, went to a few garage sales and just kind of hung out at home. All in all-perfect! Sara and I did go for hair cuts on Saturday-she got brave and cut hers short-it looks so cute!! We'll have to get a pic to post.
Thanks for the pics from the Wild West! I cannot believe how much the boys resemble Brady! And Kimber is cute beyond words!! Can't wait to see them all at the lake and get to know them!
And Hannah-those varsity girls better watch out next year, you'll soon be taking their place!!
Chris-did you get the rest of the furniture for Christine's yet? Did the girls like their new patio?
I was looking around the shop that we go to, thinking how it really needs to be spruced up like yours!
How many days left of school Sherry? I know you probably have it down to the hour! Sara is enjoying her break before summer semester starts. She ended up with good grades-all A's and B's except one C for Business Statistics which she said was just yuck! I thought that was great considering she spent the last three weeks worrying about her husband and taking care of him and everything else!
Hope everyone else is enjoying a smooth transition into summer-I think of you all so often! And I check for posts at least twice a day!!!
Love you all! Sue

More pics

Here are some more fun pictures from our bbq this weekend. Kimber is so cute--she likes to clap, shake her head "no," and wave bye-bye.  Patrick is a big strong boy and walked almost all of the 5k by himself. He managed to talk Jon into a few shoulder rides, just to get above the crowd to see everything. Hannah loves all of them, but is a little tense around babies. Does it show? Dave went t St. George in Southern Utah for a management retreat today through Friday. That means Hannah and I went to the little Thai place for dinner. It scares her when I try to cook. (Sadly, that is not even a joke. But Dave will come to my defense and tell you all about the science project I helped her with all weekend that involved power tools and many trips to Radio Shack.) We are going to her end-of-the-season softball banquet tomorrow night, and I expect lots of emotions as the girls say good-bye to their beloved seniors. Hope you are all well, far from tornados, earthquakes, and wildfires.  

Belated Birthday

Happy Belated Birthday, Carolyn and Sammy. I hope you both had good ones. I've been busy helping train people for a new computer system. It's been fun, but I means I haven't had much time for other stuff. Zoo is good, we had the AZA accredition this week. Talk about crazy! The main keepers were going nuts trying to get everything done. It also meant that us volunteers had more to do to fill in while the main keepers were busy. Good news is we think we have a fertile penguin egg. Weren't sure if we were going to keep it or not, but I think we will since most of ours are over the age of 18 and they only live between 18 - 20 years in captivity. Expecting our new golden mane tamerians in middle of June. We are getting 2 mated pairs. Can't wait! Rocky & Jess sorry to hear about Haus. I know how much it hurts to lose a part of your family like that. Bry & Nikki good luck with the house hunting. Got to get back to training so I'll talk later! Love you all!