Rich is home!

Rich came home yesterday from Arizona. He's here visiting until Monday. A long weekend is all he can do this time around.
Last night (Thursday), Tanner, Makayla and I went over to my parents house to see him. While we were there, Rich decided to hit some golf balls. This was something that excited both Tanner & Makayla. Within minutes, Tanner brought out his golf clubs from the basement of my parents house. Tanner can hit a golf ball pretty good. Makayla is just learning. :-)
I wish I had my camera the moment that Uncle Rich helped Miss Makayla swing a club. It was so cute! It's nice having a PE teacher for an Uncle!

Tonight we will be having a big dinner at my parents. I'll be sure to update again soon!

Renaissance Festival

This past Saturday, Bob & I went to the Renaissance Festival. Bob had never been so I thought he should check it out.

We left Saturday morning and arrived around Noon at the festival. We were having a great time checking out the dunking pond, eating yummy food and looking at the many different artists goods.

I love hand thrown pottery so I made sure I checked out the pottery made by a librarian I know.

Near the end of the day, we decided to check out the 'DaVinci brothers show'. We knew nothing about it but we were enjoying the other shows so we decided to check it out.

The idea behind the show was to have an audience participation opera. Well.....Bob was lucky enough to be picked to be part of the show. Ok, maybe Bob wouldn't consider it lucky but I did!

Bob was picked to play the part of ' Suzanne the delicious'. Yes, I did say Suzanne. I'm attaching pictures but trust me- being there in person to watch it in so much fun. I haven't laughed that hard in a very long time. Bob did a great job!

So - the next time you see Bob - be sure and ask him about Suzanne the delicious.

Birthday gift from Jeanne

My girlfriend/co-worker Jeanne, surprised me at work on Monday. She made me these wonderful sugar cookies in the shape of high heels. Jeanne knows how much I enjoy wearing my heels. LOL So - as a birthday gift, she left these on my desk - along with the cute cookie cutter.

Cranberry Lake

Bob & I decided to take a camping trip to Cranberry Lake in the Adirondack region. I had never been to the Adirondack area of New York. Bob had been but had never been camping at Cranberry Lake. We left Friday, July 3rd around 8:30am - right as it was starting to rain (again). It rained most of the way up North. We set up in the rain, we cooked in the rain, and we ate dinner in the rain. Saturday we got up, it was still raining, so we cooked breakfast in the rain and then decided to take road trip. We went to Tupper Lake, Saranac Lake and then Lake Placid. It was awesome to see where the Olympics were held. After our road trip, we returned back to camp - took a quick bike ride in the rain and then cooked dinner in the rain. :-)

My parents gave me a screen house for my birthday and this was the first time we used it. We were sooooooo thankful to use it. It really was a great gift to have this rainy weekend.

Can you see a pattern?? Rain, rain, rain............

It finally stopped raining around 8pm, just in time for a camp fire.

Our drive home on Sunday was a beautiful sunny ride home!

Overall, we had a great weekend and I would do it again in a heart beat! Thanks to Bob for this camping trip. This was part of my birthday present.

kids bedrooms

Tanner & Makayla left at the end of June to spend 2 weeks this summer with their father. Before they left, I gave them the opportunity to clean their rooms OR I would clean the rooms for them while they were gone.

Tanner decided it would be best if he cleaned it himself. (good idea).

Makayla decided she didn't want to clean hers - it would be best if I cleaned it.

Here are some pictures I thought you would like to see.....

Tanner's room has the map of the US on the carpet

Makayla pictures are - some before (well - two days into cleaning before I started taking pictures) and then the after it was done.

My birds left......

In the spring of this year, I had a robin who was determined to build a nest on my front porch.
I was just as determined not to let her. She was trying to build in the frame work near the chairs. Each day I would take down the nest she had started - and each day she would start over. I finally thought I had her beat until I came home after being gone one weekend. Miss Robin had built a beautiful nest IN my hanging basket on the porch. I thought - ok......you won crazy bird.
Tanner and Makayla thought it was great. They would watch her fly in and out of the porch - they checked the basket often. One day - there were 4 blue eggs in her nest. We were always very careful not to touch the eggs or the nest. It wasn't long until she had baby birds. Only 3 eggs hatched but - 3 was enough for the small nest. The kids (especially Makayla) checked the nest almost everyday to see how much the birds had grown.
Yesterday I came home from work and thought - I haven't checked on those birds in about 4 days. I touched the basket and out flew 3 young birds. Obvously their mother has been giving them flying lessons because they flew very well!! I looked again this morning and they haven't come back - I feel bad that I scared them off but .......it must have been their time to go.
Tanner & Makayla will be disappointed when they get home (they are gone for 2 weeks with their father) to see the birds have left.
Maybe next year - we'll have baby birds again!

Pictures to be posted soon.

Rachel's minor surgery

Rachel had some minor surgery Monday on her wrist. It was an in and out procedure at Rochester General Hospital. She's feeling pretty good other than the fact she can't get it wet for 10 days. Oh yes....and, she can't use her wrist much. So not bike riding, no swimming - no video games!
Poor girl she's already getting bored!

Pool Party

Bob & I have decided to host a summer pool party this year.
This is in place of the annual Fall party.
The weather in the fall is to unpredictable so we both thought a pool party might be more fun. (now can everyone please pray for sunny weather!)

This years party is Saturday, August 1st at Bob's house
2pm - until whenever.
It's a bring a dish to pass, your own alcohol and towel party.

Email and let us know if you'll be able to make it.
We hope to see you all there.

hmjensen7@yahoo.com