May 23, 2007
A Mix of Events...

Gary and I had the priveledge of attending his cousin Jeff's wedding on Saturday. They are a truly remarkable couple that has different pasts and both have made complete life changes for the better! What a time to celebrate! Hopefully, I will soon have pictures of the couple themselves! :) It was also nice to have almost Gary's whole maternal side of the family at church too.

This is our first family shot in about 3 years. L to R -- Carrie (Gary's Sister), Me, Gary, and Carol (Gary's Mom)

Gary's Mom decided to sneak a shot in of the new baby!

Gary's Nani was SO sweet to keep the kids for us while we went to the wedding.

Concrete Pouring Day!!!

Justus LOVES construction equipment almost as much as he loves musical instruments. When I told him that we would have a concrete mixer at our house today, he was ecstatic!!!

His first view...

The Concrete Mixer

We went outside and sat in the front yard to see all the action! The driver was nice enough to actually let Justus sit in the driver seat of the concrete mixer!

Random Shots of the Kids Playing

Lillie came over to visit today, so the three played together this morning.

Girl Time!

Bella's first time on the see-saw!

All he needs is a guitar, microphone, pair of boots, and some boxers!
Bella is happy to cheer him on!

Last, but NOT least...

Time for Emma!!!!!!

This is one of the last pre-Emma Griffin family photos! As many of you know, the Griffins come over on Thurs. for Smallville night. Fittingly, season finale was Thurs. and Ashleigh went in to have Emma on Friday.

Awe...my first Emma shot!

The last two shots were taken from the Griffin blog, but they were SO cute I had to add them! CONGRATS GRIFFINS!!!

Mother's Day 07'

We spent all of Mother's Day going here and there...

After church, Gary and the kids took me to Outback for lunch. Then it was on to Lowe's (etc) and finally, home! Here are a few shots from our day...

Happy Mother's Day to all the mommies out there!

I cannot keep her away from the pool; regardless of clothing, shoes, etc.

If you want to know the size of storage under a Jeep double stroller, there you have it -- one Justus with a little room to spare!
The other backyard item that she will not stay off of! :)
He would hit the balls and she would put them back on the tee, what teamwork!

At the end of a long and busy day!!!

Justus' Third Birthday Party!!!

Here are a TON of pics from today, sorry for the random order. We all had a wonderful time! Thanks to all who came and thank you for Justus' birthday gifts.

Justus practicing his keyboarding skills!

Lesley

Dancing with balloons for Opa

Justus wanted to make sure he got to say good bye to Opa & Oma so he jumped off the potty to see them off!

Bella and Justus enjoying the instruments. (Notice their shirts in celebration of today "My Brother Rocks" and "Future Guitar Player".)

The Great Grandparents

Bella & I

Bella in big brother's shirt showing her star power.

Justus had one time out at the end of today. Although he left his room, he did stay in his time out chair from his room until he scooted all the way into the living room. :)

One of Justus' gifts -- HOW fun does this look???

This was Justus' gift from Gary and I. After a little help from Chris, he tried it on his own.

And he's off!!!

Bella enjoying some birthday cake, with a little in her tummy.

Gary, Justus, and Bella

Daddy helping Justus blow out his birthday candles.

Justus says, "Cake, what cake, I'm done! Let's move on to the presents!"

Morgan is enjoying every last bite!

Justus first gift of the party -- his front loader. I had to put it out of reach tonight because he would not go to bed and then he wanted to bring it in bed with him! :)

Nani & Gary

Jaclyn and I; she was sweet enough to stop by even though today is her honey's birthday! Happy Birthday Jose!!!

Ashleigh, Morgan, and baby Emma

The man picture - Romel, Eric, Matt, & Chris

Justus and Carter before cake. Carter says, "Can this be real" (notice he is pinching himself)?

This is Dave, he plays guitar on our worship team at church. Justus LOVES him and his guitar!!! Dave and his wife were so sweet to come by to see Justus and play guitar with him for his birthday!

Romel and Traci

The case was a little heavy for Justus so Dave gave him a little help.

Before the mess...

Gary and Eric having some "man time"!

Carter driving Justus through the backyard on the John Deere. How cute!

This is my guitar cake this year -- my goal was to make it somewhat resemble a guitar.

Courtney (HUGE help today) & Alesha pre-mess.

The Great-grandmas, aren't they sweet?

Justus getting to play a real bass guitar. (Dave originally brought in his acoustic to play some songs for J. Justus told him -- "That is not a bass guitar, put it back in the case, where is the bass guitar?" Dave was wonderful and he got his bass out of the car!)