Brinya and Vara 23 Nov 2009

I'm blessed to be able to care for Vara and Brinya a couple times a week.  Yes, they came over today (the 13th Nov).

Two of the three cutest little girls ever.

Brinya and Vara came over today and I took the opportunity to take their photos.

Grant made his mask with the horns and hair. He's a weapons kind of guy, as you may well be able to see.

Skipping stones is fun to do, fun to do, to do, to do.












Back in September, on Labor Day, we went to Side Cut Metropark for a family outing.

There is beauty all around.













Griffin. Believe it or not, he's 6.















None other than . . . Cooper. Happy birthday Cooper. He turned 5 yesterday (the 3rd of Nov)












Lisa, Jerret, and Hunter.














Here we have Grant, Ray, and Devin chopping and stacking wood for the winter. Ok, ok; some of it got used for the bonfire.




I'm learning how to post collages, woohoo.

This is from our Canada trip in August. In it are Zach, Cooper, Griffin, Devin, Hunter, and Jake with his gramma. Jake is one of Griffin, Cooper, and Hunter's cousins.

Missouri

Earlier this month of October, we were able to go to Missouri to visit Ray's parents. Brandon, Lisa, and their little Ashlynn flew out to see Grandma and Grandpa Jastal. While we were all there, Ray's brother Jay and his family (Sandy and kids . . . Jesse, Sean, Abby, and Libby) came to visit. Most of us went bowling together.



The three cutest little girls ever . . . Brinya, Vara, and Ashlynn

The football game . . . Ray, Brandon, Devin, and Sean.

This spider was the tree in front of our house.
Does anyone know what kind it is?

Precious little Vara.

So, Vara was born approximately 11:31 on 27th Aug 2009.
Brinya finally got to meet her about 6:30 pm. She was quite
enthused.

Grant Senior Pics

So, back in May, we went
to the park and the university
for senior photos of this young man.

















This is one of the poses he chose
to give to people.






















I like the contrast in this one.

















Who can resist writing on
smeared/smudged windows?



















Unique sense of art/humor.






































Peaceful.

Graduation and visiting

Telling us boot camp experiences.
















Right after graduation when he found us.











We went to see Joshua's boot camp graduation ceremony and while there, we visited Millennium and Grant Parks in downtown Chicago.

I don't remember what this is called.











Through the crowd.



















"They" call it the bean. I like the city reflection.













With friends . . . Kayla, Brad and Amy












A smile for the camera (or maybe for mom).























In his civies.

In uniform.

Part of the graduation ceremony.

It took me long enough to figure it out, but
when I realized the size of the video clips I took,
I chose one that wasn't too long