some cool sunshine...

 Some random weekend pics...Emily holding Rhys, with Ruth and her sister Maeve

Mariel holding Ellis, Benjamin with Blythe and Jamie

With Sonja too

(Mariel is taking care of Achilles, Rhys, Jamie, and Ellis while Kathryn and Darius visit friends in Mexico)

Adrian got this for me, said he saw it and it reminded him of me:)

Jamie loves his baby cousin Kaia

Jonathan with his baby Emila

Wulf and Grant too...

Kaia

Charlotte Claire, Emily, Maeve, Grant, Wulf...we sang happy birthday to Miss Char...she's twenty tomorrow!

Grandkids galore!  Grant, Wulf Tenny, then Rhys, Ruth, Blythe, Jamie, Tennyson...and Margaret

Margaret...and Sunny

Paul with Jamie, he had just put Blythe down...

Aunt Suzanne with baby Samantha

Mariel with cousins Ellis and Kaia

Char with Ruth, Jamie, Rhys...

My son Joseph, and Suzanne's husband Zech

With their dog Winston, who looks like Suri..

It's been quite a weekend!  We had a quiet afternoon on the deck today, quiet after yesterday's overflow of fun and happiness!  Today Oscar and Sonja and Baby Kaia joined Char, Cam, and I, along with Paul...for dinner of airfried chicken wings, homemade chicken tenders, roasted brussel sprouts, and sweet potato fries.  

So yesterday ten of the kids and spouses and grandkids came over and oh my goodness!  The siding on the house where the grill melted it years ago:  all fixed and replaced!  The house powerwashed, the trampoline taken down, the yard all raked up!  Even the grandkids were out there working!  Not all day of course, they finished up and there was plenty of time to play on the pogo sticks they found in our play stuff, and in the little cars, and running around the yard.  

I grilled hot dogs and sausages for lunch, and dinner was homemade mac and cheese, ham, bbq chicken, rolls.  Margaret made two ice cream pies, and there were chocolate chip cookies and molasses cookies.  We went through lots of seltzers and Coke Zero and the little low sugar drink pouches for the kids.  It was supposed to rain, but it never did, it was a very pleasant day.

Ah well.  I'm tired enough.  Paul leaves for Cincinnati tomorrow for work, and Grace is coming over with the kids for a bit.  We have afternoon plans for Charlotte Claire's birthday.  

I thought I'd update here, in case anyone's new...if you already know all this or if it's boooooooorning, that's fine too, just skip on by.  

We have 16 kids, 12 are married.  

1.Emily (Nurse practitioner)

2.Abigail (accountant) (Derek)..they are expecting baby #1

3.Benjamin (hvac journeyman) (Ashley)kids Anya, Elise, Declan

4.Mariel (she just got her Master's in medical education(? ) works in management in outpatient Oncology)

5.Joseph  (Artist) (Bethany)

6.Aaron (RN, at Mayo Clinic working on Master's) (Riley)

7.Molly (RN, travel nursing) (Josh) Lydia, Ophelia, Denzel

8.Samuel( HVAC) (Grace) Grant, Ruth, Maeve, Samantha

9.Margaret (Pharmecutical something or other :)) (Adrian) Wulf, Tennyson, Blythe

10 Kathryn (Darius) Achille, Rhys, Jamison, Ellis

11 Evelyn  (Pharmeceutical something or other:))(Nate)...they are expecting baby #1

12 Suzanne (Pharmeceutical something or other:))(Zech)

13 Sonja  (RN in Pediatrics at children's hospital)(Oscar) baby Kaia

14 Jonathan  (HVAC)(Rosi) baby Emilia

15 Charlotte Claire. college, nursing school in fall

16 Camille. College, nursing school next spring or fall

Anyway...I just realized I never emptied my swim backpack on Friday, eeks.  I have it all in the wash now...pool in the morning!  I'm glad I found it tonight!  You have a good night!