A great end to a perfect vacation in California with Anne. We got to spend time with Anson, Sylvia, Katelyn and Justin. The kids enjoyed the Mall of America! My heart is satisfied and I smile inside when I know the cousins really enjoy each others company and we are building good memories together. (I will plan another trip to go shopping with Sylvia..that makes me smile inside too!) You can about guess that since the majority of us were kids, we headed to the roller coasters and focused most of our time on deciding what three rides they would go on or they could choose to use the money for spending money. This was a big decision for some of the kids. We then all ate at the food court and played at Lego Land before heading back to Sully, Iowa.
Back in Sully......
We arrived home around 6:45 p.m. on Thursday night and it was still light out. Love daylight savings time! Doyle and I went for a walk with Al (the dog). This is where the vacation officially ended.
Spring is in the air and you just can't wait to start working out in the yard. I noticed that a neighbor was doing a controlled burn to clean up the long grass in the ditches. I felt like spring cleaning and couldn't resist getting the lighter out myself and start a fire. Doyle told me that he was going inside to watch the NCAA tournament. It didn't take long before the boys (Justin, Jonathan, & Joshua) came over and suggested roasting some marshmellows. They ran to Beppe in the house to see if she had any . It didn't take long for Doyle to come back and start watching and poking at the fire. I thought Doyle wanted to go inside to watch some b-ball, but there is something irrestiable about playing "fire fighter" on the controlled fire. I ended up being the photographer, the boys roasted miniture marshmellows (the only size in the house) while Doyle felt manly controlling the fire! Spring clean up has started! I love this time of year when spring is in the air. Pretty soon we will see the black ditch with blades of green grass start popping through.
2 comments:
hey nice pictures, When I started my blog there was nothing there....then I got interrupted a few times....phone calls from NY and viola when I posted I saw your pictures look alot like mine... though you are a much better at telling the stories!
Susie just makes up the story, the whole part of "Doyle wants to feel manly with the fire" was all made up. I don't need some smoke and ash to feel manly. - DB
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