CHOMP, granray/rayray has a birthday & other random items

Ooh, I did this post fast and I apologize in advance for my lack of witty Jen-isms. I am pooped and it's time for the kid's last feeding of the night. Soooo, forgive me - my next post will dazzle you. If you want to be entertained with rapier-like wit you can check out Megan's blog - it's good like that.

Beth held a party for JP and Tabby a few weeks ago, let the celebrating continue - whee! I tried to be good and take lots of photos but it didn't really pan out that way. I have a few...this first one CRACKS me up.

ahhhhhh....CHOMP
(btw, this is lila, carrie, moi and beth. and matt.)

Here are the other ones I have, I wish I had taken more!

seth REALLY dressed up for the occasion,
the clothes do make the man as they say

matt and tommy chat it up

beth checks on a sleeping rowdy mowrer

matt, moi and beth - lookin good and feelin fine

Then there was the game the next day, here we have Rowdy happy that we won!

our big orange baby

Lottie Sue was showing us how she does ballet on her "tip toes" - adorable.

point and flex...point and flex

GranRay/RayRay celebrated a birthday on Monday but most of the family got together at the club on Sunday (a BIG thanks to Kathy for setting it up!) - we had a very nice time and it was great having everyone together.

the granbunny and granray

rowdy makes a somewhat scrunchy face for the camera

granray/rayray was opposite these folks during this shot

he was given copies of old photos i don't think
he'd seen in many a moon (i am going to get
these and post them, they are great)

johnny, judy and mowrer jr.

kathy is on the left and linda and ray are checking out the photos

aunt judy feeing little row mow

and a group shot!

lottie sue was cutting a rug here

and here

shirley and bb chat it up

lottie sue was "wunning" very fast here, a blur

granbunny's infamous "bug" climbing on lottie sue

lottie sue and benton take a walk

if you REALLY want to make granray laugh, get
him a card that plays music - it was a hoot!

rowdy doing what he does

Matt's family stopped by later on Sunday to see the kiddos, due to numerous illnesses across the group it had been a while...

gramma with her youngest grandkids

gramma with a chunky-looking rowdy

michelle holds rowdy as he whips his little head all over town

The Smiths also came over that afternoon, Megan spotted Matt's high school letterman jacket hanging in the garage.

megan is too cool for school

And speaking of Megan - Mary Ann stopped by earlier this week to see Rowdy - how adorable are they I ask???

mary ann is the greatest

This past weekend we had a baby shower for Shonnie Bear - it was great! I cannot believe that baby G will be here very soon. Blessings! I tried to take a lot of photos but I was busy! I need to be better with the camera, I have been slacking. I admit it. Will be better.

lottie sue turns eight

Little Lottie Sue turned two, can you believe it??? We can't. If you ask her how old she is she'll tell she's eight though, hence the title.

yearly photo taken at parent's day out

For Lottie Sue's birthday we celebrated all weekend. We had a BIG zoo day with Matt's family, the weather was nice and we saw lots of animaulz (as Lottie calls them). Here are a few photos for your enjoyment...

lottie sue and matt go through the prairie dog tunnels

mr. camel came in for a close-up

here i am pushing the kid around

a gorilla posing as "the thinker"

lottie sue taking a moment to reflect

matt is very proud of this chimp photo

lottie sue and matt on the carousel
(it was hard to get a good photo, but she loved it)

lottie sue and guapa meet again

here i am with lottie sue

this water area was her favorite by far

she got so mad at us when we made her get out

After the zoo we went to the CB and enjoyed a bountiful lunch. Lottie Sue received money for her bedroom set and books - she was HAPPY! Thank you so much for a wonderful day!

gramma and papaw gave lottie sue books that matt enjoyed as a child

Then the next day Johnny and Judy graciously opened their home up for a Lottie Sue pool party. It was a wonderful day, just perfect.

irene shows lottie sue one of her birds

lottie sue and cookie check out the pool

on our way to the garden, johnny and judy had
this area put in recently - it's gorgeous

lottie sue helps water some of the herbs

lottie sue strolling around their garden

johnny and judy with lottie sue looking at the pumpkin patch

matt and lottie checking out the veggies

lottie greets grandma and rayray

here i am with the birthday girl

big smile as we all sing the birthday song

a plate full of yummy cupcakes, with a candle to blow out

she's spoiled

After the eating, singing and presents we spent some time in the pool.

matt, lottie sue, tommy and megan hamming it up

rayray, granbunny, stan, shirley and grandma enjoy homemade
lemonade (judy's doing, delicious!) under the shade

lottie sue bites into her cupcake

and all is well with the world

granbunny, grandma and bb enjoy the view

Also on Friday night Stand and Shirley took us and GranBunny (a birthday girl that week as well) and GranRay out to dinner - thank you so much! We had such a nice time and enjoyed yummy food!

lottie sue and granbunny hang out after dinner

matt joins in for this one

my turn

We tried to get a good photo of Lottie with everyone but she has ants in her pants these days. It is impossible to bet a good photo of her. See what I mean?

shirley and stan with a blurry lottie sue

I hope you enjoyed the birthday photos, this is the tip of the iceberg. I have photos from Megan's birthday dinner plus a weekend with Mike, Becce and Harlan at the lake and various random items.

Matt was in California last week and took this photo of the Big Sur coastline - so gorgeous!

wow

OK, here are a few items of interest for you.

• I really want to see this movie...here's Ebert's review for you.
  

• Wimbledon started today, so here's a story on Rafael Nadal if you are so inclined. I used to watch tennis way back when, I loved Boris Becker more than anything.
• Matt and I saw UP this past weekend, very good. Another quality film from those Pixar guys. Here's Ebert's review.
  
• Meet the serial killers of the sea.
• Is this the weirdest object n the solar system?
• Fish are smart, who knew?
• Humorist Garrison Keillor is returning to Lake Wobegon to celebrate the 35th anniversary of his popular A Prairie Home Companion radio show. I'm not sure if you enjoy this program but I sure do.

That should do it for today, I'll have more for you this week. BTW, this week I will be 25 weeks prego...baby boy is quite active and his favorite thing to do is karate chop my bladder. Adorable.