This must have been a hoot...

June 1,  I ordered this...

From Amazon.   We needed an RV sized mattress for camp.

It was Prime, so it was scheduled to arrive in a few days...

I had it delivered to the house because no one would be at camp when they were supposed to deliver it.

Every time I checked, the scheduled delivery date was changed...

It arrived, in all it's glory yesterday!

Last I saw it, it was laying flat on the porch, against the banister, exposed to the elements.

Last night about 9, I realized rain was in the forecast...

I thought to myself that I should go and bring it in,

  I can't imagine what a queen size foam mattress would weigh if it got wet, Right?

So there goes Jan, in her pajamas, out on the front porch.  

I grabbed one end of the box and pulled on it to stand it up.

I pulled again.

and again.

Finally, it was standing on end!

I just figured that I would drag it to the front door, a mere 5' away.

I was wrong.

So then I tried to walk it to the door.

I was wrong about that as well.

Then I remembered Mr.K had this thingy in the garage...

That would have been a great idea...if I could only get it onto the thingy...

I finally did and as I was pulling it to the door one wheel got hung up on the welcome mat...

The mattress fell off of the dolly, knocking me into the banister.  

The mattress slid down the banister and fell flat on the porch.

Are you getting the visual?

Finally, I got the stupid thing back upright and propped it against the front door...

And that is where it will stay,

Blocking the front door...

Maybe forever!

Oh, and after I got it that far, a tired, cranky and defeated Jan

walked her sweaty, jammie clad self up stairs...

That's when I found out that the stupid box is 60" tall

Just my height...

and 60 pounds!

Hope the neighbors were already asleep when this happened.

Never a dull moment!

April Looked Kind of Like This:

As I was waking (way too early) this morning, I realized it was June and I probably have things about April to talk about!...

Uncle Tony bought someone Knex.  We had an ongoing project on top of the china cabinet for weeks!

Someone  decided he needed a tattoo so he gave himself one!

We had a birthday in the family so we gathered, as we usually do, over pizza!

Mom got to hold Henry for the first time since Christmas.

And here is our very own birthday princess.

Teagan turned one!

Yes!  I made her t-shirt.  I'm finally learning to use my Silhouette!

I also made these...Henry's says "Will trade cousins for jelly beans."

Locklan and Teagan's says "will trade brother/sister for jelly beans."

You would think that with all those years photographing children, I would have managed a decent photo of these three...

Of course, Henry and Locklan love each other!

In April, Locklan and I decided to make our Thursday night sleepovers adventure Thursday.

We went camping!

I bought an inflatable bed, we set it up in the living room,

used the electric logs as our camp fire, read our story by flashlight and 

giggled and snuggled!

Also in April, Henry (aka Hank the Tank) celebrated 5 months.

 I continued to spend as much time with these kids as possible...

 And this became the usual Friday morning here!

Memorial Day Weekend

 There's nothing like a three-day weekend, is there?

Actually, some of us started early...

Like Tony, Mindy and Henry!  They went out on Friday evening.  

As you can see, Henry had a whopping good time!

Saturday, the guys headed out early to cut the grass and get the docks ready...

Mr. K and I came next and last but not least, came Ashley, Mindy and the babies!

They really enjoyed the kiddie pool...

But the highlight of the weekend was the boat!

Two weeks ago, Mindy sent me this photo of Henry wearing his new life jacket...

He seemed pretty happy wearing it!

That wasn't the case once we got on the boat!

He was pretty unhappy!

Finally we pulled up to shore to give him a break...

His Grandma Dawna came to spend the day with us...

Andy,  Teagan and Locklan 

went out on the back deck...

They dangled their feet in the water.

Locklan immediately decided it was too cold (it really was)...

Teagan thought it was great!

After her dip, Teagan was ready to melt into Mommy's lap!

Grandma Jan and Locklan love to go "faster than fast"

Talk about fun...

~sigh~

It's no secret that I love family time.

It's no secret that I love the river.

It's no secret that I love boating...

aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

As Seen On Amazon

If you've been around here for a while...

You know that I buy stupid (mostly kitchen) gadgets 

that rarely work.

This time, we were sitting at camp eating watermelon

and talking about this..

A watermelon cube slicer!

Now, this sounded like a cross between the dumbest idea and a game changer.

Of course, I ordered it, right then, right there.

True to Amazon's promise, it came in just two days...

Mr. K was out of town when it came.

I ran out and bought a watermelon,

and cut it in half...

I held my breath and tried it...

It worked!

I hurried to order one for camp!

The downside was I ate an entire (small) watermelon in just three days...

mmmmmmm!

It's a Great Day...

It's a great day for Hockey!

I was not a hockey person until I met Mark (my late husband).

He was born in upstate New York where they are born with skates on...

I soon learned to  love the sport and Andy and Tony didn't know any other way.

We were determined to give them the opportunity to learn to play.  

Dek Hockey and then roller hockey  seemed to be the best way.  

They each started Dek Hockey when they were four.  Guess who is four now?

You got that right, it's Locklan.  

This summer he attended a learn-to-play session at the Y.

Monday was his first realistic game...

Of course, we all went to cheer him on!

First they got a refresher and reviewed their equipment...

Then they did drills...

Locklan is in the orange shorts...

And then...

The scrimmage!

What a hoot!

When your legs are that short and the rink that big...

Someone tired out!

Brought back memories, for sure!

Oh...and it was a tie game!

Memories...like this one?

Still crazy after all these years...

To  all the Paul Simon fans out there...

Yes, still crazy after all these years...

But DID NOT meet my old lover in the street last night...

And DID NOT have any beers...

Just still crazy!

I have quite a few blog posts started here on Blogger.

I get interrupted each time and by time I get back to it,

even though you don't know any of it, it's old news to me...

So I start a new one!

Instead of working on one of those,

How about I just tell you about May, 2019?

It was a good month!

I spent quite a bit of time doing this:

No, not sitting on the floor, watching all three g'kids at once.

It wasn't bad, in fact, it was fun!

Locklan always came to spend Thursday nights here...

Tony would drop Henry off on his way to work.

Locklan loved to read stories to Henry!

And Henry also loves to eat!

At one point, during a family evening, I set my phone down...

I'll never learn!

You can't imagine how many stupid photos of these 

two I have...

I took Locklan and Teagan to the playground. 

Not sure who had a better time.  Teagan was content just to walk around...

Locklan found three boys to run around the playground with him.

Locklan had his last day of pre-school...

I knew they taught him so many things, but when he was in the back seat of my car he was singing, "These are the continents of the world..."

And lastly...

We opened camp!

We got the boat in the water

(did I tell you we had to get a bigger, faster boat last fall?  Our family just keeps growing)

Henry had his first boat ride...

I'll show you next time...

Promise!

Learning to share...

We really don't need words for this one, 

Do we?

~big happy sigh~