Friday, April 25, 2008

Vernon Clan Visit

Preparing breakfast upon their arrival








Taking a stroll after a long and tiresome journey


"The Moms"


Nearly twins







Wind-blown girlies



Momma V.




Chatting in the doorway. A very convenient place :)








Portrait art 1





Portrait art 2







Portrait art 3




Buddies




An interesting and jolly afternoon in the kitchen




Eating popcorn




~In the afternoon, "The Moms" gathered outside for a good dose of fresh air and exercise ~



Let the exercise begin.


With these ladies in the game, you better watch out.


Coming at ya





You go girl!


A girl with an arm






She cometh forth with strength... and a growl


Resting afterwards with naps, cards and photo albums




A studier of God's word








A round of Spoons



Bare-footed picture-lookers



Making cherry pie









Great-Uncle J. stopped by for a visit


And later on Mrs. S. stopped by as well!




A Quick visit to the park






Swinging in the sun




Just a-swinging



Collision!










Round and round until you found your lunch on the Merrie-go-round!




While children play, the men talk



Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce to you the new.... Tiger Woods!




Very much like his brother



"I'm tired and these girls will not let me have one moment's peace from that camera!"







Don't ask me why, but some people take a liking to pickle juice.




And they also feed it to other people






I guess she decided to skip the middle man!






The new family relatives

(many thanks to Mr. V. for the wonderful idea!)



Competiton





Getting ready for some fishing



Daughter and Father







Self-portrait

Sisters





Pond



"The Moms" watching



"Ew"






By Kate






Marphy and Grandpa


By K.V.



Going to show her Mamma her fish





A Father/Son team


Kate and her worm







By K.V.




Mr. Bean caught and fish and was not taking it off of the hook. So Grandpa told him that he better get his fish off the hook, and Mr. Bean's reply was that "He would if the fish would stop lookin' at him like that!"



Miss J.H. takes a turn



By Kate



Riding Grandpa's tractors



Cleanding up supper





These girlies love their ice cream!











Grandpa





Mr. V. in the sand






Playing away






The two Miss J.'s






Great-Uncle J. looking at pictures






An interesting snapshot of various activities





"I know, I don't understand these people, either!"






J.H. and her baby






Having a blast singing around the piano



Visiting at the A.'s home the next day







Preparing lunch





"Don't you be stepping on my cat!"





Mr. Bean and a chick







Young ladies working away









Those peices of cake look way too big for those boys, and they were very happy about it!





This little guy looks pretty happy, too!



A mouthfull

New friends






Trampoline fun

"Country folk wave, City folk don't"




Boys and their tractors







Singing the Psalms






Beautiful Mamma V.










Most of the girlies lined up






Feeding J. H. some ice cream



Kids, don't try this at home: feeding someone from your spoon and then eating off of it yourself! *Gasp* I cannot believe it.






So charming




On a walk after church






Little Bump



Portrait art





So cute!




Mr. L. and Ruth








The Trio

Girls at church


Good-byes Bumpas and Mr. Bean








Breakfast






Boy, they sure look tired!

Loading up





My absolut favorite outfit






Beautiful Mumzie



"Goodbye!"







Just after our last glimpse of their van



~S~