damming it

I think the sequence is self-explanatory. Now multiply this by 7 hours a day, and you get the reunion from the kids' perspective.

Kegel-King-Hanrahan installment 2.. or is it 3?

Rich and Jen and family remembering Sonja.

The walk up to spread Sonja's ashes at the original site of the homestead.

Gramma pouring tonic into our stealth gin and tonics

Early arrivers help set up for the weekend.

cousin fun at the homestead

boys, camping, creeks, dirt, firepits, stars, fish... that's what summer's all about.

a thespian in every bunch

The rehearsal for the play was as far as the kids got this year. Last year, the drama overflowed. This year... well, there were too many other things to do. Michael, however, is still singing, "So we sing homestead here we come..."

Kegel-King-Hanrahans Installment 1:Deck fun

I tried desperately to edit some of these out... but I just couldn't. There are simply too many cute pics of the cousins, and so, I am including them all... in installments, lest my computer fry its poor brains. Drinks and snacks followed by dinner on Gramma's deck. Need I say more?

Ahoy!

Arrrrrgh, matey! Logan was very specific in his request for a pirate's costume for a friend's birthday party: you have to make triangles, Mommy. My shirt and pants have to have triangles on the edges!

annual seaside(oregon) trip

We've done Seaside now for over ten years. The first few years, Brian and I would go down in February when it was dead. Lots of clouds and rain, but good hiking and beach combing. Now we've made it a family vacation/pre-family reunion trip. It just gets better and easier each year.