Florida Visit - Part 2

I thought I would go ahead and post our EVENING activity on August 11th...

Dave and Jenny have some great NEIGHBORS!

They are members of the church and the husband LOVES to BAR-B-Q!

So, they had us all over for dinner!

It was TERRRIC!

Here are most of the pictures I took that night...

 Dave and Jenny's neighbor...

She and her husband were AWESOME! 

Sammy and Rachel READY to EAT!

Love Sammy's little face!

Bar-B-Q Ribs and Chicken!

Jenny made my Father's baked beans!

SO G-O-O-D!

Our little cutie...Rachel

 Robb and Pat joined us for dinner, also

Mama and Daughter

Daddy and Son

Our musically talented Rose...while husband Caleb listens...

We all loved how Benjamin's little feet would stick out...

while he had his meals...smile

Dave loves to play his guitar...and sing...

We sang a couple of "hymns" together...

Was fun...the guys FIRST and later us...girls...

Caleb playing with Sammy and Rachel...

No wonder they love him so much!

Love this "reflective" picture of Rachel

Papa Garvin and Rachel

Droids

FLORIDA - Part 1

Wow...what can I say...

Our FLORIDA TRIP was incredible...

I took over 400 pictures...

and am narrowing many of them down...

for each event...

I would like to start with the DAY we arrived through our 

BRUNCH at Pat and Robb Joslyn's home...

Garvin meets his namesake...

Benjamin GARVIN Joslyn

Garvin wants him to go by: "B" Garvin...

(smile)

Got to spend the weekend with Caleb and Rose...

They flew down from Virginia to be part of Benjamin's Baby's Blessing...

Mama Jenny and Son Benjamin

Why are my children so "SASSY"!? (smile)

Rose is going through lots of Jenny's extra BOY baby clothes...

for her "soon-to-be" son..."Cannon Drake"

Isn't Benjamin a "cutie"? 

Love being a "Granny"

Holding our "20th" grandchild!

 Rachel is SO FUNNY!

I have one of my FAVORITE "Grandchild" quotes 

from her!

Rachel loved getting her picture taken!

Sammy! He is SO TALL for a "4" year old! 

Going to be just like his "Daddy"!

Went over to Pat and Robb's for a BRUNCH!

Did I mention earlier...that I wondered how our children became so "Sassy"?

Guess who leads the pack? (smile)

Much nicer...Caleb and Garvin!

Love this picture of Caleb and Rose!

So fun watching these two!

I liked this picture of Sammy!

Daddy and Daughter!

It is so FUN playing games with my "grandchildren"!

It was so fun watching Sammy react while we played this game!

Fun watching Dave and Jenny with their little family!

Family precious moments...

Caleb and Sammy having lots of FUN!

Sammy LOVES his Uncle "Caleb"!

It was fun taking their picture together!

I really liked this picture of the two of them!

Rachel LOVES to get and give "kisses"!

Granny Joslyn and Rachel

Caleb having fun with Rose's baby tummy!

 

Angel, Nathan, and Lillie's Visit to MONTANA

I have hesitated to make this post...concerned...

that this may keep all our other children from

coming to VISIT us here in 

MONTANA...

(smile)

Angel, Nathan, and Lillie came to spend

ONE WEEK with us...

But, it didn't take long that Garvin found things

for Angel to do...(besides mending the fence that "Sirloin" busted up)

The barn needed..."cleaning" out...and Angel

ended up with the job of shoveling out

the MANURE! (smile)

  Daddy - Daughter

Team work

The other half of team - left...

This is where Garvin would say...

"Put Your BACK into it!"

(smile)

Angel is a "natural" here on the farm...

Her first experience in handling the "big" tractor

 Garvin giving instructions on how to operate it...

She did manage to get the tractor out of the pen...

and kept the fence intact!

Unloading it all into the garden plot!

On the first part of the garden...

the vegetation is doing AWESOME!

 We have corn...tomatoes...celery...beans...Different Varieties of 

squash...watermelon...another type of melon...

cucumbers... strawberries...3 types of onions...

swish chard (2 types)...peppers...

and our RASPBERRY patch...

This is only one section of our garden...

I have herbs and other foods around the HOUSE...

fruit trees...blackberries that are starting...and

blueberries...that are starting...

 We did have help...

Lillie loading up the sawdust...

Nathan is hoeing...

She is becoming a "serious" gardner...

(smile)

Angel had to make MORE than ONE trip!

(smile)

However, we do have a problem...

with our "underground" squirrels...

Obviously...those who have tried to get rid of them...

have NOT been very good shots...

Remember the movie..."Caddy Shack"?

Well....he moved to OUR PLACE and brought his FAMILY!

(smile)

OK...we do have a problem in another area...

ROCKS...constantly pulling up ROCKS...

and ol' "Sirloin"

wondering what in the world

we were doing...in his pen...in which he no longer

occupies...(sniff)