B-Cubed

B-Cubed is the pre-name that Lucas and Jenifer (Paula's niece) had given to their unborn child. Since they knew it was going to be a boy, B-cubed stood for Burdess Baby Boy.

B-cubed escaped his holding cell last Sunday, and now has a name, Harry, so B-cubed is no longer an appropriate moniker. Not only does Harry have a name, but a face, arms, legs, etc. as evidenced below...

We were able to meet Harry for the first time last night at Lucas and Jenifer's home. Here are some more pics...

Ina's Picnic

Ina invited many family members for a picnic we hosted on July 26th.

Kids Day Out

Paula took Maggie to Libby Lu for a make-over, while I took Jeremy to Chuckie Cheese. Here are some pictures from Maggie's trip.

Hannah Montana, What out!

At the Indy Zoo

Maggie enjoys the water at the end of the day

Jeremy battles for position awaiting the dunking basket

Flipper!

Paula at the penguins

Dad and Maggie

Very interesting!

How many hands high?

Gosh mom, you win!

I love the zoo!

Me too!

More summer stuff...

I was able to take a quick visit to see Nathan in July. He is doing well and enjoying his new apartment. Here are some pics of Nathan in the new place.

It's About Time!

I have been delinquent in posting, mostly because the summer has been so busy! I will try to catch up with some quick posting of some pictures in the next few days. Here is one from when Paul and the kids came down to visit and help move in his mom and dad.

Fire!

We bought a breakfast and tour of our local Firestation at a charity auction a few months back, and cashed it in today.

As a special treat, the mayor also happened to be there today for breakfast. (Jeremy asked me what does a mayor do? I guess he has breakfast with firemen!)

The kids loved it, including me! Everyone had an opportunity to get in the big basket of the ladder truck. The view from the basket truck was incredible (Maggie and Jeremy even made it up part of the way while Paula kept both feet on the ground).

The people at the station were all incredible, and we give a great big "Thank-You!" to everyone there.

Jeremyism

We were walking into Meijer today, and ran into a teacher. She stated that she was enjoying her summer, especially now that summer school was over. As we were walking away, Jeremy made the comment, "Now there are two words that never belong together, summer and school!"

Happy Fodder's Day

For those who think that I am "picking" on Paula too much, I must disagree. She is constantly giving me new blog material, which if I were to post it all, I would be posting all day. So what you see here are really selected highlights.

Like yesterday, when we were discussing the blog. She told me that the blog would be nothing without her, to which I agreed, and told her that she was excellent "blog fodder." Her response and quizzical expression told me something, she didn't know what fodder was. So I explained, as fodder is food for cows that keeps them fat and healthy, she is a constant source of nutrition for my blog. So today, the blog is dedicated to her. Happy Fodder's Day, Honey. I love you!

Those annoying frogs!

It's almost time to take the cover off of the pool! That reminds me of last year's "unveiling." I wanted to move the pool over a bit, so we drained in and I had Paula out there to help me move it. She was on one end pulling and I on the other. Suddenly, she screams bloody murder! I rush over to see what had happened. It was awful! A frog had leapt out of the pool and landed on her arm. I had the presence of mind to say out loud to anyone who might have heard her cries, "It's okay, it was only a frog!" That's when I heard the neighbor's voice saying, "Thank goodness, I was just getting ready to call 911!" (And she was serious too!)

Just a little video to show how annoying those little pests can be.