Good morning,
Our son and his wife have six terrific children, three boys and three girls. Since we can't fit them all in the car to take them out we spend time with them in groups. ;) This particular day we took the three boys out for lunch, then to our friend Erica's to enjoy her pool and lake. Our daughter, Catherine, met us at Erica's with our two dogs, Penny and Erik.
After picking up the three boys, we drove about ten yards from our son's driveway and saw the deer in the image above.
Suddenly, more deer appeared. We put the car in park as My Honey and I fumbled for our cameras and two more deer appeared for a total of six. I barely got these images before a car came down the road next to them and scared them back into the trees. What a beautiful sight!
So, with boys in the back seat telling us everything that was new and wonderful in their lives, we got on the highway toward Erica's house.
But first, we stopped for lunch. Guess where we are! OK, that wasn't hard to answer. We are at IHop, a favorite of all five of us. After we ate and before we left we ordered a sandwich to go for Catherine.
Now onto the two lane highways, we had plenty to talk about with the boys. This nifty machine was trimming trees back away from the road.
Finally at Erica's we were greeted in the driveway by our daughter, Catherine, and at the door by Erica's Brittanys. Our Penny and Erik were already at the pool wondering what was taking us so long to get there. Not all of the dogs were out at the same time and not everyone was in the pool at the same time.
Our Erik wanted to take his turn in the pool first. ;)
Erik and Penny are here with Catherine at least twice a week so they know the routine.
They are all very well behaved and know to wait until they are told they can go in. We let the dogs swim and retrieve tennis balls first.
I'll have some great water shots of our canine athletes and of the boys to share very soon.
All the best,
Lois
PS - The winner of the Crochet Give Away is...
Lynn of
Olive Knitting!
Be sure to check out this terrific blog! I so enjoy Lynn's stories of knitting, farming, and just living in Italy.
Thank you, everyone, for entering the give away.
-LAE
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seems like you had a great day with the boys :)
ReplyDeleteConsiderd the number of kids it is really wise to arrange turns!
ReplyDeleteAnother great post from Lois! Wow! That pool is BIG.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun day! My daughter has deer in her yard from time to time, but I have never been able to get a picture.
ReplyDeletei bet your beautiful labs enjoy their pool time! how sweet!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great combination, boys and dogs and water!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you are busy.
ReplyDeleteI love those deer pics.
GrandKids can be so much fun. Dogs too!!
ReplyDeleteIt is so nice that your dogs are so well behaved. Not everyone teaches their dogs manners.... but then again, not everyone teaches their kids manners either. LOL
Looks like the boys were enjoying themselves. And the dogs too!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to the lucky winner. I love love your header, Lois, it is fun AND sweet! xxxx
ReplyDeleteA great day with the boys and dogs.
ReplyDeletelovely, handsome boys!!
ReplyDeleteA fun day and a lot to see.
ReplyDeleteThat pool looks very inviting today. It's 91 here.
ReplyDeleteYou need a bigger car:))) just for these sorts of fun days. Love the deer pic as well
ReplyDeleteLois, you need a mini van!! lol With all the grandkids and the dogs! Now that I finally have the mini van, my girls are growing up and I no longer have a dog...wanna trade cars??....debbie
ReplyDeleteGreat day with grandkids. Those deer were a treat!
ReplyDeleteWhat a treat to see those deer!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos Lois and the weather looks perfect, lucky pets and lucky Grand Children. :o)
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that your son has 6 kids.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that your dogs are so well behaved to wait for the go-ahead for the pool.
I can't believe that you saw those beautiful deer just there by the road and that you had your camera to capture the image.
AND I can't believe that I won your give away!!!! Is all this stuff really true?
thank you!!!