More Dog Love

 Logan got the dogs to sit in the chairs on the front porch.  It was so cute that I had to share!

Clean Dogs

We love these dogs to pieces, but it becomes a family affair when it's bath day. 

I wash them and Eric and the kids brush them.

 Eric always jokes that we get a small chihuahua dog from the shed hair...

... so Amanda made an actual dog out of all the hair.  : )  Nice puppy!

Here they all all clean and shiny.  For today, any way!

Fathers Day Royals Game

Love you Dad!

 Rain couldn't ruin our day!

Last Day of School 2015!

Here are the photos from our Last Day of School photo shoot.

Here is Logan on the first day of school to compare.  Not a lot of change this year I think.

And here is Amanda's first day photo.  She, on the other hand, did some growing this year!

Last Day Family Photo!  We have a family tradition of going out to breakfast on the last day of school.  This is the one day a year you will find Eric awake this early so I had to take a photo!  ; )

My Mother's Day

Since I am an non-traditional kind of woman, I got an non-traditional Mother's Day gift.

A GIANT PILE OF ROCKS!  : )

It came with a cool new garden cart and some manual labor to move that giant pile. 

 This is the project I came home to on Saturday evening after a long day at work.  My Monkeys are building a rock garden for me!  Of course we all know that Eric is the mastermind behind this.  Thank you Honey!

 They are taking the large rocks from out front to line the back of the fence (so our little rocks won't roll under into the neighbors yard).  They are also replacing the rock out front with a small rock border.  I know it will look awesome when it's done.  I'll post the after photos when it's finished.  It's a big job and we are a busy family so it may be a few weeks.

Under one of the rocks Logan found a little ring-necked snake.  We relocated him to the tomato garden for safety while we worked on moving the big rocks.

Logan also made me a card.  If you are having a hard time reading the photo it says... "One huge coupon!  You won a free foot massage and a room clean in your room!  You also have 2 bathrooms clean upstairs!  1 You can make me do anything you want."

Also from Logan I received two blackberry bushes!  YUM YUM!

Amanda gifted me with a hanging flower basket that she personalized.  I heard from Eric that she spent a lot of time finding just the right flower (no pink!). 

Amanda also made me a card. 

Inside

I'm impressed that she typed this (and thankful too since her handwriting is worse than mine and I'm not sure I would have been able to read it) because I know how long it takes her to type.

It says, "The Best Mom Ever.  My mother deserves to be on the cover of People Magazine for many reasons.  One reason she should be on the cover is because my mom is a very organized woman.  I know that, because every time we get bills, my mom pays them.  She is organized every time I walk in her room.  It's the cleanest in the house.  Another reason she should be on the cover is because my mom, Diane, is a very hard worker.  Every week she goes to one of her two jobs and makes money.  My mom works harder anyone else in our household.  Finally, my mom deserves to be on the cover is because she is an awesome cook!  If you tried her cake, you would be amazed!  Don't even get me started on her Pumpkin Casserole.  It's all warm and mushed up.  It has a yummy after taste.  These are just a handful of reasons why my mom deserves to be on the cover of People Magazine."

What sweet and loving little monkeys I have!

Where did April go?

I can't believe I have gone more than a month with out posting to the blog!  We have been very busy so I'll try to catch you up.  Logan has had a couple of doctor appointments lately.  He had another bone marrow biopsy last month and we got the results on Monday.  All is well.  Logan is still 100% donor (so his bone marrow is not trying to make a comeback) and he is still cancer free.  Sadly, we also had to say goodbye to his cancer doctor on Monday.  He is moving out of state and he will be dearly missed.  He has done a phenomenal job taking care of Logan (and Eric and I) for the last year and a half.  I know he will go on to do great things with his research and save many many more children and I feel blessed that he was here at this hospital when we needed him.

We have also been attending an alarming number of Royals games.  I'm not sure if we can keep up this kind of attendance for the whole season, but LET'S GO ROYALS!

And yet another Royals Game.  This time with FRIENDS!

 We could NOT have been further away from the field for this game!  Don't trip!  It's a long way down.

Camp Quality Family Weekend Campout!    

 We enjoyed some family friendly games....  Some were tasty.

 Some were goofy....

 Some were scary....

 Some were silly...

 Some were messy!

 We also did some repelling... Amanda went several times and decided to go tandem with a new friend.  CUTE!

 For Logan, this was heaven.

 We also did a bit of fishing....

 Amanda couldn't NOT catch a fish.

 But the part I wish hadn't happened (kind of) is the visit from the minature therapy horses.

 They were super cute....

 And super nice...

 But now Amanda wants one!  I think our dogs are bigger than these horses and she seems to think they would fit in our backyard nicely.  *sigh*