The Swimming Pool in Dallas

Enjoying the Heat of Texas

Gigantic Bubble Fun

Guys Chill'in out

A Boys Best Friend

Watermelon Games

Water Balloons



Blakely and the Giant Bubble



Meet Howard

Collier News

Above:  Ava and Carson, dancing.

Ava dresses little Stevie in a tiny pink dress. 

Little Miss  Craft makes a garden art piece. 

Happy Seventh Birthday, Carson

This is the year for Birthday trips in place of childrens birthday parties at the Collier house.   Ava's trip was several weeks after her birthday when they went to the water place in Pigeon Forge.     She waited for Sydney and Blakely to arrive before she had her birthday trip.  I saw no photos of that event.

Carson's birthday trip was to be a big surprise.  His parents teased him they were going to the swamp....lots of allegators.  But here there are.  The real surprise was their first trip to Disney in Orlando.    Have a wonderful time Carson and Happy 7th Birthday to you.

Keeping Busy With Ava and Carson

We are in Asheville.  There are hundred of hemlock trees here.  Hummmmm, today it rained.

Ava and Carson decorated their Gingerbreat Houses today.

We are having an early Birthday party.  Lego decorations for the cake.

Dressed and ready to leave for Church.  The party is after church.

We are on the way to Hollywild and stopped for dinner at Taco Bell.

Carson feeding the bull crackers.

Papa has no crackers. 

The Deer Forest. 

Santa's Village at Hollywild. 

Roasting Marshmellows. 

Can you see the black marshmellow?

After Church on Sunday we had Miso soup, Squid Salad and Sushi. 

 

Papa and Nana learning to like Sushi.

October - Harvest- Hikes - Pumpkins and Costumes

Uncle Joel sent me photos of their family trip to the pumpkin patch.

Blakely picked out tiny pumpkins and Sydney picked out a 25 pound pumpkin.

There was a corn maze to search through.

And there as a train ride around the park.   Hey! where is the picture of the Mommy????  Aunt Jennifer??????

For Halloween, Blakely was a Bunny.

And Sydney was a Lion Tamer

Niegel was the LION!

What a fun time of the year.

 So them our sweet Sommer sent me some photos of Ava and Carson.    Here they are on a hike in the mountains.  They look like they are having a ton of fun.

I think the hike is very steep and they are starting to get very warm from the work out.

And for the first year, the Colliers do not have a giant Halloween party at their house, they turn off the lights and go out for trick or treat in another community and then go out for dinner.   Boy, this had to be a nice change for their entire family.

Here he is, the great Clone Trooper.   Is he scary or what?  I think I see some little eyes peeking through.

And I know this must be an Oklahoma Cow Girl....especially because Ava was born in Oklahoma.

I wish I had pictures from all of my grandchildren.

I did hear that Devin, Kayla and Hailey went to the zoo Hallzooeen and that Elijah, Lily and Rosie went to Camp Dry Gulch to celebrate.    Pictures please!!!!

And more photos did come in.  Here is Rosie the cat.

And Lily was and I Touch or I Pad.

Elijah was a pumpkin head I think?

And Lily made a Jack-0-lantern.  Thanks so much for the pictures, I love them.