Time at the Gerty Park

Lily and I went to the Gerty park to play !

Lily's favorite thing at the park was the swing.

then she spotted the rocking whale....

Lily and Mr Whale

the merry-go-round was ok...

Lily's Visit

Lily came to spend the weekend at the ranch and what a time we had.  She helped with the chores, played with Caitlin and Jessie,  visited Nana, and kept us very busy, but we have really enjoyed it!

Lily helping Nanny drive the feed truck

Lily wanted to drive the tractor but did not like the loud noise it made!

She loved playing in the sand with Caitlin!

Had to take a break....jello gives you energy!

Lily was a big help to Nanny...she helped water all the "pretty flowers"

VACATION!

Vacation this year was spent at home with a visit from Shaun, Danielle, Eva and Lily....it was really hot the whole time but we had a lot of fun! We did a lot of swimming, visiting, and eating!
Here are a few highlites!


SWINGING........




SWIMMING..........



Lily and Jessie getting ready for a swim.




Fun in the pool with Papa and Caitlin







Papa and Lily relaxing in the pool after a busy day

FISHING.......

Papa teaching Eva to fish....


Eva's 1st fish

Shuan and Lily fishing at the pond.....



Lily's 1st fish!


ART PROJECTS.........




Eva painting a rainbow bird house


Eva's finished project



Lily painting her bird house


Fingers work better than a brush !!!


4 WHEELING.....


Eva & Shaun heading out for a ride....


Lily & Danielle ready to ride!

It was a FUN week and we sure did hate to see them go!

July 4th Sanders Style

Home Made ice cream ....almost ready!

Papa getting the grill ready!

Jason & Jenny enjoying the pool!

Pool Repair

At the end of last summer we thought we had a hole in the pool liner.....but it was just a pesky little creature (gopher) who had dug under and caused the liner to pull away from the wall. To repair this issue the water had to be pumped out of the pool, new sand added and leveled, a burm built around the sides then the liner restreched and then it is ready to be filled. Rather than letting all the water go to waste Mike set up the old pool and pumped the water into it until the repairs were made......

Jessie's 17th Birthday

Happy Birthday Jessie!

Caitlin's Graduation

May 20th was Caitlin's graduation from High School. Where has the time gone??? Seems like yesterday she was starting kindergarten and now high school is over!

Not a very good picture, but here she is walking in to the gym to graduate!



College here she comes! So proud of our girl!

2011 Academic Banquet

It has been a busy week.....Tuesday we attended the FFA Banquet (that post coming soon)...Thursday was the Academic Banquet.... and Friday graduation......

Caitlin received All A's and is on the Superintendent's Honor Roll, Senior Honor Student(4.0 GPA during high school) and the Scotish Rite Scholarship. She is also in the Oklahoma Honor Society and the National Honor Society.........


Superintendent's Honor Roll

Scotish Rite Scholarship

Jessie received All A's and is on the Superintendent's Honor Roll, and was inducted into the Oklahoma Honor Society

Superintendent's Honor Roll


Oklahoma Honor Society

More pictures of Jessie's room

Especially for Danielle.....More pictures of Jessie's room....

Jessie's Room

Having finished "Nana's House" we decided to take on a couple more projects! The first one was to move Jessie down stairs and completely redo her room. We moved all of Mike's and my furniture upstairs and Jessie's furniture was in the living room. Saturday morning we textured the walls, in the afternoon we painted. Sunday afternoon we laid new carpet, put the new molding on and moved Jess in! Very proud of the finished product!

Bathroom in progress


Jessie's room-texture waiting to dry


Finished Bathroom


Jessie's very cool room.

And We Are Done!

We are finally done! It took a little longer than we had planned but Nana is moved in to her very own."little house" She really enjoys haveing all her things around her.

Nana in her "little house"

Nana's favorite item in her house, the fireplace. It is the heater and has a fake flame that can be on even if the heater is not running. I think Nana will have a fire going even in the summer!

View from her chair

Bedroom area

Kitchen

Now on to the next project!