The legend and a throwback

     This week wasn't near as exciting as last, with new baby Hudson to welcome to the world. But here's a photo, or two, for this week. First photo is courtesy of a neighbor who captured Greg, "the legend", doing legendary things. 

Last minute mowing job for McClane and Greg came to help.

    And Charlie had a little throwback from her early years that was worth sharing. This will be the photo on her new debit card. AAHHH!

    And now on to the weekend fun. Oh, and another fun gel-nail to rock for the next three weeks.

 

Introducing!!

        What a great week! We're so happy to have a new grandbaby join the fam.! Baby Wendel #4, Hudson James Wendel, weighing in at 7 lb. 6 oz. and 19 inches long. Our first grandson! A fun surprise for all of us.  But before we get to those photos, here's a couple bonus photos from this week.

The cat is a massive McClane fan.

Some of the neighbor kids/young adults stopped by to help churn ice cream and try their first "Tim Tam Slam".

Greg gave a few Harley rides to some of our favorite people. 

    And now, here's baby Hudson!

Little Hudson decided not to share a birthday with Kayli. Now she'll have to say she was 29 when he was born. Last year in her 20's!

These girls are either going to mother or smother!

And then there were SIX Wendel's!

 

These silly girls were trying to pick up Papa.

Uncle McClane meeting baby Hudson.

Aunt Charlie is a big fan.

        A fun and exciting week. It probably won't get much better than a new baby announcement. Let the blues, greens and other boy colors add to the pink, purple and girlie colors.

Summer break has begun

         We're officially in summer mode around here. We wake up a little later and kids, the two who are home all day, do chores instead of school stuff. So far so good.

The grand-girls love ice cream night.

Charlie got to tagalong with her favorite people and do a little paddle-boarding on Memorial day.

And Harley and Elliot had an official birthday party and this cute pink outfit was one of the gifts from Joey.

Cheese!

And now, introducing your favorite calendar photo for June!

The Baywatch of 2026!

And now we're just days away from baby Wendel #4 making his or her grand-entry into the world and we can't wait!

Graduation!

We'll start with an update on Mark. He's finished his week long driving course at UPS and he did great and is so relieved it's over!

Looking sharp!

    And we had a birthday girl on Sunday and she was pretty stoked for her scavenger hunt to her first big-girl bike.
 

Love our Harley girl!

    

        And we got another high school graduate on the books! Congrats to Brock!

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(Charlie is peaking out behind McClane.)

Cute Ada, lifelong neighbor and friend!

And lunch at Ruby River to celebrate!

        And on to Beau's end of school program. 

The joy on her face when she saw her mom, priceless.

Beau's school is pretty awesome.

        And now we have a little break, at least from school! 

Love and support

         Mother's Day was interesting and a good amount of tootsie rolls were gifted by those who know me well. Kayli made a really cute "I Love You" framed note and Isaac and Morgan made delicious brownies. I'm all set for treats, at least for the week.

    

        Harley had her preschool graduation program and did great!

We sure love this girl!

    

        And I just got this adorable photo of Reese cuddling a baby chick. I don't know if I've seen anything this cute in awhile.

        I had planned to post a photo of Mark in his UPS uniform but he asked me to hold off. He heads out Sunday for Oregon for driving school! What a blessing and a true answer to prayer. 

        And now we head into the last few days of school and high school graduation for Brock. Lets GO!

Many fun things

     From a fun night of comedy to a fun afternoon with a couple of our favorite grand-girls.

Aaron Weber and Jay Flake, so hilarious!

We're so glad Mark and Rio could join in the fun!

    Isaac just couldn't handle the envy so he decided to join in the motorcycle fun. He bought himself his own Harley Davidson Sportster. Super cool!

And we finally celebrated our two April birthday guys!

    

    And we know how much I love the "Hope of America" program. This year I tagged along with our favorite neighbors. 

      

    And Ruckus rides with Papa are always fun.

    And a bowl of ice cream always hits the spot!

        From Friday to Friday, quite a lot of fun, I must say! Now on to our final 14 sleeps until summer break begins. 

Living the dream

     Carter leads a pretty charmed life! With the money he made on the sale of his R6 bike he was able to pay cash for a pop-up tent for his Jeep and this cool 2015 Harley Davidson Sportster motorcycle. He also bought himself a new hand-gun. Starting out 21 like a boss!

The pop-up tent is on the Jeep in the background. 

I'll take this motorcycle over the bullet-bike any day.

There might be a little envy in Isaac.

    And I got another bright and fun set of gel-nails.

    And Mark is also living a bit of dream. He got to take the driving test at UPS, he passed it, and now he will be leaving soon for Texas to do the week long driving school and will be a temporary UPS driver soon and then, eventually, a full-time driver. A real miracle!

    And, of course we can't start off May without another photo addition from the best calendar ever made. Anyone need a little help in the garden!?