Ezra's birthday party

all aboard

me n jay

so cute

gretchen, chris and lyla

the little ones--ezra, lyla, jay and el

whens it my turn

choo choo

brande and j

vashti and the birthday boy, ezra

el chillin in his bike trailer

my friend ezra had his birthday party at the park and they rented the choo-choo for us to ride on. then we played a lot in the grass and on the swings. it was very fun. happy birthday ezra!

up at the brown ranchita

rita, tk, and brodie (my arch enemy)

the sinks..my friend tessa

look at these amazing flowers

this memorial day we went up to the mountains to rita and toms ranchita to do some hiking, eating and hanging with good company....on the way up the skies were very very dark...and yes it rained and rained and rained some more, but we still had fun. i got to pet a horse and ate lots of new foods...asparagus, yummy! my friend tessa was there too! and the klepacs new puppy brodie who ate my had the first time i met him. the flowers were just amazing! jack loved the horses, he thinks he is a horse, or at least wishes he was. daisy tried to herd the horses, ran in there barking at them, then the stallion led the charge and they all turned to chase her out of the fence...pretty funny stuff

decking continues

well, i almost have an outside place to play. the boards are down and now alls they need to do is put up a handrail to keep me safe...but it will be over a week before that happens, so for now, I am still confined to only looking at the deck, but ma and papa had dinne rout there last night and loved it. they decided to use recycled plastic lumber instead of treated wood--so I will not get splinters, they will never have to treat it, and i am not exposed to nasty chemicals. since padraic and doug were building it, i got to hang out with their kids, tessa, abigail and kylah...we had fun. we wish we were able to be in DC with everyone at the wedding and we wish claire and keith a wonderful wedding! we also need some good vibes to go to jack, he is very sick, but as a result he gets to eat homade chikn and rice for the next 5 days.

happy early bday to me and delayed pics from the trip home

mama and papa threw me a bday bash on sunday and it was a blast...there were so many kids, it was a good time, thanks to everyone who came!!! mama even made me a cake from scratch, icing and all (she will most likely not do that again, although it did turn out quite good). I am not really walking much mor than a step or two at a time, but mama and papa are quite okay with that. i got mama a blackberry bush for mother's day. we started building our deck today so I would have a safe place to crawl around outside too. lots happening...ph and some pics from when we were home....a little late, but better late than never...this may have to be two posts, we will see.