June 08 - Lyle & Sherry Visit - Around the House

Well. I finally got the pictures posted of Lyle and Sherry's trip. It took a long time to whittle them down to only 5 postings of blog-worthiness :)

They were visiting from June 27th through July 7th.

This first posting will focus on "around the house" misc. pics.

Here's a pic of our guests. Too bad they have to "act" like they love each other!

What's a visit from Grandparents without book time?
Lyle and his mini-me

OK. There is a story behind this photo. Note that in the pic above, Grandpa had just got done reading Kaylin a "Froggy" book.

Well, Kaylin was fascinated by Grandpa's gold tooth (or cap?...). She was prying open his mouth, peering in intently, and asking him questions about it.

Suddenly she exclaims: "It smells like fly breath!"

Grandpa was a good sport and just chuckled as he proclaimed that he hadn't brushed his teeth after breakfast yet! :)

Ethan taught Gpa and Gma how to play Settlers. And I am not kidding. He really did :)

Gpa passing on his packing abilities to Krystin by playing "Jam Pack Jam"

Never too old to color

Tinkering with Tinker Toys

The kids spent a lot of time in our pool.

( See? Our back patio is coming along....)

And most of the time Grandma was right in there with them - or close by.



Grandpa trying to give Ethan a horsie ride. But the girls thought they could climb up too (Gpa's poor calves hurt later)
They finally got a ride after waiting for their turn
Do you notice Ethan kiss-peetting-pulling Krystin's hair? He does that alot. And that is her usual expression when he does.
Playing Snake-Toss
Cudlde time with Grandma

Watching the pool fill up

Grandma's little Butter-Bug
It was hard to capture a decent picture of this Gma-Kaylin moment. Kaylin is always on the move!

These next pictures were NOT taken around the house.
In fact, are these 2 aliens???

No, Silly. They are just Sherry and Britt wearing their 3-D glasses.
One night the 4 adults went blacklight mini-golfing.
There were really cool fiberglass (?) sculptures and 3-D paintings of Jungle, Ocean, and Dinosaur themes. Afterwards we went out to eat at Jakers.

Thanks again, Lyle and Sherry for the visit. It was a great time as always.

(Even though Sherry and I could not break our overall Pepper losing streak!!!)