Good weekend

We had a nice weekend. Saturday we moved stuff out of Don's moms house, thanks so much C&C, did a little shopping had lunch at Hot Dog Heaven, did yardwork at M&D's, thanks again C&C and then Matt,and Charlie worked on his car. Sunday we did a little more shopping, Charlie changed Don's shocks and then the guys went to Quaker Steak for the car show and we joined them for dinner. It was so nice to have them here and we really appreciate all of their hard work. Hope all of you had a good weekend as well. Good to Skype with some of you this weekend as well. Looking forward to Michigan City. Love to all.

Pat

What'cha doin'?

It's nearing 10:00 on Friday night. The kiddos are all in bed sleeping after a busy day of playing, swimming, playing, eating, playing and a night on the town. Mike is on call this weekend, so will be going in to work for some time in the morning tomorrow. The kids and I are hoping to head out to one of our favorite playgrounds in the morning while Mike is working and then we are having a neighborhood pool party tomorrow evening. Sunday it'll be church with a trip to Zoo Atlanta if the weather is nice. And next week Mike will be home with us all week! Yeah!!!

What are you doing this weekend?

Love,
The Froehlich five

Landscaping, Chapter 1

As we reported earlier, we have been spending a major part of our time over the last week or so on our landscaping project. Here's an interim report. Part of it is done now (YEA!!) so we can put up a few pictures. Lot's more to do, but we're satisfied with our progress. The area surrounding the deck is done and we've made alot of progress around the west fence. Note in the bottom right corner of the third picture a special plant for Marina, a Butterfly Bush!

We'll keep chipping away at it and will report again when there is more progress.

Love to all,

Charlie

Yummy fun!!!

The adventure I set out on this morning was a complete success and a ton of fun! The kids really enjoyed picking strawberries and searching for the perfect ones. As I guessed, Xavier came home a COMPLETE red, sticky mess yet absolutely adorable. I think he may have enjoyed this outing more than any of us! Here are a few pictures:
I've added more pictures from our morning on our blog, so hop on over if you would like to take a look. After picking berries we headed home to pack a picnic lunch and head to the pool. Fun in the summer sun!

Hugs,

Kristen

How about sending some of that warmth and sunshine our way, hmmmmmm? Sunday was a nice day but we had rain, on and off, all the other days and it rained again today. That and the temps having only been in the 60s lately and its been pretty much yucky here. As I said, Sunday was a nice day so we took "baby" out for a short jaunt to break in her new "shoes". (see pix)

We did luck out some today in that we missed the action below by a mere few feet. I came home from the office to get something and they were hard at it. Surprisingly, when I got home from work this evening, they already have the base redone and I understand they're returning tomorrow to put on the top layer of asphalt. Big fun in Avon!?!?!?! Then, true to recent form, the rest of the week calls for more rain and low 60s. Yahoo!

The Pool is Open!!

Clean and clear water, but with water temperature around 70 degrees, wetsuits are recommended! Here's what we started with about a week ago:









Following a week of vacuuming, filtering and chemical stabilization, here's the current status:










This and landscaping are about all that we've been doing for the past week.



The kids should enjoy this. Tonight we had unexpected dinner guests:










More rain forecast for tomorrow, so maybe I will get some inside projects done. The rain is good for the new plants, though!



Have a good week!



Love to all,



Charlie

It's HOT!

Well, we seem to be getting into the hot southern summer weather. We had mid 80's to low 90's for the past week and it just feels plain hot outside! I've mentioned it to some of you but I'm really surprised at how much hotter 80 degrees in Georgia feels than 80 degrees in Michigan felt. It's weird, but I'm not the only one that has noticed it so I must not be completely crazy!

The kids started vacation bible school last night and had so much fun they can't wait to go back tonight! Did I mention that Mike and I also really enjoyed VBS? Not that we stayed with the kids, but because we got to drop them off and have 2 hours and 45 minutes with our littlest dude!

We're hoping to pick strawberries tomorrow, if we can get out early enough so as not to melt right onto the strawberry plants. I've thought numerous times how this will all play out......a HUGE field of strawberry plants + a busy, busy 1 year old who loves strawberries = a baby with a bright red smile! I can't wait..... :O)

Hmmm, what else........took the kids shopping this morning and then met Mike for lunch. The boys are sleeping now. Marina is "resting" so she'll have lots of energy at VBS tonight. This afternoon will be full of "how much longer until VBS???" Fun times!

Hope everyone is doing well. Have I mentioned how excited we are to see all of you, minus the E&V Jankowski's :O( , in a few weeks! Woohoo!

Love and hugs,
Kristen