Indiana Trip, Day 2

On the second day of our Indiana trip we visited with great-grandma Phyllis and Mike's parents, Norm and Pat.

Collin and Hayley at the kitchen table.

Laura and Leslie.

Phyllis and Leslie.

Collin at Norm and Pat's house.

Hayley and Pat.

Hayley gets a new toy.

Norm.

Indiana Part 3

We ended up our Indiana trip at Mike's parents, Norm and Pat.

Norm and Pat.

Hayley plays games on the computer, Collin plays games on the tablet, and Mike functions as furniture.

Pat helps Collin with his homework.

Collin hands out presents.

Norm and Pat, in black and white.

Hayley and Sherry.

Collin helps Norm put batteries in his new toy.

Norm and Pat.

Sherry.

Norm, pontificating.

Indiana Trip Part 2

We took three of the grandkids (Judah was asleep) to visit Mike's folks, Norm and Pat.

Somehow or another, we fit three car seats into the back of the Accord.

Norm was putting up Christmas decorations when we arrived.

Hayley and Alethia check out Norm's new bike.

All three kids check out Pat's dollhouses. 

Norm and Hayley.

Norm and Collin.

Hayley and the dollhouses.

Collin and the dollhouses.

Alethia, chillin'.

Three kids playing in the yard. (It was a very nice day, weather-wise.)

Collin looking through the cat-door.

Alethia through the cat-door.

Hayley through the cat-door.

Visiting Norm and Pat

Next up on our visit, Mike's folks. Here's how that went.

Norm and one of his airplanes.

Pat and Norm and the airplanes.

Colling throwing a balsa wood airplane from Mike's shoulders.

The Millers.

Everybody playing in the garage.

Pat hid Easter eggs for the kids. Collin found the most.

Thursday night everybody came over for dinner, including Uncle Ralph and Aunt Judy.

Ralph and Judy.

Collin eating his dinner in the sunroom.

Hayley fell asleep during dinner; it was a long day.

Norm flying a helicopter indoors.

Collin chasing the helicopter. (Seconds after this photo was taken, Collin kind of caught it -- causing it to crash. Oops!)



July 4th: Day One

We spent the Fourth of July holiday at my brother's place in Milwaukee for a big Miller family get together. Here's what we did on the first day (actually, July 3rd).

Dennis and Melanie.

Mark fogging the yard for mosquitoes. 

Hayley playing with Sneakers the cat.

Hayley wearing Mark's Colts hat.

Stephanie, Melanie, Pat, and Mike -- with Dennis and Norm in the background.

Norm and Pat.

Alec and Hayley. (I think Alec is eying Hayley's brownie...)

Ben, Melanie, and Mike.

Steph and Dennis.

Norm opening Father's Day presents. 

Hayley and the cat again. (One of these two is not as happy as the other...)

Alec playing with Hayley in the sandbox (horseshoe pit).

Ben playing with Collin.

All the kids playing in the sand.

Collin and Hayley riding Mark and Steph's motorcycles. 

Hog on a hog.

Brothers.