Happy Birthday Dada

Al's Dada had a birthday on Sunday...

Happy birthday Pablo!

Notice the *sweet* new grill in the background, among the forest of tomato plants

Baby monkey

Going *crazy* over what else? 

strawberry and goat cheese salad, yum.

Blue is still ticked off about a certain miscalled goal

for his countrymen.

Oxbow Park

We had  a great time this weekend at Oxbow park 

with Cindy, Ian and Hunter

There were lots of great animals including elk, a black bear, 

mountain lion, wolves, and coyotes, 

but we were totally captivated by this guy...

Here's another look. His feathers made a loud sound when he puffed them up.

Paul and Al with Cindy and Hunter

Looking at the Elk...

We've also been watching a bit of World Cup action...

Papa and Al on a quiet Saturday....

...though it's never very quiet around here these days.

Nothing Could Be Finer

Memorial Day weekend in SC:

Al rocking on the front porch with Grandpa Robb,

pointing at Ellie...or Sally? Julie? Leah? Clemson?

Showin' off the pearly whites

*NOT* the all-time best family picture.

What are Alistair and Grandpa looking at?

Birdies in a nest, of course.

Elusive cousin Aidan, moving faster than the speed of this camera.

Wait! There he is!

As usual, we were having way too much fun to take pics...

So, NOT pictured are:

Grandma Mott

Auntie Nora

Auntie Katie (and soon-to-be twin cousins!)

Uncle Offa, AKA Jim

We hope Auntie Nora will come through with some more pics

when we see her and Aidan-bear again in just a few weeks.

Hooray!