Happy birthday Daniel.....

u tube video below....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diojwTYlZyw

birthday, bon voyage and garden tour....

Fred and his new toy

the relaxing room...

the queen in her new castle

Victoria and Carmen

Cyndy by the new water pump...very clever Fred.

Today we took lunch over for Fred, Cathleen, Cyndy, Victoria, Dad and I
to celebrate Fred's birthday since he will be in Coatia and bon voyage to
Cathleen and Victoria who will be leaving for Spain tomorrow...for a week
of sight seeing...they will meet up with Fred and Henry for 2 weeks in
Croatia. Then Cathleen plans to spend one more week in Serbia.
They've planned a wonderful trip. Safe trip and God's blessing.

birthday brunch, fort and gardens....

relaxed ready for the birthday brunch...

19 years old yesterday

Julie's garden

Martin and Julie showing me their pumpkin crop

Cheim pumpkins

Zuchini for Grandma and Grandpa

Martin built a fort...nice job!!!

Julie inside the fort

the front door to the fort

Martin relaxed on Annette's lawn...looking good

Happy birthday Michael...

Don't try to look at this in full screen as all photos look too fuzzy
it looks pretty good on utube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCLh7-P06Jk

like roses....

My girls are like roses, sweet and beautiful...and so

willing to help organize my closets and make my beds!!!
Do shopping for us, bring us goodies and lets us take
care of their kids and dog. Today Annette, Elizabeth and
gang came over and we blasted through cleaning the office...
the fire safe, Dad's desk and the cupboards...everything is so
tidy and clean. Plus Maria was here so our house is squeaky clean.
Love you....xo

I love butterflies...

1st day of school...

Big brothers are there to hang on to...

in our garden today...

welcoming entryway...

Went to visit Dan and boys today.....what a beautiful entryway!!

Kids were good...Dan and Dad took naps...
Dan cooked a very nice lunch, but we had just
eaten llunch so had it for dinner!!
Whooo....was it ever good....even took home a doggie bag!!!

Daniel says he is a mummy

Farmer Fred

from Dad's garden

1/3 the crop...they are delicious!!!!!!!

the beach August 4-14th

We don't have any pictures of John's family four day stay

August 4, 2010 Wednesday
Annette, Elizabeth, Robert and all the Cheim kids were
with us for 3 days....our usual blast!!!!
we had gorgeous weather starting everyday at 2 p.m.
We went to the wharf Thursday taking a picnic lunch
and to the flea market on Friday...treasures!!!

Happy birthday Robert...August 6th

Michael being silly wearing everyones hats!!!

We said our rosary by fire light

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Fred, Cathleen, Bob, Cyndy, Victoria and Henry
were with us for several days....good chowder!!!
cute beach shoes

Mary and Bob

Henry, Mom and Dad for lunch

Francesca from Italy and her fiance were visiting from Italy

also Cyndy, Fred and Victoria at table.

Dad and I at our favorite spot on the "point"
where John put table, chairs and umbrella
so we could enjoy the view...

Henry looking over his great collection of shells and sea stuff

Cyndy found some unusual things...

there were at least 3 computers there..

thanks Cathleen for the pictures.

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Danny and his boys, Daniel and Matthew and their nanny
Anna came over and stayed for 4 days....much fun!!!!

we didn't quite make it down to the cement ship
but everyone else did!!
Anna took the boys clear to the ship almost every day!!

flying kites

king of the mountain

happy birthday Daniel...his birthday isn't til
Aug 31 but he likes to celebrate at the beach!!!

Anna, the boys nanny
Below is a cute movie of the boys dodging the waves.

On Friday, Annette, Elizabeth and Martin came over and stayed
all night and helped us pack and move. Real pro's..we
were out of there by 11 a.m. sharp!!!