weekend over , ALREADY?

Just a cute shot to share- Dakoda is a clown.

Busy weekend in the Barton house- seems like they all run together anymore...weekend? Is it really wehn we are supoosed to rest? HA HA! Not until the babies are grown and gone. Then I am certain I will still be on the go chasing Grandkids....I guess I love my busy life.

I truly have been trying to clean and orgaize the house for spring and warm weather clothes! However, I have a sciatic nerve issue in my right hip/tail area that is giving me a world of trouble this weekend. Thinking I will be heading to the chiropractor Monday! I have eaten Vicodin multiple times this weekend and muscle relaxers(for those of you that KNOW me,you know I hate pills and mind altering drugs totally....LOL no druggie here!!) .....and I cannot say it is from sitting on my 'arse' too much either!! LOL I wish.

Happy Sunday to all of you....have a great week.

Our life is slowing a bit everyone opted to NOT play baseball this year? Gun shoot is over now....and we are almost done with Basketball Camp....ahhhhh.

Now the spring field trips.... Heading to Sauder Village this Friday with Steven, a Tigers game on May 18 with a bunch of smelly 8th grade boys and then to Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village on June 1st! Watch for 'Mom's shots'!

photos

My fav photo...this is my mom and my middle brother, Bill. It is such a FUN and yes, touching pic....I need to send it on to both of them....love his shirt too...he is an optimist!!
On our way to Myrtle Beach we passed cotton fields...and DAKODA- yes, Dakoda- asked if we could take a photo of the real cotton fields...since they were studying the Civil War and such in school...it would be cool maybe to take a pic in. WOW- hello? on Spring break my teenager suggested a photo for SCHOOL? YEP we stopped but he didn't want a photo in the field...tried to get him to pick the cotton- he was afraid of southern farmers with shotguns! :-)
TGIF- happy Friday to all.

peek

Just a cute shot of Jake peeking to see what I was doing....I was actually just turning off my flash and adjusting my lighting on my camerafor taking pics at the shooting awards program last night....thought it was too cute not to share. Even at 11 they can be cute.

She's BAAAACK

My Mom has returned- the snowbirds have started to migrate back to the crazy weather in MI! We took my mom to dinner at Logan's Roadhouse in Muskegon on Sat- Oh it was so good to see and hug here again after so long! The long distance short chats, emails and postcards are not the same and those once in awhile hugs!! :-) Missed ya Mom!
This pic is left to right my oldesat brother, Tim, my mom, Scarlett, my middle brother Bill, and ME!- OUCH need to work on that diet! LOL

We had a great time, great chat- it was too short as always!

I will post Easter pics tonight or tomorrow.

We found these 'fellas' each and every morning washed up on the beach- the kids were fascinated by them! Infact, it was the only way I got my two tweens up to walk the beach with me one morning...they were searching for a jeallyfish. Kyle (Koda's friend) had a checklist of several things he wanted to see and do while we were in the area....and I think we marked them all off. Swam in the ocean, saw a real jellysfish, touched live marine life, touched a real palm tree....I think that was it? I sure miss my morning walks on the beach! I never slept past 7am the entire vacation......I was awake....Steve was making coffee and I was OFF to walk to beach!
These crazy kids had a BLAST playing in the Atlantic Ocean! It was 63 degrees- BRRRRR! It was tooo COLD for me....my tootsies were numb just walking in it in the hottest part of the afternoon!! Oh to be young again.....but then again.....even the tweens said it was TOO COLD. (but the TWEEN girls were in the pools :-) too! )

I am catching up on 'life' and laundry- work was nuts this week playing CATCH UP all week long....still have piles on my desk...they will be there Monday. Yeah, no work tomorrow....going to get groceries, taking Gram to get her ears re-pierced and heading North to see my long lost MOM! I have not had the chance to see or HUG my mom since NOVEMBER! Oh I am so looking forward to seeing her. We are going to dinner at Logan's Saturday evening. YUM!
Off to do some laundry and pick up the piles. Thanks Beth for the prompting to post again! :-)

Beach Bunnies Return

NOBODY :-(

is reading my blogs or posting that they were here- but I am posting anyhow...lol

Boo hoo- nobody missed me....

Does this say it all?? We had a BLAST!

Thinking I could sell this photo to a postcard company or something- it is the perfect tourist snapshot!! He is so darn cute....toting all the supplies...thanks Beth- the Macsteel cooler was with us from point A to point B all the way!!

Jakob took this picture of us in Virginia on the way to S. Carolina at one of the roadside parks.

I am back

Got back today around 6pm.....a little later than we planned. We ended up stopping off earlier yesterday than we had hoped...we ran into an ugly storm in the mountains...and YES I was driving! GOLFBALL size hail with no exaggeration...pics to prove it.....YEP pics to follow