This is Sunny. She’s our bird.
This is Craig. He’s my DH. (dear husband)
Craig is Sunny’s person. (most birds develop a special bond with one person) Every time he comes in to the room, she announces him by screeching loudly. I feel like I’m living with the president. She sees and hears things before I do. I know when he’s arriving. Maybe we should just give him some music just like the president has?
Craig had to be in Chicago for business, so we visited with our friends. The children have grown up together and really enjoyed seeing one another. We took the children to the museum of Science and Industry. This photo is blurry, but it’s the only one I have. 
Craig and Jerry had never met in person. They are two peas in a pod. 
Craig’s birthday/father’s day present. He and Aaron have had oodles of fun taking photos and staying up half the night to view the skies.
Aaron took this photo of the birthday boy with his bestie.
Father/son bonding over new innertubes on Father’s Day.
Aaron tries his hand at food capture. Not too balanced, but he made it himself. 
How many men does it take to fix a wacky TV? Marta and Brent came for New Year’s Eve. There were fireworks and lots of snacks.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch----the boys are at the range. Time for father/son bonding with firearms.
Well…….what’s wrong with this picture? It’s my 15th wedding anniversary and I’m out drinking with my brother and my nephew. I guess we’ll celebrate a bit later!
Melbourne Beach. It’s a bit cold for Ass in the sand or toes in the water, but I can still put them in the sand. It’s beautiful here.
A family rite of passage………..BB gun from Papa. Careful boy, you’ll shoot your eye out.
OK, why do we care about presents under the tree? What’s so special? In our house, the presents usually don’t go under the tree until Christmas Eve. This year? Early. First time in 15 years.
This cute little bird was a gift from my friend, Cindy. (colleague) Red and white touque reminds me of Canada!
Gingerbread house for the big guy. It seems that the engineering apple didn’t fall too far from the tree!
The top of the Christmas tree on the front porch, complete with kitschy glowing star purchased for $3.00 on our FB garage sale site for our subdivision. Love it.
Sign o the times, kid loaded dishwasher. It makes me twitch- but I didn’t have to do it!
These kids were learning about prototyping and getting product through trademark and patent land. Craig came to talk to them about the process in the real world.
She loves to play ball. She’s like a kid in a high chair though. Drop, mama fetch. Drop, mama fetch. Drop, screech at mama, mama fetch.
This is my trusty camera. It’s the 12th, so it worked overtime today. 12 photos on the 12th of each month!
I couldn’t leave his stocking off of the mantel. The first year without our first fur baby. It was hard.
The annual Christmas book from my dear friend, Mickey. It’s usually a children’s book, but this time she sent a Chocolate cookbook. 
They were watching TV and studying the insides of their eyelids on occasion………..
Go ahead and make fun of me now-------it’s the only way I can keep track of all of my vitamins and medication. It’s also much faster than opening all of those bottles every day!
