Abbey and Justin went out to dinner with Dee & Bob for Dee's birthday dinner. There was a terrible wind and rain storm in Schaumburg, so we had hoped Wendy and Daniel would join us from soccer practice. Seems in Elmhurst everything was fine, so it was just the four of us for dinner.
While in Korea, this is how the babies and toddlers were fed. They look so cute and Bob can actually manage to feed Justin with the chop sticks. We were at Stir Crazy a new favorite.
Abbey finished up her dress and is moving on to a second dress. Wendy is still working on hers, but moving along. Vivian graciouly offered to let Dee wear her dress plus Justin is wearing either Caleb or Joshua's outfit. Thanks Lawyer's for helping us out, offering suggestions and letting us use some of your costumes.
Out with the old in with the new...rumor has it that the rototiller on the left is the same age as Dee. Per Dee's mom, Dee's dad sold an old car and used the money to purchase the tiller. She also said that had it been continually used like they used it the first two years it would have never lasted this long. It has given faithful service for many years with the Allen's and then with the Hill's. Yet it has finally ceased to start even occasionally. We've had several suggestions for what to do with it.We've been gardening and preparing the flower beds. We've already got a handful of strawberries and Justin loves going to the strawberry patch to eat some strawberries. Everyone got in on the planting and preparing.
Justin helping with the planting, I guess he missed the memo that his dad was trying to get rid of the dandelions.
Bob hard at work.
Justin and Wendy in the front flower beds. There is so much clay we have a lot of work, but the beds we worked on last year show improvement.
Abbey planting seeds.
Abbey must be encouraging Bob along.
Vivian L. and her youngest 3 in Wmsburg, this past Spring.
In a couple weeks the girls and Justin are traveling to Jamestown and Willimasburg, VA for tours with Vision Forum and our church. On the Friday evening VF has suggested we come in costume. So the girls are busy making dresses, hopefully by the time we get to VA we will be able to look like the above family. In the Williamsburg area, it is not uncommon to see tourists in costume.
The Lawyer family, 2007
A couple Friday's ago, we invited a couple families over to play volleyball 
We won't always make our guests cook their own food.
A volleyball game and more yard to spare.
It cooled down as the evening progressed.
Laughter with friends. A good evening.
We've got to get better at arranging the pictures and getting them in order, this isn't the picture that we wanted on top, but here it is. 
Probably the most fun thing they did was washing their hands in a pint-sized sink, complete with water faucet and soap dispenser.
Isabel and Justin thought the goats were great fun and enjoyed brushing them.
At the park.
Their first look at some real zoo animals. 
A couple cute little joeys.
On the merry-go-round.
MaMa and Justin
Wendy, Dee's Granny and Justin on Granny's front porch.
MaMa and PaPa at Christmas time, 2006.
Abbey and MaMa . 
Dee's Granny with Justin. 
We went to tour the Beatty house and grounds with MaMa and PaPa. The original owner of the plantation was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The house was almost in it's origianl state. Very interesting and beautiful and for some reason it was not burned during the War between the States. A Judge Beatty now owns it. They had many historical items in the furnishings, old books to admire and a "secession ribbon" that Abbey was able to study. The house also has an original signed baseball by Jackie Robinson. Even through PaPa is a BIG history buff, he could hardly get his mind of the baseball. (He is a really BIG baseball fan also.)
Side view; the house and grounds sit right on a river. The grounds, trees and Spanish Moss are gorgeous.
PaPa and Justin watching baseball. Somehow my dad flipped channels to check some other sport, but Justin saw the car racing and would have nothing but the racing after he saw it.
At MaMa and PaPa's church.
Justin walking with PaPa and MaMa. Justin and PaPa had to go check out all the cars as we walked through the parking lot at the restaurant.
Justin with Mr. Potato Head (Mr. "Tomato Head") using the tray his dad made for him.
At MaMa's breakfast bar, eating (well... eating anything you want, just ask.)
