well, i am trying to get pictures off my phone. i have thousands. shocking. right? and, naturally, technology & i are not a great team. i can't seem to post from my phone anymore. and now i can't even get the pictures off the sd card from the phone straight to the computer!!  so. this one, i found. have you seen this from months ago?

happy birthday dinner with grandma mary

charlie gets off the bus, flies home after i say we are going to grandma mary's. (birthday visitation). seconds, i kid you not, later, he comes back into the garage (where i am still headed into the house) half way through a birthday cake ice cream cone cupcake treat. THAT"S for GRANDMA!!!!!  ....arg.....
you know what he says, so matter-of-factly?    "but it looked so good."

punkin patch & apple baseball

the corn pit! way fun!