The Rhodes Family

365: Day 231

Visitor

Not as good looking as Spirit, but still cute.

365: Day 168

Crashing The Vacation

I crashed the Hicks/Marquart vacation this evening, and scored a great dinner too.

365: Day 160

Minnesota!

So, we made it to Minnesota OK.  Not a whole lot here apart from lots of farms, and a really huge hospital.

Lots of farming:

More farming:

Not sure what these mean:

Some Minnesota cows:

Tomorrow, Bill has his first appointment, I'll keep you all up to date on what's going on.

365: Day 159

Nervous

Tomorrow, Bill and I are heading up to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, to see if we can get him sorted out.  As a result, we have kids and dogs farmed out all over the place; Matt is up in Arkansas with his grandparents, Jazz is enjoying a spa-like vacation with my friend Debbie, Daniel is shuttling between the Richards and the Hicks, and Chester is relegated to the outdoor kennel in Marc's backyard.  I think the expression on his face in this picture, as Rocko 'welcomes' him, sums his feelings up nicely.

Driving home tonight, after depositing everyone in their respective place, Bill remarked on how fortunate we are to have such good friends, and I would have to agree - thanks so much guys, for helping us out so generously, we love you!

365: Day 158

Catch Of The Day

Non-functioning gallbladder and all, Bill dragged himself out of bed at four in the morning to go fishing today with Andy and Don.

The results:

Here's a big guy, with a big fish:

Tenderly caressing his big fish:

Here's a skinny guy with a couple of smaller fish:

365: Day 157

Bumps and Scrapes

Daniel came home from his friend's house today with a big hole in his knee, courtesy of their driveway. Luckily, an emergency visit to DQ by Brianne for healing Blizzards  warded off an emergency visit to the hospital.

365: Day 155

Twice A Year

Daniel's rocking his bi-yearly haircut this evening.

Note to Daniel - Please stop turning into a big boy.

365: Day 154

Splash

Another evening well spent.

365: Day 152

Proof

Let it be known that, I, Claire Rhodes, have managed to keep that Mother's Day gift alive long enough for it to produce one lonely little flower.  My work here is done.

One more, just so there's not a shred of doubt.

I also planted the grasses from Tallahassee.

365: Day 150

Communing With Nature

While the kids caught minnows and crabs, I hung out with this very friendly dragonfly.

Pleased to meet you...

S'up?

Excuse me while I take care of this rather annoying itch.

New macro lens, very fun.