Water Girls

Our family took a summer job caring for the yard of one of our insurance customers. Sometimes we mow and groom on Monday nights for our Family Home Evening activity. It was so hot yesterday, we thought the girls would enjoy running through the sprinklers. Boy, did they! They were adorable.

Daddy (taking a break from mowing) tries to get Heidi to play in the water. 

Addie...my waterbaby! 

Heidi...not sure she likes the sprinkler. 

Addie figured out that she could aim the sprinkler and terrorize Heidi! 

Heidi was so proud that she could carry the ball around! 

Here's the three of us after lots of Family Home Evening water fun! 

ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY: June 18, 1971 in Wurzburg, Germany

...Richard Thomas Melin was born!! Look at him! Even as a toddler, he was a man with a mission, workin' hard even in a shirt and tie!

...And look at him now at 34! He's got three girls and a new house to wrangle and he does it with grace and the patience of Job. Seriously, I thought he was a pretty neat guy when I married him, but I had no idea (a) that he knew how to make or fix just about ANYTHING IN THE WORLD (b) that he could put up with extremes like me pregnant, rowdy primary kids, or two-faced back stabbers in our build--he is patient and kind and guiless and I want to grow up to be like him! or (c) that, with the birth of our two girls, he would become the most loving, involved, doting daddy that ever lived. We are all so blessed by him--thanks, honey, for all you do and are! Happy Birthday and Father's Day!

Photographic record of our first-ever BBQ at our new house--Rich had painted Angie's doors a few days before, so they are lining our garage. He is grilling brats and dogs to feed the workers on Saturday--HIS BIRTHDAY! 

Uncle Mike, Heidi, Rich, and Aunt Angie enjoy some BBQ in the middle of Saturday's work. Mike was helping Angie and Davy install their slate floors across the street.