And now for some musical entertainment. .

Translation:
Bob the Builder
Can we fix it?
repeat

It's Aimee's Birthday

It's Aimee's birthday today. This is young Aimee. On the back of the photo it says she was one year and nine months old. It was 1978, so you can do the math! She is sitting on my green sofa, which shows up in many older photos. Aimee is one of my favorite girls, so I wrote her a poem for her special day:

Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
No body's better than Aimee
It's true!

Happy Birthday Aimee!

Wordless Wednesday

Happy Birthday Wayne

It's a big month for birthdays at the Clayborn House--all three of them have a birthday. The celebrations begin today with Wayne:

Happy Birthday Wayne--you are one of my favorite boys!!

Not because you can fix things, but because you are just a good guy!

Zip Line!!

Joey and I went to Gatlinburg last weekend and we got the chance to ride this zipline. It had 6 different lines we rode and at some points we were 250 feet up in the air and above the trees!

We didn't buy the pictures they took there, but we were able to see them online. (So, I swiped a few off their website) Hopefully noone from that company will ever gain access to this blog! Click on them if you want to see a bigger one.

Here I am, nervous, going off the very first one:


After I realized I probably wasn't going to die


It started to get more fun



Here's Joey coming off the first jump



If you wanted to slow down you had to do it yourself, notice how Joey is braking


Joey coming in for his landing

Highlights

Remember this magazine. It's been around for 60 years now. We received an ad this week wanting us to subscribe. It made me remember how much I loved this publication when I was little. I have always been a collector of reading materials, I guess I'm afraid I will read everything and nothing will be left! I mainly saw this magazine in a doctor's or dentist's office, so I would gather all the issues they had and put them in my lap to pass the time. I especially loved the hidden picture puzzles. The artists who draw these are very talented. I can remember being especially mad if I found that someone had circled the pictures with a pencil. I wanted to find them! You might also remember the rebus stories or the Timber Toes comics in Highlights.
After looking over the ad, thinking that Parker might enjoy it, I decided to check to see if they had a website. Highlights was immediately googled and you will never believe what I found.
Go here.
See it for yourself!
It's hidden picture puzzles. On many different levels. Lots and lots of hidden picture puzzles. They are so fancy on this site. When you find the object it dances or makes a noise and moves over to the puzzle key. When you complete it the entire picture colors itself. I am in hidden picture puzzle heaven! There are just some things that you never outgrow!

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

G is for Green Beans

This post is brought to you by the letter G!
These are green beans from Granny Lerion and Pa Lyle's Garden.
They are gorgeous. Granny does not pick green beans that are less than grade A.

Granny's green beans look great after they are done and go good with grilled food.

Granny loves making them with her granddaughter.
Oh, and by the way, Granny's favorite color is green!