Granny Kay is 80

Norah, Macy, Olivia, Jorey, and Brennan

 How did my sweet Granny Kay turn 80 already?!  We celebrated with a nice little shindig out at the church in Meriden.  My Granny has always been so super awesome.  She's sweet and funny, but sassy and doesn't take any crap.  She is 80 and still takes great care of herself.  When I'm 80, if I have the life and spunk in me that she does, I'll be so happy.  Macy is named after Granny Kay and I believe she's starting to represent exactly like I hoped she would.

 It's getting to be so fun to get all the kiddos (my cousins' kids) together to play.  They're all just as big of nerds as we were when we were growing up and playing together.  I love this picture of some of them as they played school together in the back of the church.  Please note Jorey's boots.  You can't see them very well, but they say Woody and Buzz on the toe and have Buzz Lightyear and Woody on the side - they light up...as much as I tried to talk her out of these God awful shoes, she thought she needed them and wouldn't accept any substitutes.  We bought them and they actually looked kinda cute with this dress (when you can't see the buzz/woody light up emblem)

Granny Kay

Granny and her BFF, Evelyn.  I love that they are still buds.

A Weekend at Orange Papa & Grammas

Jorey put this outfit together herself.

Orange Papa has been thinking the girls needed a Go-Kart for quite some time.  It was never really something I thought they could handle until this year...and I don't know that I would have talked him out of it if I tried.  He had "the one" chosen and I was given a choice on the color.  I just said it had to be a bright color to be easily seen.  Visions of crazy driving and bad things in my head...
It arrived...prior to the helmets and proper safety gear...and they thought it was sweet.  It's built for little people, but if you squeeze, big ole folks like me can fit in there.  I have to admit, it's pretty awesome to go peeling around in that thing.  The girls just giggle like crazy.  Papa kinda likes to join in the fun, too.  Luckily, he still fits in there, too.

Gramma and Grady watched all the action from the sidelines

Sunday morning, we were all getting ready and Papa got down on the floor and was singing Merle Haggard to Grady.  Grady was totally mesmerized and sat still, just staring at him with his mouth open.  It was hilarious.  When he'd stop singing, Grady would go back to playing, but when Papa sang Merle, he had to tune in.

Mario & Luigi

Macy had SAC in Eagan for 2 weeks and they went to the Civic Arena for part of it.  Every day, she asked for a mustache out of the vending machine...I refused.  Fortunately, Dad is weak and purchased these because we've had a lot of laughed with our ladies and their facial hair.

At some point, I'll add the video of them dancing and singing with these...it's way better than the still image.

State fair with 5 kiddos...

Zak, Macy, Jorey, and Brianna

 We took a trip to the State Fair and the girls each got to bring a friend.  They both chose their besties...Zak for Macy and Brianna for Jorey.
We had a good time, but it was packed, hot, and there was a little whining from the only boy in the mix...headache, sore feet...you name it.  It was quite entertaining, so I did give him a piggy-back ride for a little bit and that helped a smidge.

Great Grandpa is 92...or 93...or something!

We celebrated Grandpa Lynn's 92nd birthday.  Wow!  When we got there, he thought he was 93...it took some convincing and I don't know that he believed his daughter who did the math for him...but, he's 92 and feels 93...seems about right.  I'm 33 and feel right behind him some days.

Oh, that Fair with Flair!

The girls just love going to the Steele County fair, and I have to say that I love taking them.  We met up with Mitz, Norah and Brennan last year and had a blast, so this year we added Dawn, Lane, and Kate to the mix.  Not only were all the kiddos so cute and well be behaved, we did not have any skin burns on the sparkle slide, like we did last year.  This was a win.  My parents were kind enough to entertain Grady so we could really have a good time. 

Even Orange Papa came to the fair.  And, this brown deer eventually had to be scolded because Macy wanted to feed the white one and this one wouldn't go away.  She told her "You've had enough!"  - As you can see, Jorey is just spectating.

This slide is fun for moms and kids.

I had to get everyone one of these when the girls decided they needed one.  Why shouldn't all the kids be sticky from head to toe?

As I watch the kiddos at the fair, it reminds me that kids just love to have fun and eat donuts.  It's that simple, really.

Toothfairy is in da house

First Tooth is lost for one Miss Macy K Fry.
She pulled it out at SAC all by herself.  What a cool kiddo.