trifecta....

wanna talk about cramming a lot into a weekend....or should i say one day?!?!.....we headed over to hiawassee, ga to spend some time at the family cabin this weekend....lake chatuge was beautiful as always....we had a great time boating, tubing, fishing, swimming, cooking out, etc....sunday brought about lots of fun....father's day, grant's 2nd birthday & the official first day of summer....we had the opportunity to celebrate with ALL the richards family for father's day.....this is the first time in at least 10-12 years that all the family has been at the cabin together....and you know what happened?????

my.camera.stopped.working!!

you've got to be kidding me, was my first sensible reaction.....my later reactions were not so nice....not only was i missing out on some great family pics but when we got home that night we were celebrating grant's real birthday with our little family....UGH!!! ~ i downloaded a few pics from brenda's camera while at the cabin and then when we got home i pulled out the video camera and took a few pics with it....the resolution & quality is HORRIBLE but at least there is video footage and pics of his little family celebration....anyhoo, here are the pics....

brett was awesome tubing......megan & i went tubing too....we have no pics to prove it but i have a vinyl burn on my chin to prove it.....so much fun!!

the greatest daddy in the whole.wide.world!!!

happy father's day....brett is an amazing father and i am very, very fortunate and blessed to have him in my life.....i love you dear!

wild man grant.....i was afraid he wouldn't keep his hat on so i put sunscreen all over his fair-skinned head....and this is what resulted...

painting with cousin ansley....

lunch with all the "richards" cousins....jack, will, hunter, ansley, audrey & grant....

and let's not forget baby drew :) he was getting some good sleep during our loud lunch....you can tell he is the third baby in a house of boys....

here they are, horrible....pics from grant's little family celebration at home....he really liked his itty bitty cake :) my children have definitely gotten some mileage from their birthdays....i feel like i have been celebrating.all.month.long!

f.y.i. ~ my camera is now working. apparently though it said the battery was fully charged, it was not....so after a hour or so of charging my battery, the camera started working....hmmm, still confused....the camera would turn on, you could flip through the pics, etc...but when you went to focus and take a pic it wouldn't work....in every mode, automatic or not.....weird, just weird....any tips from anyone out there??? i'm thinking i may need a new battery, if it is not holding a good charge....who knows!!