AZ Vay-Cay!

A typical Hughes get-together...

Rock band at Sandee's. They were pretty good.

Fun at Amanda's house.

Goofing around.

Let Them Eat Cake

We got a Dairy Queen Cake to celebrate Father's Day. I told Abby that it was cold and asked if she remembered the "cold cake" we had before (for Mother's Day). Abby asked me if she could touch it. We let her touch the Mother's Day cake as well, so I said sure. It turns out, the freezer door didn't shut on this one so the cake was pretty soft. We went into the living room to sit and Abby escaped. My mom started laughing a minute later and asked me to come out to the dining room. There was Abby, eating the cake with her hands, then putting her hands on the table, the chair, and the desk. She mostly went after the frosting edge. This picture is Chris pushing the cake away from Abby.

Impressive

This is Shirley. She is just like a grandma to us. Andrew's family kind of adopted her. We love to see her and spend time with her. She recently decided she wanted a cell phone, so she went out and bought a track phone. She's so up for trying something new. This is a picture of Andrew explaining the cell phone to her. Love it!

Birthday Surprise

Andrew's birthday is coming up and we've got a busy week ahead, so I surprised him on Friday night. My brother brought Rocky's Pizza from Stevens Point (Andrew's favorite) and my mom helped me with Andrew's "cake." Andrew does not like real birthday cake and he does like snickers- so this was perfect for him. They were all here to surprise him and it was great!

The Deck, Second Coat

We finished the deck! And we got two coats on the front porch as well. Job well done. In this instance, "we" is Andrew.

The Deck

Here is the project we tackled this weekend. We would not have been able to do it without my parents. They worked every bit as hard as we did and were awesome helpers. We'll need to do a second coat soon, but we'll be able to do that on our own (I think). I'll get more finished pictures when that work is complete. I honestly did not think our deck was this big when we started the job.

This is May?

Last weekend, Andrew and I got in a huge fight. Luckily it was a fun one. It was a snowball fight. Unfortunately, this is Wisconsin in May. I was going to put away the mittens. I might hang on to them a little longer.