Monday, May 31, 2010

THIS and THAT with the Asplund Clan

This has been a fun and productive week.  We found a great "young" man to help us in the yard and consequently we got alot done with little pain! (do we sound old or what)  We are ready now for the 10 yards of bark that is being delivered tomorrow to cover the entire yard. (minus the lawn and plants, haha)  We will soon have such a maintenance free yard that we might have time to play golf this summer.
Karli came for a couple of days while Chris was out of town and we had a fun afternoon at the park with Brittany and kiddos.  It is so fun to "play" with all these cute grandkids.

 



This was the last week of school for some schools and Ame's class had a special week of "rain forest" adventures with a very special tour guide.  It was quite amazing for a first grade class to see all they had learned and prepared.



We finally got started with our monthly "family Sunday dinners".   We started at our house this month and tried out Tri Tip and homemade ice cream (2 more first for us after 2 years) and many more yummy things from the girls.  It was a really fun afternoon together and we are excited to make this a regular occurrence.   It really is the only time we all get together and we love the time to laugh and enjoy the "antics" of the 10 grandkids in the house.  We always think of Aaron, Deb, Ev, Kyle, Luke, & Reid and miss them so much but love the times we get to be with them also.





Do you think the Asplund clan are homemade ice cream lovers or what?

5 comments:

britt said...

We do LOVE homemade ice cream! Dinner was splendid as well and of course everyone had fun running around, talking, playing and just being together :)
thx for starting it off right!!!

Bob and Becky said...

Can't wait to try some of your strawberry homemade icecream....it was always our favorite. Nobody can make it quite like you.

Unknown said...

You do make the best home made ice cream ever- a great memory I have of coming to your house growing up.

Chris Grover said...

it was such a fun week and i'm so glad you let us come and bum with you so we weren't so lonely! we (ALL of us) had such a great time with you and dad! the tri-tip was delicious!! and kaiya hasn't stopped talking about gamma and gampa's house for days!

Grammy said...

I totally understand the "getting old" thing and the "pain" involved in physical labor. We have been painting our house inside, and I am quite distressed at how much harder this stuff is that when I was in my 20s and 30s. Getting older is not for sissies! Thank goodness for the Tylenol...

What adorable grandkids you have! I'm loving the ice cream, too.