The Tattoos

In order Geoff, Doug, Me, Ash






So the second part of mom's birthday weekend just came together kinda spur of the moment, we had all been talking for some time about getting a family tattoo.. something that we would all get to represent our family and how close the five kids and mom are. I had done up some sketches and then the boys were looking on the net and found one we all loved. It is a sun with a ray for each of the kids and mom is the center of the sun. Turns out we all liked it and since we were all home decided to go for it!!! It is very cool cause we all did the same template but then put our own touches on it with color and I added a vine and flowers to mine. Ash, Doug and Geoff got theirs done on Monday and Me, mom and Ross all went today! I dont have pics of moms and Ross' cause I forgot my camera but I will get some soon and post them. Mine is a bit blurry as I discovered it is hard to take a clear shot of ones own foot!
They all turned out great and now we all have a symbol of our family bond. Way to go Mom for getting a tattoo!!!

Mom's Birthday

My mom turned 55 this week and so the five of us kids got together and did a few things for her, and everyone even managed to get time out of their scheduals and got home for the weekend!
We sent her shopping with her friend Sheila for four hours on monday and while she was out we redecorated her back patio. Of course it happened to be the hottest day of the summer so we were all dripping and moving a bit slow - Geoff did an awesome job up on the ladder paining the roof! We bought her a new patio set and some decorations and managed to get it all out just before she got home, it was like the TV show "move move move we have 15 minutes left!!!"
Mom was thrilled and we all had a blast working together, thanks so much Doug, Ash, Geoff & Ross - I had a great weekend with y'all!