Where in the HECK is the Groff Family??!!

Just a couple of clues...

Vacation!!

My family is going on vacation and leaving me home...but I'm not worried...Diane and Larry are taking care of me!! I'll miss my boys.
Love, Molly

Kansas #6 ~ Grandma Joy's House In Russell Springs

This is Grandma Joy...isn't she beautiful!? Every Sunday all of Terri's family has dinner at her house. The town that she lives is so small, I bet there are less that 50 people who live in and around the town. It is a beautiful, serene place that I love and have very fond memories of spending summers with my Dad and Terri and visiting Grandma Joy!

Shayna is Nathan's cousin and an absolute doll! We are hoping she'll come to CA for a visit next summer. They live on a farm, and she can care for farm animals like no other! If you saw her bottom half, she's almost always wearing jeans and boots!

Terri (my step-Mom), Grandma Joy, and myself.

My 2 favorite cowboys riding their bikes!

The kids going to a walk...down to the bridge. Notice Nathan and Eldon in their shorts...the other kids in jeans and boots! City boys!! He he he

We usually have potluck and Joy's house and it is SO DELICIOUS! Always tons of food!!

I was so happy we got to spend time with Grandma Joy!

Holly and Kensley

Kensley and Holly are my neices...and we always have a silly time when we're together!! I love them SO much!!

WE ARE ADORABLE...I wanna squeeze these girls right now!!!

20 Year Anniversary!!

Dear Darrell,

20 years ago today was one of the best days of my life, it was the day that I became Mrs. Darrell Groff and my life was forever changed! You have been beside me for the past 20 years through so much joy and as I have gone through some challenges; you always encouraged me to do things I thought were not possible. We have had some of the best times and so much laughter! You believed in me when I didn't believe in myself and for that I am so thankful.

Thanks also for giving me 2 beautiful boys and letting me live my lifelong dream of being their Mommy! Thanks for working so hard so that I could stay home with them or work part-time. Thanks for being an awesome Daddy and for loving them so deeply and being there always for the both of them. Thanks for spending ENDLESS hours on the baseball field! They certainly did get an AWESOME Daddy!

I know our next 20 years will be filled with laughter and tears, joys and heartache, and feast and famine, but one things for sure...we will be together! And together, we can do anything! YOU'RE THE BEST AND I AM ONE LUCKY (or blessed) GIRL!

With my WHOLE HEART,
Dana

Wordless Wednesday #50 ~ Eggs for Dinner

with tomatoes from my garden!

Omar's Exotic Birds

Yesterday I took Eldon, Holly, and Nathan to visit Omar's Exotic Birds...they loved it. I never knew that birds had such personality!

This was a baby Conure and he was SO sweet!

The colors were gorgeous!!

My favorites were the bright yellow and green...

Holly liked holding the baby...he liked her too!

Nathan was happy just to watch and pet...no holding of birds for him!

Eldon was the bird-whisperer! He held them and talked to them...animals of all shapes and sizes are attracted to him!

Perking up his feathers for us!

Eldon with another bird...he held most of the birds in the store!

Then...to Chik-fil-A. I know, a little weird to eat birds after visiting them...perhaps the kids didn't make the connection!?

We loved having Eldon and Holly spend a couple of days with us!!