Fun Fountain Time with the Walker

A couple of pictures of Wren and the Walker boys at the fun fountain by the Children's Museum.

Indianapolis Zoo

Father's Day found us at the Indianapolis Zoo.


Wren feeds apple to the giraffe.


This elephant was cooling off on a hot day. This was Lee Anne's favorite part of the day!




Wren feeds a lorikeet.

Conway/Bryant Family Reunion

After a pleasant stay in Nashville, IN, we woke up on Saturday morning and headed to Turkey Run State Park for the Conway/Bryant Family Reunion. This reunion was started about 20 years ago in order to bring together the families of the siblings of Jason's paternal grandmother. I believe there were ten or eleven of them in all. This year there was a good turnout with about thirty-five people in attendance.




Wren takes her first pony ride.


A quick video.


Wren, her Daddy and her great grandfather on Father's Day weekend.

Nashville, IN

Thursday, June 12 - Saturday, June 14


This was reunion weekend for Jasons' family so we headed up to Turkey Run State Park in Indiana. But on the way, we stopped off at the pretty little artist town of Nashville, IN. Above are Wren and Lee Anne in front of our hotel, the Artist Colony Inn.


















The covered bridge in Bean Blossom, IN was built in 1880.

Concert at Big Spring

We enjoyed some family time at the concert in the park at Big Spring with the reggae band Kush and the 70s band DiscOasis .


Wren found some friends to play with.


My beautiful niece Ryan came too.


A video of Wren trying to imitate the people doing the electric slide.

I want a fish, please!

Today, I met a man at Jason's work who has 4 or 5 kids and is adding another one through adoption (from China). So that made me think about Wren and how she very well might be an only child and I started to feel a little guilty about it. So then I had the following conversation with Wren in the car:

Me: "Wren, would you like to have a little sister?"

Wren: "Nooo."

Me: "Would you like to have a little brother?"

Wren: "Nooo."

Me: "Well, what would you like to have"

Wren: She thinks for a minute and says, "Ummmm.....a fish?!"

Pool Day

My parents have a pool and in these 90+ degree days, we've been spending quite a lot of time there! Actually, the pool was built by my grandparents (my parents live in their house) right around the time I was born in January 1971. So this pool is where I've spent most of my summers my whole life!


Wren and Ryan (Ryan is not so happy to be gettin' some lovin')


Wren and her Sissy have fun together!


Even Nomo had to take a dip.

Botanical Garden

On Monday, we visited the Botanical Garden. It was hot as heck, but Wren still had a good time (even though I melted)!


Wren with the T-Rex (he is visiting the garden through the month of July).


Wren sitting by the koi pond.


She's a butterfly!


Looking at the turtles in the butterfly house.

FCC Mother's Day Tea

The local FCC group hosted a wonderful Mother's Day Tea. Wren enjoyed playing with the other girls. She especially liked Sarah Penny, who is about two years older than Wren.

School Days

Wren started school on March 4th. It took her about three weeks before she really got comfortable. But by the end of the school year (May 15th), Wren was really loving it. Here are some pictures.

Wren at the entrance to her school with her lunch bag.


Wren in the hallway of her school.


Wren in her classroom. Her teacher, Ms. Karen is in blue on the left.

Friends

"I get by with a little help from my friends." ~ John Lennon

In April and May, we were so lucky to be able to see lot of our friends!

Melanie and Jason

In April, my college friend Melanie and my high school friend Jason (they're married) were in town taking care of their nieces for a short while. Wren and I were lucky enough to spend a little time with them.

Shana, Joseph and the twins (Henry and Harrison)



In May, Wren and I took a quick trip to Montgomery to visit Shana, another college friend, and her three boys. Wren had a lot of fun with Joseph! (He's from South Korea.)

Caroline and Nash



After Montgomery, we headed over to Atlanta for a visit with Caroline and Nash. Caroline and I have been friends for 30+ years! Nash is a year younger than Wren so by next year, they should be having a big time together!

Emie and Noah

We try to visit with Emie and Noah and their mom Michelle at least once a week. Michelle is another friend I've known for 30+ years. Emie was also in Wren's class at playschool. Emie is four months younger than Wren and Noah 9 months older than Wren.

Lanie

We ran into Lanie at Chik-fil-a. Lanie is one of Wren's favorite friends from playschool.