Happy 100th Birthday, Gram!

The matriarch of the Dragan Family turned 100 years old! We celebrated her birthday with the family and breaded pork chops, at the birthday girl's request. She proudly sported her diamond studded "100" tiara and enjoyed having her family by her side to celebrate her milestone birthday!

Showing off her cake!

A little help from Kiera to get the candles in the right spot

Gram can't have dessert with out coffee...

and just the right amount of milk!

Singing Happy Birthday and

May the Dear Lord Bless You!

She blew out her candles, albeit one at a time

Taking off the candles so we can enjoy the cake!

The great grand kids!

The kids!

Happy Halloween from the "Bloody Bridal Party!"

Kiera and two of her neighborhood girlfriends came up with the idea to be a "bloody bridal party" for Halloween. While it made me miss her younger years and "sweet" costumes, it was fun to see the girls do this on their own...not to mention the fun they had dirtying and bloodying their costumes!

Winnie the Pooh and Crew with the B.B.P.

 More neighborhood friends

 Every year Dave walks with Kiera around the neighborhood

and I stay home to pass out the candy. This year kitty "helped."

Sorting her loot is her second favorite Halloween activity...

The first? Eating all the candy!  

 This took about twenty shots to get the candy to fall gradually,

not in one big lump...we laughed so hard! 

Block Party 2018

 This year our annual block party was bigger than ever...we invited the three blocks south of Wolf Road! We had it in October this year and dubbed it the "Block-Tober Fest." The weather was unseasonably warm and it was supposed to rain. It didn't rain all day during the party, but there was a five minute down pour just as we were starting to clean things up. One of the neighbor's friends had a big smoker and he cooked all kinds of delicious meat. We also had a corn hole tournament, a sidewalk chalk coloring contest, games and we projected the Indians play off game outside. We love our neighbors and our neighborhood!

Dave entered the sidewalk chalk competition

No party is complete without a chalk board sign!

 Lester cracked us all up when he busted out 

the microphone!

 Kiera and co. hanging out

Ron and his behemoth smoker!

 Let the games begin!

Kiera and Kitty in the News!

Kiera and Brine were featured in the local paper, The Westlake Bay Village Observer to advertise the annual "Pet Blessing" at St. Raphael Church. The photo was taken at the previous year's pet blessing, when Brine was still a kitty. 

Summer Fun with the Littlest Kette

Our favorite five year old came to visit for three weeks this summer!

G's first visit to the farm

 Love this one! On our way for ice cream after 

Kiera's softball game. 

At Kiera's softball end of season party on the lake

A domino rainbow

Meeting Miss Sadie

Our family has grown by one...another girl, Sadie! Nicole and the girls were visiting in Columbus, so we jumped at the chance to meet Sadie without making the trek to Minnesota. We enjoyed a fun afternoon playing, laughing, catching up and did I say playing? 

The big kids playing dominoes

Kiera and the giant unicorn

The girl cousins

The girls plus C

Freckles!

Smiles!

Maui

Zoo

It wouldn't be summer with out a trip (or three!) to the zoo. This year, the zoo hosted the Asian Lantern Festival. We went during the day, so we didn't see the displays lit up, but they were still beautiful. This is the second year in a row that we've taken C and G to the zoo with us. 

Petting zoo

The new exhibit