Happy Birthday Daddy!

We celebrated John's birthday on the 9th. Paige was out of town, so it was just the 5 of us. It wasn't much, cake and presents... but the boys enjoyed themselves. Happy Birthday Honey!

Bees

So last week while I was folding clothes in my living room I looked out my front window to see what looked like brown cloud hovering around my tree. As I walked to my window to get a better look it appeared to be bees. I was so confused as to what was going on. I clearly couldn't go out my front door so I went out the side of my house to get a better look. There were, what looked like 2 basket ball size, colonies of bees that decided to land in my tree.

I immediately called John and told him to come home - then I called Animal Control who then said that since it was on private property we had to call the bee guys. I did that and they explained that it was just some colonies looking for a new home. NOT IN MY TREE! Well it was just temporary - supposedly they don't like trees. Within an hour the first colony left - by the time John came home there was just this one colony.
After waiting a few days... locked up in our house - John decided he was going to get rid of the bees himself.

He didn't have a bee outfit so he made his own... this consisted of a hooded tank wet-suit (he fit into while in HS), a long sleeved shirt, a paint ball shield, jeans, sweats & a trench coat.
After attacking the bees with a water bottle and a hose - he cleaned up and bagged (1/2 of a kitchen trash can full) bees upon bees - almost 30 lbs worth.