Perfect Family

I think I do-I think I have the perfect family. My boy, he is just so warm and yummy right now. He screams a little but we wont talk about that in this blog today. He is getting so tall and skinny, well he's kinda always been skinny-like a bean pole! but he is the snuggly-est little guy! He still sinks down into the crook of you arm when your holding him and he loves it when I get all up behind his ear and play "Snoop Dog". Thats when you make those puppy lickin sounds and snort air behind the ear. He squeals and laughs. and he really likes "Gucks" right now. We bought him a new truck book at Mia's open house and book fair the other day and he has been packin it around like a lovey.

We also have this racoon infestation at our house. At about 2am you can see that they have parties at our house. We currently host about 6 total. Last week I started trapin them and we caught 2 of the babies. So we are down to 4 and last night I didnt set the trap. this morning I noticed that the dogs water was filthy again. They must come to our house just to party and before they go home they probably just alll wash their hands in the clean dog water, right?

So Brad goes to work and comes home with a fake coon skin hat and it is funny! Bubba thinks its a "meow" and wears it around the house. He'll through it onto the ground and stomp on it and say "oww". What a ham.

Brad came walkin into the hosue the other day with some broken eyeglasses on that Mia found in the grocery store parking lot. They looked so funny all crunched up on his face and Mia dancing all around saying "they are made in China".

Mia had a nice little bed all made up for Bubba in his room. She made sure it had a the softest blankets and his "Thavorite" pillows. She is such a great big sister. Even her teacher at school said that Mia is VERY family oriented and talks about he family all the time. He teacher also told me she is very into fashion and compliments her outfit almost every day.

Fallon is at a birthday party that started last night and ends this morning. When I dropped her off there were boys at the party! Who has a birthday party for a 14 year old girl and invites boys?! Anyways i had to make sure all the boys left before I left. So this one boy (before he left) comes up and is standing there all with his pants hanging down and his under draweres hanging out (yuck) AND his shirt is unbuttoned-all the way. So I'm all "honey, I'm not sure if you know but your shirts all undone. You might want to take care of that" and he's all "I know" so I keep on him till he buttons the thing up. Boys! Sheesh!

Bubba is not going to be that boy!

Chellsea is really starting to find her wings. She is such a late bloomer. She had been talking to a boy named Nick on the phone. I guess they went to middle school together and he was one of the dorky boys that she hung out with, He prob got picked on too. So she is supposed to go out on a date with this guy. (cross your finger) He better be nice. I hope I get to meet him before they go out. And she has made friend with one of the girls at work and they seem to be hangin out alot. My worst fear is that she will not be a good influence on Chellsea. I hope she encourages her to continue with school. and Chellsea dyed her hair and really pretty dark redish color? It looks really nice on her. Good choice Chells!

Brad has been super sweet. Lots of affection and xoxo's from him. Its like living with a big warm yummy soft bear :) I love my family!

Fallon is such a good

Daroga 2009

I just love camping. I dont mean the fake kind of camping where you drive up with your motorhome full of tv sets and ir conditioning units. I mean like Daroga. You drive up with your car loaded full of all your good crap that you think your gonna need then you hunt and peck for a two wheeled cart so you can start packing it across the field and over the narrow walkway to the island. Unfortunately for us we had only one cart so We piled everything up on the baby stroller and used one of those pull tight zip lines to hold it all together for the journey. The last thing we brought was the air mattress and we had to blow that up at the car before we took off to the island. By the time we got it blown up it was getting kinda late and as you know...when the sun starts to go down at Daroga the winds picks up. We were about half was across the walkway when the air matress started fighting us. We worked as a team and finally got that puppy over to our site. We had so many people that everything was set up lickety split! I think we roasted marsh mellows every night. I loved early in the morning when the bird would start pecking around for food and making all their good morning sounds. Then one by one the camp sites would start to come alive. Usually you heard the babies first-ours too. Then all the pots and pans clanging as people got the breakfasts going. Morning was a good time to check out the wildlife. The beavers were working overtime on a section of the lagoon and late in the day the turtles would be out on logs catching the sun. There were also lots of Osprey out all over and at night they would swoop down on our camp. I wasn't sure if they were attempting to eat the bugs are is they were actually swooping in for the bats that were circling around for the bugs. The evening wind usually lasted about an hour and then everything would calm down and the games would begin. Badminton, volleyball, some type of game where you throw balls connected to a string around a pole!? What the heck? anyways, we played alot of cards and did alot of laughing. One day we took off and went to visit a dam and they had this really cool museum with hieroglyphs etched into rocks that came from the Columbia basin before they flooded it. We saw the fish ladders and inside the dam area you could see the fish going up them through the glass. Bubba just loved that part. One day we took the girls to Ohme Gardens and of all the children I think Mia had the best time. She said she would like to go back for her birthday. We also went to the drive in movies and saw Night at the Museum 2. It really was a good move. I would say it was probably better than the first one. I miss the old drive ins when they had the boxes you would put in your car window. We did stop at an old diner on the way home that actually had things from the fifty's all over in it and they had some of the old boxes from the drive in. I thought that was pretty cool. We spent most of our time in the water, wake boarding mostly. Fallon and Jenny both got up on the boards Yeah! Good job girls! And Mia is now the master of the three man floater. Jen is got the most guts for riding the single tube at super fast speeds. I was really impressed. Her feet were flying up around her face and she was just laughing and smiling like it was the best ride in the world. She is so much like her mother. :) Every day at 2:30pm the lawn sprinklers would come on and Bubba would just squeal. He would take this racket and spend the entire time trying to swat at the water. He also learned how to ride a scooter. well kinda. He walked the goofy thing up and down the walk every day and would watch the other boys on their scooters. He can ride one if someone else rides it with him and I bet you by this time next year he will have the hang of it. He's so smart. It really is great to get together with your family and make great memories. I know that our gang will remember this trip for along time. I always think that we are a pretty tight little family until we go on one of these trips and then I see that one or two of the kids seem to get a little tighter. I guess theres always room for just a little more! I just love the picture of Chellsea and Mia on the hill. They are so close. I really really really love this time in my life right now. Everything seems to be really smooth and calm. Is this how it feels before the storm? Hope not. But I am grateful for the loveliness of my family today and for however long it will last.

The Iron Goat Hiking Trail

Sunday afternoon we all took off to the Iron Goat Hiking Trail up off highway two right out of Barling. Packed us up some chicken sammies and cold water. It was a very hot day out. We are all so red neck that I was hiking in a swim suit, skirt and flip flops. Brad didnt even wear a shirt. Mia also had her flip flops on. You know...we were just fine too. I bet all those die hard hikers with their ankle support high dollar hiking boots and socks up to their knees with the full below the knee Kacki short and backpacks full of survival supplies were looking at us like we were dorks. But you know what? We werent hot. We kind of just strolled along and t0ok our time to enjoy the little water falls and we even stopped and picked wild strawberries. Oh mama they were so good. Wonder if the die hards even noticed them? The only thing that I might have brought that we didnt was some spray for deer flys. They were really thick and OWww they hurt! :(

Fishing sean is OPEN!

Wow! I have been having so much fun knitting this fish hat. I love the colors and the yarn is cotton. The dark blue and the light blue stripes just make this hat really stand out. The top and side fins were supposed to bejust one thin knit section but I didnt really like the feel of that so I double knit two sections then I sewed them together to make them thicker. I really liked the result. The bottom tail flippers were the same thin sections. I didn tlike that either so I again did double sections and then before I sewed them together I stuffed them with a little fluffy goodness. Also the eyes were supposed to be glued on felt pieces with big X's on 'em to make them look like dead eyes but I went to Benny's instead and got the snap on glass eyeballs. I'm really happy with this hat and it is so cute on your head. Even my husband wants me to make him one. FISH 'ON!

Pacific Raceway-Go Car Go!

Me and Brad spend the day at the races. It was great. After watching some of the funny cars drag we took off to Nitro Alley to sniff the cars. Phewy! I think my husbands been sniffing alittle to many of them cars. I don't know how he can stand right behind them when they're revving up the engine. That gas is so strong it bites your eyeballs and strangles your throat. I had to run the opposite direction when one started up. Cough cough gag. Then when we were taking pictures n front of the Nitro Alley sign so ding dong came up behind me and squeezed his butt in the picture. Really! I don't even know the guy. Its was a very exciting day and I cant wait to spend another day like this.

Sultan Shindig

Wow! We sure had a great time yesterday at the Shindig. I saw so many old friends. I even ran into friends I hadnt seen since highschool. Of course we had to have a funnel cake with all the strawberries and whipcream on it. Mia took a horse ride around the block. It was a perfect day for the fair. Warm and sunny. The fire department had hooked up a mister and Bubba just loved to run through it. I dont think he was very impressed with the iguana though!

On The Hunt For The Best Grandma Ever

I want to take just a minute to thank my Mother in Law for helping out at my house while I was gone. It always feels really nice to not have to worry about my babies while I'm gone and they all always have such a great time. My Ditterbug really connected with her during this last visit she made. Him luv's his Mutti. Miss Mia lives for Mutti visits. I know its hard taking care of all those babies. They maybe cute and cuddly but they still poop! They've all had such a great summer so far. and finally it didnt snow while she was up visitiing. oh and I'm not sure if someone taught, couched, or bribed my boy while I was gone, but when I got back he started calling me Mommy! (Sheesh) so stinking cute. And he calls popcyles-Mopolies. Did you do that Miss Mutti? Thank you so nice! So hats off and put your hands together for super Grandma, super Mutti! Yeah!