Summer Recap...

We have had a nice, busy summer.  The last part of June we got to go to KS and visit family and then on to OK to visit more family and then have Youth Camp and then home again...we were gone for over two weeks.

As you can imagine I have SO many pictures, so to save space and time, I did collages (because they are so fun to do).

We got to spend a couple of day with my brother, Jeremy, and his family on their farm - we had SO much fun!!!  They have a lot of old building and barns on their property and Trelanie and I were digging around through them and found this old stove door, but it wouldn't move and was set in concrete.  So we got the guys and they got it off (of course) and GUESS what was inside?....

 MOONSHINE!!!!! No, we did not taste it, or give it to the kids to try. :)

Keith helped Jeremy cut down some dead trees and the kids all had a grand time on the go-cart and four wheeler.

Thank you, Jeremy and Trelanie, for letting us come for those days - we had so much fun!!

 

We headed down to OK to my parents and the whole family got together for the town parade - it's always a fun time and dad grilled up the best hamburgers in town!!

 

We also had a little party for Jeren - FOUR years old!!!!!!

We were also very happy that we got to spend some time with Keith's family!  We never got a full family shot, but here's a couple of the kids.  We enjoyed the park, homemade ice cream and being together in mom and dad's "new" house. :)

We love being with our families so much!  Thank you all for such a great time.

It's nice to be home and Ashlyn was especially happy to be home.....  she missed her chickens  :)

Recap...

My blog tells me, it's been a LONG time since I've posted. Has it really been that long?

Here's a recap of what's been going on....

First of all, both mom and dad's came for a visit and while they were here, they (the dad's) helped Keith build our chicken coop. (the mom's and girls went thrifting)

Then we had this little lady dedicated....

Bored brother during the service....

She REALLY needed dedicating (she has a little attitude problem - it's being worked on as we speak and she's getting better).....

 Both dad's got to do the dedication which made it even more special....

Then Misty and Wesley stopped by and Wesley helped Keith finish up the chicken coop - in the rain....

Then we had graduation at school - handsome hubby with his good friend Chad.....

Then we had Awards night.  Owen got the highest GPA of the entire school - proud mama....

Kristyn got second highest - proud mama....  :)

Then Grandma and Papa came up for another visit and they worked on the suburban.....

Grandma played ball with Owen...... (and we did lots of other fun things)

Then there was Mother's Day a very special day....

Then Jeren had a little accident with a log (a very small log he was standing on rolled and it happened to roll his feet out from under him, resulting in his head meeting up with a thumb-size stick growing out of the ground)

 

  

Eight stitches later.....

 He's a happy clam and licked his ice cream bowl clean....

So all of that, plus a 10 day camp, plus a family reunion, that's about the extent of what's been going on. :)

How has your summer been?

P.S. Garden pictures coming soon!!!!

A FUN week with cousins!

Well, blogger still isn't my greatest friend this morning ( S_L_O_W), but that's okay, I've been doing some serious cleaning while the pictures have been loading. :D

**First of all, I want to say how happy I was last night to meet one of our blog followers - Thank you, Miss "K" for introducing yourself to me. You made my night!  See you in July maybe? I'm glad you enjoy our blog. :)**

You might remember this post from last year when we went to Misty's.  This year we went again while Keith was at the convention and we had SO much fun!!!

Cardboard boxes are the best!

Reading is a favorite!

Grandma giving out first aid to a fallen victim...

 I had our girls hair in braids, so when we got there, Misty's girls wanted their hair in braids, too - LOTS of braiding. :)  But on the bright side we didn't have to comb hair for several days. :)

 

It wasn't as warm as it was last year, so the kids found inside things to do some of the time.

Picnics

Mud Puddles

Early Easter egg hunt.

 

Aunt Misty fixed these dresses for Kara and Megan - they were thrilled to be "twins" that day.

 

Hail!!

 

 "Smarshmellow" roast

Braids out.... :)

 

These innocent little critters may not look like much, but they have ways of getting everyone's undivided attention. :)   (Yep, that's ink and no, it did not wash off very well.) We thought they were taking a nap....wrong!!  They sneaked into the office and had a time exploring great and wonderful things.

Thank you, Misty and Wesley, for  letting us come!  We had gobs of fun and enjoyed our week.

Last Week

Grandma and Papa came up and stayed with us for a while and we enjoyed them being here so much!  We got to celebrate the two birthdays - Papa's a day late and Owen's two days early. :)  I won't give Papa's age out for the world-wide-web to see, but the 8 is part of his age. :) It's not an impressive cake, I know, but it was quite a rushed time and Keith decided and told me a simple chocolate cake was in order - it was very tasty with our ice cream. :)

Kristyn got the camera Sunday afternoon and took a picture of her sweet sister.

Jeren sporting his new hat from Grandma.

Boots - he loves boots!  Thank you, Grandma and Papa.

Papa dramatically reading his card - with lots of little helpers.

Megan went home with Grandma and Papa and is coming back tomorrow with her other Grandma. We have all missed her terribly.  These two have had to play dress up all by themselves - but they seem to be doing fine, don't you think?

Someone came to the door and blessed us with ALL of this!!! THANK YOU ~ you know who you are ~ THANK YOU!!!!

Then the day before Owen's birthday, he looked like this - head to the soles of his feet - and it got worse.  So he spent a while in ER until they decided it was an allergic reaction to something unknown..hmmm, that really clears it up for us. :D

The next day (his birthday) he got to stay home from school because he was still pretty swollen.  So he wanted to help me make his birthday supper - Spaghetti, corn on the cob and salad. :)

Mr. Carl brought down his cake and Owen thought it was the greatest!  What a sweet neighbor we have.  He brought a gift, the cake, camo plates and napkins, spoons and ice cream.  He loves doing that for the kids.

We had a fun week!  How about you?