Today

Today was my last day watching Evan for this school year. He is such a great baby and I am going to miss having him here. We will get to spend a week with him and his family on our trip in July though!

My favorite cartoon ever!

This is my favorite cartoon ever! I never read the "funnies" let alone cut them out. This was in the newspaper 3 or 4 years ago and I cut it out. It permanently lives on my fridge. Those of you that just have girls *might* not understand, but for those of you with boys, you will totally get it!


In case it's a little too small to read, here's what it says:

Boy (riding his bike): Mom, I need a band-aid!
Mom: Where? What for?
Boy: I'm not sure yet. I never tried this trick before.
Mom: COME BACK HERE!

Gotta love it!

Posting comments

My friend Shelley from Arkansas wrote an interesting post on her blog. It is about posting comments on blogs. Check it out if you want....

I love when people post comments for a couple reasons. For one, I am a little curious about who reads my blog. Second, I want to know what other people think. I have anonymous comments enabled so you can leave me a message without having to sign in. Just please sign your name at the bottom of your comment so I know who wrote it. Thanks.

This weekend

I haven't posted much lately so I thought I would give a quick recap of our weekend...

On Friday night, we had a great evening with the Victorines and Parlatos at our house. The guys BBQed while the ladies chatted up a storm. The kids had fun too. Abigail wasn't here, though, because she went to the Arkley Center with my mom to see a ballet "Jack and the Beanstock." I didn't take any pictures of the kids. I wish I would have but sometimes it's nice to not worry about it.

On Saturday, I was "hired" to take photos for an 80th birthday party. The Victorine family put on a really nice party for Lilly. It was fun taking photos and visiting with everyone. Andy was home with the kids. They finally got to fly their kites. It was a good day for that since it was pretty windy.

On Saturday night, we stayed home and hung out. The kids went to bed early since we had been up late the night before.

Today, Andy and I mowed almost the whole lawn (it takes awhile to do 2 1/2 acres). Abigail went to a birthday party for her friend Emily. It was a water party. Even though it was only in the low 60s the kids didn't care. They had a big blow-up water slide, slip and slide, water balloons, etc. Abigail said she had so much fun!

Tonight we are having dinner here tonight with my mom (my dad is on his annual trail ride), Pam & Charlie, and the Parlatos. I guess I better get some stuff ready for dinner.... Hope you all had a good weekend too!

Yesterday and Today...

I helped Andy out in the hills at one of the ranches we have. It is the one pictured below... (this picture was taken in March at our branding).

When I was on my way home today, I decided I would play tourist and stop at a few spots along the way and take a few pictures. I am definitely not a landscape photographer. Plus I only had my little point and shoot with me, instead of my good camera. Oh well, it did just fine...

That's the Pacific Ocean in these first three...

Some of our cows...

Now you can see what I got to see on my way home....

I can't believe it's June already!

Where did the time go? I can't believe that school is almost out... June 11 for J.T. and June 12 for Abigail!

May was such a busy month for us that I don't think I realized how close to the end of the school year we were. We have a few things planned for this summer... a couple little trips and one big trip. We haven't told the kids about the big trip yet so when we do, I will post on here about it.

I am sure summer will just fly by... hopefully I will have lots of pictures to share!

The kids

Today I wanted to take some photos of the kids for something that I am working on. I got some decent ones, but I will admit that I get much more stressed out and frustrated wtih my own kids than when I take photos of other people. They weren't very cooperative, but what else is new.... Here's a few....

Molly wanted to be in some too... I couldn't get her to move out of the way so we decided to include her.

Thanks for looking.

End of the Year Celebration

J.T.'s school had it's End of the Year celebration last night. The kids get up in the front of all the parents, grandparents, friends and family and sing a few songs. All the kids did really well. J.T. was quite the charming performer...




It's amazing how different J.T. and Abigail are in a situation like this....

Out to the hills

Today J.T. and I went out to one of the hill ranches with Andy. Andy had to work on the corrals so J.T. and I just watched and hung out. On our way out of the ranch (a long gravel road) Andy let J.T. help him drive.

J.T. helped me get one of the gates...

The fog started to roll in as we were leaving. It made for a cool photo with the cows and calves...

It was a long day....

One word

You.
Can.
Only.
Type.
One.
Word.
Not as easy as you might think.

1. Where is your cell phone? kitchen
2. Your significant other? Andy
3. Your hair? curly
4. Your pants? Lucky
5. Your father? cowboy
6. Your favorite thing? happiness
7. Your dream last night? unsure
8. Your favorite drink? water
9 .Your dream/goal? happiness
10. The room you're in? office
11. Your ex? ???
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? happy
13. Where were you last night? home
14. Favorite shopping? online
15. Morning beverage? latte
16. Muffins? blueberry
17. One of your wish list items? trip
18. Where did you grow up? Loleta
19. The last thing you did? snack
20. What are you wearing? clothes
21. Your TV? off
22. Your pets? dogs
23. Your Computer? desktop
24. Your life? family
25. Your mood? goodish
26. Missing someone? sure
27. Your car? clean
28. Kids? two
29. Favorite hobby? Photography
30. Your summer? busy
31. Like someone? lots
32. Your favorite color? brown
33. When is the last time you laughed? today
34. Last time you cried? unsure
35. Who will re-post this? unknown

Anyone want to try this?