waiting ’til the cows come home…

…is something I thought I might do when pigs fly. But the pigs aren’t flying and the cows came home. Hmmm. Being married to Bryan, I guess my only options are get a hat and boots or get a rope!

Thankfully, the trip to pick up the cattle went smoothly.

Now that we have lawnmowers of divine [...]

don’t throw momma from the train…

throw Papa! :-) All kids love trains and all kids love their Papas, but how many kids get to see their Papa drive a train?! One of the exciting things about moving back to Arkansas is that we live close to the Union Pacific tracks where Papa (Glen) drives trains. Every once in a while [...]

one round of shots…

would be enough for even the toughest hombre. But you? You suffered through the typical one-year vaccinations only to come home to two more rounds of shots with me and my camera! :-) Even though the first round of shots was pretty traumatic, you recovered nicely and couldn’t stop smiling through the next two rounds.

Your [...]

just as they did in ancient times…

Abby discovered how to write without pencil, pen, paper, computer or any other modern day amenity!

With mere rock on rock, she found you can write messages…

and solve math problems! :-)

At least now I can say there is one good use for all this slate around here! If only I had thought of it when we [...]

it’s that time of year again…

grass cutting time that is! It has become one of those things you guys enjoy doing together too!
You hadn’t had your nap before it was time to cut the grass, so of course the hum and vibration of the mower put you right to sleep. Daddy took you in and laid you on the couch [...]

the smell of spring…

is in the air! Yay! After all the winter colds, viruses, ear infections and COLD rainy days, we are SO ready for spring. Our sprouting apple seeds are a great reminder that it is just around the corner.
Both Abby and Jadon planted several Fuji apple seeds, but unfortunately only some of Abby’s sprouted (probably because [...]

it was rough finding diamonds…

in the rough. Well, rough in the sense that we came up empty handed. :( Otherwise, our fieldtrip to the Crater of Diamonds State Park was really a lot of fun! The weather was beautiful and hung around the 70’s all day!

We all dug for a while, but I think the kids decided it was [...]

when one ball isn’t enough…

get two!
Or even three! I turned around for a split second today and you were crawling out on the field…going after the game ball!

You even kicked one a couple of times! You love it!