Eva in the Dog Bed

We babysat for Max last weekend- and his bed we the most interesting to Eva! She fits perfectly! Of course, poor Max would just take his toy and leave the area!

Baby Birds

The nest is empty now... I took this photo a few hours before they all flew the coop! I was laughing about how "overflowing" they seemed to be!

BJ's 5th Grade Graduation

I can't believe how OLD BJ is!! (and Alex too!!)
We had lots of people come for just our two guys! Aunt Vaughn & Uncle Ben, Grammie Joyce, Mom & Walt, Aunt Donna & Uncle Gary, Jeremy & Jill and us, of course... Jill's parents and Alex's other Grandma came too!
Somehow we didn't get a picture of Aunt Donna and Uncle Gary- probably because Aunt Donna was behind a camera too.
The last picture is BJ with his teacher, Mrs. Dietsche and principal, Mr. Seamans. It was a good show- with a DVD of school happenings from the year- then the kids sang and they announced the awards. BJ received the Math award, a D.A.R.E. award, the creativity award for art, and a band award. We are SOOOO proud of him!!

Little Pool

We had to go to the little local hardware store to get some plumbing parts- and they had these little pools out front. It was entertaining to the kids and didn't empty our well ('cuz it's SO small!!!) It's really fun to play with the hose while it's filling too!

Painting the NEW Room!

The boys were a GREAT help painting their new blue room! Collin was in charge of the paint brush, BJ was in charge of the small roller, and Mommy used the big roller. After one coat of paint in the main part of the room, the boys were in charge of painting the closet, while I put the second coat on!!!

Baby Birds

Our insulation babies have hatched- such a cute pile of fluff and beaks!

Bonfire #2

Daddy and Eva...
...Grouchy Collin, BJ and Grammie...

After transporting handfuls of dirt, Eva decided that Gammie's shoe was a much more efficient dirt holder!!

MORE Bonfire pictures!

Collin cheered up when he and Eva started playing hide-n-seek.




And BJ had to sit with Aunt Donna for a little while- such HAPPY faces!

Water Girl

Eva's just as happy as can be- even with COLD water!
Grama and Evee fed the ducks- ducks are the greatest animal ever! And at our house they say"wack, wack, wack!" Eva also helped Papa move some rocks around and precisely place her cinder block seat!

Another Sink Bath...

... at Auntie Martha and Uncle Tom's!! For some reason Eva gets very dirty there!!

Yippie!!!...the bulldozer's GONE!

Eva enjoyed a little unexpected Daddy time today as they "exhumed" the famous bulldozer!


A sheriff's deputy, Sheriff Gould, Tom- the other farmer and owner of the bulldozer- and his family, Tom & Linda Hitchcock- our neighbors, Grama Colleen & Papa Walt, and a few different news crews were there to share in this joyous occasion today! The only one missing was Mr. Charles Jonathan Smith- he made bail for the theft and possession of the stolen property just last week...

...and I also have to add- IT HASN'T RAINED IN FOREVER- AND THEY PICK NOW TO DIG UP OUR YARD!!!! That was my gripe this morning- but all is well. They were really respectful of our property and left it in great condition. They filled it the BIG HOLE- now I just need a few buckets of wildflower seeds- because it was meant to be weeds in that area anyway- may as well make it pretty!!

School Bus

Going....
GOING....
GONE!!!!
For those of you who already know our school bus dilemma... DING DONG- THE WITCH IS DEAD!!! If this was a video- you'd see me dancing right now!!! Our favorite new neighbor, Kevin, is my tractor scoopin', flatbed driving, school bus removing hero! (along with a whole bunch of other misc. garbage!) Our property sure is cleaning up nice!

Bed Head

Oh my god- this girl has HAIR!! She has a big head and tiny body with her PJs on! She's gonna hate it when she gets older!

Drywall

BJ is growing up so fast- he asks what he can help with... this time it was a MESSY one! Uncle Jeff, Mommy and BJ did the ceilings this weekend- they were a MESS! But now they look great!

We're almost ready for paint. Collin asks every day if we can paint yet... next time it's his turn to get messy!

Our BJ was SOOOOO tired after working all day... we didn't get home until 11:30PM and he still needed a shower- good thing there's no school tomorrow!!! :)