summer tidbits

These are my new friends...not sure how we feel about each other



My lawn looks like a 2 yr old cut his own hair

Caleb spent 1/2 day in his bicycle helmet and starting throwing gang signs after lunch

Walker says : wask insead of wasp , tormatoes (tornados), Walker at 4 referring to his past..."ya know, when I was a little kid"


Caleb saying good morning /talking to the horses every morning like they know him and can hear him


kids watching facing the giants..love they are getting it


walker/caleb aggravating each other ..I mean that 2 y/o can old his own and push Walker's buttons


caleb's kisses and gets and beds and fold his hands like he is praying and thats how he sleeps every night.

walker "prayers..kiss and hugs mommy" -everynight

The tradition continues .....nana believes in fire safety

..pls stop staying my name we are up to 3641 and there are 3 hrs till bedtime- this is when I need a time out


caleb..saying "home?" when we are out
giving up pacy....you lost it, did really fine but would find one and we'd see you streaking through giggling with a pacy in your mouth and would bury yourself in the couch pillows


Olivia serving everyone popcorn-very much a servant ...asking to pray at Unkey's bday dinner at Ocharley's.

a river runs through it

NO pictures...which maybe for the best

• went on a float trip with 2 brave friends and 4 kids
• thankfully they were pros and knew my "oh we'll all stick together wouldn't work..i mean they came with sticks for moving themselves in the tube..such experts
• the boys took off ahead of us latched together ..waiting on us slow pokes every now and then
• liv laid back on her tube like a princess while Ginger navigated her through all the rocks and sticking places
• Caleb sitting in my lap in stunned silence...not sure if he was relaxing or could believe his mother had him on a tube in a river...life jackets for all of course
• AND then it started to rain.........hard.........and i heard thunder ..and i prayed....dear God , please don't let us die..I'm a terrible parent...trees on the banks ..no where to get out...Caleb with his hat pulled low buried his face on my shoulder and whimpered "home, home?, mommy?"
• thankfully it stopped.....everyone commented on how good Caleb was....again I think he was in shock riding it out..every once and awhile he would say "home?" "we are almost done and the we'll cook hot dogs".."ok mommy"
• it was fun ..would do it again
• cook out at Anna Ruby with hot dogs...began to rain...so didn't get to do the fall hike.
• my abs feeling like I was doing 100 crunches
• my friends had a good time but was glad to go home to kid free house......I laughed..and took 4 kids home for baths and dinner....exhausted :)