Relay 4 Life!

My Relay for Life team has raised $658 so far! Go Team!

I fought the lawn....

And the lawn lost...Note to self: invent armor for use while weed wacking!












An older woman walked past my house today as I was loading everyone into the expedition. Charlotte got excited & ran out to the road & barked at her. I called Char back and as she was walking back to me the woman made a comment. After the comment Char took off after the woman but stayed on our property. She stood at the edge of our property and barked at the woman. As I was walking over to get Char, the woman looks and me and says, "Dog...On a leash....Now. Or I call the dog catcher." I picked Char up, looked straight at the woman and said, "Go ahead, she's on my property." I'm still furious about this woman. Not one person in 3 years has complained about Char. Whenever Char takes off & chases someone in front of our house, I immediatly chain her up. She's never bite someone and I highly doubt she ever would either. She's a whopping 6 pounds for crying out loud! So, she was confined to her leash all afternoon. When she wasn't on her leash, she was banished to the house.















My goal for today was to get my house cleaned. Not only did it not get done, I didn't even come close. On the other hand, I hit at least a 12 on the 1-10 productivity scale in the yard work department.

I planted 8 ferns I swiped from my mommy.

I planted 5 of these plants.

I dug out a bunch of lawn (see blue tote in picture above) and planted 11 bunches of raspberry plants I got from my mom. Trav called me earlier today (apparently he was just getting up). When I talked to him I asked about the raspberries and if he had a preference about where I planted them. His comment was "put them wherever you want." Well, he called back later and I mentioned that I got all the raspberries planted. He acted suprised and said "What?" Apparently he had no recollection of our prior conversation. I told him he couldn't be mad at me because I had asked him and he said to put them wherever. I could hear the dejection of loss in his voice. Guess we'll see how long the raspberry patch lasts!

And last, but not least, I ended up with this beauty! Caleb's nose and cheeck are a close second.

I also let the kids turn the sprinkler on today, but failed to get any pictures of it! Caleb sure had fun going down the slide and landing in the sprinkler.

Saturday Fun

Today was a beautiful day (it got to 77 degrees inside my house before I turned on the AC). I took the kids and ventured to the American West Heritage Center (I bought a Gold membership when we went to Baby Animal Days). We went on a train ride, saw an all white peacock, watched a wedding (theme this week is 4 weddings & a funeral), saw a snake (by accident), and the kids got to ride the ponies - which Caleb loved, loved, loved! He is big into animals!

After we went to AWHC we took a trip to WalMart & then stopped at Grandpa Scott's, but he wasn't home. So, we ventured to my parent's house where we found grandpa. I asked if he'd be willing to take us 4 wheeling. So a little later, we went back down & we all went for a 4 wheeler ride down to the river bottoms. Charlotte sure loved that!

Friday Adventures

On Friday I took my kids & my niece & nephew to Willow Park (even with the rain clouds looming). The kids had tons of fun. I could only get pictures of the slower moving kids though!

After we went to Willow Park we stopped at my mom & dad's house. They were planting their garden & my children were SO helpful! This is Caleb feeding "money" (bunny) weeds with grandpa.

Friday night I walked out of the kitchen to use the bathroom & came back to find this. Yes, those are Cheetos all over the floor & yes, Caleb is wearing my flip flops to "mash" (yes, he says "mash!") them into the ground. And of course, Nash is standing close by not only watching, but encouraging the scene!

Can't get mad...

So I've been making pillowcases for my Relay for Life fundraiser. I've got about 3 or 4 sets done. I started working on another set tonight & had to sit it down to chase the monster around outside. Around 8:30 when I was back in the house (and so was the monster) I started making dinner. I had left all the stuff for my pillowcases sitting on the table. He hadn't been anywhere near the table ALL day long so I assumed I was safe. Well, we all know what happens when you assume! Before too many minutes passed, I glanced over & there he was, happy as a clam, sitting in the chair with my scissors & going to town on the 1 unfinished pillowcase of the current set I was working on. I screamed, which frightened him some, but he still looked up at me with a smile on his adorable little face and then went back to work cutting. Don't think I can salvage it because he cut the trim & the case itself. If I cut the pillowcase down enough to get rid of the cuts, I'd have to take out around 3 inches. Maybe if I could find a really skinny pillow to put in it, I'd be fine. Oh well. Lesson learned!
Oh...and Picasso struck again today (not too long before the pillowcase incident actually). What a monster!