Evening walks, barn building, and more.....

First, I have to tell you that blogger must have heard my sad story and felt sorry for me because even though we still can only get dial-up here in the country, I am NOW able to almost, instantly upload my pictures to blogger.
So, here are many photos from the past two weeks.

These are from our evening walks that we have been taking together as a family and taking advantage of the slightly cooler weather. This is a country road with many beautiful sites.



That is Thomas up ahead of me.


Beautiful, old stone wall.

Love the arch of the trees.

BZZZZZZZZZZZ! This is a tree that sits directly by the road and if you are not careful you could walk right into a bee cloud. Every night when we pass by, you can hear the entire tree buzzing!

Oh dear - deer!

This is along the creek.

And this was tonight on the way back home.

Now for some Barn Building....

We have been wanting to add a barn since we built the house and moved in. Now the time is finally here. Here is the site before barn.

Then this morning, the barn crew arrived EARLY (and we did not expect them today) and got started.

Day 1.

Tonight, playing around outside before dinner.

You know this is my sweet dog, Zaida. I don't have to tell you that I LOVE this dog! (My husband and oldest son are sooooo tired of hearing this!)

I love the big birds that fly over.

This is Thomas trying to jump up to touch the net. I love that he has his tongue hanging out!

We also found a baby bat on the front porch last week. It was dead! But very cute! Did not take a picture.

Then tonight Thomas noticed that the cat and dog had something cornered in the garage. I went to scoop what ever it was out as I am used to this by now. Since we have moved in a little over a year and a half ago, I have scooped out numerous frogs (big and small), multiple lizards, a blue jay, a hummingbird, many little mice, and now as of tonight.... a little raccoon! He was scared, but so cute. We got the big garage door up and scooted him right out and he scoured back up into the woods. I did not get a good picture of him. Maybe next time!

End of baseball season

Last night was the last game for the summer SF baseball league.

Evan and Thomas.

Happy Birthday

Happy 20th Birthday to my sweet, beautiful niece, Amanda!

Back To School

First day back to school for this 10th grader and 7th grader.

End of Summer Vacation

This is what we have been doing in the past two weeks.

Last week, my nieces, Amanda and Jessica, who live across the gully, came over. We took them to see the new Batman movie (which was very good). Later that night, we made pizzas and Chex party mix (at their request). We watched another movie on DVD, ate the pizza and party mix, and played games. Thomas played the keyboard for us, and their was just alot of silly business going on! They spent the night, and the next day Amanda went home to study for her College classes and Jessica went to Cool Springs with us.

Amanda and Jessica making Chex party mix.

Then this week, we had the other niece and nephew over. Evan and Emily. They came home from school registration with us. We went to Chuck E Cheese for lunch and had lots of fun! Then to the book store to buy books for all. Grabbed some Icee's on the way home. We had Poppy Seed Chicken for dinner (Evan's favorite) and they too, spent the night with us. We ended the fun with swimming in the pool.

This is Evan in the pool.

Evan, with his prize from Chuck E Cheese.

Thomas, Evan, and Emily at Chuck E Cheese.

Yes, Taylor went with us but he does not like for me to post his picture on the blog....

My Sweet Ellie Mae

18 years ago today...

Things you find in your yard when you wake up in the morning....

More pictures from the beach

This is the hole that Thomas dug and then put himself in it.

Thomas on his skin board. He loves that thing! It is old and about ready to retire.

This is pretty much what Taylor did for almost all of the pictures that I tried to take of him.

But I did get this picture of the "Big Foot" walk. (My boys are big "Big Foot" fanatics!)

Here they are on one of the last two nights, looking for shark teeth. Thomas found one, and then the competition was on. They were very hard to get. I did end of getting one. The boys found more than a few.

Bird on the pier.

Getting ready to ride Go-Carts.

The last morning before we left.

These are the shark teeth that Taylor found.

These are the ones that Thomas found.

It was a great trip, but it is soooo good to be home!

Happy 4th of July, from the beach!

Paradise!

Kenny Chesney

Last week, Thomas had his last major league baseball game in Spring Hill, Closing Ceremonies, and the end of the year party for the team (complete with pizza and awards).



Now the Santa Fe summer baseball league has started up and guess who is the sponsor of our team?





THE KENNY CHESNEY BAND!!!

The dad of one of the boys on our team plays in Kenny Chesney's band, so they are sponsoring our team. The boys were very excited!

Last Friday night was our 2nd game, and Thomas hit a home run and won the game (7-6)!

After 25 years, IT'S OVER!

What a sad day for our family this past Saturday!

This was Brian's baby back in the 80's.

This was in the 90's.

This was last Saturday. (Even the dog was sad!)

We all said our "goodbyes" and shed a tear or two.

Take good care of it, PC!

My new addiction

"Jon & Kate plus 8" on Monday Nights (TLC Channel) and throughout each day at different times. Check them out at www.sixgosselins.com/

Little bit of everything

HELLO SUMMER TIME! Thank you Cheryl and Jerry. We are enjoying the pool soooo much!








HEY, HEY, HAY........

Sweet Kitties! (Well not so for the one in the back who, along with his dog friend, wiped out a batch of baby bunnies the other morning! Bad, Bad, kitty!)

Thomas on third base, after he hit a triple, in his SH game the other night.

Look! We have blueberries!

"Synchronized Swimming", No - "Synchronized Basketball". Is there such a thing?

Brian oldest ride! (Will he ever just let it go?) He has had it FOREVER!

Brian's newest ride. This was his Daddy's truck.