MOOOOVE!

This morning I finally got my hubby to run with me!  I was so excited he agreed.  Now I should of been excited he agreed because it meant that he would be taking interest in improving his own health or perhaps wanting spend more time with me.  But I was just excited for him to be there for protection!  I keep telling him that I'm almost scared to run on our road because of the abundant wildlife. Not to mention the tall corn it can hide in.  His answer has always been take Roscoe (our dog) and you'll be fine.

Well today we are running down the road with Roscoe.  Roscoe does as he normally does, stays out in front and occasionally veers off into the fields.  I can't remember what exactly we were talking about, but  Sheldon looks towards the field and then back to me.  "MMOOVE" he says.  (Ok if any of you know me well at all - you know at this moment I'm ready to pee my pants and frantically looking for a pole, a tree ,anything or body that I can climb)  I was not sure what was coming, but I knew by the tone of his voice I'd better move and do it quick.  At that moment a buck jumps out of the field right at us!  Roscoe is of course chasing him!  Thank goodness Sheldon had gotten a glimpse of him coming thru the corn heading straight toward us and managed to get out a quick MMOOVE. We kept running and watch as our dog (who is half greyhound) chased this buck off into a tree line.

Now I do have to give Sheldon credit, he was right!  Sort of right, Roscoe will search out any threat of wildlife.  However he just might chase them right out of that corn and closer to me!

Cheap Entertainment

This morning our neighbors provided us with great entertainment!  Most of the kids were awake when we heard a LOUD noise! (the others were up quickly) The boys were outside in an instant.  This is what we spent rest of the morning watching.

Gabi says she wants to spray corn fields with a plane when she grows up.  Fits her personality, doesn't it...

Most kids might not of been so amused by this, but mine sure were.  And I'm sure Sheldon will be upset that he missed it, as he is the biggest kid of them all.

WORLDS OF FUN

On a short notice last week we decided to go to Worlds of Fun.  It was great!  With the exception of the bigger roller coaster rides, there were no lines.  The majority of the day we could just stay on the ride and ride again!

Rhett was a great help on this day.  He is still short enough that they will allow him on all the rides at Camp Snoopy.  So he was able to "help out" with the girls.  I think this may be the only photo that you see him enjoy his "helping out".

Gabi just ran up to Snoopy & Friends!  She hugged Linus!  Halle was absolutely terrified of them.  And of course the boys were too old for Snoop.  This makes me sad, I remember when the boys loved Camp Snoopy!

Perhaps we should not of made poor Rhett get on this one with the girls.  His poor knees are hitting the dash!

Gabi giggled & squealed all the way through this ride!

Ya, Sheldon's favorite ride is Camp Snoopy Bus! 

(Really the kids are in there too, somewhere)

Sheldon and Gabi are in the corner of this pic.

It did sprinkle a little on this day.  So we spent quite awhile in the Ball House.

We try to take a pic of all the kids in this spot every time we visit!

It was a fun day!!!

Ruby

Our newest addition to the family is here!  We got Ruby last week.  She is so adorable!  She is a purebred bloodhound.  She is constantly loved on by two lil girls and the boys like her too.  So far mom has not had to let her out in the mornings, feed or water her at all.  The kids are still fighting over who gets to do what.  Do you think I could be so lucky for this to continue into week 2 and possibly 3 or 4????   Yeah - who am I kidding!  A entire week of helpful kids is impressive, but two...probably out of the question!

STORMS

We have had quite a few thunderstorms come through the area this weekend.  There was a lot of strong wind gusts involved.  Saturday mornings storm came and left pretty quick.  It also left us with a mess.  It took our smaller shed and the kids trampoline. This is our third time of trying to have a trampoline out here.  There probably won't be a fourth.

We still managed to have a great Father's Day weekend.   We took Dad for ice cream on Sunday.  It left us with a different kind of mess.  Yes we have four kids and still can not figure out that ice cream in a car is a no-no!

It was gooood!!!

Princess Camp

Gabi attended Princess Camp for 3 days this week.  She had so much fun!  They learned little dances, read princess stories, crafts, and Gabi's favorite "snacks".  It was so adorable to watch!  I brought my camera in on the last day.  Oh how I want a new camera.  I did manage to catch a few good pics though.  My camera is a Kodak, nothing great.  I have had a lot of blurry pics when it comes to capturing my active kids.  It, or possibly it's operator has trouble with the flash.  I think if I turn it on - it should stay on for the next couple of shots.  However it never does and it never takes consistently good pics.  Anyway I'll keep saving for one while trying to figure out which camera is good at taking action shots, reasonably priced, and easy to operate.  Enjoy Gabi's princess moments, they don't happen often!

Notice this pic probably should of flashed, but didn't.

Ok here starts the blurriness!  She is the taller one in this pic.  I know not a good pic.  But look at her on her tip toes and her arms up.  Ahh  I really want  have a dancing little girl!

and then comes the dark pics!  So frustrating!  This is better of the other 5 I'm not posting.  On the others you just see that there is something in the pic.  Frustrating because she grabbed on to our neighbor Adalyn.  It was too cute!  I might have to re stage that pic!

Gabi's pals in this pic Adalyn ( in the pink shorts) and Alexa (purple dress)

Finally got flash on and stayed on prior to snapping pic!

Another good one (notice they are holding still and I got flash to come on)

This is Princess Gabi with Princess Alexa (she is a cutie)!   And of course lil Princess Halle at the edge!

More of Halle's B-day pics