Guess Who's on the Move!?!?!?!?!

Brynlee is slowly beginning to walk to things. The problem is when she starts moving she begins to run, then loses her balance. We are going to have our hands full!

Fun at the Lake!

Bryson tubing.
What a cute boater girl!
Hanging out on the boat.

Floating in "e-coli cove"
ssssooooooo BIG!
Eating at Captain Ron's or as Jack called it Captain Morgan's!
We had some very sleepy kids on the way home!

We had a great weekend at the Ozarks! The kids enjoyed tubing, swimming, floating, and trying to ski. Bryson almost got up on skis, he was so close! They had a great time playing with cousins and family. The condo is beautiful a big thank you to my aunt and uncle for letting us stay there with everyone. I posted pictures from the weekend. We can't wait until next summer to go down again! Have a great week.

Greatest Kids

Enjoying some "pasketti"
She loves her brothers! I think they like her too!

I have the best kids ever. I was a slick one today and fell and bruised my leg pretty good. Long story and a long fall. Anyways Bryson immediately took Brynlee and got her dressed and ready for grandma's by packing the diaper bag. We left to go to the doctor and he walked to grandma's with her. Brock called after he got out of VBS and was very concerned. They are the greatest kids ever! Brynlee started crying as soon as I did. She didn't know what to think. Tim said it was really cute she kept looking at me and then looking at him like "is this ok that she is crying dad?" Long story short I am gonna be black and blue and my kids are the best! Have a great week all!

Pool Fun

We are slowly melting away our summer days. School starts in a few weeks and none of us are ready. Getting up and out the door by 7:15 is going hurt! My wonderful children have started sleeping in with me until 8:45 or 9:00 (God bless them)! We are going to having fun these last few weeks. We have spent many days at grandma's pool. Brynlee loves the water she thinks it is a huge bath tub! I think we are going to have another fish on our hands. We will be enjoy these last few days of freedom, before we are back into the school routine.

4-H Fair

Notice the green shirt in 1st place?!

Bryson did a great job showing at the fair. He had a great time. They showed on Monday and his pigs did good. It is always hard to beat the big dogs. We came home with one first place and a few seconds and thirds and then a fourth place. We were very excited!! Yesterday was a fun day and they sat around and played poker all day. If you see him ask him about the girl in the green shirt, and watch his face!!! He is so funny! Our county has a great group of kids and they will have a lot of fun memories when they get older. Next up the state fair and we now know what we need to work on! We are looking forward to next week. Enjoy the pictures they are all of him showing and getting ready. The video is him showing for his first pig of the day. A special thanks to PaPa and Tri-County Tractor & Mower for buying Bryson's sale pig!

Getting ready for the fair!

Cousins

At least it's not all work! Gotta love a boy in rubber boots.
I totally wish I could tell you what this was but I really have no clue. Good thing Bryson knows what he is doing! Looks good to me though!!!
The two BJ's working with the piggies.
Talk about a very proud dad/uncle.

Fair time is here. The county fair is next week and the state fair the following week. This is the highlight of Bryson's summer! He loves 4-H and showing hogs! He and his cousin get to show again this year. The boys were out walking and working with the pigs tonight. I thought I would take a few pictures for a sneak peak of the goods! I will keep you posted with show results next week. Bryson shows on Monday. I love this time of year!!

Camping Fun!

Brock riding in the "cool" boat.
mmmmmmm Homemade Donuts
The gang hanging out watching a move after a long weekend!
The camper was a little cold in the morning. Brock is under all these blankets.
Can we say bed head!
Hanging out around the campfire.
BJ tubing with some cousins.
Brynlee had a great time waving at all the boats as they went by.

Well Brynlee and Arnold went out on their first camping trip at the cousins reunion this year. Tim's side of the family goes camping every year for a weekend at the lake close by. Arnold is our "new" camper. It went pretty well it was a little hot and VERY BUGGY so we spent a lot of time in the camper with Brynlee. As usual a great time was had by all and the boys are already planning for next year! I would have to say the camper was great with the AC!! On Friday as we were putting it up for the first time we put out our canopy and we noticed strings we looked at each other and said why would we tie it down it is standing really good.........so we didn't! At 2:30am on Sunday the winds picked up and blew our canopy over the top of our camper it was at that time we realized why those strings were there! Scared the heck out of all of us! So we ran out to pull it back over and fasten it and in the mean time realize the campfire is a torch and the lawn chairs are blowing right into it! By this time other family has come out of there sleeping spots because of this 5 minute storm. So Tim tells me to hang on the the metal pole and hold the canopy down from being tossed around in the wind so I do. He runs off to get the campfire out with our cooler water and I am still holding this metal pole. Does anyone see where this might be going, did I add I was standing under a tree? Well if you haven't figured it out all of the sudden we have these huge lightening strikes and cracks of thunder. All I kept saying was "hello metal pole here." I am sure if anyone was watching they were having a great laugh at the not so experienced campers frantically trying to save there canopy! Well to make this long story end we finally got the items outside in the trucks and the canopy safely tucked away in the zipper pouch again. The boys thought it was kind of funny to watch luckily the princess slept through it all. Thank goodness we were not there for this mornings storms! Once again the food and fellowship were great and the weekend was a lot of fun. I am hoping next year I will be out of the camper a little more!

Tournament Champs!

Tim was one of Brock's Assistant Coaches
Brock getting his trophy from his Coach

Brock's team won the pinto boys championship game last night. The other team did not make it easy, they were pretty tough. Our boys did a great job hitting and fielding!! Way to go boys!! Brock's coaches this year were great! They had so much patience throughout the year with all the boys. At the end of the game Brock thought he would be Ozzie and do a few flips.

Baseball, Baseball, Baseball !!!!!!!!!!!

Bryson

Bryson

Bryson

Brock

Well the boys have had a busy season this year with baseball. I think we lived at the ball park. They are both in tournament play this week. If I can have one short moment of bragging. Bryson made an awesome catch in left field last night!!!!!!!!! He was so smooth last night it was so GREAT!!!!!!!! I being the proud momma screamed so loud I think they could hear it for miles!!!!!! The grin on Bryson's face as he came into the dug out.........made my heart melt!! They did shut them out for the first two innings so the team did a great job!! Unfortunately they were playing a really tough team and lost. I was so proud of Bryson last night! What a great way to end his season.

Brock's team also played last night. When we got there they were LOSING, YIKES! They did come back to win so they are still in the tournament. Brock made a great line drive catch on third base, once again a proud momma. Brock plays again on Friday. I'll keep you posted!Update: Brock's team is in the championship game @ 8:00 Monday night!!

Happy 4th of July!!

Standing to salute The Flag as the parade begins.
Brock's Pinto Boys team.
Bryson's Bronco Boys team.
Happy 4th!

Happy 4th to all. We are busy with the annual 4th of July ballgames, carnival rides, parade, and fireworks. I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe 4th. We live in a great country that gives us so much freedom that I often take it for granted. It is not until you visit another less fortunate country that you truly feel blessed to live in the USA!