Saturday, November 12, 2011

Can you feel the love?


Aunt Cami reading to nephews and nieces.  What a wonderful aunt!

Birthday, Blankets, and Blizzards...oh my!

Max's birthday!



The kids wore Oklahoma clothing (not winter) in a Colorado snowstorm and came back a wee bit cold.  We were a little short on winter gear in Colorado because the kids are growing out of stuff so a Walmart snow boot and snow coat trip was in order.

Evelyn ready for the snow, but she wouldn't walk in it.

JB and Gloria next to our creation, the snow dog.

Nice snow dog...cold snow dog!

Thursday, November 10, 2011

First Camping Trip in New Camper

Snug as bugs in sleeping bags




Oompa's birthday party in SC...

A cool picture of 4 generations apart, yet still a special connection.


JB loves games...especially with those he loves.

Reading to cousin Mitchel with Gramma Shell

Max Sr, Max Jr (JB) and Nana

Total Silliness...

Benaiah raided his Daddy's closet.  I'm sure he could pass for any active duty Air Force...

Only little brother would be happy to be tied up...

Evelyn happily flooding the pansies...

Cool Pajama girl...

 ...with most of her favorite things...missing the shoes though.  She is obsessed with shoes.  She used to wear everyone else's shoes, but now she especially likes her pink flip flops and switching between all her pairs of shoes.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

This might be Max's most expensive birthday present ever...

Pop-up trailer/toy hauler we got yesterday, a used one but in very nice condition.

All popped out...

 We set it up on our land to make sure all the "kinks" are out before we take it far from the house (and before Max takes it elk hunting in the Colorado mountains).  And also because it was a fun thing to do on Max's birthday.  It is beautiful fall weather here today, nice and calm and in the 80s.  We are looking forward to taking it out as a family.

Now we just have to get further than our own backyard, and we'll be camping for real...  

Evelyn flooding, I mean, watering the "fwowers"

The chicken coop...

I know, a very romantic place to declare my love for Max.

So that's where all the ducks have been laying their eggs...Before it just looked like a pile of feathers...  Not sure whether to take them inside or leave them for the ducks to hatch.  There is a male duck, but we've never witnessed him doing his male thing with the female ducks.  Hard call...

Friday, October 14, 2011

Got him...

This is the monster that killed our chickens.  Okay, he may not look that ferocious, but ask the chickens, they'll tell you...5 left out of 20.  Let's just say they were traumatized for a while, but a cheer went up from the chicken coop when ten .22 shots went into him and 4 shots from a 20 gauge, all under the barn (not an easy task...that sucker did not want to die!).  Can't say that I'm sad....

Saturday, October 08, 2011

Exploring Colorado...




I guess this one deserves some explanation...It was actually my fault that JB ended up dressed like a wild boy raised by wolves or something...I was foolish and put my unopened can of  Hansens soda on a slanted rock, which almost immediately rolled off into a little pond at the bottom of a little waterfall.  Max told JB to get my drink while still in his clothes...usually obedient and energentic, especially when it involves adventure, JB jumps into the water with his clothes on.  He rescued my soda but ended up taking off his shorts and underwear to let them dry in the sun.  He didn't want to walk around buck naked (a change for JB), so he wrapped his shirt around his waste.  Of course he had to have a weapon to defend himself against any peepers...


 Now JB has shorts and no shirt...


Evelyn sings 'Jesus Loves Me"

I sing Jesus Love Me to Evie whenever she goes to bed and Max finally got it on video...

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Outside on a beautiful fall day in Oklahoma...


Nature...but mostly a silly kitten...

A monarch butterfly on wild, OK yellow flower on our place.

The kids call this kitten "Tiger Face".  One of the seven kittens that were born at our place.

Darn it! That's a very realistic-looking plastic bird...and now I'm stuck!