I AM TOO OLD FOR THIS!!!

At around 11 am Kasadie came over! I was finally going to get to babysit her. It is 8:30 pm and I am WORE OUT!! Problem is : She is spoiled rotten!!! Can't put her down! She will cry.
I tried to put her in the cradle that was mine and Sara's when we were little. I laid her down, grabbed the camera and got a quick shot before she started to cry again.

She is beautiful and very sweet, but I am exhausted!! God knew what he was doing when he gave me my children at a very young age. Kudos to all you older moms!! I couldn't do it again :)

AUSTINS BACK

Here is Austin's back after day three.
And here it today.Sorry to gross anyone out. He just wanted to show Granny and Pappy. It feels like snake skin....oh yuk!

Enjoying the free hot tub!!

Sara, Bridgette and Jeremy came over. I told Jeremy if he would cut a few trees for me that I would feed him steak. Bridgette and I made salads and we also had pizza. The men all had steak.
We hung out in the hot tub till late in the evening. Then went in to watch "Pretty in Pink"! Bridgette has never seen most of those 80s movies.
We made smores in the fire pit too.
Poor Austin got burned for the second week in a row. I keep telling him to use sunscreen!!
We have really been enjoying my 'new free' hot tub.

FREE STUFF! DON'T YOU LOVE FREE!

So, my best friend Lynn gave me something for FREE! Now we have been busy working outside. We have been digging dirt. See the coal. We have lots of it in our dirt.Austin was clearing out some old junk behind the garage. He broke this old pink chair apart and made giant horseshoes. He and Aaron also made a jousting game from the rungs.Why were we digging all this dirt? To make a spot for our 'new' free hot tub!I didn't look very comforting to begin with.....but after much hard work, a lot of bleach, a lot a sweat we were ready to relax........ I tried to capture the ambiance of the lights at night. LOL! We still have more work to do before I show the completed thing, but we just couldn't wait to get in it.


And on a side note. Look what I saw in the mirror this morning. Gray hair!!!! Oh my!!! Can you see them??? Well, I can........YIKES!!!

WELCOME SARA TO THE WORLD OF BLOGGING!

My sister has started a blog. She never seemed interested in this before but now that she has a new grand baby she is ready to join us bloggers! LOL! Honestly, it is so much easier for her to share her pics and things with my parents this way. Please stop by and say hey to her and while your there you can see all the pics of my great niece. Click HERE to visit Sara.

CHECK OUT THIS KID

HEY MOM, THIS IS JUST FOR YOU!!

Remember this kid with all that hair?

Look at him now!!! Handsome guy- huh??

YARD HAPPNINS

Look what has been going on in our back yard! We have had a group of 10 turkeys stopping by to visit on several occasions.
I have no idea where they are coming from.
This guy seems to be the leader. He always checks things out first before the others come tagging along behind.
I am not sure what they are looking for. Aaron said, "Good thing it's not turkey season or he might have to get his shotgun!"
Also we have had a stray cat that has taken up home in our backyard. We were soon to discover that she was pregnant. Last week she had 5 kittens. Sadly one of the black ones did not survive. But all the rest are doing well.
She did not have them in a very safe place and we kept trying to move them. Of course she just moved them back. Here they are on the porch inside my Christmas manger. She finally found a good spot in the cool dirt next to the garage. It was Aaron's idea to use the manger to give them some shelter. They are much happier in the dirt than in the box we used here. Oh, well. She is such a good mama.Hope you all are having some fun times in your backyards this summer.