Mason & Brody are 7!!! This year was all about Spiderman...I think they have about every toy possible between the 2 of them. They are so spoiled...but I guess they are worth it!!
On the 10th we had a few of the boys' friends over to the house for a little party. One of Taylors good friends, Rachel, just happens to be the sister of one of the boys' friends....so of course she came over too!!
We rented one of those jumping things for the party and they all had a great time in it! The morning of the party it poured down rain for a couple hours...but by evening it turned out pretty nice. Here is the whole crew...Rachel, Taylor, Tyler, Preston, Brody, Mason, Garrett...
Everyone's Jumping!!
Taylor and Rachel were having a good time trying to go around the outside of the jumper without falling off...they finally got it mastered.
The boys birthday fell on a wednesday....that day we went to Big Surf Waterpark. It was the first time the boys had ever been and they had a great time!! We were there almost 4 hours and they still werent ready to leave!
Taylor standing in the wave pool, she is getting so tall!!!
The boys in the wave pool. This was a favorite location...we spent a lot of time in here. The other favorite was a big yellow slide that you take an innertube down.
This picture was actually on the morning of their birthday, June 6th. I let them open presents from mom and dad when they woke up.
Taylor and Eric went for their first golf outing the other day. She had a great time and I heard she golfed pretty good for the first time!! They now go every monday afternoon. She is really enjoying it...and cant wait to golf with Grandpa Ronnie and Grandma Barby!!!
I found the boys out in the greenhouse the other day....they are standing on top of the potting table playing "spiderman"! They had all of their spiderman guys out there and were sitting there playing in the dirt....what more could little boys ask for?!
Hope everyone is having a great summer!!!
Some of you may not like these next two "pets" of ours....they are rats!! "summer" and "surf" are two pet rats we have just recently gotten. They really do make great pets for kids if you can get past the fact that they are rats!! They never bite like hamsters and they really love to be handled. Check out this great cage we got for them....it is like a mansion!! Sissy really likes to check them out...I think she wonders how they taste!!
summer is in the strawberry and the other would be surf...do you think they're cute?!
This is old faithful Dirt....he is 12 years old. Eric got him as a puppy right before we met, so he has been around for it all you could say! Our neighbors across the street love him too...they let him in the house and give him treats. A couple nights a week they will call us to say they are letting Dirt out so we can put him up for the night...they really spoil him...he also takes a walk with them every day.
This is "Trid", which some of you may not know is dirt spelled backwards...I know we are a little strange! We got her from the animal shelter about 10 years ago right after we moved here. Her and Dirt have been together a long time...great buddies.
Oh what a good boy this is!! His name is Rhus, which is the botanical name for sumac. He was one of three puppies we brought home in 2002. He had a brother named Acer (named for Maple tree) and a sister named Willow. They are border collie/dachsand (or at least thats what the shelter thought). We lost Willow only about a week after bringing them home. It ended up that they had parvo....a horrible puppy disease! Acer also got terribly sick with it and almost died...the vet really thought he was a miracle dog. After coming out of parvo, Acer ended up getting hit by a car. Anyway Rhus is the last one of the bunch and he is a great dog! He can catch any rodent that happens to get in the yard...he can even find where the moles are hiding under ground and dig them up!!
Our one little cat...Callie. Eric is allergic to cats, but he sure does love this one. She stays outside all the time unless it gets too cold during winter, then she's allowed in the garage.
Here is one more picture of the goats and their dog, Dingo. I know you have seen them before but I couldnt resist putting in one more. They are all about 5 months now. We will be picking up our buck in a couple weeks...he is 3 months old. Dingo is already close to 70 pounds...and he is doing a real good job watching his goats.
This is a new picture of the Silkie babies...they are getting more "poofy"!! You cant see their eyes anymore. A couple nights ago I went out to shut the coop door and I saw a little white thing standing in the middle of the duck pool. Sure enough...one of the silkies somehow got in the pool and couldnt get out. It was almost up to its neck in water so I scooped him out and got a towel to dry him off a little. He ended up being just fine....
Here is the garden...we only have tomatoes and peppers in it but there sure are alot of them!! I guess we will be selling these soon!
Thanks for looking everyone...
