Dakotah's Boyisms (not really a word, but who cares)

Dakotah has been the only boy in the family this summer (except for dad) and he had missed his brother so much. I can't wait to see those two goofing off together again. Until then, I have enjoyed Dakotah's (what I call) boyisms. He has been pushing it a bit more trying to be bigger and both good and some not so good ways. However, some of his acts have been so funny!
He has come a long way on his bike, he actually spend more time on the bike now instead of the ground. He is doing so good that he now does "tricks". One trick is what you see in the above picture, another....standing up while peddling and the other day at the park, yea he was trying to see if he could ride with no hands. Can you feel my heart pounding out of my chest?! According to dad I have to let him do these things to be a boy. That first emergency room visit is going to be a huge test of keeping my mouth shut. :)
This is his muscles he has found this summer. Look close.....can you see them?
This is Dakotah conquering the stump. I love when they can be loud outside, hoping they get it all out before we get back home.
This is what we got to see the other night after Dakotah came downstairs from being told to put on his jammies. Crack me up, and yes, here are his muscles again only this time with the face, oh and you can't hear it but the "GRRRRR".
I hope when Colby comes home he is willing to express his boyisms as well. My boys are so funny and cute no matter how many times they may make my heart stop. There is something special about boys and their moms. I am just blessed to have the opportunity to experience it with 2 of them. They are both very different, but still boys through and through.

"Boys, I thank God that he has given me the opportunity to be your mom. As much as you take my breath away and make my heart stop, you also make me laugh and smile. I look forward to the many years of having both. I pray as you grow up you realize all God has made you to be in His image. I pray you become great warriors for the Lord. Be confident in who you are in the Lord and the love He has for you. I look forward to both of your journeys! I love you both so much! Love, Mom"

5th of July Fun

I don't have pictures of the Fourth, bit we had a great day with grilling in the rain, hanging out with friends, catching a picture or two of two boys on a Barbie Jeep and watching a movie. The fireworks however were postponed due to the rain, for the 5th. We had no intentions of going to the fireworks, but Rodney wanted to take Madi and Dakotah to the park to ride and run around then for some ice cream.











Here are the kids in front of one of the many log cabins they have in the park.













Dakotah got to ride his bike and show off a few "tricks" he has learned and Madi got to learn how to ride a scooter which her daddy ended up carrying really most of the way.













Here is Madi enjoying a big tree stump in the park.

And Dakotah on the stump as well. It's funny to compare how big the stump looks with Madi on it compared to Dakotah.

Here is Dakotah's way of jumping off the stump, acting like King Kong. His little boyisms have been sooo funny lately!
I took a few moments to grab my kids before they ran off to get a picture with them. I at first took one of Madi and I, myself but then Rodney stepped in and helped.
Here's me and D and if you look close you'll see I am having to tickle him to get him to sit a moment longer with me.
Now I couldn't leave with out a picture with my man, so the kids actually took turns taking our picture. I believe this was one of Dakotah's.
Well, as we walked along in the park, Rodney suggested Taco Bell, Ice Cream and Fireworks so that is how we spent the rest of our Sunday evening and it was a really good time! Thanks baby for taking us to see the fireworks even thought you didn't feel good. We had a great time!

Slip n' Slide

Rodney and I stopped at Walmart on the way home lastnight to pick up a slip n' slide for the kids to play with. Rodney got it all hooked up and ready to play with. Here is a shot of each kid taking a turn.



Autumn and Dakotah








Jessica and Rodney











Chelsea and Bre











My favorite picture of the whole day is of Madi because she didn't know how to go down, didn't really want to go down but once daddy got a hold of her, he sent her down with no choice. Her face......funny as could be! I laughed so hard I began to cry when I saw this picture.

Ty Dyed Summer Fun Results

Starting Wednesday night Kim, the kids and I began our journey of ty dying for the first time. This was so much fun, creative, and unique in the sense of how everyones shirts turned out.
















Here are all the kids and their creations. We even made Colby one as well as a niece and nephew that live in Colorado.
I look forward to enjoying my shirt over the next year as well as toward next years creations. I'm thinking Red, White and Blue sunbursts since they look like fireworks.

First Harvest

How cool that we have made our first little harvest. Little as in we only had one zucchini that was ready but it was big. In this picture it is deceiving cause it looks like it's 10 inches but it really only measured 9. It was probably about the size of a drinking glass around. Rodney grilled it up tonight and it was so YUMMY!

Tye Dying Summer Fun!

This week we had the joyful experience of tye dying with Kim and the girls. Kim had bought the kit and then brought it up to share with us. We had so much fun and it was so interesting to see all of the different shirts and how they turned out. We have decided that we will be making this an annual tradition.
I can not tell you how cool and fun it is to see a bunch of tye dye hanging out on a farm!

More Garden Fun!

On Saturday Rodney and I took down the fence to the garden, climbed in, took a seat on the dirt amongst the plants and began our 4 hour journey of pulling out all the grass and weeds that had grown over the past month and were threatening our veggies. It was a great time! We talked a bunch (the kids played in the hose, so they kept themselves busy), laughed, cleared the garden out and were very productive and unfortunately got fried. You know when you tell your kids you need to put sunscreen on them before they play outside, but neglect to do so your self, theres a problem and that problem leaves you feeling like your skin is on fire for the next 3 days and prevents you from a good nights sleep. What were we thinking??????? Back to the garden....
Our corn is growing so much and Colby would be having a fit if he was home to watch it grow. Here you can actually see it now that the grass that was competing with it, is gone.
We have zucchini! This is the first one we found and this is actually 2 days after we found it. Now as of today, out of the 3 plants we have, there is 6 or 7 zucchinis.
Look, you can actually see the plants and the ground that rests in between the rows. If you look at previous posts, you will see the dramatic difference.
This little guy is a buttercup squash and before we took the fence down to get in, he had decided to poke one of his vines through a hole in the chicken wire. When we finished our weeding and put the fence back up, we poked him back through the way he wanted to be. It's amazing to watch this process and really it's amazing to work "side by side" so to speak with God in creating veggies. He provides such blessings to us in this home that we were lead to. Rodney and I talked about how hard it would be to ever have to leave it. Oh, and when we were done and we took a walk out to the blue berry bushes we found black raspberries right by our fruit trees that we never have seen there before. It's amazing and going to be so yummy!