Carousel slide show

Rinky round fun

When I was a kid we lived in Spokane and they have this amazing carousel that we rode on quite a bit as a kid. This past weekend we went downtown to a place where they are building a new carousel for Albany. It was so awesome, there is a history museum about how they were invented and then we got to go in every area where they are carving, painting and even the room with the actual mechanism for the carousel. I guess a guy said that if the organization could provide a storefront and have a museum he would give some old animals from his collection and donated the mechanism for the entire carousel. It was so cool to see the history and get to go during the building process. They expect it to open in about five years. I'm going to put the pictures in a slide show, I went a little picture crazy because it was so cool. They even provide carving classes on Thursday for people that want to help. I wish I could go I would love to do that oh well. Please visit http://albanybrassring.com

I've been published

I thought I would share my little bit of fame for everyone. Don came home finally yesterday after being gone for two weeks. Cale and I were the only ones who knew so the other three were so shocked to see him when he walked in the door. Brock looked at him for a few seconds, pointed at him, and then got this huge smile on his face, and went running. Morgan and Ty were both outside when he got here and came to tattle on each other I'm sure and there was Daddy, there was a lot of screaming and hugging going on, I wish I had my camera at that moment, but I'll admit I got caught up in the whole thing too. Anyhow, this past Sunday I was reading the letters to the editor in our local paper and someone wrote a letter saying they thought we should starting shipping all our products on the trains, and that truck drivers are causing the roads to be unsafe, blah blah blah. I was so annoyed by the whole thing that I wrote a letter myself. I wasn't sure about showing it to Don thought I might embarass him but he said it was a good letter. I had it waiting on the counter for him when he got home.

Our trip to the Lake

Our friend Hayden in the mud

He was such a mess

We went with a couple of my friends and their kids to the lake for a few hours today. It was fun for the kids. It was our first outing to a lake and let me tell you I had anxiety all night last night, my kids don't know how to swim so the idea of going somewhere with water without Don to help was not a good one for me. The water was really low so the places available for the kids to splash around were muddy, so muddy that for a few minutes Cale actually lost one of his crocs in it. They had fun, I was stressed but it was fun to have some adult conversation, it hasn't happened much this week without my mom being here and Don gone I've missed it.

A few cute sprinkler pictures

I got a few pictures of the kids playing in the sprinkler earlier this week. A gal I went to bible study a few years ago had a tragedy this week losing both of her young sons and it has made me so much more thankful for my own, they are truly a gift from God! Make sure you hug your kids and tell them you love them every day!!

We are so sad

My mom left a little after noon today and we were all so sad about it. We all had a great time, and my mom said she enjoyed being able to participate in our daily activities, I think her staying longer made the leaving part much harder, we got used to having her around that's for sure. We all stood and cried as we waved good-bye and I don't think Morgan, Cale and I stopped for about fifteen minutes. They said things like "next time can Grandma come for a year?" and "I wish we lived right next door to Grandma" oh and the cutest Cale said "Grandma said even when she isn't right by my side she's still with me in her heart" They're so sweet. Thanks Mom for taking the time out of your summer to come hang out with us! We loved having you.

Just a little catching up

With Don gone this past weekend again we played it pretty low key. We walked to the mall on Saturday to do a little shopping and Ty fell on the way, I got a cute picture of Morgan holding his hand afterwards, it was too cute to miss. Morgan got one of her homeschool books out and worked on it with my Mom. I also got a few pictures from the garden, it's slowly but surely starting to show signs of veggies. Last the kids asked my mom to play uno since she's leaving at noon today, so I got one final picture of them together.