Barnyard Friends

On the Fourth of July,we went to camp at Petit Jean with my dad and Vicki. It is so peaceful up there and we were lucky enough to have a spot right on the lake. (you can't swim in it but they do have a nice pool to use) We wanted to do something the kids would enjoy so we thought about going on a trail ride, but after looking at the prices we decided against that!! Instead we went into the petting zoo. You would think that since we basically have our own petting zoo that the girls wouldn't be to interested but they loved it! There are a lot of different animals there, i.e. cows, donkeys, goats, miniature horses, chickens, rabbits, guinea pigs, feret, sheep. You name it, it was there! There was even two tiny baby deer. So cute!!


Lucky for the girls, Jadyn had spilled some sweet tea on her shirt so they LOVED her!!

"momma, it follow me!"

Took a while to catch this little guy, but well worth it!

There was just too much going on to get her to look at me!

Gracie, of course, was all over the place so I didn't get many pictures of her!

Something they should be used to...............chasing chickens!

I think this is funny, they are both smiling, not looking at me, but looking in the same direction!


oh, and this donkey was drinking some cherry crush at one point! LOL!

Ready to see what's out there!

sissy, give me a push!

Time for our pony rides!

Cowgirl Gracie!

Patiently waiting her turn. If you know this girl, you know patience is NOT in her vocabulary!

First time on a horse! She was grinning ear to ear!

Well worth the visit to Barnyard Friends! As much as they have there, I kind of feel like they take in peoples unwanted animals/pets! After standing out there in the hot hot sun we went swimming, but that didn't last long! Gracie could swim all day, Jadyn doesn't care too much for it after about an hour! She thinks she is big enough to swim without help of any kind, life jacket included!

We skipped the fireworks show at Petit Jean since Jadyn was so whiney and tired! We could hear the booms from our campsite, but couldn't see any of them! Oh well, the girls found some on T.v. to watch and that was good enough for them and good enough for my sanity!

Singing in the Rain

I'm singing in the rain


Just singing in the rain

What a glorious feelin'

I'm happy again

I'm singing and dancing in the rain!!

Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.

~Author unknown

Summerslam tournament

Our first tournament of 3 for the next 3 weekends was this weekend. Summerslam sponsored by Thunder. We had our first game Friday night (a loss) but Gracie had a GREAT game!! If she would only be aggressive going after the ball and actually throw it instead of chasing the runner down! (which occassionally does work!) Since we lost our first game, we had to play at 9 Saturday morning! =( We played against the swing sisters and won!






Getting ready to bat!

Here she is on defense! doesn't she look excited!

Our next game was at 12 so we had some time to kill............face painting...........

Everyone on our team was waiting on Margaret!

Strike a pose!

This was so a waste of $1! but I couldn't let my baby not get hers done too!

Bean bag toss...............coach jay vs. coach jerred............




It's getting hot...........hot............hot

We ended up playing a total of 4 games saturday!! Our girls fought their way out of the losers bracket to finish 3rd! We are soooo proud of these girls!

Elana, Gracie, Jaylin, Abigail, Riley, Maddie, Sophia, Madi, Abby, Brittyn, and Macey!

Woo_hoo!!! 3rd place might as well be first to these girls!!

We ended our day of games and went and ate a little dinner, went and picked up the little monkey, and finally home by 10:00! Next weekend we get to do it all over................

Treats and a visitor........

Thanks to Amy at http://www.faith-love-hope.com/ , we made some fruity popsicles. I think they turned out pretty good! We did watermelon, strawberries, and pineapple juice because that's what we had. We will be making more fruit popsicles this summer! Especially since I found popsicle molds that actually pull the popsicle out still attached to the stick!


Jadyn the popsicle goes in your mouth, not your finger! Lol!

Helping daddy mow...............

and for our visitor.............we have several apple trees in our yard. They are green sour apples that really are too good unless you bake with them. Oh, and the deer like them!

Hope you all have a good weekend! We have a softball tournament this weekend............it's going to be HOT!

Garvan Woodland GArdens May 2010

Garvan Gardens

We have been taking Gracie to Garvan Gardens since she was 6 months old. We missed a year or two after Jadyn was born, but I thought it would be neat to show these.



Ok, this first one I scanned and it looks TERRIBLE!! But I can't find my picture cd with these pictures on it. =( Here she is at 6 months...............



One year............

Two years...........

and this one is sideways.........ugh...........3 years.........

5 1/2 years.................

pretty neat, huh?