Days 54 and beyond...summer 2012.

We have had a fantastic, albeit a little wild and crazy busy summer so far and it seems to only be getting better!

Here are some of our highlights from the past month...


Isn't she gorgeous?! Her dad and I are more than a little worried about the future with this cutie... Doesn't he look soo old here!? I can't believe that I am about to be a mom to an EIGHT year old!! Ok, so then he goes and does something like this and I remember that he is just a little boy, no matter how big his britches get!
I know this kid of mine will break hearts someday!

I love that he was so into me taking his photos!

My boys, they look so much like brothers!

 I did try and get a good shot of all three in the corn field...didn't quite work out the way that I planned! And yes, thats my son playing in the corn field with his skid steer...can't tell what he wants to be when he grow up can you?! And my awesome hubby (who is the best dad on the planet!) is building this kick a@* swing set for the kids...

This is how we roll down here on the farm, calves hang out in our sandbox! hahah, ok, well only if you are a future fair calf and are being tortured, ahem, taught how to be led around by our young kids!


Meet our fourth child, Gordon.

He is the only kitty to have survived our family from last summer's batch (we actually don't know what happened to a couple of the others).

 He is so humanized that he climbed up the ladder to join us on the deck of the new swing set instead of climbing the post like a 'normal' cat would! We all LOVE him...

I have no reason what so ever to do any kind of landscaping in our front yard, umm, dirt pile in the next few years. Not with this little guy around! He's 3, need I say more?! He goes from crabby and mad to happy and silly in exactly 2.5 seconds!

I have been spending many hours finishing our porch, painting, painting, and you guessed it, more painting!

But it will all be worth it in the end when I get to hang this up...and live by these 'rules'

Have I mentioned that we have been raising caterpillars?

Well, they hatched today and the kids were uber excited!

There is still a lot of work to do on the swingset, errr, country kid paradise...but they LOVE it so far!

And WOOHOO!

I finished painting the rails (at least with coat numero uno...which is all the they will see this summer, I am SICK of the tedious job!) now onto the floor!

Lovin' her cats...and me, lovin' the porch I always imagined! Happy summer 2012 ya'll!

Day 53. 2012.

You might be a redneck if....


...your daughter finds a baby calf outside in your front  yard bright and early in the mornin'...






....and your son (who is still in his jammie shirt at 10:30am) wants to see if said calf will chase him on his bike... ...and all the while your oldest is laughing his tail off at the hilarious spectacle!
Just another fabulous day in the COUNTRY!

I wouldn't trade my 'redneck' life for the world!

Day 52. 2012.

We spent a very cold day at the lake with Angela and Nick and Johnathan in their rented cabin in central Minnesota. Although it only reached temps in the lower 60's, we all managed to have a great day! We went all the way down to the lake just so Tyson could play 'farm'.... And I, spent a lot of time relaxing in the cool sunshine. These kids of mine were daredevils, it was the coldest day of summer so far and they insisted on swimming...Madi even resembled a blueberry at one point! And poor little man, Johnathan, fell after climbing up on a table last night...can you see his BIG shiner?

I {LOVE} these three people so much!

We did spend a little bit of time in the cabin... This guy is SOO GOOD with the kids, they LOVE uncle Nick! He helped Madi catch 6 fish! Tanner fished for awhile, but when they weren't biting on his line right away, he lost his patience pretty quickly! Thank you Angela and Nick for having us out! We had a great time and are so thankful to have you in our LIVES!