Showing posts with label cousins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cousins. Show all posts

Sunday, May 1, 2016

Couldn't make this stuff up if I tried!

It's a good life.

I don't always appreciate it,

and sometimes I feel completely overwhelmed and smothered by it,

but then days like today happen and I remember.

I remember why I am here.

Why it's important to smile,

frown,

laugh,

cry,

yell, 

roll my eyes,

and thank God for giving me this crazy, amazing journey of mine.

From the moment my feet skimmed the carpet as I crawled out of bed this morning, I knew that today would be a little different than all the rest.  

Today, I can honestly say that I lived life a little more.

There is no possible way that I could make this stuff up. 

It was an eventful day to say the least (and I don't have photos of every single moment of it, because, honestly, who has time for that?!) 

Our first beautiful May day in 2016 involved ...

kitties getting rides in strollers, 

goats running away while mama chased them down and 'walked' them home,

a hike up Hallaway Hill to take in a breathtaking view,

toes dipped into freezing cold lake water,

sand castles built with cousins,

skipping rocks, 

feeding hungry calves,

jumping off enormous sand piles,

losing {expensive} shoes left on the back of the car,

and finding said shoes as mom drove extremely slowly down the highway in pursuit of the speedy buggers (they were located a couple of miles away from each other on the highway…grrr!) 

and finally loving up on an adorably snuggly kitty cat named Izzy.

Have I mentioned that we have an interestingly fun, crazy life here on the farm?! 

because,

we do!

I am so grateful that I get to call this wild ride…life! 





























Sunday, March 15, 2015

Cousin Love

There is nothing quite like the love of a cousin.

Yesterday these two little sweeties came over to play...
This isn't the best photo that I have ever taken of them, but I like it anyway!

Everyone was having so much fun playing that I didn't want to stop them for a photo...it seemed wrong to interrupt their happy playtime!

The little guy didn't last long with all the big kids and their crazy jumping games, this was about the only photo I snapped of him.

The other three, however, had a blast playing some game they named, 'Chicken'.

I had a great time just watching the action and snapping away!












Sunday, September 28, 2014

Fall All Around

The kids' 2 1/2 year old cousin, Graham, came over to visit us today.

Since it was so beautiful outside we spent many hours basking in the warm fall sunshine!

Graham was introduced to our kitties.

He loved on them a little roughly and had his big cousin Madi beside herself as she watched 'her' babies being squeezed so tightly.

I had to giggle because when she was his age, this is how Madi handled kittens (full on squeeze fest, this one was lucky because it was facing up and not down!)...
Today, this is how Graham handled them...(in my opinion not nearly as rough!)








We also took a walk to our weed, ahem, pumpkin patch....please ignore the mess!