A Turtle For My Brother

SO AS I WAS STAYING WITH MY BROTHER FOR A FEW WEEKS THEY HAD JUST GOTTEN THE POND ALL CLEANED OUT. SO WITH A NICE CLEAR VIEW YOU CAN SEE ALL HIS FISH LOTS OF FISH. NOT ONLY FISH BUT A HUGE BULLFROG WHO WE CAN SAY HAS BEEN BUSY BECAUSE THERE ARE HUNDREDS I MEAN HUNDREDS OF TADPOLES. SO I DECIDED THE ONLY THINGS MISSING WAS A DUCK AND A TURTLE FOR THE POND. BETH ALREADY SAID NO TO THE DUCK. SO I HAVE BEEN ON THE LOOK FOR A WATER TURTLE. LOW AND BEHOLD WHAT WAS IN MOMS BACKYARD THIS MORNING THAN A WATER TURTLE.




GRANTED THIS MAY BE A LITTLE BIGGER THAN WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR BUT I AM ON THE LOOKOUT!!!!

TWO IS ALL WE NEED

WELL SURGERY WENT WELL FOR ME TODAY!! NOT TO SORE BUT SHOULDER HURTS WORSE THAN ANYTHING. ITS FROM THE AIR THEY PUMPED INTO MY BELLY RISES INTO THE SHOULDER, OTHERWISE LAYING IN BED. SO WHILE LAYING IN BED TODAY I HAVE REALLY ACCOMPLISHED A LOT: SLEEP, EATING, DRINKING DR.PEPPER, READ THE NEWSPAPER ADS, WATCH ELLEN (WHO MADE ME LAUGH AND MY BELLY HURT), NOW BLOGGING WHILE MY MOTHER TRIES TO TAKE A PHOTO OF ME LOOKING OH SO GOOD LAYING IN BED!!!!

REDNECK SUMMER SLEDDING

HERE IN MISSOURI WHEN WE RUN OUT OF SNOW WE USE GRAVEL!! NATHAN IS OR WAS IN PROGRESS OF BUILDING WALLS FOR MOM UNTIL OUR HOUSE SITUATION CAME UP. SO NOW SHE HAS THESE TWO GREAT PILES OF GRAVEL THAT ARE PERFECT FOR SLEDDING DOWN. SO THERE IS ANOTHER USE FOR YOU SNOW SLED!

HUNTER THINKS IT IS MORE FUN TO SLID DOWN WITHOUT THE SLED PLUS YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRAG IT UP THE HILL. CLIMBING A GRAVEL HILL REALLY DOES TAKE MORE TALENT THAN YOU MIGHT THINK.

SO IF YOU FEEL THE NEED TO GET YOUR SNOW SLED OUT JUST HEAD TO GRANDMA JAN AND CHARS FOR SOME REDNECK GRAVEL SLEDDING!!

TARALYN'S NOW A THIRD GRADER!!!

TARALYN'S LAST DAY OF 2ND GRADE!!! POSING WITH THE GIRLS!! SAYING GOODBYE TO HER TIMBERCREEK FRIENDS!!! SHE WILL BE STARTING 3RD GRADE IN CLINTON THIS FALL!!!

WHERE ARE WE GOING NOW!!

WHERE ARE WE GOING NOW IS WHAT TARALYN WANTED TO KNOW LAST NIGHT AS I PACKED OUR STUFF UP ONCE AGAIN AND LOADED IT IN THE CAR. WE ARE NOW MOVED INTO BRENDA'S TILL WHO KNOWS WHEN. WE HAD A BLAST STAYING WITH JEREMY AND BETH. BUT NOW ADDI CAN HAVE ALL HER TOYS BACK WITHOUT HAVING TO SHARE. PROGESS IS BEING MADE ON THE HOUSE I AM TOLD. GOING DOWN FOR THE WEEKEND TO STAIN THE CABINETS AND SEE THE PROGRESS FOR MYSELF. HOPE TO HAVE PICTURES AS SOON AS I HAVE A COMPUTER TO LOG INTO THAT I CAN LOAD MY PHOTOS!!

THE WEEKEND

WELL WE GOT A LOT OF PAINT STRIPPED OFF THE WOODWORK THIS SATURDAY. I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE SUNDAY BUT NEVER FEAR I COULD. WE SPENT SUNDAY DOWN AT CLINTON. NATHAN TOOK THE KIDS ON THE MULE AND THE FOUR WHEELER. UNFORTUNATELY OUR EVENING ENDED IN THE ER. HUNTER BURNED HIS FOUR FINGERS ON THE MUFFLER OF THE 4-WHEELER. SO HE NOW IS RUNNING AROUND WITH FOUR LITTLE BAND AIDS ON HIS FINGERS. BUT GOOD NEWS IS HIS PNEUMONIA IS BETTER BUT THE LEFT HAND IS OUT OF COMMISSION. SOMETHING GOOD WILL HAPPEN SOON I CAN FEEL IT!!

CRAZINESS

WELL WE ARE ALL MOVED INTO THE LONG'S! THE FIRST THIRTY MINUTES ONLY INVOLVED ONE BAND-AID. HUNTER IS RECOVERING FROM BILATERAL PNEUMONIA AND TODAY TARALYN STARTED GETTING SICK. ALTHOUGH SHE MUST BE CURED BECAUSE ALL FOUR KIDS ARE RUNNING AND SCREAMING THROUGH THE HOUSE. SO WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU HAVE FOUR KIDS OUT OF CONTROL???? MY BROTHERS ANSWER IS: ICE CREAM!!!! WE WILL SEE HOW THIS PLAN FOLDS OUT.

MOVING TIME

SO THIS WEEK WE WILL START MOVING OUT. WE DECIDED TO LEASE THE HOUSE AND MOVE ON. SO UNFORTUNATELY OUR HOUSE IN CLINTON IS NOT CLOSE TO BEING READY SO WE WILL BE HOMELESS FOR AWHILE. BUT I HAVE FOUND A HOME FOR SAMMIE AND ME AND THE KIDS WILL BE AT JEREMY AND BETH'S FOR A COUPLE WEEKS TILL TARALYN IS OUT OF SCHOOL. THEN I AM SURE BY THAT TIME THEY WILL HAVE OUR FILL I AM SURE. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING MORE OF LUCAS AND ADDI WHILE I AM THERE.