Some Randomness

Just a few random things.

My little flower garden.

I just think is so cute and pretty. I moved three of the hostas around because they were either crowding each other or other plants and then there were big open spots in other places.

The kids' "picnic"

How do you pick which one of these pictures to put on here??

When they're all terrible...

...you just put them all. :)

Bodie's (and Sutton's) new train set

Sut said that he wants a REALLY REALLY big one when he grows up. I'm not sure if that means when he really grows up or for his next birthday. :)

Spraying with Hoses

Laina's camera

The Sunset

Pillow fights

Bodie watched.

Playing with Violet and silly hats

Laina decided that it would be really funny to have Violet call her Sara and change the color that Violet says to red (instead of purple) and all the other things that Violet says. Oh, and change all her music to Christmas music. She thought that that was hilarious. And still cracks up every time Violet says, "Sara, wanna play?" or sings "Let's sing a song about you! S-A-R-A!"

My kids give me so much joy with their cute little senses of humor and silliness. And the questions that they ask or things they come up with and their imaginations. 

On the way to a park that we went to for Park Day, Sutton was asking me about it. I said that I hadn't been there before so I had no idea what it even looked like. That didn't matter to him. He still kept asking me all sorts of things, "Is it orange?" "Is it red like that one that has that boat?" "Is it in the Cities?" "Is it this way?" And many MANY more questions that I can't remember.

A couple days ago, the kids were eating banana bread. Laina came up to me saying, "Aw, it has dog hair on it!" I asked her if it had fallen on the floor. She said, "Yeah, like this." And then laid down flat on the floor face down.

Bodie plays with cars all the time and he likes to put a little one on a bigger one and say that he's giving the other a (piggy) back ride.

Also, this morning Mark was a sweetheart. He bathed the kids and took them to the park while I got to have a relaxing morning. Anyway, right before they left I came downstairs and Sutton said to me with a big smile, "Mom, you're not going!" He was so excited to go with just Dad.
Bodie came over to stand by me and then Sutton said, "Byyyye."
Bodie waved to Sutton, "Byyyye!"
Sutton said, "No, Bodie, you're coming with us!"
"Oh," then to me, "Are you coming with us?"
"No, just Dad is going."
"Oh," with a wave, "Byyyye!!"

Byyyye!!! :)

TIMBER

 Crash!

There goes the pine tree.

And what we put in it's place.

Sutton and Laina helped a lot! ;)

 It was a few days' process.

As I was doing this, I thought...maybe I should have bought a few more plants, but the more I was planting, the more roots I had to dig out...and decided that what I bought is just fine. :)

This picture was turned but for some reason it wants to be this way....

Laina and Chester "helping"

It's done!!

 

It'll be nice when it's all grown up a little bit.

The little maroon plants are supposed to get bigger and be as tall as 15 inches. The other ones are hostas and a rose bush.

I potted the plant in the middle because 1) they didn't really have an colors that matched right and 2) it was cheaper to do the work rather than get one already finished. :)

I may get more plants next year, when I've forgotten how horrible the roots are to dig out....we'll see how it all grows. 

 The kitchen table is now a perfect spot to have my morning coffee/tea while reading my bible before the craziness of my day begins

...when I actually get out of bed before the kids wake up.

Next project - the rotting deck out and a patio in....

NEXT YEAR!!!

Why I Didn't Answer My Phone Until Sunday Night

Joyful Noise Family Fest!!!

It was actually an accident that I forgot that my phone was in the car that we had taken to said festival. And then we switched to the van for church...so there my phone sat in the car all night until Sunday when I was going to bed at 10p. I looked at Mark's phone and I thought..."Hmmmm where's my phone...???

Anway, so this is what we did.

 

the other girl is just a random kids that was in the car already

 We got to see lots of awesome people in concert! Phil Joel, Peter Furler, Toby Mac, Jason Gray, For King and Country, Go Fish, and Matt Maher!

 And during the LOUD music....

 

....naptime

 But not for Laina. :)

While the boys were sleeping, Mark took Laina back to the inflatables to play some more. And then when Sutton woke up, Mark took him and Laina stayed with me.

PRETENDING to sleep

Silly balloon in the way.

 Peter Furler and Phil Joel!!

Dancing

 While they danced Sutton played with his cars in the stroller.

He did join them in dancing during Toby Mac. 

It was dark so I couldn't take pictures.

I was very toasty but we made it through the day just fine. I'm the only one who got sunburned because even though I thought that I was reaching all the way where I needed sunscreen...I didn't. I should know better as I have been missing places like that for years! 

I'm just glad that the kids didn't get burned!! We took a break from the heat and went out to eat in an air-conditioned restaurant for supper. When we came back, the kids and I went into the expo center and got balloons which the wind kept causing to hit people. Mark said, "Good idea, Mom!" hehe

It was a great time! 

We're hoping for an awesome lineup for next year so we can go again!!!