My Yardsale Find....Giddy Up?

I admit I am not much of a yardsale'r, but Marie and I were driving past a neighbors house the other day (on our way to watch our hubbys in a ranch rodeo) and I saw this bouncy horse that I didn't think Oakley or the rest of my future spawn could live with out. Since I knew the people and we were really short on time, I told them to hold it and we would be back later in the afternoon to pick it up. The sweet lady I bought it from about fell over laughing when we pulled up with the truck and trailer to pick it up (we were on our way home from the ranch rodeo and it happened to be on the way.) She and her sister were joking about how we didn't need to bring a trailer....we could just ride it home. I guess you had to be there to appricate the humor, but anyways I was right in the assumption that my boy couldn't live without it! He LOVES it!

My baby is growing up......

My baby is growing up and his mama is in one serious state of depression over it. James has been trying for a year to get me to convert Oakley's crib to a toddler bed and last week I finally gave in. Talk about BREAK MY HEART!!! I love the fact that Oak is talking now in complete sentences for the most part, but all of the rest of the growing up stuff makes me want to cry. That sad thing, I think, is that me is now mobile.... he can get in and out on his own. If he feels like running the halls, he can do it( that is until his mama catches him) but now he doesn't need me to get him out. Anyways, it seems like just yesterday I was bringing him home and putting him to sleep in this.....

(Please.....advert your eyes towards the crib in the background....since that is what we are really talking about here.....no need to look at that fat pregnant woman that is taking up most of the space...)















And now by big boy goes to sleep in this.....









Last night he even made it through the night without falling out of bed! That was honestly a relief!

A day at the Zoo

For some strange reason we have to go to the zoo at least a couple of times a year. Our kids absolutly LOVE it! This trip we went with the Watkins family and enjoyed every minute of it. There were so many new little babies!!! I wanted to take the baby Giraffe home with me. Anyways we had a blast...just wish Dakota could have been with us!


















Baby Zuri was intoduced to the public just a couple of days before we went! Look at the size difference! This was Oakley's favorite thing to see!












Oakleys second favorite thing to see!


















Please ignore the fact that I look extremely large and hump backed.....Marie was kind enough to snap a quick family pic! This is by far my favorite thing to see....probably because I have always wanted a pair of giraffe hide chinks. Don't know why....I guess it is just the Cruella DeVil coming out in me!!!




















I heart this little guy!





















This pic looks fun and innocent...but 5 minutes before this pic.....I was in a PANIC!!! Oakley took off while I getting the tickets out of the bag. I thought James had him and James thought I had him. The search was on....good thing he didn't wander too far. We found him trying to climb over the fence to jump on the carosel ride. I have never been so scared....except for the time my little brother ran off at the state fair ( but that is astory for another day)




















After a full day of fun at the zoo....it is time to catch up on some zzzzz!

(Only my kid can get that dirty at the zoo!! Still haven't been able to get that shirt clean either!)

The Life of a Domestic Housewife!

This right here....is reason number 1 for why I have been neglecting my blog. I do love to can beans. I don't know why....because it is a lot of work, but there is just something about it that gives me satisfaction!


















This right here......is reason number 2 for neglecting my blog. Joce came over and helped me with the salsa. I haven't ever done salsa before...and boy, was it good!!! I have had horrible breath for the last 3 days....but it is so worth it!!!


I don't have a picture of reason number 3, but it has to do with freezing a butt load of carrots. For as many carrots as I peeled and sliced I didn't end up with as much as I thought I would. Next year I will be growing more carrots in my garden and a whole lot less peppers. Joce and I shared a garden this year and we have so many peppers. It is a good thing they freeze.


So... now you know what it is like to live the glamorous life of the domestic housewife!!!!

Weekend Fun

Last weekend we were able to get Dakota, so we loaded up and headed to the city. James' sister was blessing her baby, so we went out for that and to visit his family. We haven't seen his family much lately, so it was nice to be able to spend some time with them. While we were out there we took the kids to Build-A-Bear. To be honest, I thought you would get a lot more bang for your buck....but what was I thinking. The kids liked it though, so that was what counted. Oakley ended up with a horse named Cactus and Dakota ended up with a dog (I can't remember it's name). Dakota got clothes for her dog and by the time we were out of there we had spent way too much money! But once again....THE KIDS LOVED IT!!!! They liked this cool little grooming station! Fun stuff!!!

What is Wrong with this Friggin' World!!!

Let me start off this post by showing you one of my latest arts and crafts projects. James and I have needed a good roping dummy for awhile. James is allergic to hay....(go figure)....so I decided that I would take on the task of making something that he wouldn't be so allergic to and something that we could rope together. I rope the head and he ropes the heels! It works Great!!!!
















Anyways.....on to the real story! We were out roping the dummy one night and decided it was getting too dark to see what we were doing so we laid our ropes on the horns and went in. I laid mine on first and then James laid his rope on top of mine. When we woke up the next morning I found this.....















If you didn't notice....those two pieces of unraveled rope are supposed to be one....somebody cut it in half sometime during the night. They didn't take anything from us. They just cut the rope so it couldn't be used anymore. Who does this?????? Needless to say, it REALLY pissed me off and then somewhat scared me too! I just keep trying to sort it all out in my head and I still have come up with no answers. So now that I have vented...guess I won't be leaving my ropes out anymore!

My little bull rider?????

My friend Wendy thinks that Oakley needs to ride bulls when he gets bigger! Not only does the thought of this freak me out in every way possible....but it REALLY freaks me out!

Did I mention that this idea really freaks me out???? Just Checking!

Anyways, here's hoping that this is as close as he ever gets to riding bulls!






















(just a side note in my defense....I encoraqed this type of activity with my little brother and now he has no teeth...at least not real ones....not that he is wearing dentures....but I am sure that is the next step!)