A wonderful day at the park

We went to the park after storytime and I am so glad. The children had a blast playing and I enjoyed some photo therapy and visiting.

This is part of the gang! We missed Penny and her grandchildren today!

Look at all those beautiful smiles!! Well kind of sorta of...Jordan what are you doing, you are supposed to be smiling not drinking!! There is always one in the bunch, lol!!

I just love the tubes at the park they make excellant frames!! Michael, Ashley and Kaden had soo much fun today! I am so proud of these 3, they've come so far and are growing up!!

Yes I had my photo model today!! Oh how I love taking photos of Jordan!! Today he was being silly and it was just too funny!! Thank you Jordan for the laughs! Jordan starts football soon and was picked to play for the oilers, Yea!! He also had his photo on the front page of the local papers sport section....Good job Jordan!!

Yes I was playing with the bees again...can't help myself!

Here is Kaden, Ashley and Michael tackling Jordan!! Jordan took a lot of abuse today from these three...but they had fun!!

There are more photos at my flickr site. We had a good day! And have a date for the park next week and I can't wait!

We are starting a new chapter in our lives...

The end of our storytime chapter...

I am not sure when we started going to the libraries storytime, at least 2 yrs ago, but we've come a long way since that first time. We started at the toddler time and then moved up to the preschool time and Michael has come so far...From clinging to me and not participating, to today running into the library and back to the storytime area without me...and then going in when it was time by himself with his best buddie Kaden! And actually participating in the songs and conversations!! I have watched my little M.A.N. grow up and I am so PROUD of him!

Today was our last storytime. Next week they do the end of summer program and then no more storytimes until after school starts...And Michael starts Kindergarten all day all week long..sigh! I'm going to miss my buddy!

We made so many friends and had so many good times at the library! I hope to keep in touch with everyone and yes we will still go to the library for our books just not sure when or I will going during the day while Michael is in school...

Michael (being silly), Ms. Claire and Kaden!

Ms. Claire means the world to these two boys, they love her! She is so attentive and full of energy and you can see the love for the children in her eyes!! Thank you Ms. Claire for all you have done, you are a wonderful person!

Okay it seems as though the sillies have come out and the true colors too!! LOL....

Front row and listening intently, best buddies!! It has been so much fun watching Kaden and Michael grow together. They were drawn to each other out of all the kids and have been friends since...I hope we can continue that friendship, even with School starting for one of them...We are going to miss you Kaden!! Because of Kaden being born the first week of Sept. he is ineligible to attend Kindergarten this year! The cut off date is August 31st. Not fair in my opinion at all as he is more mature than Michael at times...I think someone needs to get on the ball in our state and change some rules and laws...ridiculous!! But on with the show...

Ms. Claire talking with the children before Ms. Felisha comes into to do the storytime session!

Here is Ms. Felisha reading a book. It was also her last day doing storytime, she has been promoted. Congrats! Ms. Felisha.

And of course lets not forget Ms. Jessica! She is taking a break behind the desk today but she also does storytime sessions.

Thank you ladies for all the wonderful times! We truly enjoyed it!!

And there is one more person we don't want to forget and that is Ms. Fallon (pardon me if I didn't spell it right, I apologize). Ms. Fallon was a clerk at the front desk and Michael adores her...in fact he says she is his girlfriend (grin)...Thank you Fallon for being so sweet and good natured with Michael's infatuation!! Hugs to you Ma'am!

So another chapter begins in our lives...We are looking forward to it and hope you watch it unfold with us...

Busy Day!

We started fairly early today and headed out at 7am...

I had to run over to the Dodge Dealership to have a trailer brake controller put in the "Beast"! Seems I can't hook the lights up on the flatbed trailer now without a brake controller...The trailer brakes lock up, grrr...Just another dooHicky in the truck to contend with...Oh and Michael doesn't like me calling the truck "Beast" so he has named it "Grover", ugh!! Can any of you seeing Fred driving a truck called "Grover", lol!! Anyways we were there for about 1.5 hrs and I had taken the camera bag so you can just guess what we did for a bit...took photos!! Michael saw his reflection in our truck (only clean vehicle on the lot, no joke either) and decided to take his own photo!

LOL...and you can see me in his reflection photo taking a photo of him! Silly Boy!!

We then headed over to Kelly's Mother house to spend time with Kelly and the boys! She was visiting her Mother for the week and Michael enjoyed himself playing with Colby and Zac! Of course I had a bit of fun with the camera and enjoyed chatting with Kelly too...another adult to talk too!! LOL...

Sean is such a sweetie! He was ready for a nap but I got a smile out of him!

Water hose fun!

Wow something new to figure out!

Pool time too!!

It was an early day but we did manage a nap so not to bad of a day if you ask me!! Now hopefully I will sleep tonight, Ekkk

Cooling off...

Can you honestly think of a better way to cool off on a HOT summers day!

We bought this stock tank when I was pregnant, for me to soak in when I got home from work, and it's more than paid for itself!! We love it!!

He was having so much fun, jumping up and yelling as loud as he could!! One nice thing about living in the country, you can yell as LOUD as you want without disturbing the peace, lol!

It took some bribing from Momma to get this photo but I love my green eyed monster!!

He had a splashing good time!!

"The dirty dog"

I took these just to prove to some of you that "YES" Jake does get dirty!! LOL...he is due for a good brushing and a bath!!

Happy Birthday MOM!!

Mom I love you and hope you have the best birthday possible. I wish I was there to help out! You are in my thoughts and prayers on your special day!!

Your Plumbago plants are doing GREAT!! You are the "Master Gardener!"

Now a few photos from your past...You've come a long way baby!!

The curly haired little imp on the family farm!

You've always been generous with your love! It shows in your beautiful smile!

You have meant and married a WONDERFUL Man and shared so many happy moments together! What a beautiful couple!

I love you and wish you the best on your day!!

Hugs and Love ~Wendy~

Photo Challenge ~ Our NeighborHOOD!

Most of you have seen our neighborhood...So there isn't really much to show you, but here is what I came up with...

The pasture in front of the house....

Ahh the front gate at the main road, I don't think I've taken a photo of it before, lol...

One of our main roads...very quiet and peaceful and not too many houses

This used to be the old grocery store just down the road from us. It is all closed up Now! I am sure at one time it was a pretty busy place...

Now on to meet a few of the neighbors, lol....

And a beautiful South Texas Sunset!!

That is pretty much our neighborhood...Sorry there isn't more to show you...But when you live out here you basically see pastures, cows and wildlife with a few houses here and there...