fall

this was us last year. in the fall.

I wanted to go out on Saturday, and take another fall picture of my family.

but Ben was at a camp until late.

then I thought Sunday would work.

but kids had other plans, friends to play with

and Cory said we could go out for Family Home Evening.

boy,

am I wishing we had gone out yesterday.

the weather was perfect.

today,

not so much.

rain and wind.

I am just hoping when it does get nice there are still some leaves left on the trees.

because I have a great idea for a picture.

and I can't wait!

you rock dude

Cory and I did a little bit of rocking last night when we went to go help chaperone the youth dance.
wow, what a flash back that was.
even some of the same songs- always YMCA, much to my dismay-
then and now.
a lot of new songs
a lot of fun songs.
I was so tempted to just go up to one of the kids and ask- who sings that song, and what is it called.
more than once.
I kept wondering what my kids would be like at the dances.
I loved them.
I remember my friends and I separating from our group, so that it would be easier for boys to approach us- I mean really, what boy wants to walk up to a group of 3 or more girls to ask one to dance.
weren't we sweet?
things were a bit different now.
pretty much if it was a fast song, they all just kind of danced in big groups, and only divided into couples for the slow songs.
that would have been great for me back in the day.
but the funniest thing of the whole night was when I went to the bathroom, and I saw someone had scratched into the stall wall- be valiant.
love it.

a question

so,
when your washing machine says to put the clothes in first,
and then the soap
and your soap says to put the soap in first,
and then the clothes
what do you do?

these are the things I love..

or thirteen things I am loving today.

1. I love that Maggie says the tree in front of our house is almost naked. so funny. the leaves are almost all off of it. it has gorgeous red leaves, and will definitely look naked, and sad soon.

2. I love the colors that are out there right now. loving fall.

3. I love hearing the geese honking as they fly by- to warmer lands. oh that I could fly with them!

4. I love that I am going to make something for supper tonight that I really want to make- but I am sure no one in my family will like it, so they can all have leftovers. I can't wait!- just a pasta dish from the Kraft magazine- that has tomatoes and looks so good.

5. I love that I have been able to go on walks with my new stroller every night this week- except Tuesday, and I probably won't make it tonight, but we have been out, and it is good.

6. I love that it is so warm lately. I know it won't last long, so I am trying to be outside and soak up all the sun I can. store it up for cold days. oh, that I could do that.

7. I love that I got to go to my mom's again this morning to make more apple pies, and some apple crisp. I think I am going to cook some of that apple crisp up for dessert tonight. the kids probably won't like that either, but I will!

8. I love that Maggie is going to a birthday party tomorrow morning for an hour and a half, and I will have the house to myself. what shall I do?

9. I love blogs, reading blogs, the people I meet from blogs, and the ideas I get from blogs. love it.

10. I love chocolate. always have, always will

11. I love that I am reading a book that a couple of Cory's cousins wrote- they need some feed back. it is a great book, I just wish I had it in a real book, so I could lie in bed and read it. computer time is hard to come by in this house- when the kids are home anyways. just had to say that- what I have read so far, I really like!

12. I love that my mom's book club book for next month is Twilight! I wonder what she will think of it all.

13. I love that we are having a real enrichment meeting tonight at the church tonight- getting together with the ladies. always a good time!

almost ready

one tomato.
it's almost red.
I can't wait!

if you need me,

and I am not at home,
I might be here- enjoying the last of the warm weather- (probably)
and the great path system we have in our city,
and my four kids who can ride their bikes,and Maggie gets to ride in comfort in this new stroller.
lucky girl! I bought it at a garage sale for $20. what a deal.
when I came home from that garage sale I told Cory that I bought something to feed my fetish.
he said- another chair.
I said no.
he said another picture frame.
I said no.
I guess I have a few fetishes.
then I said a stroller.
he said which one are you getting rid of.
I have had a few strollers lying around at different times in my life. right now I have four.-but one is going to the dump, one is being returned to my friend, and the other is an umbrella stroller, that sometimes one needs to pack along- just in case. and now my great jogging stroller. which I use, and love.
and that is my story,
and I am sticking to it.

done

I have had this old window frame for over a year now,
the picture printed the right size for under a year, but many, many months.
I finally fixed the frame- it was a bit rickety.
cut the picture to fit,
stapled it in,
put the hangy thingies on the back
and hung it on my bedroom wall.

I love it!
(photo by Rebecca Cooper)

it's really Thursday

1. so yesterday I was on the computer, totally doing up a Thursday post, thinking hard to write thirteen things, posted it and everything, then realized- hey, it is only Wednesday, so I deleted it, because I didn't know how to save it, and publish it today instead.

2. yep, I am smart like that.
3. so on Saturday I stopped by my little local thrift store- and what did I find, but this cute little chair. it had to come home with me. really.
yes, I admit, I have a chair problem.
just ask my husband.
it isn't too big of a problem - yet. I think, anyways. he might not think the same as I do.

4. yesterday Maggie and I headed to my moms house to help make salsa. yum. and we had time to make some apple pies.

5. and we picked some of her chokecherries

6. which we added to the chokecherries we had picked the day before and made some syrup. double yum.

7. I was at extra foods, where they are kind of a mess because they are changing to a no frills, because our walmart is changing to a super walmart- are you following all this? and they kind of have a bunch of stuff not marked- hate that- and there were some cartons of whoppers, so I bought a couple- they rang in at $0.72. yep. so went back and got some more. crazyness.

8. the leaves are starting to change. fall is coming quickly.

9. I have big plans to hibernate this winter. I had better get working on all those quilts I have started, or want to start, to keep us warm. and get the fireplace roaring. and we can hunker down, and eat salsa, and pancakes with chokecherry syrup, and whoppers all winter, and never have to go out in the cold. ohh. that sounds really, really nice.

10. I also found these little cuties at the thrift store. I love that they were part of someones salt and pepper shaker collection. on the bottom was a little sticker in writing that looked very similar to my grandma's that said Seattle, 1975. love it.

11. I am on day 10 of the 30 day shred. yep, I am sticking to it. it is a crazy hard workout- 20 minutes of torture, I say. but I do feel stronger, so that is a good thing.

12. alright, far too much time spent on this computer, lots of stuff to get done around here- oh, and we told our kids they couldn't go on the computer until their rooms are clean, and last night Cory said maybe we should have the same rule, and I agreed, but my room isn't all that clean yet.

13. I had better go clean it!

jeddybobetty

Name: Jed Michael Livingstone

Name meaning: me. I don't know- just liked it. Michael is his dad's middle name.

Age: 9

nickname: jeddybobetty, jeddy, jedster. I think that's all.

favorite activities: playing basketball, pass with a football, jumping on the pogostick. playing at friends houses. running. coloring. shooting games. (nice)

favorite foods: corn, chilli, hotdogs, chicken on a stick

least favorite foods: guacamole, salad, tomatoes, mayonaise, butter, mustard, relish, cheese.

favorite music: crazy frog, Abba

favorite toys: remote control toys, Pokemon cards, game cube, and any other game systems he can get his hands on!

favorite book: Batman chapter books, I spy books

favorite item of clothing: zip off pants

what makes him happy: guitar lessons( which he isn't in yet, and once he is and has to practice, I am sure it will not make him very happy) game systems, and friends

what makes him sad: getting punished- getting game cube and computer priviledges taken away, practicing piano (see what I mean?)

tag, she's it

the magster has been tagged by the cute Ethne, or her mom- whatever way you want to look at it, so here's the low down-

name: Maggie Rose- I am asking her these questions, and her answer is Maggie Livingstone.

name meaning: it means if you make a big mess, you clean it up. that is what she tells me. funny thing. I really don't know what it means. I like it, that is all!

Age: she says 4, but she is really only 3.

nickname: she says she just wants to be maggie. her answers are killing me! we call her Mags, magster, maggie poo, stinker, cutie, whatever we want!

Favorite Activities: play with purple playdoh, play polly pockets, play strawberry shortcakes, and train tracks, and little people. I might add she is quite fond of Treehouse tv, and treehousetv.com.

Favorite Foods: apples, grapes, barbie birthday cake( this is coming straight from her, you of course realize, right?) marshmallows, chocolate chips, cookies, pepper or salt. what a hoot. she is my best eater by far. she is the only one who eats quacamole with me. love it.

Least Favorite Foods: I don't like yucky grapes. I don't like yucky bananas. and I don't like yucky marshmallows. thats what I don't like. I don't like big marshmallows. I like little marshmallows. that is all I don't like to eat.

Favorite Music: veggie tales, I asked if she likes anything else, and she said no, just veggie tales, but sometimes in odd places she will start singing mama mia. so I think she really likes Abba too!

Favorite toys: littlest petshops, but she just went to look for them and she doesn't know where they are. funny girl.

Favorite Book: I like Dora goes to School, and Thomas. I just like two books. that's what she says. and Dora pirates. I think really, whatever is by her bed at the moment.

Favorite Item of Clothing: hmm. jeans, cupcake shirt, other jeans. that shirt with birds on it, and the apple tree.

What makes her happy: kiss makes me happy. love it!

What makes her sad: if people hurt me.

okay, that was kind of fun, seeing what she would say. I should do this for each of my kids! if you read this and want to do it, then I tag you!

happy guy

here's my super cute newest nephew-

and his two big sisters who love him so much!
he's not really sharing tho love right then. man, that little guy gets more sqeezes, kisses, and big sister love than he can handle! Too cute!

one

with a little coaxing, I got my one little friend I have at home with me to let me take some pictures. fun. more for me than for her, of course, but I will take what I can get! sweet silly little Maggie!

things will get done now!

so, now that four out of five of my kids are at school all day, I have no excuse to get a lot done around here, right?
things like:

1. getting my house cleaned up

2. and organized
(maybe- one can hope, right?)

3. and decluttered

4. get some of those quilts I have started, and want to start done

5. make some serious playdough creatures. such as this snowman Maggie is creating. 6. work more on my seminary- maybe even daily. that would be a very good thing to do.

7. get my craft room (or better know as a closet) organized so that I can actually do crafts in there!

8.spend some one on one time with maggie doing educational things. like learning numbers and letters and that kind of good stuff kids should be learning- but then again- isn't that what sesame street is all about? heehee.

9. I am fully committed to doing the 30 day shred everyday this month- except Sundays. so far, so good.

10. maybe get some scrapbook pages done? (it has been a while)

11. make a list of all the crafts I have started, and work on finishing them.
that list could take a while.
yes, I definitely need to do this one!

12. start thinking about Christmas. it will be here sooner than you think!
especially since I love to do homemade things- so if there are any requests, now would be a good time!

13. have long hot baths, read books and eat bonbons.
(I wish)

they're back

well, Maggie is still here- she is carrying Sadies lunch, because Sadies stuff was sooo heavy!
after we got the kids situated, and I peeked in each of their classes,
Maggie and I headed out to Value Village where everything was 50% off.
we had fun.
I got another pyrex bowl. love it. I used it for supper last night, and Ben said that it looks like it is from the 70's. haha. well, it probably is.
a few cute dresses for the girls,
a bunch of books- including a Hannah Montana one- Aren't I just the best mom ever?
and some vintage sheets. I am hooked. not sure what to do with them all.
I might just make a lot of quilts.

so, last night was our first seminary- really an introduction night for all the kids, next week will be our first homestudy class. This year the early morning class has 2 teachers which are team teaching. I am jealous. they are planning lots of fun stuff, and I can't really do much with only one class a week, and a lot of information to pack into that class. not enough room for fun- but I will try my best!

on the schedule for today-
help maggie make playdough animals
make some puffed wheat squares for after school snacks
clean up my hallway
vacuum my bedroom
catch some soaps this afternoon.
just kidding on that last one.
(although sadly, in college I would plan my class schedule around a certain show, so that I could be home to watch it every day. what a life I had!)
it is actually early out today. bummer.
kids are home at 2.
far too early!

alright, off to get something done!

impatient.

so, we are still short a few supplies for the kiddos to get back to school.
do you think I can find anything anywhere?
nope.
had to go to three different stores.
still need indoor shoes for one guy.
forgot to look for those while we were there.
might have to go back.
but I really don't want to.

but I really can't wait until tomorrow.
really. can't. wait.
I think I will have a hard time falling asleep tonight!
heehee.

The last Thursday before school starts.

1. can you tell I am so excited for school? I have said it before, and I'll say it again. I can't wait!

2. I love my kids, really I do. but I love to be away from them, so I can miss them, and when they come back I can love them more.

3. on Tuesday I took all 5 of my kids, and 3 extra's I had that day to the cheap theaters to see Kung fu Panda. but we got there too late, and it was sold out- to a bunch of day care groups- so I was kind of glad we weren't in a theatre with that many kids.



4. so we divided and conquered- I took the girls and saw Kit Kittredge, and the boys went to more manly movies. good times.



5. then I had the hankering to see Mamma Mia, so I went with my sister to it that evening. when we got to the theatre, it was packed- the lobby. it was insane. really. so anyways, when it was our turn to pay, the lady said there was front row only. so we took it. why they even have seats that close is beyond me. but I loved it. and want to go back- to the sing along version, and sit in the back, so I can see the whole screen at once, and not have a sore neck at the end.



6. when we were at the movie an old lady kept walking past us, we were confused, then I heared someone talking on their cell phone in the hall, yep, it was the old lady. funny. not just teenagers, but old ladies get important calls too. really.

7. now I can't get enough of ABBA. just want to dance. out on a peir. with flippers on my feet, and a whole lot of guys. so funny. loved it.

8. while on that awesome sandbar in Saskatchewan, Cory made a maze in the sand, and the kids, and adults had a fun time wandering through it. Cory commented that he was sad not to see it on my blog. funny.
so here it is, with his brother, and a sister in law trying to figure out how to get out of it. good times.

9. oh, I long for that hot sunny day. this week has been quite chilly. I think summer is over. sad. so short. but bring on fall! and school. I am ready.

10. actually, I am not quite ready. still have some more school supplies to get. must get on that.

11. we all have dentist appointments this afternoons. now that is a fun way to spend an afternoon!

12. the kids did get turns on the computer yesterday, I must confess. I am a big softy.

13. I am going to go make myself a toasted tomato sandwich for lunch with a tomato from my neighbors garden. mine are not quite ready yet. yummo.

today.

here is where we are at today.Jack is on strike. he won't do any work until I let him on the computer.
funny, because the kids really do very little work around here. contrary to their beliefs. and as I write this, and Jack bugs me, the other boys are downstairs on the game cube.
6 more days, and counting.
I can't wait.

we are family.

and what a big family we are! we had our Livingstone family reunion last weekend! it was fun. and hot. and wonderful!
while we were waiting for Dad to empty the yucks out of the trailer I asked for volunteers to pose for me, and this cutie piped up. I am so glad she did!
while I was taking pictures of her, the other four were having a small war in the van, so the photo shoot was cut short.
rotten kids. Grandma requested a picture of her and grandpa with all the grandkids-
only one was crying, I think,
but look who was in the front row making faces-
yep, one of my own. nice.

Where we camped was right next to the South Saskatchewan River, and we went down to a sand bar- oh, it was nice!

the sand was so great, the water- cold, but not too bad. ( I don't think I would ever set foot in the north Saskatchewan river- so nasty) and it was so sunny and warm. I could have stayed there all day. or maybe all week.

it was that nice.

there was a nice pool there too, and a little mini golf place. it was free- not sure if it is alway free, or just because it is the end of the season. you just needed your own putters and balls. good times.

we thought it was funny that all this nice stuff was there - kind of out in the middle of nowhere. but it was great.

thanks Leanne! loved it.

it's our turn in 2 years. better get planning! who knows how many more kids will be added to the brood by then!

oh- not my little brood, but the group as a whole- just in case any of you might have been thinking that. nope. my brood is quite big enough, thank you very much!

we are home

we had a great time. hit the beach on every nice day there was- which was every day except 2, and those days were very rainy and chilly.
the lake there- Sylvan Lake, was very high this year, so the beach was really small- there were only a few small parts that actually had sand you could play in! but we had fun there.
We headed in to nearby Red Deer for some shopping, hit our favorite places- thrift stores, and found some pretty fun stuff.

we played a game of Settlers- I have never won that game, and vow to not play it again. no fun when you never, ever win!

the trailer was so great. love having a place to hang out with a stove, fridge and bathroom.

but it was very nice to have a shower this morning in a nice big tub with a bathroom I can actually move around in!

My washing machine has been running all day- actually it is quiet now, I guess I need to change the loads. so much fun! I pulled out the extra school supplies I had picked up when they were all on sale last year, and went through what all the kids needed. just need to pick up a few things. I can't wait till school starts!

together forever

Since this weekend we will be heading to a family reunion,
thought I would share things about my family.

1. my kids fight. a lot.

2. they love to bug each other. bug, bug, bug. what is with that?

3. sharing? what is that?

4. quiet=trouble.

5. or it means they are playing the game cube with the tv volume really low so I won't know=trouble

6. sadly my kids (each one individually) feels they do all the work around here. funny because no work is getting done.

7. Jed never wants to go anywhere- if we have to drive there- he doesn't want to go. funny. I have no idea where this came from.
but once we get where ever we are going, he is good.

8. Ben never knows what is going on around here. apparently we never tell him anything.

9. Sadie has picked up on spitting when she is angry. nice.

10. Maggie is pretty much potty trained- but apparently pooping on the potty is not a good thing in her book.

11. I love them all

12. school is starting soon. really soon :)

13. I am so glad we get to be together forever.
really. I am.

Boys and Girls

I have boys, and I have girls.

looking around my house it is obvious.

there are signs of boys, and signs of girls.

thought I would share a couple of scenes with you.

I will let you guess who did what.

I thought it would be fun to document a random moment in my house at this time in life.

that is what blogging is all about.

isn't it?

1994

I really should scan in a wedding picture of us. that is what we were doing on this day in 1994. getting hitched.

we were so young!

I was so skinny

and Cory had hair.

those were the days. but now we have 5 great kids.

a house- and a bit

(I'll explain that later)

life is good.

top picture by Rebecca Cooper (about 2 1/2 years ago)

bottom one by Bobbi Jo (last fall)

1. this is my hour glass quilt top. I thought I was done. I took it to show to my mom and sister, and they think I should add some borders. I am not sure how I feel about that. I do like it though!2. can school start sooner, because I am so ready.
3. okay, not really ready, as in school supplies bought, or anything like that- but so ready for most of my kids being away from me for many hours every day.
4. although we do get to go camping- finally, so that might be fun. but I will still have to be with my kids for a majority of the time- but it is at a scout camp, and the kids are actually going to have scheduled activities that they will go to without me, so that is a great thing!
5. I finally got my hands on Breaking Dawn. hoping to read it during the camping trip.

6. this is Milly. she is sweet. but I think her dress needs a couple of buttons, just for fun. I got the pattern here.

7. the weather was down right chilly at the beginning of the week. now today it is back to hot again. I wish we could just even out the weather and have pleasant warm days all the time. wouldn't that be nice?

8. I had a little meeting with the other two seminary teachers this morning- I guess it is time to start thinking about that again. I am happy to be teaching home study- just once a week in the evening, as opposed to every day, early in the morning for the other teachers. this year I am hoping to get my kids to do their home study work every day, like they are supposed to. could be interesting.

9. so, my kids have some friends who were grounded off screens for a week- no computers, tv, game cube- that kind of thing. and one of them is over here. do I make my kids turn off everything? not sure what is the right thing to do. maybe just send the kid back home!

10. my kids are just on my back, waiting for their turns on the computer, so I had better get finished with my thirteen things quick- so they will stop bugging me!

11. I did it! I got my hair cut short. it is fun, quick, and easy. love it! here is just part of it. it is tough getting a decent self portrait. someday I will have it down!

12. I don't think we have ever gone camping yet for as many days in a row as we will be this time. that is alot of food and clothes and stuff that needs packed. yikes. at least we will be close to stores- in case anything gets missed. and hopefully close to a laundromat, because I doubt we have room for enough clothes for that many days- without washing at least once.

13.alright, I had better go get some food for our trip, some laundry done, so we have clean clothes to start with at least, and maybe even a clean house, so we can come home to one. isn't that the best part of a trip- or at least I imagine it would be, since we never quite get to that point, but to walk into a nice clean house at the end of it all would be really great. here's hoping!

tonight

oh, I wish I had my camera with me.
I usually bring it along with us most places we go.
but not tonight. sadly.
I headed out to a family's farm in our ward.
they have chickens.
and they were selling some.
dead. not alive.
and I forced all the kids to come with me.
a couple against their will.
I guess it wasn't such a bad place after all.
the kids didn't want to leave.
I was driving out of the driveway with Maggie screaming because I was leaving the boys behind- because they just weren't coming.
but I ended up bringing them all home.

Jack and Jed were all over the chicken barn.
they discovered if you throw anything- even a rock into the chicken yard, they will all gather to it. it is kind of a funny thing.
and those chickens are stinky.

when we were getting our chicken, Maggie said she wanted to go see the alive chickens. I thought that was hilarious.
there was also a dog, that terrified Maggie,
and three very cute kittens.
sometimes I think I would like to live in the country.
(but with no chickens.)
and then we head home.
the long drive home.
and I like my little city home again.

apple sauce

thanks to Sadies great love of apple sauce, grandma called her to come and help make some from the apples on her tree.
in her own words, this is how you make it.
you pick some apples from an apple tree. (or get some that grandma has already picked, and one that maggie has to pick, just because!)
then you take them, and put them in a little machine thingy like we used.
(pictured above)
then you take them and put them in a pot an heat it.

then you put some sugar in to make it taste better.

then you can taste it if you want- in a bowl.(as she did here)

then I guess you are done. you can put it in a jar, and then you can eat it.
and that is how she thinks you do it.

yumm-0!

today is the day

08-08.
Jeddy's birthday.
too bad he isn't 8 this year. that could have been cool.
but it's okay.
because he is 9 now.
wow.
he gets to go to a sleepover birthday party for another friend tonight,
and we are doing his party tomorrow.
good times.
whenever the big brothers are bugging him today he says, "be nice to me, it's my birthday." indeed!

it's a miracle!

firstly that I am blogging twice in one day, but also that I got the kids to help me gather up all the pop cans and bottles that were by the back door, and throughout the garage, and where ever we could find them, and we took them to the depot and got some money, so we could do this-

celebrate miracle treat day at Dairy Queen! I didn't get a blizzard, but got filled up helping those who couldn't finish theirs!

sweet! (Jed is shivering in the back, he was frozen after eating most of his blizzard)

more randomness

1. okay, this picture doesn't really show it well, sorry,
but Sadie finally got rid of that really loose tooth she had on the top. she has lost a couple on the bottom, but now she has a hole at the top. Jack actually pulled it out for her.

2. and the toothfairy even came last night!
I know! wow!

3. so I stopped at a couple of thrift stores yesterday looking for a cute vintage sheet so I could join this.
I found one and it is cute, and I am excited, and I thought I missed the deadline, so if you do sign up, don't read my lame comments. I am having issues.

4. anyways, when I was shopping I happened upon these cute pyrex bowls that I had to get, because if you read this blog, you know all about the wonderful things about pyrex! I love them, and used them for my supper last night.

5. in my outings yesterday I stopped at Costco to get some photo's printed- I had 2 I wanted in 12x12 for my square frames for my someday photo wall, and when I got home, and pulled out my frames to put them in, there was only one picture in the bag. sheesh. now I have to go back and see if I can get the other one. and I was so excited to get them in their frames.

6.two more days of swimming lessons. good times.

7. so in about a week and a half we get to go on our big camping vacation. I think next year we really need to do it earlier in the summer. because it has kind of been a long summer, if you know what I mean, and now, bang- vacation, then whammo, summer is over. yikes. where did the time go?

8. so you think you can dance, I think it is pretty much between Twitch and Katee. according to the judges, anyways. we will find out tonight!

9. Isn't she cute?

10. Jed's birthday in 2 days. I don't know what to get him. isn't that sad? He has a friend who has a birthday a few days before him, and he is having a sleepover party on Friday, so we are having Jed's party on Saturday. It was going to be a lego party. we shall see. I can't find those fun lego candies, and I wanted to give out a small lego kit for a treat, but I can't find any of those either. sheesh.

11. but I have plans for the cake. so fun. I will show and tell after!

12. finally did some laundry yesterday. yikes. it has been a while. I really need to tackle the floors today. some serious mopping is on the to do list.

13. I woke up early today, and couldn't get back to sleep. hate that! so anyways, thought I would get my blogging in early. now it is time to hit the shower, wake up the kids and get this day rolling! good times.

here they are

can you see the sheep in the distance?
they came out for pictures, but it was so windy!
I think I did get a few good ones.

but since we were in the area,
we went over to where the sheep were all in their pen.
just then the shepherdess (is that right?) came and unlocked the pen, and let them out.
then she had the dogs herd them right to where we were. it was a bit freaky.
but kind of cool.
this is what it looked like.


sheep everywhere.
big,
smelly,
wooly
sheep.
fun.

I tried

I tried uploading a few different pictures.
I was going to show you where we were today,
which was some waterslides.
that cost a lot of money.
and was a pretty old place.
but it was fun,
and sunny.
and I went down lots of slides with Sadie.
and I was going to show you that I took my sister to see the sheep.
see, come to my city, and I will take you there!
but
something is wrong with the uploading,
so you will have to wait and see.
I will try again another time.

new favorites.

the feet.

the dudes. and dudettes.


and this is the one that is going to go on my picture wall. in a square frame. I love it. even more than the one I took earlier. you might remember it. it was taken in my house, and I used a flash. this was outside. love the texture. and no flash. love love love it.

if you came to my city

in the summer months,
and on a Thursday to Sunday,
we would take you to see the sheep.










our city has hired some sheep to mow the lawns. very earth friendly of them! - but only in one part of the city.
they aren't everywhere.
in case that is what you were thinking.
and my kids have discovered that they really like leaves, so when we go see them, we pick them some treats.

and then since I had my camera,
I bribed my kids with ice cream sandwiches if they would let me take some pictures.
they decided 10 was a good number.
I think I got about 13, with some arguing, but it was worth it.
I have some new favorites.
and I will show you- tomorrow!