The Days Float By

Not alot to say right now. I think the hairbow making emptied the creative juices within. I'm not exactly sure why I remain so tired. Definitely not anemic and definitely not pregnant. Yes.....I did test. And ironically enough, I was entirely disappointed. How can she just be a mere 5 months old and me working my butt off to lose the extra rear and bat wings I seemed to have gained somewhere in the deal and still be so disappointed by only 1 little line on a test???? She is sitting well, crawling now and her tooth is big and bright....at the ripe old age of 5 months.

I fall miserably behind on here and then feel overwhelmed with trying to catch up. So much that goes on.....so much that is worth capturing with pen and paper. Like the fan that had a monkey thrown at it which therefore catapulted a blade off of it. That would be only the 2nd time we have lost a fan blade and had to replace it. How very grateful we are for the spare parts that came with the new fan we had to buy the first time around. Same fan too. It's been well broken in. And then the 300.00 blind that was opened a little too enthusiastically. This would be the 2nd one that has been rendered useless by children eagerly opening them up when naptime is over. 2 down 1 to go. Chalk that up to me and my obsessive compulsive disorder of needing any and all windows coverings thrown open and sunny during every waking moment. I am quite sure my children inherited the window OCD thing from me...or they just learned well. And the pathetic thing is that they are broken in the down position. So, in my need for a sunny, cheerful, well lit house I have found ways to redneck them up during daylight hours. In fact, my desire for a naturally lit house is so great that we do not even have window coverings of any sort on any of the children's windows. They sleep with their huge picture window uncovered and have just learned to sleep through lightening or whatever else shines through it. And Gavin, from his nursery crib, goes to bed talking to the bird in the nest outside his window and wakes up to greet the bird in the nest. I suppose the blind incident was a little more painful since all 3 window blinds were a total of 300.00 when we purchased them and when taking the 1st one to be repaired we were informed that 1 blind was now 300.00 alone. Needless to say we are living with lopsided blinds. Though these are in the bedroom I can't help but think it compliments the duct tape on the living room window well.

The garage sale never took place. God lead us in a totally different direction than we were headed so we walked in obedience to what we felt He was leading us to do. It took the entire van with only 2 rows of seats in it and filled to its uttermost capacity and then all of the bed of Brad's truck and some of the inside of it to haul it off. And we still have more stuff to go. It now sits loaded up yet again ready to make the next big trip into town. And to think that I thought we had decluttered. It feels good. Not only do we feel the grace of walking in obedience to what He told us to do but our lives are that much more unhindered due to a weightlessness that goes along with living simplistically and without the burden of stuff to care for.

Since my writing abilities seem to be lacking here lately I figured pictures......and a ton of them.....would suffice. So, here is what our most recent weeks have consisted of.

Hanging out at Nanny and Pawpaw's

Analyzing the low state of the tank and then promptly chunking rocks into it to see if they can get the water to rise by filling it up with....yes, you guessed it.....rocks.


Fitting everybody on the gator...minus a sleeping Ivye

Pawpaw shootin the bull with the boys and filling them up on nothing less than lifesavers. That's what Pawpaw's are for anyway.

Pretty days in the bus
"Daddy the busmaster"

Grayson doing the responsible big brother thing and pulling teeth in Brad's absence. He popped it out too. We were all too elated to remember to get any pics after the fact.

The chickens and their coop

Three hot girls....as in temp heat, that is.

Sunny days spent hard at work and play.

Finishing the swingset.....6 months after it was started

Cooling off her baby

Garrett showing Gavin some good moves

Gavin showing Garrett some better moves

His favorite shady spot...and yes, he knows quite well now that he must crawl at all times when someone is above him.

Very proud of his climbing ability

Loving on Thena

Hanging out while Daddy works

Climbing on his own these days

Sliding on his own these days too...he is quite convinced this is the funniest thing ever and will do it every waking hour of his day and laugh just as hard each and every time he goes down it. He seems oblivious to the fact that it shoots him off into the dirt at lightening force speeds every time he does it.

West Texas backyard play

Discovering life

The way he walked around the house all day

More messes

Beautiful days after church

Watching Daddy leave for work
Horse play

Pretty girl

I spy chickens....absolutely everywhere. They have now taken to roosting on the lawn mower handle, trash cans in the carport, the hay bales within the carport, and under the swings suspended from the trees branches. Oh yes, if the bus door is lefty open they think it is quite shady and cool within the bus.

Some of Daddy's helpers

Catching air

a pro at being airborn

Sunsets in blissfull freedom

Their view above the world...notice the passing horse and rider behind the tree


Their treetop view looking west. And all of those specs in the pasture are chickens.


Making sure the dirt is well swept