8-1-09 Saturday

Cade and Cassie are spending the night with us tonight and we are taking them to Big mac with us in the morning. Then mom will meet us with Josh and Jared and stay the night. She's taking Cade and Cassie to the ranch for a week. Jaydon is really missing his big brothers, so it's a good thing his cousins came up today.

FYI: I will not be posting until we get back from the lake on Aug. 9. So you might not see anything until the week of the 10th. I'm sure I'll have lots of pictures to share with you then!

7-31-09 Friday

It's so hard to get ready for a week long camping trip. I've been menu planning and grocery shopping all week, and now the loading must begin. This is just one of the storage compartments under the dinette bench. I will feel like it's vacation as soon as we pull down the street and all the prep work is done.

7-30-09 Thursday

It rained practically all day and Jaydon was needing to get some fresh air. So I put his raincoat on him, but could only find 1 rainboot, so he wore a sandal on the other foot. He got my mail and then decided to stay inside until the rain stopped. Good idea buddy!

7-27-09 to 7-29-09 Monday to Wednesday

7-29 Wednesday: I made 26 breakfast burritos for our trip to Big Mac. We are meeting our friends, Tiensvolds and Boeselagers, for our 2nd annual trip to the lake. I can't wait.

7-28 Tuesday: I'm learning how to use Photoshop Elements software to digitally enhance photos. Love this picture of Cassie. I'm hoping to put a lot of new, neat stuff on the blog.

7-27 Monday: As I left Josh in Crawford, he was already digging in and getting busy. He looks the part, in the cap and apron, while pattying hamburgers.

7-24-09 to 7-26-09 Friday to Sunday

7-26 Sunday: These 2 elk made their way to Hay Springs and were next to dad's hay field. They were pretty nervous about us checking them out.

7-25 Saturday: Mom, Dad, Josh, Jared, Jaydon, and I went for a little drive one evening and since only 3 of us could ride in the cab, Mom, Jared, Jaydon and the dog rode in the back of the pick-up. The rode was a little dusty.

7-24 Friday: Dad made sure to cut the grass in front of their house so the boys could play a little pasture golf. Jared can really hit the ball. Jaydon is right-handed but swings a golf club and baseball bat left-handed.

7-21-09 to 7-23-09 Tuesday to Thursday

7-23 Thursday: Jared had his best friend, Luke, to the ranch to spend the night. Josh went to Chadron to stay with Logan. So I took Jared and Luke to a pond fishing and they caught 9 bass. Jaydon didn't want to go along because he was cutting hay with Papa.

7-22 Wednesday: Dad and I took the boys to the pond to fish and this is how tall the weeds were. Jaydon kept saying we were walking through a forest...I guess we were!

I'm so glad to be in Nebraska again this year at the same time as last year. Grandpa passed away 1 year ago today. We had a big breakfast a Grandma's house and talked about AJ. Doesn't seem like a year has passed...miss you grandpa!

7-21 Tuesday: Dad kept stacking hay bales and we (Josh, Jaydon, and me) played a little hay bale tag! Wow did that bring back the memories...and awareness of how out of shape I am.

7-17-09 to 7-20-09 Friday to Monday

7-20 Monday: Jaydon has a tractor fascination at the farm. Papa took him for a ride on the old Mini and rake some hay. Jaydon loved it and played on that Mini while we were back.

7-19 Sunday: I took this from our bedroom window. It even looks better from above.

7-18 Saturday: We spent the day at the lake again, water skiing and swimming. We are all loving our time together.

7-17 Friday: This was Corey's Friday off, so we went to the lake. Sure is nice having him home every other Friday. We've really been using our lake permit this year.