We got spirit, yes we do!

We got spirit how about you? The North Mason High school cheerleaders put together a mini cheer camp. The girls were so excited to go to cheer practice for two days then cheer during the varsity football game and perform their dance during half time. I was a proud mama watching them out on the field. They did Awesome!! Jack was done about 30 minutes into the game and wanted to go home. He didn't care about no stink'n cheerleaders he was tired and cold. Papa kept him warm and he was able to tough it out until after half time.

*Family Pictures*

Hoh Rainforest and Ruby Beach

The last part of the summer we took a camping trip to the coast and to the Hoh Rainforest. Its was a bit foggy on the beach but it was so beautiful. Ruby beach is called that because the comming and going of the tide washes down rubies from the dirt off the coast and you can find them on the beach. We did not find any because we found all of this out after we had already left. Oh well, next time. The next day we went to the rainforest and camped. We hiked a couple of trails and looked at all the moss on all the trees. It was a real fairy land and we decided that this is were all the fairies live.

It's egg-citing

Last week my uncle was in town, he came over and saw our chickens and informed us that one was laying eggs already. I wasn't so convinced since we hadn't seen any eggs yet, but since he hatches his own eggs and raises his own chickens I thought well maybe I won't argue with him. The next morning I went to let the chickens out like I always do. They roam all day on our property eating all the yummy bugs. As I walked up the path to their coop I saw a wonderful sight, a little brown egg right in my way, it must of been laid right before we tucked them in the night before. We were so excited. So all day I kept checking outside on the path, in their coop, around their coop and all over the yard. It was like Easter for 4 days I was on the hunt, and nothing!
The Internet said each hen would lay 1 egg every 24 hours so where were all my eggs? We decided to build a big fence to keep them in a manageable area and it worked we found 3 eggs yesterday. This morning before church I let the chickens out into their new pen and went inside to finish getting ready. Not more than 15 minutes later I look outside and one(Daisy) is out, so out I go to track her down. I hear her softly clucking in some bushes. I dig through and see a shiny white egg and then right behind it I see a brown egg. Then I see Daisy sitting under the bush, I pick her up and under her were 14 eggs, yes 14! So now we know where all our eggs have been hiding. After church we fixed the "holes" in the pen and clipped their wings so hopefully in the days to come we won't be hunting for any more eggs, we will just be gathering.

It's that time again...

For crisp air in the morning, for yummy blackberries on the bushes(everywhere), for sweatshirts, hot cocoa, early mornings, sack lunches, and for SCHOOL. The girls were not as excited about school as I was but they are enjoying it as I knew they would.
Brooke is in 4th grade, loves Taylor swift, cowgirl clothes, soccer, is very much a momma's girl, always has a messy room, is overly cautious about everything, takes such good care of her brother, is growing up so fast and she is so B-utiful.




Emily is in 2nd grade, boy crazy, loud, full of energy, has the funniest most contagious laugh, and is the comedian of the family not to mention she too is B-utiful.She has another boy teacher this year but is OK with it since her teacher is really young and really cute! Heaven help us!

June

In June we took the girls out of school two days early to head down to New Mexico for my sister's wedding. She married Cody Wilkins on June 19th in Colorado and it was Beautiful.

Then it was home to celebrate Brooke's birthday(which was the same day my sister got married) She had some friends over and we had a little party. I cannot believe she is 10 years old and going to be in the 4th grade-it blows me away-.

Farmers?

Three kids, two dogs, two hamsters, one cat and eight chickens! Oh my. We have added eight chickens to our family. The kids got chickens for Easter this year and we are all so excited to have fresh eggs in 4 months. We wanted 4 or 5 chicks but the "farmer" informed us that a couple might die off the first few days. So not wanting to have only 2 or 3 left I bought eight in hopes for 5, well we must be suited for the chicken raising business because all eight are alive and thriving.

Anyone need eggs? We will be loaded.


Brooke asked the other day if having chickens made us farmers? Sometimes I feel like I wake up at 5am and work all day then go to bed at 10pm just to start all over again the next day, so "yes" we must be farmers.
Not only of animals but of children.

A Date

This was taken when I was thinner and Sam's hair was Thicker:)


Last night Sam and I dropped the kids off at our great friends house so we could go out on a date for my birthday. We went to "uptown" Gig Harbor and had some yummy Thai food. We had never had Thai food before but we liked it especially the crispy squid with sweet and sour sauce-YUM-. Then after stuffing ourselves we headed to Ben and Jerry's ice cream. It was a nice night just the two of us - we need that more often. He even gave up watching the playoff game just for me, ahhh. He loves me. Even though it was on at the restaurant - you should of seen him grin!

*TIMBER*

When I look in my back yard this is what I see. Trees, trees, and more trees. We had three trees that were a little too close to the house for Sam's comfort. Sam has been cutting down trees all over our property since we have moved in, in July, but these. If one of these trees went the wrong way it would be the end of our house as we know it. I like my house. So us doing it ourselves was not really an option. Our neighbor on the other hand is a professional lumberjack -Yeah us-. So today Mr. lumberjack came to our house and took those pesky trees down. It was so awesome to see him cut them down he made it look so easy. "TIMBER" I yelled in my head as each one fell down. The loud cracking and swooshing of the tree as they fell is the best sound, I was in awe.

my new neighbors

I am so excited to be getting new neighbors. Over Christmas my parents bought a house 15 minutes away from me. They sold their ranch in Texas and have decided to move to be closer to grand kids, and me:) Never in my life did I think I would be living in Washington and now my parents, will someone pinch me because I cannot believe it.