Hunting Buddies

Zach practicing shooting with his daddy's first BB gun

Deer meat is so good I could eat it raw!
My brother in law is crazy.

 

Family Fun?

As we were sitting down to supper last night, we got a phone call that Spencer's brother had just shot a deer. Zach and Brittany wanted to go and see it right away, but we ate first anyway. When we got done, we went to see the deer and found that Cameron had shot another one. They had one deer skinned and the other one was lying on the truck. I thought Zach and Brittany would be upset seeing a dead deer, but they went up to it and patted it, and Zach kept moving the legs back and forth. Brittany got bored after a while, but Zach stayed to see all the meat cut off.
After all the excitement was over, we went home and had real family fun. We found that the kids just really want us to play with them. Every time we ask them what they want to do, they say they want to play games. It took me a while to get the point. Personally, I would rather get out of the house, but we finally figured out that the kids just want time from us. Hey, that's nice and cheap. We may end up investing in a few more games. 

Brittany's Sayings

Brittany has said some of the funniest stuff lately, and I thought I'd write some of it down while I remembered it.



After a discussion about dating and marriage:
Brittany: "Mom, if Mr. Anthony hadn't growed up so fast, I would have married him."
Mom: "Why?"
Brittany: "Because I like him!"

While watching a sad portion of a movie:
Brittany: "I'm not sad, Mom. My eyes are just pretendin' they're crying."
(Brittany always cries during a sad part of a movie. We won't be watching Where the Red Fern Grows with her.)

We went to a birthday party last night while Spencer went on church visitation.
When asked where her dad was:
"He went on vegetation."

This is one I won't ever forget. Brittany was about three and while I was helping her get dressed she sneezed and passed gas at the same time. She started laughing and said, "I blessed ya, and I blessed ya in my pants!"

Dog Food

At the supper table the other night, Brittany was crying about her elbow hurting because she had fallen on the vacuum cleaner while she and Zach were rough housing. After she was finally done telling her side of the story how Zach had been jumping around and made her fall, Zach raised his hand and said, "May I tell the truth now?" Spencer replied, "What I want to know is why you were eating dog food?" Spencer then told me about what happened while Zach was playing with the neighbor boy. The little boy came up to Spencer and said, Zach won't stop eating dog food. Spencer said, "Zach, stop eating dog food." A few minutes later the little boy came back and said, "Tell Zach to stop eating dog food!" Spencer was busy doing the microwave (hole in the wall) project and was getting irritated that the little boy kept tattling. That was until Spencer went to talk to Zach. When Spencer walked around the corner, Zach had both hands full of dog food and both cheeks stuffed full. Eew! Gross!

After Spencer finished telling me the story, he got up and started reading the ingredients off the dog food bag to Zach. He made them sound really scary and Zach's eyes kept getting bigger and bigger. Spencer kept saying, "I hope you don't get sick, Zach," and all other sorts of things. We were cracking up. Poor guy. I don't think that he'll eat any more dog food.

BTW Zach's reason for eating the dog food..."Because it had good flavor, Dad."

He Did It!

This past Saturday, Spencer was trying to decide what he was going to do. He finally decided to FILL IN MY HOLE IN THE WALL. I about fainted. He wasn't lying when he said he'd do it before Christmas. So, the question remains, what do I want for Christmas. It seems everyone is voting for the digital camera. Spencer jokingly made a deal with me. He said, "I'll get you the professional digial camera and you get me a laptop........they'd cost about the same." Boy would we be in a hole if we did that! I guess it's back to the drawing board.

 

What Do You Want For Christmas?

Do you see that black hole to my left? That's where a in -the- wall oven used to be. We took it out and put a microwave in it's place. The only thing is that the hole has never really been finished off in the four years we've lived here. The other day Spencer asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I knew he would be asking that pretty soon, so I was prepared. I said that I wanted the "microwave area" finished off. Spencer said, " That is not a Christmas present. I am not doing that for Christmas. I'll finish it before then, but you are not getting that for Christmas." I'm not holding my breath about it being finished any time soon, and it's back to the drawing board for what I want for Christmas. Hmmmm Should I ask for the professional digital camera then? :) 

An Adjusted Picture

Last night Spencer was showing me how to use Adobe Photoshop. This picture is comprised of elements from the pictures below. It was fun but kind of hard...especially making up legs for Anthony. He has the top of Spencer's pants, some of Sandra's skirt, and Zach's shoes. Spencer says Anthony looks like he has some medical condition, but I don't think it's too bad for my first time.


 

Teen Activity

This past Saturday we took the teenagers and two of our kids to a corn maze. The maze was cut out in a twenty acre corn field. We had to find ten mailboxes in the maze. Each one had a numbered stamp in it. You would stamp a piece of paper until you had all ten numbers....or you gave up. Spencer and the boys got all ten numbers. The girls and I.......well, we gave up after seven numbers. They also had other activities which Zach and Brittany enjoyed. There was the tricycle "maze", a no left turn maze, a tractor made of hay to jump on, a little park, hay rides, pumpkin picking, and a pumkin launcher.
We almost took Sierra with us, but she ended up staying with Papa and Mema. I think she had a great time there.

Zach and Britt on the trikes.

In the maze

We're so tired

Sierra and Thomas at Papa and Mema's house

 

The Tall and Short of it

Sierra and Sierra are only two months apart.

 

The Devil Coming Out In Our Little Angel

 

Some More of Our Trip

After a short stay in Georgia, we traveled four hours down the road to see my sister Sarah at Pensacola. We spent one gorgeous day at the beach. While we were there, we saw dolphins, a stingray swimming close by, a jellyfish in the water, and a pretty nice sand castle someone had built. We all had a great time.
Later in the evening, we went to the sports center with Sarah, and went bowling. Sierra thought she could bowl just as well as anyone else. Zach did too, and almost proved it when he got a strike on his own. Brittany just gave up on the game altogether.
 

Been Traveling

Anthony and Sandra with their children
Sierra, Savannah, Christian, and Scarlett

Savannah with her cake for her fifth b-day

Our kids and theirs
Zach in back
Sierra, Scarlett, Christian, Savannah, Sierra, and Brittany

Sandra, Sierra, Me, Sierra, Spencer, Christian, Spencer's Dad
Savannah (giving herself rabbit ears), Scarlett, Brittany, and Zach




Spencer's parents decided to go to Georgia to visit some friends and asked us if we would like to go with them. Of course, we said, yes, and we had a great time. The people that we visited used to be in charge of the youth and music at our church. When they first came, the youth group had already decided that they would not like the new youth leaders no matter who they were. Spencer kind of stuck up for them and befriended them. When Spencer and I were dating, they would have us over to their house, and out to places. Of course we became very good friends. Then the babies started coming. They would have a baby, and as soon as the baby was born, we would find out that we were going to have a baby. We alternated back and forth like this for a while until this last time. We both had babies two months apart. Unknowingly, Spencer and I named our baby the same name they had already picked out for their baby. They stuck with their name, so we both have babies named Sierra. It was great to be able to see them again. We miss them so much. More on our trip next time.

 

Which Do You Like Best?

Nissan Pathfinder

Toyota Sequoia

Chevy Tahoe

I Saw It On Mr Rogers

My kids absolutely love watching Mr. Rogers.

The other day Spencer went with other coworkers to make pottery. It was supposed to be a team building exercise. Spencer was telling Zach that he was "going to throw pottery." Zach wanted to know what that was. When Spencer started explaining, Zach said, "Oh ya, ya, ya! I know what you are talking about. He then proceeded to tell his dad exactly how to make pottery. When he finished, he said, "Dad if you do it just like I told you to, it will turn out just fine." Spencer asked Zach how he knew how to make pottery. Zach's answer? "Oh, I just saw it on Mr. Rogers."

Tonight, Zach was telling us different words he had learned in sign language. At first we thought his Sunday school teacher was teaching him the words, but "No, Dad, I saw it on Mr. Rogers."