Pictures

Well, I didn't keep up with the photo challenge.  I got sidetracked by other things.  I did want to add some photos to the blog to show you what we are up to.

The boys went to the dentist and were rock stars!  Nathan sat all by himself for the first time and even managed to get some x-rays.  It is so cool how you can see the adult teeth making their way up.  BTW, no cavities for the boys!

The boys have had some fun with some friends!

We've also had some fun playing with just ourselves.

Nathan has been OBSESSED with catching fig beetles.  It is a bit annoying at times because he wants to go out every second of the day and inspect fig trees in our area.  It wouldn't be as bad if we were not having a heat wave with 100+ degree weather.

We went to the beach with school.

We ate our first homegrown watermelon and it had to be smallest watermelon ever!  The boys all said that this one and the others from our garden tasted really good!

Foghorn, our Leghorn, had a swollen foot and it looks like it is bumblefoot.  We attempted to do surgery, twice!  It wasn't successful, but we found a vet that said they would do it for a much cheaper rate than some other vets.

Rosie, our mean Rhode Island Red, was having a hard time walking one day.  She kept laying down, so we took her to the vet and it appeared that her whole abdomen was really swollen.  The vet said it seemed like she had an infection, which could have been caused from egg-binding.  The vet said that she was probably in a lot of pain and we could either spend a lot of money to try and figure out what was wrong, which wouldn't necessarily work anyway or we could put her down.  I decided on the latter.  Rosie, was also very skinny and the vet said that it wasn't a good sign either.  It was my first pet that I had to put down and it was harder than I thought it would be.  The boys didn't seem to care at all.  

We started homeschooling!  Today was our first day.  First thing on the agenda was a soccer class with other homeschoolers.  Nathan was not interested in soccer when I first brought it up, but this class is taught in a very non-competitive manner and the coach is great!  Nathan had a blast and did so well.  The only hard part was the hot temperatures :(.  Us moms also sat away from the kids so as to not distract them.  

That's Nathan heading to the soccer goal

Photo Challenge: Days 12-15

Wow, I got a little behind!  Here are the photos from the past four days.

Day 12: Macro

I tried to get closer, but this is the best I could do.

Day 13: Fast

He was too fast for me and I couldn't keep up.






























He was fast asleep































Day 14: Trash

It was like she wrote this photo challenge just for us because Wednesday is our trash day!

Day 15: The Best


Hanging out with these boys in nature by a creek is the best!

Photo Challenge Days 10 & 11

Day 10: Beverage

This is our beverage of choice around here.  Well, maybe Christopher's is beer :]

Day 11: I Love Doing This

I love going to the zoo with my family!  I especially love going on membership appreciation days when they open early and it is cool and not crowded!

Photo Challenge Days 7, 8, & 9

Day 7: A Sign

Christopher got this sign back when he lived in Chicago.  It has been hanging out by the pool ever since I have known him.

Since I was out by the pool I figured that I would also add in a picture of Nathan jumping into the pool!  His swimming is improving every day!

Day 8:  Peek-a-boo

We went to the beach yesterday and the boys were enjoying some time hiding from the camera in the tent with their cousin Matt.

Day 9: 2 o'clock

The boys and I were having fun playing with photo booth on my computer.

Christopher gave Nathan a haircut today and I have to blog about that later!

Photo Challenge Day 6: This Means A Lot To Me

These guys mean a lot to me!

Photo Challenge Days 4 & 5

Day 4 was something fresh.

These were fresh from our chickens!  Foghorn & Coco each laid two (one was from the day before), Henrietta laid the blue/green one and then either Betsy or Rosie laid the light brown egg.  The light brown egg was a surprise because we haven't seen one of those eggs in many months!

Here are some fresh tomatoes and yellow squash that we got from our garden this morning next to our fresh eggs.

Day 5: Early

This is some early morning shenanigans!  Nathan in the cupboards trying to get close to the cats this morning!

Photo Challenge Day 3: Skyline

We are at a wedding and this is the skyline.  It is very pretty up here and the wedding is a lot of fun!  Plus we get to hangout with some great friends that we haven't seen in awhile!