Country Boys

Chase has been obsessed with going to Granddaddy's farm in Allen county lately, so yesterday I promised him that we could take Tucker there today. He was in my bed at 8:00 this morning saying "Wake up Mommy, it's time to pick up Tucker and go to Allen County!" Larie brought Tucker over here and they all got their overalls on and were ready to go! We had so much fun, they wanted to have an adventure, and boy did we have an adventure! I love that Chase is making so many memories on this farm, because I have the best memories of going there from the time I was just a little kid his age all the way until now. But I must say, as many times as I have been there and as many stories as I have heard about the farm, I really learned some stuff about it today that I never knew :) For instance, I did not know that sharks live in the stream down the hill, and that if you throw big rocks in the water, it will scare them and keep them from coming up and attacking. I mean, that is very useful information and I never knew it!

I did know that a long time ago, Indians lived on the farm. However, I did not know that the reason they left was because a pirate ship crashed landed on the farm and the Indians had to jump the fence and hide down the hill to escape. (By the way, Chase isn't sure if the Indians died or if they are still living safely down the hill on the other side of the fence) This is what is left of the pirate ship. They are standing right by the door that the pirates used to go in and out of.

This is the treasure box that the pirates left behind, they took the treasure but just left the box.

They had so much fun today. Running around the farm being boys, getting dirty! They solved mysteries, discovered stuff no one has ever discovered :), crossed logs, went hunting....... It was a great day!





This is the indian hole, it can be filled with muddy water but when you clean it out, the water runs crystal clear through it.. Chase had to splash the water on his face because that is what all farmers do.???


Chase and Mason had to open the gate for me to drive through, Tucker is helping Chase shut it back. It's so funny to see Chase get all excited when we pull up because he wants to get out and open the gate for me because I remember always getting excited to get out and open the gate for Daddy. He thinks he is so big!!

Perfect Bonfire Weather

Last night Ashley called me at like 6:00 and said "Ummm, we pretty much need to have a bonfire tonight and roast marshmallows." So I said, " Go buy the marshmallows and we're on." Then she said "Yeah, I already bought them!" So, we had a very impromptu bonfire last night. It was so fun! I love this weather, I got to put on jeans and a sweatshirt and it felt so good outside! Ashley brought the marshmallows, Kurt brought the graham crackers and chocolate, and I made the coffee... (and milk for some).
Here is well, mine and Julie's kiddos

Here is Ashley with her friend, Trevor

And here are Kurt and Steven posing so pretty for me

Great weather today... perfect for hunting

The weather today was great! It was cool outside with a great breeze, I loved it! The boys and I played outside on the swingset and played fetch with the puppy. Then Chase decided he wanted to go hunting... He got the rifle that he borrowed from Tucker (Thanks Tuck!) and he and Bailey were off through the woods. I had to run in from the woods to get the camera because it was just too cute not to capture.

Grandparent's Day

Yesterday was the Grandparent's Day program at Chase's preschool. I of course had forgotten about it and didn't think of it until Larie reminded me the morning of. Luckily all of Chase's grandparents were able to get there with less than two hours notice. Thank you Granny, Granddaddy, Nana and Grandpa for dropping what you were doing to come see your little Chase-man. He was so excited that you all were there.



Mommy and Chase. I can't believe he will be in Kindergarten next year!!

Just some pictures from the week

I just thought I would add a few pictures from the week. Aunt Kathy gave Chase this mask and he loves to scare us in it. And really as sad as this is, it really does still scare me more times than not. He will go get it out of the blue and come tap me on the shoulder and everytime I scream and jump back. It makes me feel so stupid! Is a 3 ft tall monster really that scary?? But he just laughs and laughs and laughs when he gets me with it and it is just so cool to see him get so tickled about scaring me.

Here he is with Erick. They were getting ready to go to Nana and Grandpa's and thought it would be funny to scare them too.


Here is a picture of my 3 sleeping boys. This was their first time watching football together and I went in to check on them and this is what I found...
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You couldn't see Chase that well in the first picture and it really is amazing that he is asleep like this.

Fun at Nana and Grandpa's

Saturday morning I had someone coming over for pictures so Chase and Mason went with Erick to his parents house. They had a blast as they always do and of course didn't want to leave with me when I came to get them :( Mason's favorite thing to do at Grandpa's is to go feed the cows. He thinks he is big stuff feeding the cows, I think he would go by himself if we would let him.



And I think Chase has a new favorite thing to do when he goes to Grandpa's now. When I got there, Chase wanted me to go outside so he could show me his new trick that Daddy let him do. Not Mommy's favorite trick, but Daddy assured me that it is safe so whatever :)

Just another post...part 2

Here are the pictures I was going to add to the last post.


Saturday night Julie and Kathy wanted a ride to Julie's house. They had the choice of my big comfy mini-van or the back of Erick's truck. You can see that they opted for a ride home redneck style, Erick looks happy about it :)