Mrs. Mom

This lady can be so much help with her younger brother.

She was enjoying playing with him at the park.

Trip to Nebraska - Down by the River

One of the evenings we went and waded in the river

 and walked on the sand bar.  

Another evening we went down by the river, enjoyed the big 

swing, made a fire and enjoyed roasted marshmallows.

Fun climbing on logs.

It was a nice evening.

Trip to Nebraska - Vehicle Fun

This princess car was enjoyed by our four 

youngest children.  Well - mainly 3 youngest, 

as once again, Fancy E was attached to the kitties.

And our Farmer J was in heaven.  One afternoon

his Uncle took him out on the tractor to bail hay.  Farmer J

spent over 2 hours in the tractor, just riding along while

his Uncle worked.  Uncle said he didn't have much to say and

never complained about it taking so long.

When I asked Farmer J later if he had fun,

he said it was kind of boring, but he had the BIGGEST smile on

his face and was SO excited he got to be a real farmer for the day.

Even when we got home he said "Mom, I can't believe

I got to ride in the tractor with Uncle J!"

And riding, or even pretending to ride, on the 4-wheeler

is always fun.

And the many rides on the Rangers - exploring the farm,

checking on the cows and going up and down the "yee-haw" 

hill - was a definite fun for everyone. 

Once again so thankful for such wonderful weather while we there.

Trip To Nebraska - Cousin Love

The kids had so much fun playing with their cousins.  With Fancy E busy with the kitties the entire time, this left Tiger Lilly and her sweet Cousin L a lot of time to play together.  They had a lot of fun and it was neat to see such a sweet friendship formed.

                                         

Somehow I missed getting a picture of just the two of them, 

but above is a picture of all three girls having a tea party together.

Below sweet Cousin L and Puppy J were playing together.  

As much as Puppy J enjoyed the kitties, I do believe he enjoyed

 even more all the trucks, tractors and construction vehicles his Cousin T had.

Puppy J also enjoyed making a band with Cousin L.

And more playing trucks with Cousin T.

Both Puppy J and Farmer J fell in love with Baby Cousin L.  

She is quite adorable and Farmer J quickly discovered he could make her smile

by making these funny faces at her while sitting across the table.

Once she started smiling back at him, he was hooked and from

then on he would try to make her laugh and wanted to know where she was.

Puppy J also fell in love with Baby Cousin L - he would always

ask his Aunt where she was and was quick to find 

toys for her to play with.  It was sweet to see how gentle

they were with her.

Cousin L made her rounds playing with all our children.

She even convinced Farmer J below that this outfit was for boys too.

But he wasn't so sure about it, so he went

and found this outfit instead.

Big J was usually off with the men working 

in the fields, shooting guns, or do some sort of activity.

Trip to Nebraska - Kitty Love

We recently went to Nebraska to visit Uncle, Aunt and cousins on the farm. 

 We had a wonderful trip, nice weather and a great visit with family.  

Fancy E fell in LOVE with the baby kitties 

and literally spent 90% of her trip, apart from eating and 

sleeping, on the front porch with the kitties.

                                               

                                            

After spending hours with them, she found a blanket and using the 

tote of rain boots we brought, she built a "home" for them.

She was very persistent in keeping them in this home,

that after time I think they "surrendered" and stayed 

willingly.

These two also enjoyed playing with the kitties.

Even her Aunt was surprised the kitties

stayed put so nicely in their new "home."

This little guy enjoyed the kitties also.

They were quite cute and of course 

all the children asked more than once if

we could take one home. 

We left the kitties in Nebraska and for

those wondering, we did pat down Fancy E

before we left to ensure no kitties made 

it into our vehicle.

Baseball

Big J played baseball this spring and dad was his coach.

It was a fun season.  He had such a neat team.

They ended up winning the championship.

Here is Big J receiving his trophy for 1st place.

His team and coaches.

Pool with Cousins

Nursing Home

Farmer J was such a sweet boy at the nursing home the other day. 

 Him and this lady, Sally, were having quite the nice time together.  

He was saying cheese for the camera below.

Then he said to Sally "Let's make a funny face..."

Needless to say, I believe he made this ladies day.

Family Reunion

We went a family reunion.  

We had a wonderful fun filled day.

Due to being at a lake and other activities,

I didn't get to take too many pictures.  

So here are my very few pictures.

This guy stayed awake all day long,

in the hot windy sun.  

When we got in the vehicle, he was sleeping

within 5 minutes and didn't even wake

up when we stopped for dinner.

Thanks for the fun day!!

Park with cousins