Playin' in the POOL...

The boys came over today. They (and I) had so much fun playing outside. We were only inside for lunch and naps. The weather was amazing! Thank goodness for sunscreen and sun hats. McKinley played so hard- hard enough to warrant going to bed at 7:15. She was tired. Mel and the boys also stayed for dinner. It was nice to spend time together. All three kids took a MUCH needed bath after dinner. They had to wash off all the dirt, food and sunscreen:)

Our family's branding is this weekend. Glad it will be nice- although it may be a little too warm for everyone working the cattle. I'm sure there will be lots of refreshments:) Pop a top!

Later.

Hmmm, he looks familiar...

Such a sweet little boy.
He's practicing for his future girlfriend:) ha!
"I love you, Auntie!"

Stacy & Cooper came over yesterday. Stacy & I took the kids to a plant sale at one of the local schools. It was great! The two little ones were super. Cooper stayed at our house for the rest of the afternoon. Both kids took their naps, when they woke up, we all went for a walk to Granny's. McKinley loved having him over and Coop seemed to enjoy some new toys and didn't mind his Brutus cousin mangling him:)

Dirt...

Me and my loader are goin' nigh-night!

We had a great weekend! Saturday I hit a few yard sales- didn't find much, but got out for a while:) The weather was perfect! When I got home, McKinley was taking her nap, so I worked outside for almost 2 1/2 hours until she finally woke up! Then we decided to go up in the hills for a drive & lunch. We found a nice spot, had a fire, roasted wieners, drank a few brewskies, took a walk and enjoyed the wildflowers. It was the perfect day. Today was spent doing "motherly" things like vacuuming, mopping, laundry, etc. One major bonus for my first Mother's Day was that McKinley slept in until 7:30- Perfect! :)

Cheers~

OREO city...

Soooo...last night Tyler and I were in the kitchen talking about the week/weekend. He was acting strange- didn't think anything of it, UNTIL- I looked over at McKinley. She had been GIVEN an Oreo and LOVED it, as you can tell! Oh my!

McKinley and I went to Nana's on Wednesday. We had a great time hanging out and veggin'. We even did a little (seriously, a little) shopping:) A miracle for me.

Not much planned for the weekend. Hopefully it will be nice for Mother's Day.

Happy Mom's Day to all your Mommy's out there! :)

More of the Happy Campers...

Dailey was crashed! She slept for a long time on the 4-wheeler. Cutie!

Happy Campers...

We had a great weekend! We left on Saturday after McKinley's nap and found a great spot by the creek. The mighty mallard is soooo nice- we love having a camp trailer! Justin, Becca and Dailey joined us for the night and Jack, Mary & Unky came up for a visit also. It rained Saturday, but as you can tell from the pictures- we didn't care and neither did the girls! They were such great campers! Yesterday we went for a 4-wheeler ride for a few hours. The girls were great. Tyler, McKinley and I went for a nice hike and found some shantrel (sp?) mushrooms. We plan on enjoying them for dinner tonight. We didn't get home until 7 last night- it was SUPER!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Mini Coop...

Tyler has been working up at Marcus & Stacy's house the past few days. Check out this job perk- he gets to work with Cooper! Mini Coop has one bottom tooth and is working on the other. He must be trying to catch up to his snagletooth cousin :)

Our week has been good. We haven't done much- although, we have had a lot of company over to visit. Last night, Mom & Tyler came out for dinner. Unky & Jill, Garrett & Dan were also here. It was fun to have a full house. Tonight, Toddy, Kathy & Tyler are coming out for dinner.

We have a list of "to-do's" today. Hopefully we can also find time for a walk.