Creek Fishing and Questions

We went fishing in our own creek recently and though I was skeptical about catching much the boys caught one big crayfish and 6 minnows.  Two of them really weren't that small!  

The garden has been fun this year. Our watermelons are yummy and we have enjoyed adding honey dew to our harvest. It seems like every year we have too much of something (this year Okra and collards) and too little of something else (this year squash and cantaloupe).  Last year, we were ridding ourselves of cantaloupe!  We did enjoy adding honey dew this year!  We just can’t seem to get it right!

Our states we'd covered by the end of July.

Jeb chose to learn his states and we have had a great time. I am really ashamed to admit that he knows some of them better/faster than me. I can’t wait to see what he decides to learn next year.  Having his buy in was KEY to happiness. 

  

I can’t remember if we had put up pics of Cay dressed up as Billy from Where the Red Fern Grows.  He LOVES to hunt and says he wants to be a hunter Halloween. Billy loves to catch anything that is moving these days especially grasshoppers. 

 Messes like these are why I HATE cooking. I recently made an Enchilada meatloaf with a nice cornbread crust and it was great, but after I cleaned up the mess I thought, "NO food is worth that mess."  I wish that I could take a food pill and move on.

 The cousins had a sleep over this summer and the boys enjoyed bed bounding until late.

 No teeth were lost in the process of this game Dr. Paul.

 The fam-Summer 2011

Caleb has really been stumping me asking questions lately. I was driving down the road one day and out of the blue he asked, "Momma, how does the Dr. get the babies out. How dooo-es the baby get in there?" Jeb was quick to explain a vaginal birth as well as a C-section with all the details--YIKES. Thanks animals for teaching my children so many lessons on reproductive health.

Then, this week he asked me "how does Jesus get into somebody's heart."  I said, well, he doesn't come in with a physical body like arms and legs but you have a spirit and a soul inside your body.  He said, " I HAVE A SPIRIT????"  Well, then I got on the Holy Spirit and how he comes when you invite him, and when you sin you'll hurt and feel bad if you have God's Spirit living inside you.  I think he was more confused when I got done discussing the trinity!  Hopefully, one day he'll get it!

 My sweet, sweet Billy.  One more thing--he requested an ax Birthday theme this year? I don't think that is going to happen.  If we invite small children that could be scary.  Who's ever seen an ax cake?

I was only slightly embarrassed when my kid told the pediatrician we let him play with an ax. Try explaining that is an old, small ax that is not really that sharp and is used under close supervision.