The mouse that made me scream.........

Derek and I Keep the dog in our bed room at night with a child's gate. During the day we place the gate against the wall. With that all said , last night Derek and I were watching a movie when Derek spotted a mouse run behind the gate and told me to get on the other side to keep it from escaping. I'm not afraid of mice and had no problem with doing what he had asked of me. We both snuck up to either side of the gate and the mouse decided it wasn't going to cooperate with what was happening, so it started moving towards the side that I was at. Derek didn't want the mouse to escape and kicked the gate trying to get it, but the problem with that was the bang startled me and I screamed and jumped back letting the mouse slip by. Derek started laughing due to the fact that he had never heard me scream like that. Derek and I went on the hunt in the other room but couldn't find it. We found some mice traps and put the behind the dresser in the closet and under the shelf and decide to check in the morning. Guess What We Found In The Morning ????? One dead mouse!!!!!!!!!!

The heat is on.......

So we started out the weekend with my Brothers 9yr old spending the night. He kept the kids busy and entertained which is always good. We got to go to Nana's and Grandpa Terry's house for dinner and then watched a movie. Nickolas was the first to fall asleep so we loaded all 5 kids up and set off for home. By the time we got from my mom's house to our house we had been driving for almost 45 min and all the kids were asleep.
On Saturday Papa and Matthew showed up to the house to pick Nickolas up. He wanted to stay to play with the kids but finally let his father talk him into going home. The kids played in there rooms complaining every time they ventured outside that the heat was just too HOT, But every so often the would decided that they wanted to go outside and would return quickly. Derek and I watched 6 Hours of Lonesome Dove the movie and the kids would sometime sit to watch the horses in it. I made Pizza for dinner and to bed they went.
Sunday was just the same with the heat. Derek and I took a look at the garden and guess what we found that's right a ripe tomato the first of the year. Better than last year due to the squirrels. We decided to go for a drive and did some errand's went to the coop, Lowels, Arbys (for lunch)and Albertson's then headed home. The heat was still very warm showing on the car temp that it was 103 in town. Not wanting to be hot we decided to call Katherine and ask if she wanted to go swimming with us. The kids were excited about getting in the pool and had allot of fun. We BBQ some ribs and watched a movie(Sherlock Homes)then Katherine left. Put the kids to bed and settled into our own for the evening. The heat is keeping up from doing allot outside but its still nice that there's no Snow.

Working in the Yard

Derek and I worked in the yard. Derek mowed the weeds down in the back yard and tilled up where the grass is going to be. Derek also worked on the shed putting shingles on it. I weeded the garden and everything is getting so big and I cant wait till everything starts producing.




The Kids got some new goggles and Hope and Jacob were trying them on for me too see.


The garden is getting so big and I'm starting to get tomatoes on them. I cant wait till stuff starts getting red. I did some weeding in the garden and it looks so much better with out the weeds.

Our Happy 4th

We spent our 4th at the kids grandparents house. The cooked some of the most yummy food and we had such a great time visiting with everyone. The brisket was so yummy Jack did a great job cooking it. The kids played in the pool most the day and played with water balloons. After we all ate we cooked smores the kids had tones of fun. Derek played baseball with the kids. The boys were all having so much fun trying to catch the ball. We moved the party to the front yard and watched the fruita fireworks and lite a few of our own. The kids were having so much fun and all the "ooh and ahh's" comeing from the kids were cracking me up.

Gardening again......

So when our plans changed for the weekend we did some work in the garden. We worked on getting the cages around the tomato plants, getting the drip system up and running, and pulling any weeds that needed pulled. The garden shouldn't have any problem getting the water it needs. We bought some different types of spraying watering sprayers for the corn and they seem like a good choice. The garden is getting bigger and thriving with all the attention that it is receiving.
There are several Tomato's that are already setting and some of the squash have already gotten blooms. The plants are getting stronger every day and shouldn't need as much babying that we are giving it in the beginning.
So far I have not seen any squirrels anywhere around so maybe there wont be any thieves to steel my green tomato's this year, but then again we have seen some deer in the distance so maybe they wont know that I planted anything this year.

Daddy's pants are hard to fill

Jacob decided that Daddy's pants would fit was he way wrong. Derek wear's a 40 inch inseam. Jacob wears a size 6 slim. I laughed so hard when he tryed them on and tryed to walk with them on.

The Garden

Derek, My dad Loyd and I got my garden planted. We planted 26 Tomato plants, 4 Cucumbers, 11 Green Peppers, 4 Jalapenos, 3 Watermelon, 3 Cantaloupe, 1 Honey Dew, 2 crookneck and 2 straight neck Squash, 2 Acorn Squash, 4 Pumpkins, 4 Zuc's and 3 rows of corn. Man were we busy.
The ground was really hard so we added 3 yards of compost to it and it seems like it's going to be a good garden. Derek used his new rototiller and got is all tilled up for us to plant. I cant wait till I can eat something from the garden. The kids are really excited about it also and keep asking if theres any tomato's yet. I only reply "just green ones" and they smile.
Now if we can get the grass planted then it will be all green around here instead of yellow.