Frogs for supper.....

Half of my family is not here.

Half is off on the wild prairie slaying prairie dogs, butchering frogs{and eating them~yucko!}, being men.

They are probably doing things that I 'd rather not know about but I'm sure they will tell me when they get home.

The Annual "Prairie Dog Hunt" is underway and I'm left with the 3 littles.

We.are.having.a.blast!

Burger King, Library, Walmart, Doughnuts, Chocolate Milk, Iced Coffee, Chipmunks...you know,the important things:)

I had big plans of taking Audrey's 3 yr pictures but it is a windy one today and there is dust flying everywhere, so hopefully tomorrow I can make it happen. Its is so windy out that on my way to town I came across a house or half of a house I should say, laying across the highway!

 They really should have thought twice about hauling a house on a day with the wind advisories being what they are!

In other news, we have been loving having the Man of the House around the house again every night. He is enjoying his new job and is putting as many hours as he can since its a pay by the hour job. I'm so thankful to have such a wonderful provider as my husband.

There is some other stuff in the works around our place lately and I would love it if you could keep us in your prayers as we seek God's guidance and direction on what we should do. Lets just say that it would be making me one happy lady if it actually happens. Being that I'm praying that this is what the Lord wants for us and not just what I want. I'm trying not to be blinded by my own desires. Its so easy to do that!

I'm going to leave you with some of my favorite photos of the week.

{Enjoy}

This picture is totally out of focus but I love how happy they look to be having a picnic:) 

Killian's first time on the grass- he loved it....for about 30 seconds:)

I love this boy's smiles



Love them barefoot

and running through the grass,

just being buddies:)



Year End Musical

We are all finished with our homeschool co-op for the year. The kids have been working hard on their musical and we very excited for me to see it. Grandma Kay and a couple of the uncles came with us to watch the performance. The kids did wonderful, and I always get a little teary-eyed seeing them up there.

The Musical was "The Tale of Three Trees" and they we dressed to look a part of the forest.

 As much as we love our co-op we are excited to be done for the year because that means summer is just around the corner.

Orange, White, and Gray.....

I was starting to notice that one of our cats {Orangy} was starting to get very fat. A week later, I saw him again but he was very skinny again?  Could {he} have been pregnant? We thought he was a he. Turns out Orangy wasn't a he at all!

Clint was outside when he spotted near the barn Orangy carrying a little orange kitten. He came in the house carrying the little thing. We went outside to bring the kitten back to the mother and heard some mewing from the garage. Turns out Orangy was moving her kitten from the barn to next to the refrigerator in the garage.

We found a box and made a nice bed for the new family.

 The kids are super excited and hopefully all the kittens will live. They keep begging to hold the new babies. I hope the mama doesn't decide they are all pests and move them again where we cant find them this time:)

The countdown to Ben's job is happening.....13 days until he starts his new job! We are trying to get as many things caught up on as possible before our insurance in no more. Today we started with Dentist appts for the 4 boys. Clint has 1 small cavity but it is on a baby tooth that will be falling out soon so we don't have to do anything for it. He does however has some other issues that are going to take an ortho. He had a baby tooth fall out prematurely and will need some sort of wiring/brace because the molars are crowding where the adult tooth is supposed to be. I'm sure that will be spendy. Not sure when that will get done. Ethan : no cavities!!! Both of those boys are going to have sealants put on tomorrow ( we are on a crunch for time you know!) Blake has 2 cavities that will be taken care of next week. Owen had his first check-up and didn't have any! I thought for sure they would all have a bunch since we haven't been there in a few years! Ben and I are both going in next week for cleanings too. Owen and Audrey both have shots tomorrow. I am.NOT.looking.forward.to.this. Meanie brother Blake keeps telling them they are getting shots even thought I told him NOT too. I like to wait until we are on our way there. The less tears the better!

It is going to be a crazy day tomorrow. We have to get school done and be in town for dentist appts by 11am then we get to stick around town until 3:45 for the shots. Hoping its nice out so we can spend most of the time at the park.

After the appts this morning Ben decided we should go mushroom hunting for Morels (not sure of spelling). We explored the Litchfield Nature Center and didn't find any but the kids did find a snake which is apparently very exciting. As soon as I saw it I was getting in the van. Didn't want to give Ben a chance to chase me with it, as I knew he would!

We had a little picnic out there sitting on logs and the kids thought it was fabulous! I love that it doesn't have to take gobs of money to have a good time together and still have lots of fun. Hoping they don't grow out of these types of fun anytime soon!

{pardon the horrible photos, dummy me forgot my camera and had to use the cell phone one instead}

Finally Friday

I think I'm going to start a little post on Fridays and write snippets about what we've done during that week.It will probably be boring but this way I can remember what we've done all week. So here it goes....

Friday April 20th....Audrey has really been into dressing herself these days...one of her outfits:)

We did school then we went to the park with my sister Jaclyn and her 2 little cuties. The kids love going to the park and I love visiting with my sister while they are playing:)

Blake's toothless smile:)

Clint took the little ones on a walk on the trail.

Pazli has been walking alot now...what a cutie!

Just a swingin'

I picked up my sister Christa's 4 kiddos after the park and brought them home with us for the evening. We had homemade pizza roll and watched the Muppet's!

Saturday April 21st.....We loaded up the bus and headed to the Cities to pick up a 4wheeler that Ben found on good ol' Craigslist. The kids were ecstatic! after that we rushed to the Farm to show our camper that we are trying to sell. They loved it and were going to come back the next day to pick it up.

As soon as we got home Ben and the boys headed into church for the Wild Game Feed, the 2 littlest stayed home with me to get food ready for Killian's Baby Dedication the next day. Such a busy day- I was exhausted!!!

Sunday April 22nd.... Killian's Baby Dedication. Typical morning of a baby dedications...complete chaos trying to get everyone ready for church AND get all the food and things ready for the meal afterwards.



So many of our family came I thing around 60 of us were there! Lets just say it takes A LOT of food to feed that many, but thankfully everyone one helped me brought something to add to the meal.

After that we rushed home to change then rushed to the farm to clean out the camper of all our stuff and clean it for the new owners. It was sad to see the camper go- we've had some really fun times camping with her!

Monday April 23rd.....Ben left at 5 am to drive to pick up the new camper we found on craigslist. We were anxiously waiting for him to return so we could check it out! The kids are super excited to get a camper with bunk beds in it!

Not the best picture but I haven't taken any more of her yet .

Tuesday April 24th....School, school, and more school! Can't wait to be done for the year!!

Wednesday April 25th....School. The boys had boy's club for church.

Thursday April 26th.... Homeschool Coop Day. The kids are getting ready for the big end of the year Musical they put on every spring:)
We found out Ben got the new job. So much happiness around here at the news! can't wait to see my husband everyday!!! The countdown begins!!

And Today, Friday April 27th....So far just school. And cleaning and laundry, and cooking and baking, and everything else that needs to get done everyday! The boys have slept in the camper every night this week and tell me its their new home, only come in the house to eat. We've even been doing school in there. They say its easier that way;)