Oldie but a Goodie

I thought I'd go back and post about this awesome time we had with our friends. I guess it was a couple of months ago. our good friends the Melton's joined us one Sunday afternoon for a day at the hunting lease. Thomas had gotten a new deer feeder for Christmas, and it was way past time to get it all set up. After church we all donned our camo's, grabbed some grub and headed out.

Thomas and Nick filling the feeder with deer corn



We hiked around looking for stuff. I'm not real sure we knew what we were looking for. The kids picked up lots of treasures consisting of rocks and sticks. mostly, Tiffany and I just followed around the kids to make sure they weren't going to get into a tangle with a wild pig. There are lots of wild pigs out there, which, by the way, have done a pretty good job of evading a bullet and the dinner table, causing Nick and Thomas many hours of utter fustration. Anyway, had one of those 300 pound pigs actually walked up, I don't now what Tiffany and i would have done, neither one of us was armed. Probably just scream our heads off, haha!

After the guys got the feeder set, they were testing the timer and the spinner. This particular event made for some HIGH QUALITY Redneck entertainment, I might add!

Hanging out under the feeder, waiting for the corn to pelt them. They had sooooo much fun! Who knew?

Thomas grilled hot dogs, the kids filled up on soda, and we all wished someone had brought brownies. Tiffany, the kids and I cleaned up dinner and put our chairs away while the guys headed up to their blinds in hopes of shootin' themselves a great big boar. Unfortunately though, they didn't see anything. Probably, because, the kids were not very still or quiet.

It was so good to get away from everything for awhile. Way out in the middle of nowhere, you can't help but feel closer to God. Out there, in all His creation, its just God and you, the beauty of His creation with the gentle wind, the birds, and the bugs, spiders, snakes, lizards.....


Then, God gives you a beautiful gift like this:

I just love west Texas sunsets, especially when you can watch one on a beautiful clear night.

Naked Boy Wonder

Well, recently we have had a couple of instances involving sweet Noah. He's always been one for being naked at home. At home, I really don't have an issue with this. Doesn't bother me. There's even been times when his Pop comes over, and annouces, "Hi, Noah, you don't have any clothes on." Or, friends have even shown up for LIFE Group and Noah is naked on the bottom half. Recently, he has figured out that he can put his clothes on "his-self," so that means he can take them off "his-self." I guess he just like to practice his new skill.

The first incident happend while we were in San Antonio at the zoo. they have this really cool riverbank area where the boys could play in the water and the sand. we didn't know they had this new feature, so we went there last and let the boys play. We took off their shirts and let them play in their shorts. The sign there said: Get Wet, Get Dirty, but Don't Get Naked. Swim diapers required. that was the only rule. I pulled off Noah's pull-up and told him, no peeing in the water. He's potty-trained for the most part anyway. I was taking pictures of Nathan and Daddy splashing around. When I turned around, Noah was stripping off his shorts. He wanted them off because they were wet. That was only the beginning. . .

Last Sunday, after church, we were at McDonald's with some friends. The kids were playing and the adults were visiting. Then, a lady walked up to our table and said, "is that little boy with the long hair yours?" I said, "yes." She then said, "well, he just took his pants off." Thomas jumped up and sure enough, there he was with all his buisness hanging out for the world see, proudly jumping up and down. all the while, swinging his shorts around in a circle over his head like a lasso and shouting "Whoo-hoo!" I laughed so hard my stomach was hurting.

On to the third incident. Today after the rain, it was so nice outside. Thomas was at work and I took the boys outside to play chalk on the driveway. My mother and I started texting back and forth about some stuff going on with my dad's accident case and trial. I looked up to check on the boys, and there he was half naked again. He was standing there, peeing into our fish pond. "Ahhh," I hollered, "what are you doing?" Of course I knew the answer, but its just one of those questions that comes out. kind of like, "do you want to sit in time-out?" But, that's a completely diffenent subject. Anyway, Noah states very matter of factly, "i needed to go potty." I guess that is kind of our own fault that he peed outside. We camped while we were in San Antonio and all 3 of the boys just went in the grass. Oh, well!

Have any or your guy's kids done stuff like this, or is it just my crazy little boy?
Hopefully, we wont have any more incidents of public indecency in the near future.

Vacation

So, we are back from our little vacation. It was so good to get away. We went to San Antonio. Our trip there was a little crazy. Thomas gets really sleepy when he drives, so I did most of the driving on the way down there. However, Thomas is HORRIBLE with directions!! Twice he sent me the wrong way out of towns. We had to stop several times for the boys to go potty. Noah is in the middle of potty training, and a long car drive, is a terrible time to keep reinforcing the potty thing. Thomas has here on out been banished from reading the map. l

We got to San Antonio pretty early and set up our campsite. Then, we had dinner with a very good friend, Jana. She is doing wonderful, and it was great to meet her new boyfriend Luke and his two precious girls. Sunday, We visited the zoo. we had been there several years ago, and it was a pretty dippy zoo. This time, though, everything had been updated and really nice. not too expensive either. On Monday, we took the boys to schlitterbahn. It was a blast! We took the boys last year, and had a great time, so we figured we'd better go one more time, before we have more kids and don't get a chance to go for awhile. all in all, we had a great time! course the drive home was really long.

we are spending the next couple of days just relaxing at home before thomas starts his new job on Monday.

Happy 4th everyone!