4-H Fair 2011

Another4-H fair has come and gone.  It was a lot of fun.  I got to help write comments for the judges on judging day and help my club work in the food stand.  The boys and I saw a pig show and beef show.  We saw so many animals and projects.  We played in the corn and with all our cousins.

 

The Littlest 4-Hers!

My club with our banner.  The theme this year was "Barn to be Wild"

Happy Birthday to Me

We had a little birthday party for me on my actual birthday!  Everyone came over to the house one last time for scratch cupcakes and a bit of moving.  It was the perfect ending to our life there.  All my family surrounding me when my husband couldn't and wishing me a Happy Birthday!

Surprise!

Eddie suprised me on Saturday with a surprise birthday party!  I have wanted a surprise party forever and since this year is my golden birthday I really hinted at it but since  Eddie has been in MO I didn't think it would happen but... he pulled it off.  He did get some help from my great friend Trisha.  I was so surprised and had such a good time.  All my favorite people were there, it was the best present.

 Birthday girl with her best friend.

Trisha had her Dad make 5 wonderful desserts.  Thank you Trisha for helping Eddie and thank you to everyone who came and made the party so special.

Sparklers

All the kids love sparklers so when Grandma Nancy said she had a lot we stayed up late and had some fun.  They all had a blast running around and making their sparklers shine.

 They all did great running around and staying away from each other.  Emmeric and Evelyn did get burnt when they touched the end after the sparkler was done.

Even Bart and I had some fun running around like we were kids again.

Baby Chicks

Early this week we went out to my Aunt Mary Jean's home and saw her baby chicks. They were so cute, the boys got to help give them feed and take a turn holding them. While there, we also saw the kitty's, sheep, big chickens, collected a couple of eggs, splashed in the pool, ate lunch and played with all of MJ's great toys. Thanks Mary Jean for letting us come out!

Emmeric thought they were "so cute" and liked to see thier beaks and feet.

Max was not scared at all and kept trying to hold the chick on his own.

Good Morning

Here is what I find myself waking up to lately.

Packing...

Since we are moving 2 weeks from Friday we have been packing up the house of everything we won't be needing for the 2+ weeks we will be "homeless." On Monday my Mom helped me pack up 12 boxes, on Tuesday my Dad took down the bunk beds and took them to the storage unit. On Wednesday Steve started packing up the garage (which is a huge task) and Sherri, Sarah and I packed up almost the whole kitchen and all of Ed's clothes. I have been doing odds and ends stuff during the day. The boys and I are getting excited to move and at the same time very sad about leaving our first home. We still have a lot to do to get ready for the move but i know that it will get done with the help of all my wonderful family and friends.

 Little boys playing in about 1/4 of the paper that we have in the garage.

Just a few of the boxes that we in the living room last night.

Emmeric "packing" his toys.  He just grabbed a box and started putting toys from the toy cubbard  in it.  It was very sweet.

Orange Juice

We have so many oranges at our house that we decided this morning some fresh squeezed juice sounded delicious.  We all took turns squeezing the oranges and tasting how good it is.

 Emmeric giving the orange a squeeze.

Yum, it's so good!

Me & My Max

I love that little face!

Ft. Leonard Wood

Yesteday, we traveled down to see Eddie at Ft. Leonard Wood when he was out of class.  We drove around base, shopped at the PX, ate together and saw where Eddie goes to school and his room.  It was nice to see him one last time before we left him for 5 weeks. 

Little boys jumping on Daddy's bed.

Our family.  When we were pakcing up to leave they both just started crying.  Emmeric said "I wanna stay with Dad," it broke my heart to tell him we can't and then walk away from Eddie.