Birthday Fun

Sunday we got the family together to celebrate DJ and Kahlan's 2nd birthday. What a gorgeous day it was.

We were all enjoying some relaxation and conversation and here DJ is telling Kahlan to "Get over here" "Work" "Hurryup". He made her carry over wood to the fire ring.
Even at 2 they work together pretty good, lugging the wood to the fire ring just so Cam can put it right back in the wood pile later.


Every time Kahlan threw a log in she would run the other way and head for the swingset and DJ would holler at her and tell her to get back over to the wood pile and carry more wood to the fire.

Look out Peyton!

Even Landon headed down the slip n slide

Making it look easy

Jo wasn't so sure about the water at the end, but still did it again.

Kahlan is trying to get the balloon that went high up into the sky.

The sawdust is where we hid candy and money for the kids to dig for.

Whoa, airplane!

A computer.......buttons!

Checking out the cake.

I can't wait to get my sisters pictures.

DJ grabbed a spoon from the drawer and took a scoop of frosting from the front of the cake.

In order to avoid getting caught he put the dirty spoon back in the drawer.

Realizing that the frosting was yummy.......we had the opportunity to catch it on film.

Kelly grabbed her camera while DJ headed back to the drawer for another spoon, unknowingly, Lois handed him a new spoon and away he went. A second scoop of frosting, dirty spoon put back in the drawer and some good photos. The whole room was laughng.

Peyton sampled the haystacks that were made for the farm themed party.

Check out the cool cake and the fish eye effect on my camera.


Peyton walked out of the room yesterday looking like this.

I said: Peyton, where are you going?

Peyton: Hi, I am going Harley Davidson'ing

I said: Really!? With Who?

Peyton: Um, Bullet is going Harley Davidson'ing and I am going to go with her

Do you think kids are persuaded by their surroundings?

I wonder if Bullet has a tu tu like that?!?!?

We couldn't wait.....

The wait became too long.....
The itch was so strong......
The only way to cure it was to embrace it.......
First time out........First Place........
Ahhhh.....the itch is controlled on a weekly basis.......

My Dad ~ What a handsome feller

My Mom ~ She is so not square

Raising my kids to be hip just like her

Peace!

Snuggling Grandpa in the bus on the way to the pull.

Happy 2nd Birthday DJ!

Happy 2nd Birthday DJ!
We started the day with a ladybug cake at Bullet's Daycare.

Wow, what excitement. He was shaking he was so excited!

Then we ended the day with a cake at home. He cheered for himself everytime he blew out the candles.

Here DJ is telling me what is on his cake.

Thank goodness he recognized that red thing as a tractor!

The decorator at the bakery obviously didn't know what a tractor really looked like, the cab should be above the back wheels. Oh well, as long as he seen the creativity in it.

Of course you have to take a lick to be sure it tastes okay before letting everyone else try it.



He even gave the cow a kiss!



Quality Dad time! Helping add lights to the trailer.

Now here is a bad day for you!

The night the kids helped fix this trailer above, my camera battery died.

So I went in the house to charge it knowing that we were pulling the next day in Hastings.

Go to plug the charger in.......poof......that's it! No more camera. Toasted that baby!

Okay, now, do you know what it is like to go without a camera??? Wow, that is punishment!

I bought a new camera today......a loooonnnnnggggg week to wait.

I haven't used it yet but I love it already.

Thanks Mom for letting me borrow your camera so I didn't miss my little buddies 2nd Birthday!

Morning Conversation

DJ: I like Petie

Mom: Do you like Mom?

DJ: I like Daddy

Mom: Do you like Mom?

DJ: I love Daddy

Mom: What about Mom?

DJ: I like Peyton

Okay, at this point I didn't bother to ask again, next it would have been the cow across the road!

Personality

What a wonderful little family I have.

Walking through the Summer Car Craft Nationals at the State Fairgrounds.

Where is Dad?
Anyone seen Dad?

Daddy, where are you?

I can hear you, but where are you?

They found him! He is in the floor!

DJ tried to pull him out!

You should have seen them jump when Cam's hand came up through the floor!!

My little hayseed.

She is all personality.

"Cool"

That is DJ's latest and greatest added to the vocabulary.

Crazy Kids

June and July ~ Days Gone By

There is no better way to spend the day than in W~A~T~E~R!

How does this work?? I couldn't take a picture of them on thier butts when they slipped and fell. "Mom! I slipped and fell!" ......"That is why they call it a slip-n-slide!".....Thanks Tyler for showing them how it was done, I am not sure that I wanted to show them myself.

4th of July Parade Clowns

DJ getting his hookup for the next month! Candy.....Candy....Candy

Notice DJ is putting his 1/2 ate sucker back in the bag. You can imagine what that bag looked like!! Peyton is practicing her Princess wave.

Dancing at the Cannon Fair on July 1st. There were originally only two girls up there and then one of the older girls cam up with Ella to help her dance. Peyton did her entire routine, by herself! I am so proud of her!

Proud!!!
The storm this past Friday was pretty intense! Cam was home and able to take some pictures. This is the river that ran down our ditch toward the creek.

Our creek, which at normal levels you could almost step across.

How on earth did Cam get this shot? Really?! The deer were even running for cover that day.

The Stud

The Wise Man

The Horsepower Addict

The Superstar

The Personality

The Grease Monkey

The........ugh........what the....

What a great weekend we had in Tomah!

Three E.R. Visits and one vacation within one week.

Monday - DJ dove off the couch head first onto a ceramic tile floor. At work only 10 minutes and I am heading back home to take him in. A goose egg was the end result, broken blood vessels being the cause.

Tuesday - Cam wakes up with a bite on his ankle, claims it hurts, by the end of the day, he says it really, really hurts

Wednesday - pack for Tomah, take Cam to E.R. - he can't walk! His ankle is that bad! One antibiotic later and 4 hours in the E.R., they still don't know what it was but it appears to have become a skin infection

Thursday - Tomah! Tomah! Tomah!

Monday - Spending time with my kids, pushing them on the swingset. Peyton decides to reach for her feet while up in the air, she falls out of the swing, head first! From at least 4 feet in the air. She hung for a split second and then the straps gave way. She landed on her head, then shoulder, her butt cam back over her and smacked her in the head. Bent in a U shape, backwards. She was knocked out. I can't express how quickly it all happened and how quickly I thought I lost my daughter forever, and then I realized she was responding and couldn't express how I was certain she was paralyzed from the neck down. An E.R. Visit, an MRI to the head, MRI to the face, X-Ray'd collar bone, X-Ray'd arm and X-Ray'd ribs.........she is okay! Nothing broke, just sore. WOW! Anybody want a free swing! I will never use a swing like that again!!