Please Pray

If you are able to, please pray for this little girl and her family. It's just tearing my heart reading what they are going through. But be prepared if you read her story, especially the caring bridge entry from June 22nd about her lung scan, I haven't cried so hard in a long time. It just makes me sick that this little girl is so sick and so scared to die. It really makes you appreciate everything you have and it makes me not want to ever let go of my babes.

If you don't read her story and are able to pray for them, her mom is asking to pray for her to fly........

http://twitter.com/amypotvin
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/elliepotvin/journal/2

Redneck WHAT? Wednesday

Why the heck is this piece of rebar coming out of the log in front of our house....surely it is used for something important.....



And here is a picture of our newest friend I found in our yardd about ahalf hour ago. I made a little home for it so it can stay until the boys get home from school. But the thing is like houdini, it has escaped from it's "home" 3 times now, and I thought I had it built pretty good. So I resorted to a storage bin, now if he escapes from that he must really be scared to death of the torture that lies ahead for him when the boys get home:) Actually I'm guessing there will be more screaming and running away from the boys and a lot less torturing. We'll see!

Now what is that rebar for again???

TBall

Connor started TBall at the beginning of June. They started with a few practice nights which consisted of playing catch, hitting the ball, throwing the ball to first base, and learning how to run the bases...in order! Then they started playing actual games, against other teams, and it is quite entertaining. During a typical game you will see sandcastles being built in the infield, gloves being chewed on as a ball goes past, the entire team going after one ball, or the entire team standing there as nobody goes after the ball. There are kids who don't want to play and just take a seat in the grass, there are kids who will run to 3rd base first, and there is also a whole lot of throwing the bat after the ball has been hit. Needless to say, there is still a whole lot of learning to do for these kiddos. But they do have fun, and I think we have even more fun watching!

(I've got to believe he is picking his nose in this picture:)

It's a....

in regards to the redneck wednesday post....it is used for holding the garden hose....well I should say it is supposed to hold the garden hose, but I can't say I've ever actually seen the hose hanging on it. The hose is usually snaking it's way around the yard and never actually gets put away, so maybe we could think of another use for it....so that it could actually get used:) Nice guesses and congrats to whoever got it right!

Redneck WHAT? Wednesday

It has returned....I have a surplus of pictures of bengineering projects that Ben has sent to me, and now I have time to get back into it. So tell me what the heck we use this for?

Wordless Wednesday(but we know I can't do wordless)...

I've been so crabby lately since we haven't seen the sun in what feels like weeks, but it has returned today! We finally got to get outside and swing on the swings and now I'm happy!

Back with pictures

Working on coming back...I have lots to post so I figured I'll just start with lots of pictures of the last month. But I'll be back with Bellas 10 month post, Connors TBall post, and more.

Here are some oldies that I believe I forgot to post. It is from my sister Hailey's prom.

Bella and Granpa Bob

Hailey and Bella:)

My best friend from St. Cloud, Katie, got married memorial weekend. She was beautiful, the weather was amazing, and we all had a blast!

Connor and Bella both enjoyed the mini cheesecakes.....way too much!

Dancing on the floor:)

The happy couple

The next morning we went down for breakfast at the hotel and Connor saw the swimming pool. We didn't bring his swim trunks with because I didn't think we would have time to swim. Well he really wanted to go so he went swimming in his pajamas and had a blast....by himself. Then Ben decided to throw him in the pool a few times, and the last time he threw him in where he couldn't touch so guess who got to jump in, fully clothed, wallet in pocket, and all, to save him....of course the same person that foolishly threw him in the deep water! I'm not sure what Ben was thinking when he did that, but that soon ended the fun of throwing Connor in the water.

Bella also got some splash time in the water in her pjs as well.

And then some random outside fun pictures.

Eating smores....his favorite!

Busy...

I've known since the beginning of the year that May was going to be a busy month which will explain why posts during this month will be very few and far between. We've got weddings, birthday parties, family reunions, bridal showers, bachelorette parties, fishing, tball, and not to mention I just spend the last 2 weeks planning a surprise birthday party for Ben.

There are many things to write about, and many pictures to share, but the time just hasn't come to me yet.

But I will take the time today to say Happy 30th Birthday to a very special, amazing father, wonderful husband, and handsome man! We love you honey:)