9.29.2014

A day at the farm

A couple of weeks ago the kids and I spent the day at my mom and dad’s. Jarrod was gone to Bubba’s wedding and after such a long week, I didn’t think I could handle them all day alone at our house! Ha! And is was supposed to be really a really nice day. So we packed up Saturday morning and headed out! And I we all went! Even Sadey! Who knew her kennel would fit in the back of my Enclave?! It fit perfectly! She even got to look out the back window!

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Not long after we got there, Dillon came by and brought Abe, he’s been in school (ya know here in the south you have to send your pure bred labs to school to teach them to hunt!) so we haven’t seen him since he was a puppy! He’s HUGE!! By far the tallest Lab I’ve ever seen. He looks more like a great dane! This is him standing beside Sadey. They actually played well together! The kids didn’t like Abe since he is so big and like puppies do he just gets excited and wants to jump and lick them! It’s been a day or two since Sadey was like that!

We really didn’t do much, played outside, Stratton did ride the combine with Pops for awhile, and we all took a good nap! Then we drove around and visited the horse and then the farm shop before heading back to the house for dinner. After they had a bath we loaded back up and went back to Jonesboro. It was a fun day, I think Sadey had the most fun!

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Cousin dogs

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Sadey is such a good dog.

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“I hold Sadey!”- Not going happen, sister!

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Ha! I wonder what she was telling the dog?

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Such a cute one!

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Gorgeous day to play outside!

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They were digging a hole as a trap to catch moles?? These kids!

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Arden standing in the hole

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Digging in the dirt is so much fun!

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They were filthy!!

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Visiting Mr. BJ’s horse and feeding him grass

September

This has been a really long, and exhausting month. Well, I guess since the middle of August we have been dealing with a lot. Maybe one day soon I can go back and write in more detail everything that’s been going on, but right now I just can’t.  Of course in the midst of the unexpected, heartache and tragedy we still have kids to take care of and work to do and life to live. . . .here are some happy pics from the month.

She’s such a mess. With that pacy again!

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I gave her a “ponytail” one morning, it didn’t last long!

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We’ve had nice weather, a little warm but perfect for playing outside!

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Stratton is reading! He read us a book for the first time!

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Jarrod was in Bubba’s wedding in Little Rock! Things didn’t work out and I didn’t get to go but he sent me a picture so I could see him all dressed up! He looked so handsome!

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While dad was away at the wedding, we had a movie party and laid in the floor and ate popcorn! The kids thought this was so fun!?!

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Yum! Ice cream pops from Andy’s!

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We took the kids to the ASU game against Utah. It was Arden’s first real game (I’m not sure how that happened?) Anyway she did pretty good. It was HOT and we made it till the 4th quarter. But she liked the hotdog and popcorn, and the band! I took several picture but they are all blurry- of course. I thought this one was funny! I think she was upset about the refs call?

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I took this one on Arden’s birthday, aren’t they cute!

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Why is it SO HARD to take a picture of my kids together?!?!

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As good as it gets, I suppose!

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I guess it’s one of the great mysteries of life??