My friend, Judy, from http://cutest-little-things.blogspot.com/ gave me this blogging award...what a surprise!  Thanks so much Judy!  I just love her blog...she has great ideas and definately knows how to throw a party!!! :) 

She also asked me to participate in this little get-to-know-you, 1-word-answer questionnaire so I'm happy to oblige!

1. Where is your cell phone? Charging

2. Your hair? Frizzy!

3. Your mother? Loves me the most.

4. Your father? Also loves me the most. :0

5. Your favorite food? Prime Rib...YUMMY!

6. Your dream last night? Don't remember having one.

7. Your favorite drink? Cool Coffee Cream...mmmmm.

8. Your dream/goal? To raise my children to be "good people".

9. What room are you in? Office

10. Your hobby? Shopping

11. Your fear? Something happening to one of my children.

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Across the road in my new house! :)

13. Where were you last night? Here at home.

14. Something that you aren’t? Motivated.

15. Muffins? Fruit Explosion...Tim Hortons...Oh ya.

16. Wish list item? My new house with a LARGE KITCHEN TABLE!

17. Where did you grow up? California and Arizona.
18. Last thing you did? Put Kaycee to bed.

19. What are you wearing? Hmmm...is this a trick question?

20. Your TV? Belongs to the children.  Right? 
21. Your pets? 1 dog.  1 house cat.  3 permanent barn cats.  2 wandering stray cats that come and go and love to be pet.  6 kittens.  60 calves.  360 cows and heifers.  1 husband.  Whew, that should sum it up!

22. Friends? The BEST!

23. Your life? Eventful.

24. Your mood? Ho Hum.

25. Missing someone? My Grandma...:(

26. Vehicle? Mini Van...BAM!

 Now the next part is that I'm supposed to "tag" 6 other fabulous bloggers to receive this award and have them participate in the questionnaire, but I'll leave the questionnaire part as optional just as Judy did. The hard part is choosing just six since I think all of my followers are AWESOME so all of you are welcome to post this award as far as I'm concerned! :) But here are six amazing blogs worth checking out!

http://tommyandsara.blogspot.com/

http://al-o-ha.blogspot.com/


http://loaganranch.blogspot.com/


http://podunkianpostgazette.blogspot.com/


http://adayinthelifeoftrees.blogspot.com/

http://jennymatlock.blogspot.com/

Have a GREAT day!! :)

A Day At The Lake...

We decided to take a day off and go to the lake, before it gets too cold.  It ended up being a beautiful day, and the kids had a great time.  Just some pictures of them having fun. 

Been on the farm too long...

So, today I take Ryan to the dr.s office as a follow up to his pneumonia E.R. trip to the hospital the other night. As we are waiting for our appointment, I notice there is a medical skeleton in the hallway of the waiting room. So, thinking I am going to be one heck of an informative mom, I decide to show Ryan the skeleton. Here is the conversation between Ryan and I:

Mom:  See Ryan, this skeleton is just like you on the inside.
Ryan:  (interest taken quickly)...Really?
Mom:  Yes.  Look, here is your chest, where they took the pictures of you the other night.  This is where your pneumonia was.
Ryan:  Oh.  Is dis what my head looks like?  And my back too?
Mom:  Yes.  And here are your arms.  And these are your legs.  Look at the feet.
Ryan:  Mom?  S'cuse me.  I half a question.  Uh...where are duh nuts?

His face looked kinda like this one here.  Very serious.  Definately a question worth asking, right?

Well, needless to say, I have to whisper to him that the skeleton doesn't have those.  These are "bones" that we are looking at.

As we turn around the waiting room, which I might add is a maternity room, so, full of moms with kids and expectant moms...we see this:

And this:

And even this:

Hmmmm....something tells me these people haven't been on a farm.  Something else tells me that I need to have my husband teach my children different terminology.