Summer Fun!

Hello, hello... Is this thing on?

Wow. Where does the time go? I have so much to say I don't even know where to start.

First... 6 is home! KBR ended alot of contracts early and tons of people got sent home. Seven hundred people came home the same week six did. Someone in the government must have known I needed my lawn mowed.

When 6 left for Iraq things were pretty sketchy between us, but time and distance heals alot of things and so does making amends for your wrongs. Before the bomb went off we had a great relationship, so we are starting over from there and rebuilding the trust as we go. So, welcome home 6, I'm glad you're back safe and sound!

Since 6 is home Maddy soon followed. Summer vacation means time with 6's favorite girl.

Maddy lives in the country with her Mom and Step Dad in Washington, but they don't have quite the menagerie that her Dad and Crazy Step Monster have in Oregon! I think it's always a little bit of culture shock when she first arrives, but it doesn't take long to settle in and enjoy the chaos. While she was here we aquired four peacocks from my moms friend who could no longer keep up with them. Two blues and two whites and the male white one is blind. We brought them home in the back of the pickup and three of them are in the barnyard, but Pepper, the blind male lives on the patio and roams the premises on his own or with the assistance of his seeing eye kitten Pansy.

Also while Maddy was here, Ewe Two delivered twin lambs!



But she only liked one of them so she kept one and we kept one!

This is the one we got. We named her Belle and then we got her a bell.

She comes in to eat and play but sleeps in her playpen in the garage. During the day she plays outside with the dogs, or in the barnyard with the goats or goes up into the pasture to show off her pretty pink collar and tinkly bell to the other sheep and chases Tina the llama until Tina gets annoyed and sends her back down to the house. I'm going to call around to some nursing homes and see if I could bring Belle and Barty in to visit with the old people. I mean really, can you imagine anything more fun for people who don't have any fun then getting to visit with a lamb and a black and white dog?

I bet you can't.

So, the other great thing that happened this summer is Consuela came to visit!!

We had SO much fun! We made soap and soy candles and went to Costco and bbq'd and drank wine and Consuela rode Joe

and played with Belle!

We had a great time :)

But all good things must come to an end, and soon it was time to say goodbye to Maddy and Con. Since they both live in the same area, Consuela drove Maddy home and saved us a trip up and back.

Bye Guys...

So things are pretty quiet around here now. Good thing Trina and Chrissy and Lexi and Jordan and Erik are coming this weekend! We are going to have SO much fun, we'll make hemp jewelry, and do trailer park tie dye, and make ice candles and maybe we'll make some soap and play with the dogs and the lamb, and ride Joe and have a camp fire and go swimming and go fishing and sleep in the tent, I can't wait!!

I love summer ❤