Pumpkin Patch

Coop and I had a "mommy and me" day today at the pumpkin patch! He was so thrilled to go on the hayride and pick a big pumpkin! We had lots of fun picking out some pumpkins and playing in "Pumpkin Land" with the games and hay maze. Even a little sporadic rain, couldn't ruin it!

We're Expecting!!!

We are so excited! Cooper will have a little brother or sister in May! We went to the doctor on Friday and had a great ultrasound. Our little "gummy bear" was very active and did a little dance for us! I am 9 weeks along and feeling it right now. I never know when I will feel sick, just hits me at random, but me and baby are both healthy and we are thrilled! I'm not sure Cooper realizes what's going on yet. When I showed him the ultrasound pictures, he tried to put them on my belly!

Happy 3rd Birthday, Cooper!!

We celebrated Cooper's third birthday on Saturday with a cowboy theme party! I can't believe he's 3 already!! Today is actually his birthday, so happy birthday, baby boy!

Home Ec

So, I have signed up for an online sewing class!! I have dusted off my machine, oiled it up, and got it all set up and ready. Yesterday, I made the first of 20 some odd projects that I will do before next August. So far, I have done two! I made the cloth napkins, 3 single layered and one double layered and a cute shopping bag. I am loving this so far...I have learned a lot!! I knew some basics, but this is really helping me and there are some cool things to make!

Summer time Stuff

Wow! The summer is flying by!! We had another camping trip a week or so ago with the Stotts family and had a blast! We are trying to get projects done around here, too. As you can tell, Coop has a few of his own. I found this cool vintage fry cutter during our last camp trip and used it tonight to make some yummy baked fries (thank you, Traci!). We're enjoying summer flowers, but not much luck with our garden this year, too much rain and the weeds took over! But, I think I may have finally convinced my dear husband that raised beds are the way to go and that flowers and veggies will work with minimal tilling...we will keep you posted on that! I plan to do a small fall garden bed if we can get caught up on things here and add a few beds at a time. And, speaking of beds....Cooper got his big boy bed (twin size) over the weekend! He was so excited, that he had to take a nap in it before I could even get his rails for him that day. He is much more comfortable in his upgrade from toddler bed- he's a big boy now!

Camping in Branson & Father's Day

We had a great time camping over Father's Day weekend! We left out on Thursday for Branson, Missouri and came home Sunday afternoon. We actually stayed in the little town of Hollister, which was great, we were away from all the traffic, but just a few minutes from anything we wanted to do. We did a lot while we were there...We checked out the fish hatchery, got the inside tour of College of the Ozarks (aka Hard Work U) from Sydni (who we were glad to visit and cook for while we were there!), rode the Ducks, did a little shopping at Branson Landing, and rode the train. We had a great time!! We did have a little trouble on the the way home with a tire blow out and a very long wait at Wal-mart "Express" (yeah, right), but we finally made it home safe and sound. Wish Dennis would have had a better Father's Day, but we had a great weekend! Happy Father's Day to all dads and especially my dad and my dear husband!

Green Stuff Update

Ok, so my homemade bug repellant tested great last night!! We were outside til 8:30 last night and didn't get one bite! The mosquitoes literally hovered over us and then ran away! Also, my furniture polish works wonderfully too!

I couldn't find the essential oils at Walgreen's, except for tea tree oil, but I did find all I needed at a health food store....remember that they are small, but VERY concentrated...I spent a total of $27 for lavender, lemon, and citronella, which will all last a very long time. I bought the lemon to add to my furniture polish, because I think it would enhance the smell of it and I can use the lemon oil in my all purpose cleaner, too. I added lavender and citronella oils along with my tea tree oil and witch hazel to make the bug spray. I wanted to add peppermint as well, but they were out.

On an entirely different note--I love living in the country and only here will you see the following picture (you may have to click on it to see it well)



Yes, there is a horse and buggy with four people just out for a drive with a truck following close behind which I had to crop so you could see the buggy....this on the road next to our house. Cooper just waved and waved as they passed.