some might say we're rednecks.....

but we just think we're having fun!!

My kiddos kindly declared "war" on the neighbor kid and his friend. Friendly war :-)This has been set up in the front yard and on the side yard so everyone driving by can see it...and believe me they are looking !!!

Command central

some of the cadets............

"mom,take this picture, I look so cool!"

we're talking CRAZY war with Nerf guns...........

don't take my picture mom...........

~~~~HAPPY ANNIVERSARY ~~~~





Today is my sister and brother-in-laws anniversary. I am thinking they have been married..........18 or 19 years. (Not sure). They are an awesome couple and we wish them MANY more years of happiness!! Love to you both!

2 years ago or maybe it was 3.......

For Mother's Day I received 2 grape vine plants. We planted them on the side of the deck under the side door entrance. The first year one had some nice growth while the other looked dead. Last year the boys "pruned" for me by accidentally running over them with the lawn mower. Well, I guess the pruning did them good because I have grapes growing on one this year and the other has really taken off! They are small but hey it's something!

There are about 3-4 clusters of these growing. I ended up cutting off some of the new shoots after reading my friends farming book and it was saying you should only keep x amount of new shoots. The grapes should be edible by end of summer.

This is a picture after I cut off a lot of the new growth. I will keep you posted on how they progress and how they taste!

finally back...........

Wow! I really don't know how some people out there have time to keep up with a blog! I think about things I would like to put on here and say but then life happens and I find myself doing other things.

This past Sunday my two older boys graduated from Sea Cadet Boot Camp at Camp Edwards in Mass. (in the Cape Cod area) REALLY hot day and we ended up having to sit in the sun on the ground. A little different then what we thought would happen but it was nice anyway. The top picture is of all of us after sitting in the HOT sun for 3+ hours! ( we got there 2 hours early). We were all dressed up and then when we got there realized we were the ONLY ones dressed up, so we changed clothes to be more comfortable while sitting on the ground in the heat!

Afterwards we went to Cracker Barrel and then onto Nathan's g/f's house and spent the rest of the day there and evening too. We finally headed home around 10ish. Zack's g/f was with us but she is taking the picture.

Some other pics we took.............

...snacking on candy from the Barrel....yum!

.....this was actually in CB......the girl in the blue is Zack's g/f Sami.......

........Zack and Sami at graduation............
Zack and Nathan with "Chief"..........




In the HOT sun using the umbrella to keep the sun off of us...............


Allen letting the redneck in him show went to the van and pulled out one of the seats and wheeled it across the field to sit on......... gotta love it! Everyone else thought it was an excellent idea!