Just because

Every single photo and video of this little big man melts my heart.  He is getting so big! 

Last week, I went trespassing with my mother.  We took cuttings off of a rose bush in a neighbor’s pasture, and when we were done, I dug up some ditch Lillies out of my dad’s field entrance.  I don’t know why, but I love ditch Lillie’s.  I had some growing in our front yard in town.  I am excited to have some at the end of our driveway now! 

Also I am digging the way these pots that I painted to match the mailbox have turned out.  

But my favorite will always be the galardia which you already know because this isn’t your first rodeo into my flower obsession. 

But seriously, I dare you to find a more beautiful flower than these are.  And if you do, don’t tell me because I won’t believe you.  

My little Sally Sue had a game tonight.  She has played a lot of her games on the same nights as Saige, which means we haven’t gotten to see her play much this season.  I was happy to catch her game this evening.  She even had a hit and got a single.  I am very proud of her. She takes it seriously, works hard, and is a great teammate!  

I also took her signs that came in today. She was pretty thrilled about that!  She’s excited about her first fair coming up!  

Tell me that Wrenley doesn’t have things for figured out?  GG is ALWAYS good for a trip to concession land. 

Cameron celebrated his 2 year anniversary at the bank!  That was super fast!  

He also traveled with Tatum to meet her family and hang out on a western Kansas adventure!  

 

Goals met!

A couple of weeks ago, my mom bought me some asparagus roots.  We have a small patch and I was wanting to enlarge it.  I am happy and proud to say I did not kill her gift!  Baby asparagus plants are everywhere I put them!  Thanks mom!  

Thanks for these adorable photos Spencer! 

Evelyn had a ball game tonight.  Unfortunately, , we did not get home in time to go.  Mallory said she tried really hard and that her team did not win.   

Where was I when it was time to go to the ballpark?   Coming home from a grand adventure!   

Today was the day to take the chickens to be processed.  Our lady lives down by Parsons.  For those who may not be keeping up, Jim has been working for about a month in McCune Kansas. Which is also down by Parsons.  So he graciously agreed to take the chickens and drop them off.   Harper   and I were going to wait a couple of hours and then go down and pick them up so that he could go on to work and we wouldn’t have to wait as long. It was a brilliant plan.  Until it wasn’t.  We waited the 2 hours and then took off. We got about an hour into the trip when Jim called to say that they would be later due to them processing a couple of smaller orders in the morning.  But it was sort of too late to turn around.  So we just went on to Parsons. Now I don’t know much about Parsons, but it has some stores and some places to eat so we decided we could easily kill a couple of hours.  We  stopped a couple of places when Anna called.  I thought oh good!  She got done early!   I don’t get paid to think.  She was calling to say it would be 3 before she got finished.  It was 11:00 am.  We had to kill 4 whole hours?   But something occurred to me in that moment.  I don’t get days with just one of my kids very often.  I get even less days where I am off work, don’t have a million things going on and can just play around.  So I decided to make the most of it.  Harper and I went out to lunch at a nice Italian place.  We took photos beside a haunted wedding castle, We went to all the antique stores and Knick knack shops.  We went into a witch store with crystals and smudge sticks and all sorts of interesting concoctions.  We went out for milkshakes.  And I am not one bit sorry about it.  It was a nice day.  Long.  But nice.  

We got the chickens picked up, iced down and hauled home.  Freezer full of meat always makes me happy. 

Little big man is starting to sit up on his own!  He’s growing up way too fast! 

Quincy has been looking for a better car.  She is planning to move out next month, and go back to school so she was wanting something a little more reliable.  We have been lightly searching,  but not really finding anything.   Last week, my friends Gary and Shirley stopped in my office and asked me if I knew anyone looking  for a great deal on a nice car.  Honestly, I always know someone looking for a great deal on a nice car!. So Quincy went over and drove it,  and fell  in love.  New car - accomplished.  Fingers crossed it’s a good/safe ride for her. 

 

Weekend - needed.

This week was a blur.  I started my new job on the transportation team at the local nursing home. My first transport was successful and I had a super easy lady who was sweet as she could be. If all my days there are like that, it should be a very good summer!  I will admit that I still miss the liquor store - the people there were fun to visit with and the job was easy, but this will be good too as soon as I get settled in.  My main job right now contains a lawsuit and an audit so basically anything is more fun that that!  

Summer is exhausting for children and dogs! 

Last weekend,  Caneron’s corporate team was in a basketball tournament.  At first, I thought we were already going to KC, we would go watch.  Then I found out he played at 8:30 am and Harper needed picked up at the airport at 7:30 pm, so we opted to just have dinner with him instead.   I love that he is having fun doing all these corporate team things.  

He also participated in a corporate track meet.  

This child reminds me so much of Quincy.  Ornery.  Dirty. Opinionated.  I think it’s awesome.  

 

Cameron attended the Jones side of the family night at the Royals game. He said he was amused by their banter. He also said they got to the game super early since they were nervous they would miss out on the free beach towels.  

This weekend, we were supposed to go to Wichita to see Colin and his family.  We were excited about it all week. Unfortunately, Colin got called out on a mandatory rebuild after some storms destroyed the power lines in Salina.  He called to tell me they had been giving optional overtime all week.  He had not taken it because Spencer is laid up right now. But yesterday they were told it was no longer optional.  All of the people who had the weekend off were called to go.  So Spencer and Easton went to stay with her parents.  We decided we would postpone our visit.  We were sad but definitely understand.  

And who wouldn’t be sad about missing out on baby snuggles?  

Since our trip was postponed, today became a work day. I had a lot of planting  to catch up on in the gardens, and Jim is working on running some electric fence for an experiment we are doing with the goats.  Jim also put the mower back together after losing the front tire while mowing yesterday.   I planted rows and rows of green beans, turnips and beets.  I am trying some experiments with growing radishes and carrots in buckets, and I got the mulberry bush starts that my mom got for me all dipped in rooting powder and started.  The girls and I also went to look at a new car for Quincy, and we got the girls library cards….something Saige has been wanting to do.  We also bought a load of hay, which Harper and I unloaded by ourselves.  Let’s just say that while it is put away and won’t get wet in the weather, the stacking job would probably not be smiled upon by my farming forefathers.  Doesn’t matter much. They eat it no matter how it’s stacked.  

My maintenance man sent me this photo.  He said that he was worried our new contractors might not be up to the tasks.  I thought it was pretty funny.  Not the best place to play probably, but it reminded me of my brothers.

Even though we worked really hard today, it was a much needed kind of work.  I like being outside with my hands in the dirt.  We got a lot done and managed to get a lot of stuff planted before the rain hit.  Fingers crossed that the 11 cent seeds I got at Menards all come up!