Saturday, May 3, 2014

kitten love.

We have a little something precious living out in one of the barns... 

Meet Pickles...

and Juniper... 


There are not many things cuter than baby kittens. They are the softest, fuzziest, sweetest little things.

This is their sweet mama, Treelah. We got her off a Facebook Buy/Sell/Trade site when she was pregnant. It took her awhile to warm up to us, but she is a super sweet cat. Oh my goodness, you should have seen the excitement the day that she was suddenly skinny!


Ignore the tired momma look. It was a Friday evening. And 1st graders are exhausting.




We're all making pretty frequent trips out to the barn now to soak up the kitten love.
It's my favorite.

Friday, May 2, 2014

circus.

Our trip to the circus last year was pretty exciting. We were pretty sure that the whole "tiger getting loose and walking around the arena" was going to be hard to top. But the kids were pretty pumped at the thought of going again. Sophie and Lawson got free tickets at school, and we got an extra free ticket for Gretchen from a friend. (It was still $32 for Corey and I, I think?! Crazy. Thankful for the free kid tickets, that's for sure!) 

No loose tigers this year. I remember saying last year that I was pretty sure that was a mistake that was *never* going to happen again!









This is the same kid from last year that we were so impressed with. It's a whole family... mom, dad and the two brothers. We wondered what it must be like to grow up in the circus and travel all around...

I spent most of this act trying to decide if the person on the right was a man or woman. Awkward. They announced later that they were brothers. Good to know. =)








A couple of the same acts... tigers and elephants, juggling and clowns... but several new acts, too.

This act was the most impressive...



She ended up falling off this time...




It wasn't as exciting as last year... partly because no tigers escaped, but also because it didn't have the "first time" experience.
Still fun, though. And still a good memory.
I like making memories. =)

Sunday, April 27, 2014

easter.

Easter buckets... 



Church... {LOVE the songs on Easter!}


Lunch at Grandma Jones'... 


Easter egg hunt... 



Dodge ball...



Jones family picture...

Grandchild picture... {someone may not have been too interested in pictures}

{someone also may have been off to the side, lifting up their dress... =)}