Backyard Target Practice

On Saturday morning, August 27, 2011, Tim got out his guns and set up a target range in the backyard. There were cans, water bottles, and boxes of all shapes and sizes for the girls to practice their shots. They were quite good at it too.Concentration....Good shot Abi!Tim helping Emily line up her sights... Emily learning how to load and take the safety off....Emily getting a little more confident....I don't think either one of the girls would ever hunt a live animal, but they had a lot of fun learning about guns and their safety.

1st day of School 2011

August 16, 2011 was the first day of school. Abi is a 7th grader and goes to school with me now. Emily is in the 4th grade. Her teacher is Mr. Seneca. She is going to have an amazing year.Where has the time gone? It seems like just yesterday that they were starting kindergarten.

Tubing on Lake Santa Fe

The weekend before school began, we took Emily, Haley, and Nolan tubing on Lake Santa Fe. Emily and Haley were up first.....Holding on for dear life....It wasn't very hard to throw them off.....
Ryan and Nolan were a different story....But in the end, Tim got them off...Captain of the boat....Heading to the sandbar on Little Lake Santa Fe, Nolan, Emily, and Haley being silly.....Ryan and Haley were up last....All smiles...They came close to tipping over, but Tim never got them off.....
A great way to spend our last day of summer - on the water with our best friends.

Look what we found: Baby Squirrells

When we were at Swan Lake, Ben and Tommy found 3 baby squirrells in a nest of moss on the ground. There had been a bad storm the day before that probably knocked the nest out of the tall pine tree. We got kittens milk and a syringe and feed them every few hours. We gave them to some of our friends who had experience with baby squirrells. Even though they only made it for a few days, we got it our best try.

Abi with Braces

On August 1st, Abi got braces. The "before" photo".....The after shot....
She chose her two favorite colors, hot pink and lime green, as the colors of her bands. We went to the Olive Garden for one last good meal, before the soreness kicked in.