Owen and Heels

Did you know that you can make purple dress up high heels sound like a galloping horse??? Please excuse the clothing attire or lack there of (potty training issues). Oh and the runny nose, actually snotty nose, I'm blaming that on teeth. Things can be a little rough at the Craig's. Oh, yeah and the pom pom's, don't ask me???

Labor Day Weekend - Part 2

Labor Day at the Craig's only means that Brent doesn't go to his normal day job. That's it, period. So there was still "labor" happening. But this Labor Day was a little more special than others as it was Brent's BIRTHDAY. I won't post any baby pics. Not because I don't want to but because I'm not exactly sure where they are at-at this moment.

• Because Brent celebrated his birthday by helping his parents put a new "drying floor" in an old grain bin, he was gone Monday morning. Garrett went w/Brent to help and Maddie, Owen and I stayed home to sort some garage sale items. But we did eat lunch w/him at Grandpa and Grandma's. She made Garrett's favorite -mashed potatoes w/hb gravy over top. Gravy is one thing that I can't make unless it comes from a package and all I have to do is add milk or water. (I know pretty pathetic!).
• While at G&G's we were able to see Garrett's calf. They have to leave the cow/calf pair in the barn because G's cow never claims her calf. We have decided that this is the last calf for her. We are keeping a heifer from last year to replace the cow. Sad thing is "white face" (g named this cow when he was 2) always has a very nice calf. This year was no exception.


Owen liked the calf. He wanted to pet him, but then again-maybe not.

• After we at lunch w/Brent we headed to my parents house to hang out and do a little fishing. According to the solar tables, it was supposed to be a perfect afternoon for fishing. And it WAS. The fish were biting anything. From grasshoppers, to frogs, to hot dogs, and even the spinner. My mom went thru almost a half a hot dog as bait for one fish. I can't remember if she did catch it the thing or not. But the water was clear enough and shallow enough that we could see the fish biting. It was fun. Bad part of the afternoon was that Owen did NOT have a nap. He was not so much fun, but the older 2 had fun.

Although, Garrett did have an issue w/a fish. We had so many in the bucket that one jumped out and as he was picking it back up to put back in, he caught his thumb on a fin. Gave him a little poke and was bleeding. (I promise his zipper is up, I think that is a belt and not underwear)This is the creek that runs right below my parents house. I can't believe we used to swim in it. Although Monday it didn't look too bad. But man it can be dirty!

Maddie forever posing. But w/a bass really???? My dad caught this with his spinner. All the fish we caught we took to the pond in the pasture in hopes that we can fish there in a couple of years.

• Monday night Garrett had a soccer game. It was a beautiful night. Garrett even scored 2 goals. He and his team played WAY better than the first game. He actually enjoyed himself.
• After soccer game we went to wendy's for a treat and to celebrate Brent's bday. By Monday night though we were all shot. Overall a great weekend.

Labor Day Weekend-part 1

It DID and it DIDN't seem like we had a busy weekend. But all of us are still exhausted, so we must have been doing SOME things. Our long weekend really didn't an agenda or specific plans. BUT

• Brent refereed Friday night. Our family is officially w/out dad or husband for some 8 weeks of Friday nights, probably more...


• Friday night I canned another 6 qts of whole tomatoes and 12 cups of pizza sauce while listening to the Tigers when their football game and the kids watched a movie in the basement. Even Owen watched the whole movie and only came upstairs for more popcorn and pop!
  
• Brent refereed 3 Pop Warner League FB games Sat. morning. And then we finished putting in the laminate wood floors in the spare room in basement. Still have window trim and baseboard and move everything back into the room, but we are making some progress.


• Saturday night was the BIG event of the weekend. No, we didn't make it to the KSU FB game, but we went to the LONGFORD PARADE AND RODEO.

Owen and Maddie's Cowboy Hat

Garrett and Maddie on Longford Church Float for parade

Owen's Cowboy Boots (that are 3 sizes too big, but still insists on wearing them!)

I'm really mad that I didn't get a pic of Maddie's new boots that she got as an early bday present. She still is holding out hope that a HORSE will appear. Yea, probably not this year. Did I mention we don't have any pets and we LIKE it that way...oh, that's a whole other post.

• On Sunday we hit a family reunion after church. Then we had naps and Brent went to a fantasy fb draft and I picked up the house and played outside. Sunday night we did nothing. It was wonderful not have a schedule of some sort.

Shopping

You want to know what my biggest problem with shopping is? The fact that when you have the money, willing to part ways with it AND you want/need something specific you can never find it and when you aren't looking, don't have the money you ALWAYS, ALWAYS find something. Well, yesterday was no exception. Come fall, around this time of year I need jeans. And I truly would say this is more a need than a want. My mom and I went shopping seeking to find the perfect pair of jeans. YUCKO. I hate jean shopping with a passion. Here are a list of reasons and if you know the answer please feel free to comment.

1. Do PEOPLE actually design jeans or is it some robotic/computerized "thing"?
2. How does this "thing" actually compute the average jean style and size?
3. Does this "thing" actually believe/compute that the average person is THAT tiny?
4. Does this "thing" actually believe/compute that if your waist is a little skinny then it automatically believes that your thighs and behind are that small as well?
5. Does this "thing" actually believe/compute that normal people DON'T wear underwear?
6. Does this "thing" actually believe/compute that your calves need no circulation to the rest of your body?
7. Does this "thing" actually believe/compute that light color jeans MAKE you look skinny?
8. Does this "thing" actually believe/compute that I WANT people to see my underwear?
9. Does this "thing" know that I want jeans to fit from the beginning? Not 3 hours later because the stretch has now stretched and then they fall off, but 3 hours ago they were so tight you couldn't breathe.
10. Does this "thing" actually believe/compute that the average people need a 33 in. length?

I understand that I am probably not in the majority here. I understand that some people probably don't wear underwear and if you can stand it, good for you but I wear underwear. I understand that some people DO NOT CARE if people see their underwear, but I don't want to see it. I don't know what the average height/weight is in the country and frankly I don't care. I WANT JEANS THAT FIT JUST RIGHT!

So back to my shopping. I came home w/one pair of jeans. Not even that excited about them. Put them on last night to see if they would stretch and all too soon they were cutting my circulation off in my thighs.Those "baby's" are going back. I'm really not that picky. I am not name brand specific. I really am willing to try anything, but SERIOUSLY, can people actually WEAR some of what is out there? Mission was not accomplished. I did find a few shirts, but NOT the things that I went for. So very frustrating. Mom was there to help w/Owen and he was soooo good, but that still didn't seem to help.

Another day another dollar will hopefully find me a pair of jeans....that fit just right.

Soy Beans

On Sunday we went to Brent's parents house to see them. We hadn't seen them in awhile. With us not at Longford anymore the kids don't get off the bus there and we have been pretty busy. While we were there, the kids helped do chores, ride in the tractor, and use the 4-wheelers to help go look for a calf. I am not sure this mom is ready for her 2 older children to say they can drive the 4-wheelers by themselves. I am a nervous nelly about stuff like that. Anyway...Grandpa Derald told the kids that the beans were almost as tall as Maddie and wanted to show them. Of course, they jumped at the chance to drive the 4-wheelers even more. And sure enough, the beans were almost has tall as Maddie and were TALLER than Owen. Grandpa Derald and MaddieMaddison

Owen and Garrett in the beans

This is a walk into the beans that were taller than Owen

Maddison

Maddison has been wanting to take some pictures in sunflowers. So today we did just that. I haven't quite figured out my camera, but there were some decent shots. She was such a "poser". We both had a blast and hoping that we can do it more often. It was fun and layed back. People along the highway might have wondered what we were doing!

Recovering

Ok so here is what I did today. Recovering....from a near heart attack. Thinking I had deleted ALL my pictures off my computer. Now I do backup some, but not nearly enough or often enough....all is good, I found them about 10 minutes later. Which in all reality is WAY too long. So in between trying to find them and getting them back onto my picture manager Owen decides to poop. Only just a little here and there. Still not so sure I won't find any on the floor...(don't even ask)