IT'S TIME

The year of planning and fund raising is over, now it is time to go to Hawaii play soccer and have fun. I am so sure that there will be photos to post and stories to tell. I am sure this will be a memory that will not soon be forgotten by the girls. My hope and prayer is that they first of all have fun, second enjoy meeting new people, and third never forget what great young ladies they are and show it to others.

Lets call this one "Steven Tara and the Tooth"

So of course I am always talking about what happens outside or more precisely on the "porch" well tonight was no exception! Tara had a loose tooth that she desperately wanted out,try as she may she could not get it out.Steven, who we have often said is the family pro on pulling his own teeth because of the trip we took to Florida when he pulled two for something to do, had lots of advice for Tara on how to pull the tooth. He was even giving her examples on how to pull the tooth.

After trying several times on her own Tara hesitantly agreed to let Steven help.

Try as he may Steven could not pull the tooth either.

The next thing was to try the old stand by tie the string and slam the door.

Steven tried several times to tie a piece of dental floss to Tara's tooth and he did get it to stay on one time to try and shut the door but alas this did not work either.

Well at the end of it all Tara still had her tooth (in her mouth) and so the tooth fairy will not be coming tonight. I felt bad for Tara she worked so hard and apparently was hoping for tooth fairy money for the ice cream lady to come by tomorrow.

Determination, determination, determination, I hope Steven and Tara both keep theirs strong!

The fisherman

First you have to put the bread on the hook......then you wait.
The fish takes the bread...

...then you wait.

Let him fight a little while...

...walk him down to the lower platform...

...take him off the hook!

Any questions?

We didn't need anymore fertilizer so the fish did not come home with us.

Beautiful Sight

Tonight Steven and I were eating supper and it was very sunny when it started to rain. I said Steven there should be a rainbow lets go look sure enough this is what we saw..not one but two rainbows!

Had to put this picture in it catches the rain drops off of the roof(tarp).

Our garden

This is a picture of the fence between Marcia and Terry's house and our's. I wanted to wait for my Holly Hocks to be in bloom but the beautiful roses may be gone by then, notice my beautiful bird feeder that Steven hung at Christmas.
This is a picture of the path in front of the house, later in the year I will post a picture of the morning glories that are coming up in front of the fence. The vines up by the porch are coming back they are still brown in the middle the deer were up to the porch and eating them this past winter.

Summer fishing!

Steven and his friend Bryon have been going down town to try their hand at fishing... fishing for "Carp" no we are not going to eat them!! The boys like to fish for them because they sure do put up a good fight and it is just "cool' to say you got the big one in. Well last night I told them that they make good fertilizer for my flowers if you bury them so if they caught one they should bring it home. Steven's eyes lit up "your flowers if I catch one I am going to bury it by my cantalope"....

Hey look Steven caught one and yep they brought it home...

This is what the cantalope look like right now...

...and yep as you can see they are getting the fish, much to Staci's dismay lol she does not want a yard that smells like fish!I am sure that we will keep the progress posted. I love it when they try all life has to offer at least most days we will see how this one turns out.

June 14 oh WOW beat by an "old" team

Well in getting ready for hawaii Beth came accross a team of 30+ year old ladies who still play competitive soccer. These women call themselves the "Warmones" and they collect used soccer equipment and donate it to needy areas so kids can play soccer, how cool! Well they offered to play our girls in an exibition game to have a scrimage before they play in Hawaii.....the score well lets just say when there is a lady who is 52 on the team don't assume you will jump in and beat them so easily .....or at all. Here are a couple shots from the game.Before the game...

After the game.