Meet Benjamin.....

He is the sweetest little guy



He loves to play fetch!



My grand daughter threw the ball all afternoon for this little guy and his best bud Dakota

This is how much he just loved chasing that tennis ball! LOL


At one point he jumped so high his head was out of the frame of my lens on my camera!! LOL

He just couldnt get enough of that tennis ball!

LOL I dont know if you can see it or not but if you look real close at the ball.....see those 2 lines hanging from it?? LOL he chased the ball so much yesterday that it was soaked with doggy drool LOL

Look at the drool lines from his mouth to that ball in the pic below!! LOL

And it always ended up like this.....lolol just patiently waiting with that tennis ball in his mouth for the next person to play fetch with.

fun pics

Only 4 more weeks to go!

and this little bugger which we have named diesel, I think I spelled that right lol, will be coming home with us! omg he gets cuter by the week!

Last night

We came home to this scene........... it wasnt pretty. This minivan took out the entire light pole which you cant see in these pics and the one pic I did have of it was way to blurry to put on here. The person had to be life-flighted to the hospital.

best buds

Dont you just wanna cuddle up with him?

Well you know after the 2 last puppy fiascos we had decided that we were not going to get a dog, that we had had enough of crazy, deranged puppies lol but then we saw this little guy.....omg he is the most adorable chocolate lab pup! and well lets just say in about 6 1/2 weeks he will be coming home with us! The mama dog is such an awesome dog!

psycho dog..the Norman Bates of the dog world!!! LOL

Meet Shade...a 6 mos old husky cross......beautiful dog...that is lol until you get to know the real psycho lurking inside that mind of his.......well you know the first puppy we got did not work out at all...it was trouble from the start lol so we decided that we would try to adopt an older dog from a shelter to give one a second chance.....man were we in for a major nightmare of a surprise...........

you see this innocent looking dog was a massive freak when it came to his crate and had severe food aggression and obsessions and if you think I am kidding here is what the crate looked like by tuesday morning.......................

This was an almost new crate when we put him in it.

I ended up blocking him in with a piece of plywood and jamming an empty cat litter container behind it and I thought for sure he wouldnt be able to move it and get back out after I fixed the front of the kennel as best as I could as I had to head to work and he can not be left alone in the house even for one minute...............think I am kidding?? take a look at some of the damage he caused before I shipped his butt back to the shelter and filled them in on just how dangerous his behavior was becoming.

All of the window sills in the livingroom and kitchen and laundry room have been chewed and now all need to be replaced.

He was only able to destroy half of one of the curtain panels before my other half walked into this disaster!


This is our livingroom window..minus the curtains and as you can see the completely damaged curtain rods and if you will notice that the screen that belongs in the far left window is sitting behind the wooden shelf thing because he removed it from the window and you cant really see it in this picture but he had tried to remove the 2nd screen as there is a big tooth hole in it

Here are the curtains that should be hanging in the living room window and that angel? well lets just say she had an unplained labotamy if you will notice in the picture below..he ate the top of her head and ripped off her star and halo

This chair used to be in very good condition that is until he was in the crate for the first time and slammed the crate so hard it slid across the rug and up against this chair and he then proceeded to pull the cushion into the crate and start to shred the end of it.

Needless to say this experience has curbed my desire to have a dog for quite awhile!

Our new addition!

This is the newest addition to our family. Meet Brandy. she is a shepherd x. She is such a little love bug.

fun at the children's discovery museum

Well this past saturday we were treated to a fun filled day at the cdm by mwa! And the kids all had a blast!

Do you see what I see?

My sister got me hooked on taking fire photos to see what we can catch in the flames............

what do you see?

Let me tell you what I saw......in pic #1 I see a flying lizard

in pic #2 I see the side view of a wolf howling

in pic #3 I see the outline of a hooded figure

in pic #4 I see 2 winged creatures...like a dragon taking flight and a winged creature (top) sitting looking to the right side

in pic #5 I see the side view of a person's face and what looks like a winged creature or a fairy sitting along the cheekbone....

now I love to know what you see.

Moonlight

I love it out to the campsite we have our camper at on beautiful clear nights because this is what I get to see when there are no clouds in the sky.................

platform jumping event

And now miss mikayla will attempt her famous high jump off the camp platform





Here we see her preparing herself for this tremendous feat.....


on your mark...............


get set..................



JUMP!!!!!!!!!!!
(LOL notice how shutting the eyes seems to help!)

taaaaaaadaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!! perfect landing!!!

Veggies galore!

Man it doesnt seem like it can already be July!! Incase you wondered why I havent updated my blog lately except for the pictures of the pool yesterday here is why! When I started my garden in May I thought for sure after those cold snaps that we had that I was going to lose most if not all of my plants but it seems that it cold snap didnt bother them a bit!! This is what my garden now looks like!

This is the full view of the entire garden.

These are my butternut and winter squash plants and they are loaded with squash!! mmmmmI can taste them already!!!

this is garlic to the left, cabbage and brussell sprouts and then my lettuce which is coming back nicely. Almost lost it all no thanks to a hungry little ground hog but I fenced him out lol and then my pepper plants are in the next row and they are all loaded with peppers!!

And my corn is shooting right up!

and here is an acorn squash plant that is loaded with squash!

and one of my zucchini plants that has a few on it that are almost ready to pick!

and one of my watermelon plants that I have a few little baby watermelons growing!

And I just added these to my collection of plants...3 grape plants on the right and I just found a cluster of grapes on one of them!!! and 2 blackberry bushes to the right

and these are my green/yellow beans and they are also loaded with beans!! and the orange container at the end is cucumbers and it has a bunch of cukes on it! and to the right is some spinach and a few egg plants at the end of these 3 rows.

sorry for the sideway glance lol but these are my cucumbers and I have a ton of them growing to!!!

and here are almost all of my tomato plants and I looked tonight and they are all full of tomatoes with a ton of flower buds that will all be tomatoes lol omg good thing I am going to learn to can!

and this little guy is my peter pan squash and well I havent seen any little squash yet but there is still plenty of time!

and this is a spaghetti sqash plant and it is loaded with squash to!

and here are a couple pictures of my black beauty peppers that have grown so fast!!

this is one of my summer squash plants that is loaded to!

and these are my upside down planters there is one way to the left that you cant see in this picture that has jack be little pumpkins growing in it and from left to right it is a cherry tumbler tomato plant, pumpkin pie plant, egg plant, red and orange pepper plants and the last green pot is another type of cucumber plant

Pool time!!

Gardening time!

Well I cant believe it has been over a month since I last posted anything on here! But I have a really good excuse lol and I can explain lol I have been working on my veggie/herb garden....I went from a 20'x20' to a 20'x50' garden! I know it is a lot of extra work but it is going to be so worth it! Now, I just need to learn how to can and freeze properly lol but that will come in time!

This is the first part of my garden which has corn and sugar snap peas

Then I have a whole row of garlic and then a row of cabbage and brussel sprouts and the row next to those is romaine lettuce, red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce, and buttercrunch or buttercrisp lettuce..cant remember the exact name.

Then next to the lettuce row I have all green peppers and some black beauty peppers, and then the next row is all green and yellow beans and I have 12 more green and yellow bean plants started inside as I ran out of plants to fill the row so I started a few more to fill it in and then I planted the first half of the row next to the beans with beets and the other half will be spinach as soon as it is up and ready.

Then I planted half a row of pickling cukes and the 2nd half with canteloupe and various melons and the 2 rows next to the cukes and melons are a Mr. Stripey tomato plant with 6 early girl tomato plants and then I have 7 super sweet 100 tomato plants next to those

then next to the tomatoes I have a whole row of radishes and then a whole row of carrots and the a row of buttercup squash and winter squash and then I have the herbs

Here are where my herbs are..sorry it is a far away shot but in there I have planted, just to name a few, chocolate mint, peppermint, angelica, lungwart, mugwart, catmint, catnip, chamomile, lavender, elacampane, lady's mantle, paprika, radicchio, and there are also 2 rows of onions, sugar baby watermelon, and zucchini and summer squash and I still have dill, parsley, sage, cilantro, rosemary, thyme, anise, and a bunch of others that I cant remember off the top of my head! lets just say it is a lot! lol but if everything grows like I hope I will be able to package all my own herbs and all my own veggies! mmmmmmm my mouth is just watering thinking about all that fresh food!!


And I was so happy to see these!!! my baby carrots have sprouted!!


and this is how big my corn is already!!! I always start my corn inside and then transplant out in the garden! it seems to work ok!


and my baby radishes have also sprouted!!! well gotta get back to the garden! Will update as the garden grows!!!

new addtions down on the farm!

here are a couple of new addtions to my sister's farm....lol do not ask me what the name of the breed of dog is LOL as I have already forgotten how to say it as well as his name lol all I remember is that they are going to call him Big E for short! LOL and the baby goat was just born on monday...what a cutie!

in the right place at the right time!

I was standing out in a lightening storm lol oh yes so very smart of me with my camera in hand lol just waiting ......very patiently lol and just a tad nervous as there were quite a few bolts of lightening coming down around the houses where I was and I was just lucky enough to have caught this bolt just as it hit the ground!

Brotherly love :)

can you say chocolate addict? LOLOL

This is Mikayla...................

This is Mikayla on chocolate...............LOL

lol this is the sugar crash after the chocolate rush LOL

Down on the farm

I was going through some old photo cds and came across some photos of my sister's llama and the kids working on feeding the goats. They always had so much fun helping out!

This is Vango who, sad to say, is no longer with us.

A Face only a mother could love LOL!

crazy hair day

To our mother....

On March 16th it will be 2 years....already.......it doesnt seem possible.....that our mother passed away and I was just thinking about her tonight and I was feeling down and felt that I needed to dedicate this post to her. For those of you who are lucky enough to have your mother around please cherish every day you have....even if you dont get along because one day she will no longer be there and you wont know just how much you miss her or need her until she is gone. Tell her you love her!



One Wish

If we were granted just one wish
To make upon this day
We would wish you back with us
and that you'd never pass away

It breaks our hearts to know that
you were suffering in pain
and there was nothing we could do for you
but sit by your side andtry to ease the pain

The day you passed to the other side
All of your pain was taken away
You are now our guardian angel
And in our hearts you will always stay

So we just want to tell you
Just how much we love you so
We know you'll be there waiting
When it's our time to go.

Sadly missed but forever in our hearts.

Somewhere over the rainbow...........

There is spring........We can only hope! :)