Around the farm.

This last week we had a farm day where we cleaned up all those things that you've had on your mind, and you always say, "You know, we just really need to take the time to do this." Then you walk away and go back into the house. (I'm sure you all know what I'm talking about. :)) 
Usually I don't feel like taking pictures while I'm working, because I'd just rather get in there and get 'er done, but I remembered how I would think about that when I was old and grey. I would have wished that I had taken those priceless pictures before the memory was gone. So here they are-frozen memories.

That's one mean lookin' car, right there!

Farm boys. *heart melt*

With hard work, comes good food. (Excuse me if I sound like a nerd for a second here, but good is actually a banned word if you went to writing class. I think I should use something a little bit more descriptive- let's say...recherché, or superb.:) That's better. )

When ever you see a sight like this (below) you know, just KNOW something is up. :)
We sold Papa's old farm truck, and when there is any kind of activity, all the kids (secret here: I do this too...I'm just the one hiding behind the door with my nose over the window. Real mature, right? )
line up around all our windows to watch everything taking place. And no. They are not ashamed. Not in the least bit. Me on the other hand...

By the swimin' hole
Yeah, we're country! This last week we had some fabulous weather. Almost 80 degrees! So while us girls were cooking in the kitchen, the boys took themselves on down to the swimin' hole and jumped in.

I came down with my camera after a little while and found....this.     
                                                                                                          ---Levi, reclining in a mud bath, soaking up the sun with a frog in one hand, and a snake in the other. The sight made me laugh so hard, I cried. 

 He named them "pootwo" (the snake) and Toad. -Crazy boy.

Levi is digging for..   *wait for it*
...eels. Gross.

Little boy lost in the woods.

Garden work~

I love his expression of accomplishment.

Diggin' the knee pads, Jacob. :)

Our new strawberry box. (Final photos to follow)

While Papa, Caitlin, and Felicity went to go get some bark and dirt, I had to dig the irrigation lines to all of the boxes. If any of you know me all that well, you'll know that...I just simply am not a digger of dirt. I am really, really bad at it. It takes me a terribly long time, and the end result isn't the prettiest, especially if I'm in a hurry. It really is pathetic. I won't lie.
So as soon as they left I put the kids to work. I dug out the chunks and they had to take out the "crumbs." (as Alainna called them)

Yeah. You might have guessed that I didn't make all that much progress while they were gone, as I only dug two lines and took pictures. :) I had fun though.

Levi makes me laugh once again, about his "method" of...pretty much anything he does.

"Frog Princess."  Hey, maybe it'll actually be a prince this time! That's the thing about frogs...you just never know....

Marcus has got some muscles. ;)

 

 

 

 

 

 I love my boys.

The country life is like no other.