Jared's first tractor ride

Jared sent me these pictures tonight from Gramma's house, with captions included...

I can't believe I drove a tractor today.

I drove to Uncle Donnie's House to get buckets of water.

And then to our baby house back yard to water the grapes.

Then back to Gramma's house.

And around the circle...about 10 times. I wanted to send a video so that you would know that I was not just sitting on the tractor, but the file was too big.

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Oh, how I miss my boys!

kids' day in the park

We had a great time at Kids' Day in the Park!

This year's special guest was Clifford the Big Red Dog.

August 2010

August 2009

August 2008

4th of July

I'm sad that I didn't get more pictures of the wonderful day we spent with our friends on the 4th of July!

We had a few of the families from our Friday preschool group over and had such a great time! The kids made flags, then we had a little parade around the backyard.

We're so blessed to know these sweet families.

a puppy party

Caleb turned 6 in June, but his mommy's a little slow in the blogging department!

Just follow the paw prints to all the fun!

Caleb in his dog house

puppy snacks

Happy Birthday, Sweet Boy!

little ballerinas

The girls danced in their first ballet recital on Saturday. It was precious!

Gracie is the second little ballerina from the left.

Lily is second from the right.

Lily, doing her curtsy after the performance

Gracie, doing her curtsy

Lily, walking to the car after the performance with a devoted fan from the audience

outdoor art exhibit

bye bye butterfly

We took our butterflies out to the garden today and let them go!

Saying goodbye

The girls were a little apprehensive.

The boys, on the other hand, wanted to make sure our butterflies had enough flowers in front of them at all times.

One of the butterflies landed on Caleb's toes and stayed there for awhile.

We had five butterflies. Some flew around our garden for awhile and some flew over the fence right away. Jared told them, "Go see the world!"

The kids hoped a few would fly back to visit. Wouldn't you want to come back to this little garden to see these sweet faces?

Lily finally spotted one and Gracie said, "Well, I guess this one only wanted to see half of the world."

I noticed Caleb sitting on the bench all by himself holding out his hand. He was quietly saying, "Come fly over here if you need a nice hand to rest on."

Sweet, sweet boy.