Pirates

This morning Hannah and David played dressed up with some finds from a neighbors yard sale this summer. I, we, love this parrot hat and I was thinking I would put it in the dress up box for my class, but this is one that will staying here for a while. :)

She gets it tonight... :) SSShhhh, it's a surprise! LOL

Todd stopped at Fry's Electronics on his way to the office to come home and he bought Hannah and my Dad Samsung S630's. I have to say... what a Dad! He was saving up to get his Slip Yoke Elminator (?), jeep part, but did this instead. LOL

So, we are going on a little road trip this weekend, or as I like to call it, Photo Safari Time, and we will get to view the trip through Hannah's eyes. :) How much fun this is going to be. I love 3 day weekends!! In Todd's case 10 day weekend. He will be taking 3 extra days off to turn it into a 10 dayer... Oh my gosh, to think we will get done in that 10 days, school work and more school work. ;)

Thank you all for your advice on the camera thing for Hannah and I hope this one will be a good one for her.

Home made bike jump

Even Grandpa got in to it.

Be careful Papa!

Look how high he got... :)

Even Susie tried it!

A piece of ply-wood, a milk crate and bikes and look how much fun you can have. :)

Making lemonade out lemons...

After we had a blast at Peach Mania... we got on the freeway to come home and whammo, flat tire, YUCK!! Another truck had lost a tire too. When they were finished changing their tire they stopped to offer us assistance. Well, hey, we are country folk and know how to change a tire. LOL Well, we had the jack under the car at least. :) They changed the tire and we had to get Todd to bring some fix a flat or air or something cause it was FLAT too. LOL

Check you spare tire to make sure it is aired up.

Anyhow, we could not go any faster than 50 mph and wow, we were amazed by how much you see at that speed. We even reminisced about the days when the speed limit was 55 mph and how fast we move now. :)

Needless to say going 45 to 50 and traveling 26 miles, takes awhile, so we came up with idea to see how many truckers we could get to honk at us... it was a blast and the truckers were all so nice, even the ones that didn't honk. 22 of them did and we all laughed and watched out the windows... So, when ever you get the chance, take your time and enjoy what you see. (avoid the flat tire though.) ;) We sure did!

Busy, Busy, Busy... was us this weekend!

What a beautiful day it was...

We have had a bit of rain (LOL, a bit, now that is funny!), we went to the Cove, Alabaster carving, and finished it all off with peach picking today. IS summer over yet? :) The next few posts are going to be of all the fun we have had this weekend... and taking photos was some time hard, but we managed. :)

The Cove

Friday we took the kids to the Cove... the water slide and wave pool at Sierra Vista's rec. center. Even the grown ups had fun! :)

Peach Mania!

Apple Annie's Orchard was having their annual Peach Mania Pancake Breakfast and peach picking today... Hannah, Susie, Matty and I enjoyed ourselves and brougth home the best peach crumb pie you ever did taste. I love this place and Hannah always has fun with their Golden Retrievers. :) If you ever make it out to AZ in mid summer through Fall, you will have to take tour and pick some fruit or veggies here. :)

WOW!!! Totally in her enviroment!

The piece of Alabaster Hannah picked? Can you see in it what she did?

Today, Hannah found her comfort zone... yes, there still was a bit of shyness but, not after 10 minutes of warming up she broke through that shell and became the Artist Hannah. :) I have never been so impressed with my daughter and her talents as I was today! I actually cried.

We took an alabaster carving class at Gallery of Dreams here in Saint David... What a wonderful, warm place and the nicest set of people. We started at 9:00 am and we just got home. Hannah showed off her work of art and took off to find more frogs.. not like the 100+ you caught last night wasn't enough. ;) Oh my gosh... I can't stop smiling, what a great time!!

Mr. and Mrs. Trask, gallery owners, were so impressed by Hannahs eye and talent she was showing, that they have asked us to send copies of photos today and are going to display them in the gallery, as well as on their website. They are very encouraging and hope to see more of her around there. Hannah says she cant wait for the next class and even asked them if they were having anyother kinds of classes. :)

The finished piece... INCREDIBLE!!

(Sorry for gushing...I just am in awe of her talent!)

It is a Grizzly bear on a rock...

(I thought it looked like a rooster first, but she definitely saw what it was meant to be.)

The End of Summer is upon us...

Hi everyone!! First, I need to apologize for the ranting I did on the dish washing thing... Step away from the computer when frustrated!!! :) Thank you all for appeasing my ranting and participating in the poll, it is fun to see others opinions and Hannah has been very comical about the situation.

Well, the end of Summer is upon us and we will be wrapping up the summer with some fun things... Tomorrow we will get to go to the cove (water park like fun) and weekly rodeo (Hannah's new fascination), then on Sat. we will be going to our new favorite place, Gallery of Dreams, for an albaster rock carving class and Sunday to another favorite place, Apple Annies Orchard, to pick some fresh fruit and vegetables and Peach Mania.

A celebration of Willcox peaches, featuring tree-ripened pick your own peaches! The 10th annual Peach Mania Festival starts with a delicious "All You Can Eat" pancake with peaches breakfast served from 6:30 AM- 10:30 AM each day. Experience the fun of eating a juicy peach right off the tree; take a free hayride around the orchard and pick your own peaches, apples and Asian pears. The Peach Pavilion features free samples of dozens of our tasty peach products.
Sit in the shade of our peach orchard and enjoy a slice of homemade peach pie or a bowl of homemade peach ice cream. Apple-smoked burger lunches will be served daily from 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Enjoy hot roasted sweet corn at our farm location. A perfect way to spend a emorable day with family and friends!" www.appleannies.com

Wow wee... I can hardly wait for those pictures, the fun and the yummy pancakes. :)

Oh, I almost forgot!! 10 more books sold this week... only 1450 more to go. LOL

Volunteer Fire Dept. Fun

Today our local Volunteer Fire Dept. had a fun day and bbq for the community... They played water games, learned about the fire engines and ate yummy bbq. What a blast!! Thanks to all of you Volunteer Fire Fighters!!

I forgot one Hannah said...

Hannah wants a camera too!

Need some help...

We really would like to get a good but not expensive digital camera for Hannah and need some help. We are an Olympus family and have read, but not shot with any other cameras. I was looking at the Canons, $200 and under, and saw the Sony and then saw the Kodak and the saw... YIKES!!! We would like to have these pictures to be of good quality, because Hannah and I are going to make a book. (Hint, Hint, wink, wink) We want to see what Hannah sees and the best way we figured was for her to take some photos too. Just think of the possibilities with this, an ABC book, Nature book, and so on. :) This will promote her writing skills as well, just imagine the stories... hehehehe

So, if you would not mind leaving a comment on the type of camarea you use... and the ease or any other information, we would be so appreciative.

*Check below this post... I am leaving it at the top just to see. Thanks!

What color are you?

VIOLET

You surround yourself with art and music and are constantly driven to express yourself. You often daydream. You prefer honesty in your relationships and believe strongly in your personal morals.

Find out your color at QuizMeme.com!

This was fun... What color are you?

(Found on Katlynn's Momma blog)

The Cat and The Tools

Sorry the tools are in your way, but hey,

you are the one who decided to take a nap in Todd's work area!

(Hannah was a picture safari this morning...

Every 5 minutes, "Mom come here with the camera!")

Paraglider Over Here!!!

Hannah was hooting and hollaring the flyer and he heard her... He waved, then flew circles over the house while they were screaming with joy! :)

(I am sure our neighbors appreciated the hooting and hollaring at 8:30 am on Saturday morning, but hey it's summer time!)

More Excitement and it is only 8:30 am!

This morning has been very eventful in our home... The cow, now the paraglider, whats next?

WOW!! 5 Years...

Wow!! Time goes by too fast... We will have lived in our little town for 5 years next month. It is so hard to believe! The slide show is of the surrounding area, Monestary, and our first house that we lived in. WOW!! Hannah loved the black swans and they were sort of mean. :)
Here is to a great 5 years!!

Check out my Slide Show!

Sitting in the hotel waiting for Todd, Hannah and I came across this slide show thingy for blogs. Very fun!! These are just some old photos on the computer and Hannah had fun looking at them. :)