Thursday, February 4, 2010
Happy Valentine's Day
Kaylee worked hard to create her own Valentine's Day cards for her class this year. Brandon just wanted the store-bought kind. I happened to be "in town," so I picked some out for him. They were hot wheels, and he was ELATED! He looked at the box, pointed to a really cool looking car, and said, "Is this in there?" I said, "Yes, all of those are in there." He tore into the box to get started and almost immediately burst into tears. It turns out that he thought the actual CARS were in the box. He was depressed for a while and then got on with the business of bringing Valentine's joy to his friends!
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
A bad day to be a chicken
We hate to leave the chickens closed in all the time because we have a great big yard that they can find bugs in. In the warmer months, we were letting them run free almost all day. Then the cooler temperatures came, and the casualties began. After we lost 2 chickens and replaced them, we decided that they would have to stay closed up almost all the time. We were still occasionally letting them out, though because we felt sorry for them all cooped up. Well, this afternoon was apparently an unlucky time to go scratching. I let them out and then went in for a while. Later when I went out to check on them, I didn’t see or hear anything, so I feared the worst. Turns out that 5 of them were hiding because their friend was being eaten. We were wishing hawks weren't a protected species! I guess they will have to be supervised if we let them out again.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
1st Camping Trip and visit to Lakeland
We went to Orlando in January to try out our pop-up camper and attend the temple. Despite heavy rain on the drive down and again through the night, we managed to stay dry had a great time. We're anxious to go camping again!
We were able to work out a last minute surprise for Kaylee when we realized that the Hawthornes were in the area the same weekend. Taylor came and spent one night with Kaylee. The girls were so excited to see each other!
There wasn't much "real" hiking available at the campground, but the kids still had fun tromping around while Derek and Roger volunteered to help with some turkey trapping.
During our trip, we made a drive up to Wekiwa Springs where the kids did some unplanned swimming in their clothes.
It was a nice warm day and we enjoyed "hiking" some more to dry everyone out. This is Florida, so "hiking" is a relative term! It was a pretty long walk, and we were all a little disappointed by the destination, but everyone ended up dry and it was good exercise at least!
The next day, we packed up the camper and headed to Lakeland to visit friends. Thanks again to Sean & Melanie for letting us stay with you. It was awesome to see everyone!
Sunday, January 17, 2010
New Year's Fun in SC
Our New Year's visit to SC was lots of fun as always!
Kaylee with one of Nate's bunnies
Mom & Dad's Christmas tree
Waiting to watch the opening of the "Shields pile" of presents. Check out Brandon and Brian - they look happy to see each other!
Nate's 34th birthday - he's so lucky to have us there to crash his party each year.
Crazy party-goers - Brandon, Brian, & Kaylee
Kaylee & Brian - the regular size update.
Kate & Kaylee
Latisha & Crystal
Brandon & Brian - these 2 spent a lot of time together!
Playing on the rocks at Table Rock State Park
Dustin & Justin playing chess
Emily & Andrew
Jeffrey
Kate - the Queen of Static Electricity!
Kaylee & Kate with Crystal after having their hair braided.
New PJ's from Crystal - she really wanted a picture of all of us, so we took one!
Nate burning the trees in the rain
The rain turned to wet snow for a short while.
It was cool, even though it didn't last.
Of course, the boys couldn't resist playing in it. The hill was actually quite slippery, so they were even able to do a little sledding before the snow turned back to rain. They came in soaking wet.
Dan & Emily
Crystal & Dad
Another addictive puzzle....
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