a little boy’s prayers

i was getting the kids ready for bed; books, songs, kisses, drinks, bathroom, kisses, hugs, and then my favorite part: prayers.

Yah is 8 (“and a half” she will tell you) she is perfectly capable of saying prayers on her own, but still likes when mommy listens and prays with her.

Ehm is three now and her prayers are more of a synopsis of the day, very cute and she proves her memory is good even though she tells me she doesn’t recall me telling her not to (insert naughty action here).

Jam is two and he prays for everything he sees. this was the case last night and his prayer went like this; “Dear Jejus, thank for today. thank for my fire truck. thank for my car. thank for tractor. thank for my truck. thank for my bed.  thank for window.” at this part her got stuck in a vehicle loop where he was thanking God for every kind of rig he could think of. after a bit, “I love you, Jejus. Aman”
 
i have all i need and am thankful for it. Jam’s sweet prayers help me to be thankful for everything, even french fries and catsup. today i am going to be aware of all the gifts God has so freely given me and i am going to pray like a little child and let His blessings be forefront in my mind.

who needs a groundhog?

it is early march, normally a very fickle month weather wise. sunny for a few moments then snowing and blowing and hailing and sleet and suddenly sunny again. after several blowing sleety days, we had a mostly sunny and calm day. this of course required us to go outside and explore.

while in the field, we discovered an open gopher hole. the dogs were very excited and wanted to find what had made the hole. Jam thought it was fun to see the dogs digging. when he saw it was an open hole, he got right in there and tried to help. he put his arm clear up to the shoulder in to the hole, trying to catch the varmint that had made it. the dogs thought it was great he was helping them.

 

Jam could not reach anything in the depths of the hole, so he sat back and said “you dig sum more.” oh what fun! to dig and fling mud and not get scolded.

after a bit, Jam wanted to see what they were after. so naturally he put his face in the hole. they all had mud and dirt all over their faces and in their hair, but isn’t that part of the fun?

the joys of being a boy with a couple of dogs

dressing with pokeys

ehm and jam were playing dress up this afternoon. ehm got out the Cinderella outfit and then got my heels and clomped danced around the house. jam thought it looked like fun and he got out a beautiful tutu and clomped flitted through the kitchen. every dancer must of course have a nice rest after such a strenuous work out…so out came the footie pajamas. ehm helped jam put  his on (over his clothes, which made them rather tight). she held out one arm and then the next. then came time for the feet, well first she convinced him to sit down and said “give me you feet, not that feet the other feet” after the first one got stuffed down into the leg opening, she said “now the next feet, and shake it all about. do the pokey pokey and do the pokey pokey….” then she got stuck in an infinite pokey loop. like a bad cd.  i think it is interesting that now we do the pokey pokey instead of the hokey pokey and all while getting ready for a play time “nap” that lasted all of 20 seconds before they got up and were playing something else. at least they are playing nicely and not hitting or biting like yesterday.

 

of course it has been a few minutes, and they are playing with the marbles and the screaming and squealing ensues… se la vie.

learnin how to be a man

daddy-0 was changing the oil in papa’s lil red car. Jam was  helping. he got into the tools and tried to eat them. how else is he to get to know which tool is right for the job?

he also made sure there was no damage to the papa’s car, he made a free inspection.



Yah loves the rachet. “it makes cool noises” (a girl after my own heart) but she did not want to hold the rag.

okay, see you again in 3 months or 30,000 miles.
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July 365 my summer in photos i heart faces #30

I am always chasing down one of the kids with the camera. One of the few occasions when I had left the camera at home, my husband turned to me and asked, aren't you going to take a picture of that? I have learned not to leave my camera in the car, memories are forever lost; and cameras get stolen by the bad guys that drilled a hole in my door. Always take the camera with you, even if you don't plan on using it, you never know what cute things those kids are going to do, and what memory you will be able to forever hold on to.
so there are lots of people doing project 365. i don't know the rules. i am making my own as i go along... i am going to take a photo each day for at least 365 days. i will post them, although not more than once per week (i just don't have the time) and i plan on commenting on what happened that day or about the photo. so i have a thing about starting in the middle of a month and waited till july to start. i thought this makes sense as it is also the start of a new fiscal year for many companies...
i think this will be fun, although i am having some trouble getting all these pics to behave the way i want them to in this post.
the best way to start anything is with family, so here are the babies meeting Grandma GG for the first time. she is 97 and is visiting from CA. we had a great time while she was here. don’t know how much longer she will last. at Granny and Gramp’s house. the girls are playing under the mountain lion (cougar) rug. they had tons of fun chasing Gramps around the house. “just like a lion dance!”

Jam playing in the park while mommy took some other little boy’s pictures.

this is the new kitty. she is so sweet. her name is maid Marion, but i call her baby.

on independence day all decked out.

my sparkler. sparklers are my absolute favorite!

Ehm declaring independence from clothes. i hope this isn’t a sign of things to come…



my place of employment

what i see in the morning when i get home from work

she has learned to drink the milk from the bowl

must pat bottom of bowl to get every last drop out

need to lick underside of bowl to be sure some cereal goodness hasn’t leaked through

yes, i love cereal, can’t you tell?

yes, this is my clothes line, these are just ordinary pants on the line, but just to the left the sprinkler is going…yep everything got soaked. i am trying to get the baby pants to grow into daddy pants no luck so far. maybe they need more water…

first night camping, s’mores are a must. Yah burns her mallows on purpose. yuck!

pretty bike downtown McCall


ice cream alley open till 10 for dancers yea!

danced at the ice rink, nice and cool ahhh

flower from hen and chicks

silly Baba kept making faces so she could see them on the LCD screen. goofy kid

beautiful Payette lake

double rainbow on the way home cool right?
work in the daylight

field growing 4 types of lettuce, looks funny to me. this is just down the road from my house

my fortune, not that i had Chinese food, just the cookie. still not sure what the unexpected event is…maybe “soon” is longer than i think

daddy-o got the pool ready for Yah’s party

invitations to the mermaid party

fluoride treatment. no complaining , she is very good for the dentist and hygienist

in the creek at Albertson’s park. the water is cold. mom and Yah had a fun time at the park by themselves

at the train depot. she is so beautiful

the pond was amazing, lots of fish too

sunset

what i see before i go to work

i did it!

in the front yard


where is ehm? she loves to play peek-a-boo with this hat. looks like holly hobby

my mom workin out. go mom!

this gal stayed at our hotel for her honeymoon and let me take a pic of her in the dress

irrigation pipe across the road from my house

i pass this ditch on my way home. i like the tall grass weeds

she tried to pull this tooth…

no it did not come out on this day, but the string slipped off and she was sure surprised

getting ready to go

ehm loves the animals

8 months old by gate number 8

look! see the sheep?

funny how they both sleep the same way. this actually happens a lot, even when they are in their beds, they will be in the same pose.

i think these are garlic flowers, i know they are not onions…just not quite sure. just down the road from our place

grain ready for the harvest

this is part of our view. fields and the hills

well this has been our July in review, hope you enjoyed coming on this photo journal journey… have a great week and check out all the other summer vacation photos over at i heart faces.



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