My Deep Thinker

I think we all get one of these as we raise our chicks.

The one who teaches us so much about our world.

Remy had been the one to show me the beauty of the creatures that FREAK me out. He has encouraged me to hold and commune with nature. He has given our family so much. We are blessed to have him. :) 

Remy's Video of the Day

He had an inchworm on his paper and soooo....we get to watch an inchworm. ;)

~*~*~A Picnic~*~*~

Matthew was off of work today and so we had the picnic I had been planning for a while now. :)

I read them a picnic book...

And then we were all full...

We had some picnic visitors...

...and picnic math...

Elijah painted this scene...

Some moss on a piece of bark fell from the tree and Remy decided to paint that.

I decided to just paint the children...

The aftermath of a well-loved and yummy picnic. ;)

Swim Day at Sherrie's House!

Matthew had to be away one day for a while and I have grown so accustomed to having my Mattmos around that he had to have Sherrie babysit me. :) She is such a great sitter! Why didn't I have one that good while I was a child?

Sherrie's pool surely had a workout that day.

This is one of the ONLY photos I have of Elijah because he wouldn't stay above water. He loves the water now.

Remy was very photogenic that day. Matthew got some great photos!

The kids had started out with making water ballons with little water balloons. They were using the jets from the pool filter to fill them up. I have to admit that they were fun and I had a hand in filling some too. Madison had the GREAT idea of using normal sized balloons. It was so funny!

Those balloons were so much fun!

Here is Carter trying to get that balloon tied off. It was hard!

Madison's face in this one...hee hee...cracks me up!

Sherrie and I!

Sherrie grilled hot dogs and they were so good. :)

Here is a photo of the balloon arsenal the kids had saved up.

Look at my sweet Remy! I could eat him up!

Of course there is always some kind of critter to share. Look at this neat caterpillar! What is this? I haven't had the time to sit at the computer to find out!

Shoot 'em Remy! Look at his little tongue in this one. Hee hee...

Matthew did manage to get one photo of them all.

We had so much fun and it made the time pass so fast, too fast! Sherrie, you are one of my favorite peoples!!!!!

Around the Yard...and What Remy Wants to be When he Grows UP!

We have been spending almost all of our time outside in an effort to raise our temperatures and kill of the evil cold buggies! Eli and Remy are doing okay with it and we hope that kind of luck continues since we will not have our Cobra insurance take effect until 45 days from now. Anything we seek treatment for we will have to pay up front and then later they will refund us. We have pretty much decided to keep to ourselves as much as possible in order to keep as many germs as possible away. Pray for our health for the next month!

One night I went out with a flashlight and found this guy! I have searched and I cannot figure out what he is. :( Any help?

Remy is keeping a collection of all the dead bugs he finds along with the lizard skull he will not part with. YUCK!

My little bean photos I posed about in an earlier post were actually flowers that opened up and then fell off to reveal the real beans! Seems I got a little excited about the baby beans! :)

The roses in the front yard are blooming so well this year. Granted, we finally trimmed them the way we were supposed to this year. ;)

My silly boy...

...wants to be this when he grows up...

You have to look closely but you can see the little monkey clinging to his side in the picture. He wants to go into the wild and find animals for his zoo...just like Steve Irwin.