Water fight!!!

It was a hot day.


We went to the park.



Dad supplied us with water guns




That's where the mayhem started.





There's no telling where it will end.

A little slice of heaven

Without a doubt the highlight of our mad dash across the country was our stay at Heritage Hill. We found scary looking ducks who eat ticks and mosquitoes. Polliwog Bay was filled with numerous polliwogs of various sizes. Gigantic Janessa held their lives in her tiny hands as she rained down boulders on the Bay letting fate determine who would survive and who would not live to see tomorrow.

We went to "Heritage Days" which was reminiscent of a pioneer celebration with a Oaky twist. Heather is going to swap out the bottoms of all her chairs for the durable weaved creations pictured above. Kris and Janessa found pretty mules and Joseph demonstrated his skill at barrel racing.

We found kids who know what real work is, who don't like movies and who laughed when I told them my kids thought there was nothing to do and complained of being bored.

We found joy and pleasure in things pure and simple.

We found out that while some of us come from England or Germany or Scotland, Benji comes from West Plains, and he is 100% "a country boy." We found that critters be they little or big are welcome here. We found lots of love and lots of happiness. We found a piece of heaven.

Pomp and Circimstance

The begining of Roman's educational career has officially ended.

Brendan has some of the highest grades in the whole class after being here for only seven months.

Little faces in a sea of blue caps...

Yes, I am here, and I am here for you.

It is a tiny bit sad to see each year pass, growing, learning, reaching, streaching. To fast... wasn't it just yesterday? Hold on tightly soon it will be tommorow.

One more year for the history books.

Oh, to be two again when doing dishes was a game and you truly though it was fun, when you could run around naked and free and no one would care, you could say what ever was on your mind even if it came out as gibberish and people would smile.

A hug and kiss from mommy or daddy could make it all better again. Your biggest worry was where your cup and monkey were at bedtime. Yes, today I wish I was two.

Cold, cold saltwater

This posting is about alot of backs, you can't capture true interaction with the ocean from the beach.

I can't count how many times the kids got picked up and swept under by the current, but they would just get up, dust themselves off and do it again.

Jeremy had just as much fun as the kids, lets see if we can out run the waves.

Brrrrrrrendan

Kiki was very brave. I was impressed with how long she stayed in the ocean.

"Come to me ocean" says Alec

The running man.

Seahorses, Octopuses, and Starfish

Sand, sun, and a little bit of salt water, all the ingredients needed to keep seven little people very happy for an entire afternoon.

Enoch very kindly let us borrow his birthday molds that his mother had just purchased for him.

Seena as always was a wonderful big sister.

Allison decided that sand tastes very yummy.

Roman buried Kiki...

My sand angels.

Seena lost her body.



Taylor just kept running and running and running.

Seena decided that she was ready to go.

Roman dug holes.




"I am a sand monster"



Wth the coast being a balmy 64 degrees Alec and Brendan were "cool" in more ways than one.

Little footprints that warm my heart.