Still..

 ...trying to pick the highlights of the summer to catch up and get back to more current things.  I'm the type of person that if I get too far behind, I don't want to just move on, I want to go back and spend time catching up.  The only problem with that is I think I have too much catching up to do and I never seem to spend the time.  Its a full random circle..lol.  I also haven't been taking many pictures.  The few that are still on my camera are going to be there awhile, my sweet honey packed my cord to the camera, so I can't upload.  Oh, BTW, I haven't mentioned it on here, but we are moving in a couple of weeks.  We are super excited and when I can get my pictures uploaded I'll share all about the move and new house pictures.  How random was all of that?  It has nothing to do with my pictures...moving on!

In July, my mom brought the cousins to visit.  HG is absolutely in LOVE with her cousins.  They are so sweet to her and do anything she wants.  She like having someone to boss that will listen :)   

Mom and I decided to take the kids to Wild Animal Safari.  It was so much fun and we found out it was perfect for all the kids.  

On our way...cute Chloe

Little Kate

Mom getting animal food

The white tigers were awesome

Cole and the parrot having a conversation.  He got him to say hello;)

Feeding the bunnies

Not sure what we are looking at, but it makes me smile.

Feeding the baby giraffe.

HG in 'weee' heaven.

A picnic lunch before the bus animal tour.. HG and the Sun chips are busy:)

First time on a bus

In heaven feeding the deer.  That is Chloe's favorite animal.

A little Iphone to pass the time..lol

The animals get really close...kinda gross if you ask me, but the kids really liked it.

Can you see the camel's head?

It was a little long for sleepy HG

But, she had no problem being entertained by gram.

Kate feed a yak, I think?

If you are ever in Strafford, MO take the time and go to the Wild Animal Safari, it is way worth the time:)

A Trip to NWA

Early July, HG and I headed down to Fayetteville to spend some time with Maw Maw and Aunt Jo (a.k.a Jo Jo).  We had such a fun time and HG ate up all the attention she got at Maw Maw's house.  One evening we went outside to water the plants.  Hadley was all about helping :)

Hg and Maw Maw

Helping JoJo

Forget the bucket, she went straight for the hose

Which turned into a huge mud puddle. See, I told you she is a big help.

I love her little arm here, watering with style.

Now it was time for the sprinkler...aka ball wash:)

Now that she is soaking wet, she decided to carry the sprinkler over to the flowers.

Helping JoJo clean up

This girl is happiest when she has a job..she says, 'help you momma' all the time

While HG was busy playing, I snuck away and got to snuggle this sweet thing.
My friend Terria just had the sweetest baby girl, Sarah Grace.

There is nothing like spending some quality time with my Maw Maw and Aunt Jo.  We don't do it often enough, but when we do, it is priceless.

Movie Monday

Last week HG and I surprised dad at work with some lunch. All the way there she kept saying, 'daddy lunch, yay!'. She was so excited! When we got there, she decided to 'help' instead of eat right away. While she was playing, I decided to film her so you could see some of her excitement. When I asked her what she was doing I thought she was going to say 'working' or ' daddy lunch' but instead, this is what she said...

Cracks me up every time!


After lunch she decided it was time to race! She likes to say, ' on your mark, get set, go Hadley!'


She did finally slow down enough to grab a quick bite.





She was BIG stuff sitting in dads chair;).

Play doh

Looking for fun activities inside this week included introducing HG to play doh. Here she is with her glamma making impressions. We have been working on things that are the same, so she is bossing Glam on how to organize the ones that match;)

What? Father's day was over a month ago?

How can that be?  How is it that I never got around to posting about Father's day and HG's awesome dad!

 Well, good thing he is still just as awesome as he was a month ago:)

 I know I have said it before, but these two are seriously attached at the hip.  They love playing together.  He is her comfort whenever she is unhappy or unsure of something.  He is so sweet to her and does anything she bosses him to do;)  They have the tightest bond, which I love.

Hadley was DONE taking pictures, so here is Josh left alone.  Don't think he minded:)

 Thanks babe, for being the BEST dad!  HG and I love you more than words!

Here are some my favorites of HG and daddy playing on Father's Day.

 He tells her all the time that he is going to tackle her and she just giggles and says 'daddy tackle'

Keeping it cool

Wow, it is HOT! I'm not complaining, but it is a little difficult to keep an almost 2 year old entertained by staying inside.  So, the only activities we end up doing outside involve water, and lots of it.  On Saturday we pulled out the sprinkler and she had a blast. 

 I couldn't pick just a few of the pictures.  I picked a whole bunch!

I can't get enough of that happy face.

 Needed a little break and kiss from daddy

 Now it is Glam'ma's turn

These days are by far my favorite.  I just can't get enough!

Fourth of July-BB Style

While I try to catch up on blogging, I'll go ahead and work a little backwards.  

We had the BEST July 4th weekend!  We headed over to Eureka Springs after church on Sunday to spend some time at Bonny Brooke with Josh's mom.  Before we went though, we went Friday to go buy the fireworks.  Josh is the biggest kid all the time, but especially on the 4th.  He gets giddy about going to pick out fireworks.  He maps out a plan to hit up the best tents to ensure we get the best of what everyone has :) HG was so excited to go 'shoppin' in a tent.  In the first tent she just kept looking up and yelling 'tent, tent!' In the second tent, she got herself a basket and started loading up on the goods, that's my girl.                                           Here is what we ended up with.

When we got home, we decided to try out some smoke bombs.   As you can see, HG did not like them AT ALL.  The colored smoke coming towards here was so not cool :)

(side note: I am not responsible for this outfit, more on that later)

Once we got to Eureka, HG took a nap, we stuffed our faces with yummy food and decided to try a few fireworks.  It's like Christmas around here, we are not the best at waiting for either one.  Hadley was fine watching them from a distance in Glam's arms, but after each one she would say 'All Done, Bye'

Her little cheeks get so red, so we came in to cool off.

But not for long.  There is always something fun to do on the farm. 

Like driving a pink mustang.

                        

 Checking out the pond with fish and frogs

 

 And going to see Lucky.

 He seemed very tired and kept yawning..lol

I forgot to take my camera when we did the actual fireworks. Not sure I could have done them justice, but we had a great time lighting them off.  We had a competition to see who picked out the best ones, and since this is my blog, I'll be happy to tell you I won :)  Actually, my big firework misfired and scared the pants off of us, but I say that counts as winning.

So, Happy Birthday America.  I'm thankful for a free country and I'm so grateful for the foundation of God that we are built on!