Oh Baby

This is the watermelon that Farmer Colby grew.  I can't believe that came our of our garden.

The garden is doing fabulous!  We are more food then we can eat and neighbors and co-workers are the current benefactors.  I love it!  The cherry tomatoes and regular tomatoes are really coming on.  We've picked at least 50 cucumbers already and at least a couple dozen peppers.

The scary thing is I have pumpkins turning orange - what am I supposed to do with them for another two months?

Good Morning!

Don't you love walking into your kitchen and seeing things like this?

Perfectly fine when we went to bed the night before - you'd think we would have heard it crash in the middle of the night - Nope!  I guess we were sleeping better than we thought.

I don't think I'd be so bugged about it if it or the house were slightly older, but we talking maybe 5 - MAYBE.

Oh well I guess - luckily between my husband and my super helpful FIL all will be right with the world soon enough and my kitchen will be ready to feed people scones on Sunday.

(Don't mind the obvious mess under my kitchen sink)

Possibly Inappropriate

We're friends - right?

(Even typing this makes me cringe, when people start a conversation like that it's generally not good, but bear with me.)

So, if we're friends can I ask you a question?

This is something I would generally ask my sisters or some girlfriends - but I have a strong feeling my results would be skued.  And by all means feel free to giggle, but I'd still like your opinion.

So, here's the topic - Hickeys.

What do you think?  Are they still labelled as "Tramp Stamps"?  Is it okay if you are under a certain age?  Is it just okay if you're married?  Is it okay to have them as long as they are not seen?  Are they offensive?  What do you think when you see somewhere sporting one?

I'm not asking because I'm hoping it's totally okay to walk around covered in bright purple hickeys, just merely a thought... It's something commonly joked about in my family and if you ever show up adorned with one there will definitely be some ribbing coming your way - but besides my often sideways family, I'm just curious what everyone else thinks.

Thank you for being my friend and giving your opinion without being offended.

Mwhhaa!

I just want you all to know how much I love you people and that you absolutely make my day!

I have been having a moment... one where I feel overwhelmed and that I'm not doing all the things I need to.  I feel stressed and I'm totally preoccupied with things that I shouldn't be and I seriously need to focus up but I'm lacking motivation....

See?  Blah, Blah Blah!

But, you?  You make me feel fantastic!  In switching to the new blog I've been going through past posts on the old blog and reading them and the comments that you sweet people make and I just have to tell you that I wish I could just hug you all!

I'm not sure how to express my love and gratitude other than to say -

Thank you! 

Today I really appreciate you friends.

(Do you feel the love?  If the answers no - I'll send cookies)

In a box or with a fox

My daughter is a giant ham - and I love it. 

We had a baby shower for my sister Melissa - she's having her first and last boy and he came as a surprise so she had gotten rid of all of her baby stuff, so we had a shower.

We bought her a stroller - which comes in a big box.

Kyah and her counsin Madi took turns playing in the box.

She's such a cute little stink!

I love that cheesy grin!

Beaver Part II

The cabin had everything we could want or need - which is fortunate because there's not much to find in Beaver otherwise.

I mean how often do you get to roast marshmallows next to a life size teepee?

The picture doesn't do it justice, but it was huge!

If it hadn't been for the rain I was seriously debating sleeping in it one night.

Me and the sick Kyah who came down with some weird something right as we got there and cried all night for the two nights we were there until we took pitty on everyone else and packed up to head home.

Poor baby!  She has since recovered, but Colby - he's got it now too.

This firepit was awesome!  I want one in my backyard.

Here's all the grandkids - minus 2.

Chloe, who is only 8 months old and baby Logan who couldn't make it.

(Don't ask about Jaxon's silly "thug" pose.  I don't know why he does such funny things sometimes.)

The cute girls!

Here's my FIL copying Jaxon's great posing techniques.

I love that the kids fit right in age wise and that they'll have counsins their age to grow up with.

I wish I could take this girl home.  She is so stinking cute!  I don't think she cried once while we were down there.  And her Mom is Mrs. Craft!  She is amazing.

Beaver Part I

My brother-in-law's aunt has this cabin in Beaver that's big enough for the whole Parrish family to go down and camp out in for a few days of fun.

I was skeptical at first - it is Beaver after all, but once we got down there we had a great time!

That's Colby and the kids playing a little Wii.

Then of course we took a dip at the local pool.

The kids loved having their cousins around and getting to play with each other from sun up to sun down.

In the backyard there was a zipline.

Jaxon tried it once (good job Jax!) and decided it wasn't his kind of thing.

Kyah tried it and wanted to go over and over and over.

She is such a dare devil - I have no idea where she gets it.

I took as much coaxing as Jaxon did to go down.

All smiles!

Colby too!

They also had an inground tramp and a putting green.

It was such a perfect little spot.