Popsicles for supper

This little stinker has been so fussy since Friday night.  I think it is her molar she is cutting and she is a drama queen about it.  She only wants cold things to eat.  So, I gave her a Dole Frozen fruit bar after supper last night and she loved it and had fun making a mess!!  You know I can't wait to scrapbook it on my popsicle paper I bought at Memories in Bloom :)

The Williamson County Fair!

You got to love you a Texas Longhorn!!  Chris wanted to take this picture for Pap.  Yumm yum..

 

And you got to love you some fair food!!  Funnel cakes are served in heaven.

Claire's first fair!!  She is beside goats or pigs in this picture, don't remember.  She did get to taste her first cotton candy and didn't like it much.  It came right back out!!

 

 Addie with Grandpa and a Perchiron.  forgive the spelling

Addie with her pony Pete.  She woke up Sunday morning and said she missed him.  She thought it was really cool he had glitter in his mane!




She loves the rides!!!  

Ft. Donelson

Last Sunday afternoon we decided to take a trip to Ft. Donelson.  Addie wanted to see the river and the canons.  So we got burgers and shakes from the Dairy Dip and headed there.  Not knowing that they now close the gates after 5pm we couldn't get in.  We parked at the cemetery and ate our meal.  Addie was excited just to see something different. 

Summer Livin' in Stewart County

There are so many reasons why I love where we live.  Yes a BIG reason is b/c it took 19 months to build, but beyond that I love the country!!!!  I grew up in Franklin, which was a small city back in the 70's and 80's.  No one even knew where it was.  I would always say we lived south of Nashville.  Well, not anymore as Williamson county is one of the richest counties in the state.  Good for my parents and their land value I guess, but I miss the smallness it once was.  However, almost every Saturday as a child Trey and I would go with my Dad to my grandparents out in the country.  It used to be in Nolensville, but became within the Franklin city limits years ago.  I loved it out there.  The cows, the dirt, and the garden were some great places to be.  Moving to Stewart County brings me back to those fond memories of my childhood.  I love to watch Addie outside, b/c she has wide open spaces to run, jump, laugh, and play.  Claire will be right there beside her when she chooses to learn to walk :).  

These are Chris's tomatoes.  We got them planted late May/early June.  They are all still green, but starting to turn red this week.

This is our fancy little garden.  Moving here so late in May we didn't get to do a garden, so Chris got some protein tubs and we grew them in those!!  They are overflowing and so huge!!!
 
  Our Bird feeder outside our back porch. 

Addie and I had a girls weekend last weekend b/c Chris was on a canoe trip.  We did something crazy and painted our nails black, like Hannah Montana Addie said. 

***The one thing that is driving me crazy since we moved is this great sweet dog of ours, Tucker.  We have had him for 7 years and he "escapes".  He and Bogie lived it up here on the farm for the first 3 weeks we were here.  Well, after that he has decided to roam, roam, roam!!!  He always ends up on the same road up by our house, never at the same house.  They call our number on his collar and I go get him.  We are going round and round right now w/him.  Well, this past week I went to pick him up on his favorite road/ Redtop road and he gets in my car dirty/wet and all and sits in my seat.  I move him to the back of course b/c he is nasty!!!!  Well, 3 days later I discover he has given me poison oak on the back of my leg were he must have gotten it on his fur and rubbed it all in my driver's seat>>>>> you got to love animals!!!

So I of course do not go to the doctor and am self medicating myself!!  Will let you know how that goes.  Does anyone want a black lab???  :)

Addie and Claire enjoying homemade snow cones!!!  Claire's is in a cup, what a great smile you have in this photo sweetie!!  I can't get this kid to smile in a picture to save my life!!!!!!

Change in 1 year!!

Look at the difference in 1 year!!!  I love this baby girl and can't believe that she really is no longer a little baby!!!  Time flies......

Our New Addition

We acquired us a new dog.  Her name is Sallie, name given by her owner Addie.  Sallie was in the parking lot at the Piggly Wiggly in Dover.  Addie, Claire and I had gone there to pick up some food for Father's day back in June.  We got to the car and Addie was petting this dog and I told her to stop b/c we didn't know if it was nice or not.  The bagger at the Pig, said Oh yea she is great she has been hanging out here for over a week.  Well I looked at her and knew I couldn't let her stay there in this heat so I loaded her up, only to probably take her to Chris's clinic on Monday.  Well we did take her to the clinic, but only to have her spayed and checked out, as she was now a Lewis!!!  Bogie and Tucker love her and it is like we have had her all along.  

Butterflies and Bubbles

Aunt Sherri and Uncle Mike and Hayden spoiled Addie for her 4th birthday.  She got LOTS of packages in the mail and she loved them so much for days she kept saying, "Mom, how did Aunt Sherri know I like all these things?"  Well one of the gifts was a butterfly garden.  We mailed in a form for the larvae to be shipped to us and then after so many days we put them in Addie's net butterfly garden.  After they all hatched into butterflies I showed Addie and she headed towards the front door.  I said Addie what are you doing??  She said, "I want them to be free."  I explained to her that if we did let them go she wouldn't get them back.  Her wise little 4 yr old response was, "I know mom, I want them to go free, they should be free."  As tears filled my eyes, I looked at Chris and he had the biggest grin on his face.  We both told her how proud we were that she wanted to release them.  

Here are a few tub time photos of the girls!!  Claire likes to chew on the barbies feet.