Tractor Pull

Here are pictures of the Tractor Pull I promised everyone. Eric and Merlin both came in second in the classes that they pulled in. We had alot of fun just hanging out with friends all day and eating fair food (yummy corn dogs!)

Eric thinks the black smoke makes this a great picture.
Merlin getting ready to pull.

A shower for Lacie

Last night we had a baby shower for Rachel Clark and her sweet baby girl Lacie Elaine. Sorry I did not get any pictures of the baby, she was passed around and I had to "run" the shower.

I took a picture of the entire table but alas it was fuzzy, so here are some pictures of each section. These are some Turkey Tortilla Roll ups and the very cute napkins I got for a dollar a package. I love a sale.
This is a Snickers Cake from "Yummys Bakery" their cakes are really good.
And my favorite the yummy vegetable pizza, I even have left overs. Yeah
And last but not least the punch and good ole water.
And here is the mother holding the blanket that my mother in-law, sister in-law and I gave her along with a set of pink decorative boxes. We had a great time and she received my oohs and aah's over the cute little dresses, blankets, towels , etc.
I guess I'd better get off the computer and go mow my yard so I can be done in time to go to the Tractor Pull with my husband. I don't know if he will pull or just Merlin, but I will be sure to take plenty of pictures to my faithful readers can see what kind of fun country people have. We will be at the fair so I might just have to sneak in a trip to the goat pens as well, I want a goat but husband says no. Well I hope everyone has a great weekend and I will post more for you at a later date.

The cow's in the corn...

This morning I woke up and saw something that I don't usually see. Someones cows in the bean field across the road, a few minutes later they were on the gravel road and then across the road. And then they were in our corn field. We had some pretty nasty weather last night and I guess the fence was broke or they were just out taste testing every ones fields. Well anyway that is about the extent of the exciting things happening here. I have to get my house cleaned, we are having Rachel Clarke's baby shower here tomorrow night. Hope everyone is having a great week and I will post more of our exciting life later.

Pretty Flowers

Here are a few pictures of my beautiful flowers. The daylilies in the front flower bed are full of blooms and make the house look great. Sorry about the odd angle, I turned the camera a little too much. My alligator guarding the house. Payton would not touch it until I touched it first, she must have thought it would bite her.
This pot is on the back patio. There are more pots out their but the were too thirsty and did not want their picture taken.
This Clematis was here when we moved here and every year it looks like this, I never have to do a thing with it. As you can tell I love my plants. I will have more pictures when the other daylilies start blooming.
Hope everyone has a great weekend. We are so happy the rain has stayed away and the guys are getting the beans planted. Although I have hardly seen Eric this week, it will be nice when they get done.

Quick update

I will give everyone a brief update on what is going on around here and I will post some pictures later. Yesterday evening we started VBS, the first night went very well, the kids were so good and we had no trouble makers. I am doing the crafts for the 4,5 and 6 year olds, the are alot of fun. Pray that we have a successful VBS and get some new families coming to church.
Another exciting thing is that is has not rained since Thursday! YEAH! Eric was able to start planting beans today. This is wonderful and we sure hope the nice dry weather continues. Bye for now.

God is Good...

After all the rain, wind and destruction we looked out and saw this wonderful sight.

It was a full rainbow and you could barely see part of another one (a double).

I think this was God's way of telling us that He will always be with us and

protect His children. We just thank the Lord that none of us was hurt and

the damage was nothing that we can not handle.