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Friday, November 20, 2009

On Veteran's Day, we went on a field trip the Maryhill Museum in Goldendale, Wa. That is about 2 hours from our house. They have a whole floor designated to Native American artifacts. We have been studying the Native Americans for a couple of months and it was great to spend some time looking at actual things that they made.

There were a ton of peacocks roaming the grounds outside the museum. It was so great, you could just walk right up and take their picture. The girls of course decided to stay inside, while mom went out and took the pictures.

This is outside the museum. It is up on a hill above the Columbia River. These hills you see in the background are actually in Oregon. It was quite windy being near the river, so the girls were pretty cold.

They also had a "metal sculpture" area out on the grounds. It was a little too cold to spend too much time looking at them.

Awana Grand Prix

Awana Grand Prix was this Wednesday evening. If you don't know what that is, it is similar to the Pine Wood Derby. Anyway, this is Lexi's car, The Weiner Dog. She was very excited to run it in the race. It was not built for speed, so it came in about 15th place, but it was fun to watch.

As you can see her, she did take a prize for "Best Non-Car Design". She took 2nd. One of the leaders asked if she put a real hotdog in the "wood bun". Dad thought that was great because they worked so hard on making it look like a real hot dog. It actually had the "seam" markings on the ends.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

What....she's not afraid??

As many of you know, Shelby is afraid of just about every living thing. She is very scared of dogs, cats and has never liked petting zoos. Here you see her feeding a goat. She spent about 1/2 an hour feeding these goats. She had such a great time.

She is so happy to be by the sheep as well. She actually pet the sheep. I can't even tell you how excited I was to see her having fun instead of being scared.

She is actually petting a bunny. She stuck her fingers in the cage and everything. She wanted to spend so much time with the animals, I was a little concerned that someone had stolen my child and substituted her for someone else.

Lexi was also very excited to spend some time with the animals. She was feeding them as well.

Visit to the Pumpkin Patch

Today, we went to the pumpkin patch with our small group from church. We had a great time. They had a hay maze for the kids, a corn maze, and fire pits with private party areas.

We had roasted hot dogs and made smores. It was a lot of fun. We attempted the corn maze, but after about 1/2 hour we ended up at the entrance again and we did not think we could go any further. We had a great time walking around in circles.

We went on a hay ride and the kids had a great time. They thought it went really slow, but it was fun no less. John and the guys in small group started talking about tractors with scoop hoods and dragster possibilities and the women just rolled our eyes and laughed.

They had a petting zoo as well. The girls actually had a good time feeding the goats, sheep and pigs. All in all we had a great day. The weather was good, but a little cold. It started to rain at the end, so it was a good time to go.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Our beautiful girls

I was out taking pictures of the beauty that we live in and the girls were with me. I had to take a couple of pictures of the beauties that God gave us. Shelby is 7 1/2 and doing great. She is still so active and growing like a weed....how do we make the growing thing stop?

I don't know about anyone else, but this little one does not look 9 1/2 to me. She is getting so mature and really loving the idea of growing up. I, however, am having a very rough time of it.

I look at these smiling faces and I thank God for my girls. We have been so blessed with healthy, active, crazy girls and I would have it no other way. There are days when I want to pull my hair out, but I think I will print this picture and remind myself of the treasures that I have.