Mimi's Blankets

Heath caught Mimi making travel blankets for his cousins. They were red and black school colors for them to carry on the bus for out of town school events. The nephews love them, but Heath was majorly jealous. 

Right then, he declared that Mimi needed to make him an orange blanket. Then he proceeded to dig through her material and pick out what he wanted. What grandma can resist that????

Today, Mimi delivered his new blanket and he hasn't been more than a foot away from it all afternoon. He loves it!

Of course, Mimi couldn't leave brother out, so he chose green for his blanket. He loves it!  They are so comfy and so soft. 

Mama may steal them. 

Country Comes to Town

The boys have learned a new song. I'm sure from school because it's not the type of music Chris and I listen to. 

The boys: we can whip, whip and we can nae, nae....

Chris: Boy, what's a nae, nae?

Boys: You know Dad, like a horse goes neigh, neigh. 

September Happenings

We had "Preppy Day" at school. We don't do preppy very well at our house, but I managed to scrounge this together.

We saw the blood moon and the eclipse.  This called for a family selfie.

We love watching our favorite football player on Friday nights. He loves us too!

This little man shot these two dove All. By. Himself!!

Bird Boys

September = Dove Season

We love bird hunting around our house. The boys are great at retrieving the birds and get really mad when Warden beats them to the downed birds. The twins have actually been requesting that we leave him at home so the competition isn't so tough. 

Playing in the mud.....what could be more fun....

Maybe shooting frogs with their BB guns???

September = Football Season. 

We love #12!!!!  Go Braves!

Persimmon Jelly

All around our new house we have Persimmon trees.  I'd never even heard of Persimmons until I moved out there, but our friends tell us that they are a yummy fruit and really good to eat once the fruit turns black.

On a mission to test this out, the boys and I picked a whole bucket full of black ones over the course of a few days. It was difficult to find good black ones that they deer, raccoons, and birds hadn't gotten to first, but we managed.

After washing the fruit, I boiled it so that I could get the juice.

I didn't have any cheese cloth, so I strained it through one of Chris' old t-shirts. (It was clean)

Then I started the jelly making process.

The juice is very black.  I would like to call it a dark plum color, but I would be lying....it's black.

The final result is some very tasty.....very black jelly.

I'm a little leery about giving Black Jelly as a gift, so if you want some let me know.

SUPER Kindergarten

It wasn't the easiest decision, but we decided to keep our boys in Kindergarten for another year.  We are calling it SUPER Kindergarten.  They both have new teachers.  Heath has Mrs. Audrey Holmes, and Hunter has Mrs. Kindra Tutle.  They are both super excited and very happy with their teachers so far.  Of course, they will miss their other friends that went on to 1st grade, but they will make new friends soon.

July

The twins and I spent the 4th of July at home.  We had hamburgers at my parents house, then went into town to watch the fireworks.  Daddy was, of course, working the lakes.

Soon after the 4th, we went to our favorite river destination.  We had a ton of fun.  The boys fished and I read my books.  We caught fish and swam a lot.

Wild and Mild entertained us with their guitar playing abilities in a "fireplace hearth concert."

We went to the Oasis and had a wonderful weekend with friends.  Heath caught numerous bass, a couple of perch and almost caught a huge catfish all by himself.

Hunter caught some bass and perch, too, but he struggles with the patience needed to fish.

Since then, we've been home doing normal "home" things and swimming at the tank every afternoon.  I still am not letting anyone mention that dreaded "S" word that will be starting up again soon.  We are enjoying our summertime too much.