Video....maybe!

     I captured a moment with Charlie on video that I wanted to share but if you follow this blog at all you'll know posting video is not my strong suit but I've posted it to youtube in hopes that it will than post on here so here we go.

   I think it worked!!  Enjoy.  She's the cutest/naughtiest girl :-)
P.S.  Sorry it's not in full screen mode, I'm still learning to turn my phone sideways for videos.

Hard work

      The wood is all split and stacked and it was a huge project but everyone pitched in and helped and we got it done. We easily have a 3 to 4 year supply of wood!

The beginning.

Waiting for wood to stack.

This is in progress.  That back stack are logs that still have to be split!!  Who puts unsplit wood in a nice pile all the way in the back of the garden!? (Greg does!)

Brock helped....in the beginning.

McClane was very helpful controlling the lever.

This is where Charlie was happy and out of the way.

Such a cute boy.

DONE!!  Wood and more wood.

We picked all the pumpkins to get them out of our way in the garden and Charlie took special interest in this one.

Here's this years harvest of pumpkins. And what do you think of the "log pants" Kayli found in the wood pile?

All BOY!

      I'm so glad all that wood is split and stacked and if Greg even hints at getting more wood to split and stack I might have to pinch his upper thigh!

Campout, State Fair and tree fall

      So this week I have a few more photos than I did last week, starting with a photo of Isaac at the mom and son camp out last Saturday.

He loved his camping stick.

     Camping with just one kid and having the scoutmaster take care of all the meals was the best mini vacation I've ever had.

      Monday we decided to go to the State Fair for family night. It's the first time we've been to the state fair in several years and despite it being a little rainy it was a fun night. We spent most of our time checking out all the fun farm animals. I also attempted to buy all the kids a corndog at one of the corndog stands but they only took cash and when I saw that they were seven dollars apiece I was so thankful I did not have enough cash on me. (I never have that much cash on me! Seriously, where do they come up with these prices?!)

They both didn't know what to make of each other.

Kayli had to get a selfie with this cutie.

Momma and babies.  

   While we were walking by all the pig pens there were several empty pens and McClane came to the first empty pen and said, "It died."  He is so silly lately.

Tiny farm animals are the best.

She was at the perfect level for petting.

This baby was probably only a day or two old. So cute!

Got ya!

The kids got to check out the army tank.  The boys were in heaven.

Every boys dream!

       Then we had a couple of our "quakies" out front that needed to be cut down.  One was dead and the other one was on its way out. This is something we've been discussing all summer and Greg finally decided it was time to let them go. He also enjoys using our neighbors chainsaw any chance he gets.

Before

Trees are down.

Clean up in progress and the house is 'naked'.

     I'd post the videos but I'm still not sure how to do that. They both fell down without a hitch.

Now we get to spend our weekend cleaning up not only the two trees but all the wood in the garden that needs to be split and stacked. Thank goodness we have five boys who can turn into slave labor with the right kind of bribery.

What a mess!!

It may take longer than this weekend but hopefully we can put a dent in it.

Naps!

     I love nap time and Princess Charlie is a fantastic napper!  McClane doesn't nap but he's great at entertaining himself most of the time.  Some days I luck out and get a quick nap myself and other times I'm able to get chores done or better yet, read quietly by myself for a little bit.  Even Greg lucks out occasionally and gets a nap WITH Charlie, that's the best part about napping babies.

      This week hasn't been too exciting so that's the only photo I've taken all week.  I am going on a mom and son campout with Isaac tonight, which I'm really looking forward to.  And there's a chance we might take the kids to the State Fair this weekend but all will depend on Greg's work schedule.  He's still working a ton of over time so we'll have to see how his day is going but that's our tentative weekend plans for now.