Girls Night



It was Hannah's turn to spend an evening after work with me, several weeks ago. . .
Hannah and I went to Kohl's & spent over an hour shopping there! 




Purchases and smiles !



DQ for supper. I took another picture at the DQ that Hannah was appalled to see and forbid me from posting!  So I wont' but it really wasn't that bad either.

and her favorite . . . Peanut Butter sundae with extra peanutbutter

I found this adorable picture of Hannah from 2003 when I was searching my photo files to upload the girls night pictures.
Too cute !   And wow, has she grown a lot....

Sunday afternoon fun

Took the kids to the local state park this afternoon

Josh

Hannah



Zach



and Noah

I told them to all hold hands for this picture.... Hmm, I see someone isn't exactly doing that !

The park has a really nice playground too ~ Noah enjoying the slide.

Hannah on the swing

Zach on the stand up swing

& Josh on the boys favorite thing to do, climb onto this pole that has hydraulics to lower and raise it.

One last smile for the day !

Another date . . .

 Monday night was Noah's turn to have a "date" with me ! Dora dropped him off at my house & we worked for a little bit transplanting some ornamental grass.  He found a few earthworms and was having fun separating them from the clumps of dirt. Unfortunately one of them didn't fare so well & broke in half. Noah very seriously asked me if I had a bandaide he could put on it because it was bleeding. When I told him no, he said Oh well, now I have two worms instead of just one.

 On our way to the Dairy Queen, I asked him if he liked being all by himself with mom tonight when they came in to my house. He said Yeah, that way I got to be a passenger. (I think he meant he was able to ride in the front passenger seat). So then I asked him about eating at the DQ and asked if he knew what mom was fixing. He said yeah it's bad food and I'm glad I'm not going to be there so I don't have to eat it !  I asked him what it was - first he said "pork chop or something, no- it's potato soup. Dad doesn't like it, Zach doesn't like it, Hannah doesn't like it and neither does Josh. Just Mom. Only her. I don't know why she's cooking it for. I am eating at the Dairy Queen so I don't have to worry about eating it" ...   I mentioned that I liked potato soup & he said, Oh good!  Mom can give you some to take home then.

After we ate, we had an errand to run. Out of the blue while we were driving Noah said, yep when I tell Mom about Hannah she's definitely going to get a paddle. I asked him what exactly Hannah had done & he said he couldn't even tell me!  A little later he pointed out the fact that he knew there were several bridges we were passing and I should just ask him about it since he knows about them!  He also laughed and when I asked him what was funny, he started to say something & looked at me, said - um, nah, maybe I better not say it! When I asked him why, he said because I just can't say it....

You never know what Noah is going to come up with next ~ he is very entertaining!!



Noah ~ very happy to be in the front passenger seat !  By the way Dora, Yes, he is sitting in a booster seat!





Enjoying that peanut butter milkshake!  He dipped his chicken and his fries in his milkshake too!





Enjoying Spring !

Hanging Basket for back yard

Sandstones I brought in to "the city" from the country ~ along side of house.

Phlox blooming ~ Lilac will be blooming soon!



Front yard hanging basket. Hope to have something sturdier to hang it on soon!



Azalea blooming






Front of house with hanging basket & Azalea blooming...



Beautiful Spring Days . . .

This doesn't really show the spring flowers blooming in the front yard

My lilac bush smells so good right now & is so full of blooms~

Belle - my great hunter ~ showing her catch, a pesky mole.
Extra treats for her tonight !  Last year she caught three.  I don't like moles at all; they can be really destructive.

Date Night

Last night after work, Josh and I had a date night since he had a dentist appt at 3:30 pm. Dora dropped him off so she could go clean.  We had a fun night!  It started when we left work & watched an old man trying to get on Maple Ave but was in the wrong lane. He was in the 2 lanes for incoming traffic. It didn't faze him a bit when 2 other vehicles pulled into the hospital & barely missed him.   Then he V E R Y slowly pulled onto Maple after the light turned.  Before long, he was S P E E D I N G down Maple & pulled right in front of someone... Josh laughed so much at him.   

Then we went to Lowes.... Now only Josh would discuss how you make hay while walking through Lowes. He is quite talkative when he is by himself!  So he said, Aunt Angie, can you tell me how to make hay? Do you know? So I told him about square bale haymaking & he said, well how about if I just tell you ok? He started to talk about the baler & said, well actually I will just start from when it gets mowed down ok? And proceeded to tell all about cutting hay, baling it with a round baler and a square baler, how the string works, the mechanics of the inside on a square baler. And how he wasn't exactly sure about a round baler but there is an alarm that sounds that lets you know when the bale is completed. Then we went to the paint counter & waited a while. Another man came to the counter & pretty soon he was waited on. I commented to Josh that we were the first ones there but I guess the other person needed waited on first.  Mr Josh said in his very scolding voice, Patience Angie, patience.  

We stopped for supper at the DQ!  Then when we went to Dad's, Uncle Tad took Josh to bottle feed Buttercup. Which reminds me, Josh told me that he knows what he wants me to get him for his birthday and it's alive!  He said he wants a German Shepherd puppy & Mom told him she knows he'd take good care of one because he's the only one that takes Rusty out for a walk or takes care of the other animals!  

Josh helped me load rocks in the bag of my vehicle & then we got the mule, of course he got to drive it since no one else was there competing for the driver's seat. We loaded more rocks for Dora & delivered them....   Quite a nice date night with my favorite 7 yr old nephew!

Checking out the John Deere lawn mowers

Demonstrating how to operate a zero turn mower...

Lunchtime walk

Most days at lunchtime, if we are finished with patients in time, I walk the trail on the grounds of the hospital. Each lap is one mile & we usually walk it twice. ~ Becky, from work, walks with me. ~ However, since she has a   broken toe, I walked alone this week. I paused several times for some pictures. This is my favorite time of year

to walk the trail... We have been walking together for about 8 or 9 yrs now.

Deer at the nursing home

and at the edge of the woods

and by the side of the trail... They aren't afraid of people.