Water we doing?

Last weekend was FUN! We hosted a teen fun event for local church of Christs. Here is a short collage of the event.

BBQ!

Water Balloon station.

Yes. Things got a little crazy - but no one got hurt (at least not seriously hurt).

The little ones liked throwing water balloons ... but, of course, there are consequences.

Some took the water fun serious.


All-in-all there were about 20 good friends that showed up. Wow, what a fun time.


The roof on the cat hou... errr, enclosure is on.

Thanks for looking and being a part :)

Sycamore Cats

It's been a little while. Times iz busy. My oldest son graduated, Kids are on school break, I'm moving to a different building at work, lot's going on at church - whew!

Ithought I'd take a quick time-out and do a quick status update on the cat hou.... errrr enclosure. all of the main frame and rafter beams are up and I've just started laying the cross members to support the roofing.

For Father's Day I received a new addition to our family - a sycamore tree. Isn't it cute? This li'l baby can get tall and it has the most beautiful bark. I hope it lives. Right now we planted it by the ol' goat shed. Eventually the shed will get moved and it will be able to have more breathing room. We also plan on inviting Zacheus to dinner some day - but it needs to grow a little more.

Free fishing day!

Saturday morning... we get up and grab the old fishing poles from the shed. After a few hours, I've got 3 of them cast-worthy. Not sure about 2 others, but we take them along with us any way.

I take my two youngest boys and my daughter out for lunch and then off to Park Center pond to see if we can't have a little fun.

It's been a while since we've been fishing - more than a year. After hitting about 20 snags and 1 really close call with the people next to us, the kids are getting really good at casting.

And casting they did... many, many throws out into the pond. The weather overcast and a thunderstorm was threatening in the distance - the fish did not want to play.

We saw a few jump so we hung in there... but no one was catching any fish.

Pretty soon we were the ones swimming - not our worms. A beautiful rainstorm hit with huge drops of rains that soaked everything. It was warm out so we actually enjoyed the weather. We called it a day without fish and went home.

Rainbow Tomato

Today we played in the garden before I scurried off to work.

A very nice person I work with gave me a magical tomato start. The plant is called a rainbow tomato and we planted it with loving care!

Jordan is glad the watermelon he planted two days ago is still alive.

Jacob is proud of his pumpkins. One we planted, the other is a volunteer from last year.

Thought I'd give everyone an update on the cat enclosure. The main beams are up. We are waiting the money to come in to buy the roofing material.

Had a beautiful grey heron fly directly over my head as soon as I got out of my car to go into work. Was not able to get a picture.