2July2009
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Then May 2005
As we were traveling to Oatman, Arizona from Laughlin, Nevada we came across this car. Then Jason and I remembered seeing a similar car on this same road that we had photographed in May 2005. So here is the then and now….
Now June 2009
On the back of this car it say “DONK”! As you can see it’s been shot up..
Upon closer inspection, I don’t think they are the same car.
24June2009
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Today 24 June 2009 Jason found someone who is willing to take our little hummingbird. I asked Nikki and Elizabeth if they wanted to go with me to take the hummingbird. Elizabeth immediately said, “Yes.” Nikki thought for a moment and said, “No, because I don’t want to have to say goodbye. I don’t want to cry.” So Elizabeth and I drove to Sedona to meet Wilma. Wilma is a sweet old woman who started caring for birds about 15 years ago. She had another “hummer” (as she calls them) that was smaller then the one we brought. She told me she is working with another woman who releases the birds for her. Wilma has had three successful “hummer” releases so far this year. She will be feeding the “hummer” every hour. I will check in occasionally to see how our little hummingbird is progressing. She said that it looks really healthy. So we are hopeful for another successful release. Maybe I can be there the day it is released to take pictures…
Another cute thing that happened.. I was talking with Nikki about the other hummingbird that died. I said, “You didn’t cry when the other hummingbird died.” She said, No because it was magic.” “What do you mean it was magic?” I asked. She replied, “Since it didn’t get fed it just magically died!” I couldn’t respond because the logic was so simple and cute!
23June2009
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This morning 23 June 2009 Nikki went outside to check out our garden. She is keeping track of all the veggies/fruits in our garden. She hollered for me to bring my camera because she had something cool for us to see. I of course brought my camera to see what what so exciting to her. She said, “Look!” and she pointed at this….
It was surprising to see one, but very surprising to see two. These two tiny hummingbirds were stuck in our garden. We have tried to leave them alone so that possibly the mom or dad hummingbirds could come and bring them back to the nest or at least feed them. Well, we tried to call the Humane Society and our local Animal Control. They told us to leave them alone.
Our girls were put on cat watch from the front yard. That way if the parents came to get them they wouldn’t be disturbed and the cats wouldn’t eat the babies. Jason and I would check on them to make sure they were still there, but finally about an hour ago one of them died. I fear the same fate for the one left. I have done all that I can do to keep them comfortable. I pray that these little cute animals know that we did all we could! Being helpless in this matter is so humbling. I wish there was more that I could do for these little creatures. They are so cute!
21June2009
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Back in May we decided to plant a garden. Jason and I have never had one in our married lives and we thought it would be good to try it out. I went to visit my brother-in-law in the garden department at The Home Depot. He helped me get the things I needed to get our garden ready. Today Nikki came in and told us that we had a pepper on the plant. Being the person that I am I grabbed my camera. Sure enough we have our first pepper. It’s kind of shriveled. I hope it is okay. While we were out there we also found three tomatoes. So we have our first pepper and three tomatoes. We are so excited!!!
Our First Pepper…
The First Tomato….
The First Tiny Tomato…
The First Largest Tomato….
We are looking forward to all the yummy food from our garden. Maybe the girls and I will get to enjoy some before we leave on our trip!
21June2009
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Today for Father’s Day we finally gave Jason the ceramic’s we made almost two weeks ago! The girls and I went to Serenity Ceramic’s and made gifts for Jason. We had a ball painting and getting them ready for today!
Lizzi painted a Scottie Dog with teal, brown, and pink. She got bored so I had to finish putting on the last two coats.
Nikki made this cute little fairy. She wanted to use some different colors so she chose orange, teal, and green. She finished this all by herself!
I don’t have a picture of the one that I made. It is a heart shaped trivet. I drew two flowers on it and on the bottom I wrote “I Love You!”
I made biscuits and gravy for Father’s Day breakfast. I also made a white grape peach juice. Our girls are so funny that anytime we have juice with a meal our girls want to “toast”. So we all toasted to a Happy Father’s Day! We love our Daddy!!!
Jason looking at the scrapbook that Lizzi made for Father’s Day. She was very creative in how to add her pictures to the scrapbook.
Jason looking at the scrapbook that Nikki made for him. Nikki is becoming quite the creative writer. She wrote 5 or 6 short stories for her Daddy in the scrapbook to fill up all the pages.
19June2009
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A week or so ago my dear sister Emily asked if we could get together to do something fun for our hubby’s for Father’s Day. Of course these were going to be from the girls. So this morning the girls and I left for Auntie Em’s house to do a project! We left Jason at home so he could do some work and drove over the mountain. We met Emily and then went to get the things we needed for this project. We first went to The Dollar Tree, next was Wal-Mart, and since we were starving after that we got some lunch!
When we got back to Em’s house we organized the items we had purchased and tried to figure out the best way to do this project. Em started making the cookie dough and I got things sorted on the table. We traced the girls hands and then cut them out. Then we took the cut out hands and traced them onto the cookie dough. Then we shaped the hands into the “I Love You” sign! Em cooked the cookies and finally we pulled them out and put the sticks into the cookies to put them into the jar.
I didn’t take pictures of this, but my sis did! Nikki is very creative and she came up with a few really good ideas. Lizzi is very independent and did most of her project herself. Lizzi loves tape!!! Nikki got all the fruit candy and put it in the jar and then added some chocolates on a stick. Nikki came up with a way to use the lid from the jar as part of her Father’s Day surprise! Lizzi of course got the chocolate candies and put them in her jar. Lizzi also added some chocolates on a stick and in her own way decorated the jar….with lots of tape!!! They both did a wonderful job making goodies for Daddy!
The Nikki version has lots of color and a little flare!
The Lizzi version is covered and I mean covered with candy! I know this will shock most of you, but Lizzi loves chocolate!
So long story short we finished the Goodie Projects and headed home. I had told the girls that I would tell Daddy to sit on the couch and cover his eyes so we could bring in his surprise. Well I didn’t call him and tell him and when I was getting ready to take them out of the car I see Jason walking out of the house. I told him to stop and go back inside and cover his eyes. Nikki shooed him back into the house. I got the girls their projects and I headed in the house first to make sure “Daddy” was ready to be surprised, second to get my camera out, and finally to snap a picture of Jason waiting to be surprised!!!
Waiting on the couch for the girls to get ready. He didn’t know I was going to take this picture…hehehe!
This is what Jason saw when he opened his eyes! The girls are ready to give him the Goodies!
Jason wasn’t sure if he wanted the surprise so he sat with his hands over his eyes a little bit longer and we started to help him take his hands down.
I love this picture! I don’t think he knew what to expect, but I think he was pleasantly surprised to see Goodie Jars! Thanks for the idea Em!!!!
The girls brought the Goodie Jars up close so Jason could have a better look at them!
Jason wanted the Goodie Jars to get a special place in our home so anyone who enters can see them! I wonder how long they will look this good???
I just want to take a moment and tell my hubby how much I Love Him! I love that you get excited over the “projects” that we make for you! I know this has been a busy week and thank you for being so understanding!!! I hope you have a wonderful Father’s Day! Thank you for not only being a Father to our girls, but more importantly for being their Dad!!!! I Love You!!!
12June2009
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On 12 June 2009 Jason and I went on a hike. We chose the Yaeger Canyon Loop Trail. We knew it would be a challenge, but since our girls were in Prescott with their Uncle Eric we thought it would be okay. Researching this hike we found that it was 4 hours long and 6 miles with an elevation increase of 1200 foot! Jason and I left the car at 12 noon and started our hike.
The uphill climb was a tough challenge, but well worth it. We took a picture of the car from near the top. Jason found an animal skeleton in a tree. He said it was time for Scary Movie. At the top of the canyon we decided to have lunch. We had a turkey sandwich, some chips, and fruit snacks.
We continued on our journey and as we were headed back down the mountain we came to some switchbacks. At the switchbacks we heard a rattling sound. Jason pushed me out of the way and said get back. Sitting on the rocks on the side of the trail was a black rattlesnake. Jason snapped some pictures of the snake and we continued on our way. We are so lucky neither of us was bit by that snake.
As we continued on our journey we made more ground. We got to the six mile mark on our GPS. It was around 3:30pm and I figured we had another hour to the car. Come to find out we had 2.5 miles to go and another 2 hours of hiking to do. We found several horny toads, Century plants, cacti and lizards too on our way. We had a long hike, but it definately wasn’t easy!
1June2009
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Both of our girls reached Benchmark in their grade levels in Reading. Nikki got her’s in her 2nd Grade class. Elizabeth got her’s in her Kindergarten class. I missed a picture of Nikki with her’s, but I did get one of Elizabeth. These are the small awards that the school gives to each of the kids in either reaching benchmark or improving their skills. Elizabeth was proudly showing her award off.
Here is a close up of Nikki’s award and it gives you a better idea of what they look like.
1June2009
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I was surprised to hear Nikki’s name called for the Citizenship Award. Not that she isn’t a good Citizen, but I guess I just didn’t expect it. I’m so glad that she was awarded this for her class. She has worked hard this year and I think she deserves the honor. When she went up for her award they let me take a picture of her with Danny Bear. Danny Bear covered her eyes.
Then Danny Bear uncovered her eyes and took a cute picture with Nikki.
Nikki was so pleased to get an award and to get a picture with Danny Bear! Before the awards assembly Nikki’s teacher had told the class that whoever got the Citizenship Award for their class got to wear a graduate cap for some of the day. I ran into Nikki wearing this cap…!
1June2009
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On 21 May 2009 Nikki was awarded for having Perfect Attendance. She was one of five students who hadn’t missed any school this school year. Nikki was so cute when she got this award.
We are so proud of you Nikki! Good job!
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