photoshop

I was playing around with photoshop today...and made this little invite for a birthday party...I still have a lot to learn...AND I am tired today and didn't feel like being persnickity on the little details...since I was just playing!!

But I wanted to share! 

Spring...

We spent part of the evening outside yesterday cleaning up the yard and getting it mowed..I thought about waiting til the boys get home next week, but didn't want them to have to bale the yard!!!
Got up this morning and did some weeding and hoeing on my flower bed..cleaned out the fountain and got it running again. Its a good feeling to get some things done...even if they aren't clear done...at least they are getting worked on!

OUR TIME!

Tomorrow is the big day..the beginning of the Our Time youth conference! The stage is set and we are down to the last minute details...

Picture of the day…

 

 

Brianna was not too happy at being traded for a tractor….LOL! Bryn actually talked them into posing for this picture.. 

A fun day

 We are watching David and Brianna today and I love to take their pictures..especially when they WANT me to…makes it go much better!! The weather is perfect and everything is getting so green and beautiful!!

 

Riding..

Suz invited us over to go riding this afternoon...I haven't ridden all winter and wasn't too excited at the prospect of riding somewhere new first time out...so we warmed up in the indoor riding arena..wish I had one of those!!! That was fun and a good safe place to work up some confidence.

I forgot about having the camera til we were back and were loading our horses into the trailer..Jeff and Suz went on a short ride to try out Niblet...He is a beautiful horse..he does not have red ears...that is his protection against bugs!

Bryn had a wonderful time riding with Suz and Keverly...they took off in a corn field and did a little racing..Jeff and I took a slow ride around the pasture! We cooled them off in the round pen and then brushed them out and loaded them up..Breeze was pretty sweaty but she kept up with the big horses!
I don't think you could have asked for a nicer day to ride!! Thanks for the invite Suz..it was fun!

Park fun

Marchel and I went to the park with the kids today...here are a few of my favorite shots of the day!

Does she look like Cindy Lou Who to you?

Marchel brought along kites for the kids and it was a perfect day for it!

Basketball fun

We spent the afternoon at the park today..It was a gorgeously warm sunny day with a nice breeze...Alex took his basketball and practiced his shots..

It took a lot of work and concentration..

...and when you get the ball stuck in the net..your big sister climbs up....

...and knocks it down for you!!!

The Playstation

The Playstation is a FUN place to spend a day!! Emily is spending a few days with us while her parents are gone and we are trying to plan some fun things for each day...

We took Hector, David and Brianna with us to make it more fun!

Brianna...

I talked all of them into climbing into this tube so that I could take a picture..we had a wonderful day and spent the entire afternoon running and climbing and sliding and jumping and.....we are all going to sleep GOOD tonight!

Jessica

Jessica said this is her favorite picture!

A good day!

Ok, Bryn told me that all my blog friends would be getting bored and tired of reading about Hannibal....but Wilson asked for TONS of pictures so I am trying to accomodate him!! Plus we had so much fun today that I wanted to share the day with you!! Here is proof of a good day!!!

That is a REAL smile..he really can do it!!

At the museum

The last place we went this afternoon was the Mark Twain museum...I think it was my favorite of all the buildings we toured...the downstairs had some activities and the upstairs was more things to see.

Alex and Bryn both got to try steering a boat...pulling a big boat whistle..

A big old tricycle...too bad we couldn't try it out!!

This was the bottom floor with all the fun things to do..

More museum pics...

Alex painting the fence like Tom Sawyer....

Going into the cave in Tom Sawyer's book..

Headed for the raft that made you feel like you were actually on the water while you watched part of the Tom Sawyer movie..

Riding in a stagecoach...

A Riverboat cruise

As soon as I saw this riverboat in the harbor last night, I knew a cruise would be incredible! AND IT WAS! It as an hour long cruise up the Mississippi..I was soo excited..even though the closer it got to time to set sail..the clouds were rolling in and the wind was picking up...not the sunny "tanning" experience I was hoping for! But we had a blast.

The boat had three decks and you could ride inside or out on one of the decks...we picked outside!

The captain kept us entertained with stories as we went along..he told us about the indian maiden and her lover who jumped off Lovers Leap...the indian brave was named Falling Rock..they never found him, but kept looking..hence all the road signs..."Watch for Falling Rock"!!!! He did mention at the start that if we had questions, he could make up incredible answers!!!

We tried a few different spots on the boat..top front deck, back top deck, side middle deck...top front was best...although the back was where we ended up..

Some funny pics

On the riverboat cruise, they had to blow the horn as they were pulling out....they warned us to plug our ears as it was right above us and very loud! It was too funny watching all those people sitting there with ears plugged!!! I can't hear anymore but I did get the picture!!!!

Bryn posing with Mark Twain himself!!

Alex

Jeff saw this in a window and wanted a picture of it...I am sure we will all laugh everytime we see this picture..not sure what is so neat about it....