All our

One busy day.

We got up at 5:30am and headed up to Seaside to dig razor clams. Not anything that I have ever done before but I'll try anything once.

Ems was feeding the seagulls

The big kids tried so hard and only got 3

Our mighty hunters didn't do a whole lot better than the kids.

Ains and Emer got board with it so we went up and played in the dry sand where it was warm.

After returning to the farm we went down to the field to launch Jeff's rocket.
This is me loading the shute.

And Jeff and Jacks loading the engine.

Getting ready for takeoff.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and we have lift off

I think chasing it down was their favorite part.

There were some new kittens down at the barn and the kids just could not stay away.

Grandma E loves kittens too and was having just as much fun as the kids with them.

You remember my favorite little farm cat. She's still hanging around.

The kids named the cat prince so that's what we have be calling it for the last year. But if you ask me she's a princess

And seeing that she is going to have kittens any day now.......I'm thinking princess is a better name for her.

Just some pics of the sunset Friday night

Goodbye For Now!!!!!!

As you may know my Grammy has been living with my Mom and Dad for the last 6 years.
It's been such a great blessing to us grandkids that only got to see her 2 to 3 times a year when we growing up. We have LOVED having her here where we can see her anytime. She is always such a light. Just so happy to see us and the kids. She LOVES her grand and great grand kids. OH, and the babies she just can't get enough of the babies and the babies have all loved her just as much. I know this is all just for now and she will be coming home after Dads chemo is all over and he is back on his feet. But its been hard to not see her and is going to be even harder now that she is so fare away.

Knowing that she was going to be leaving on Wednesday The kids and I ran out to my mom's to see her Friday after school. The sun was shining it was the perfect day to be in the yard and enjoy watching the kids play.
This is My Grammy and our old dog. Elsa is 13 and Grammy is 97. I don't know how to count dog years but I thinking that it's same same.

Jackson just had to show Grandma his DSI.

And the girls played ball.

I know that Margie is going to take good care and love her every day for us. I am so happy that she can do this and take some of the stress off so that my Dad can get better and my mom can help him to do that. And we know that she is safe and we know that she is somewhere that she is loved. We'll miss you for now Grammy and we will be so happy when you come home.

Only Me.

We all know that I'mmmm dingy, scatter brained and an all around shinny penny type of girl. I try or at least I think I'm trying. But this time I think I was even able to astound myself with my airheadedness.
I knew I had to put together a poster board for the auction and just like me I was trying to throw it together the night before. I thought I was doing this quite successfully. Until I noticed that the glue didn't appear to be drying and was looking.........well greasy.
For whatever reason I took another look at the "glue stick" in my hand.

Imagine my surprise when I found it to be a stick of sunscreen. At least it was just the first 5 flowers and the glue was still able to stick with all that sunscreen in the way.

This is a picture of the the flowers. It's the tall ones that got SPF 50 applied to their backs.

And after all that, it turned out just fine. I had each child write what their favorite thing about making the painting was on the flowers and the clouds.

The aution went well. Our panting would have sold for $6o but Jeff had to try to bid it up so now we will be hanging it in the kids room at the coast. He also acquired a stick horse from the auction for his little Emmers and some books at the book fair for the big kids.
I forgot my camera so I have no pictures. But we all had a good time and it was fun to see all the other art that was for sale.

That's My Girl.

I was running late to pickup Jackson from school today and just let Ains wear the princess dress in the car that she had been wearing all day . When we arrived back at the house the big kids ran to the door while I was getting Emers out of the car. Just as I closed the car door and looked toward the house
This is what I saw.

Boy I'm glad I didn't have to run to the store today.

Darn you Amy!!!!

My sister Amy has reached new heights with her craftiness. Her latest obsession is bows.

See blog posts
You underestimate my obsessing abilities
http://bergcircus.blogspot.com/2010/04/very-important-update.html
And
VERY IMPORTANT UPDATE
http://bergcircus.blogspot.com/2010/04/you-underestimate-my-obsessing.html
And
Are you tired of bows yet?
http://bergcircus.blogspot.com/2010/04/are-you-tired-of-bows-yet.html


So with the activity girls in mined I started looking at YouTube on how to make these bows And would you know it I'm hooked now too.



Just a couple of my bows.

Saturday is Daddy's Day.

Every Saturday Jeff makes sure that he is home and we spend the whole day together as a family.
This Saturday he decided that we needed to go to the Enchanted Forest.

The Kids in front of sleeping beauty's castle.

Jackson going into the wicked witch's mouth.

The crooked man's house to this day still gives me vertigo. It looks like it has the same effect on

Ains.

Jacks, Emmers and I racing on the shoe slide.

Emmers wins by a noes

Jeff and Jacks in the Indian caves

The boys on ice mountain

Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full of rye,
Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie.

After leaving the Enchanted Forest we were all pretty hungry so we headed over to one of Salem's better known dinning establishments Rock-N-Rogers. For some burgers, fries and shakes.

A fun field day makes for an early bed time. So we are all happy. I love Saturdays.