A Feathered Friend

As we were working on the front porch of the house this weekend, we had several guest stop by to grab a drink from the feeder. One of them was nice enough to pose for me. LOL!

Weekend at Brown County State Park

Last Friday we went with my Mom's college group to spend the weekend at the Abe Martin Lodge in Brown County State Park, near Nashville, IN. Although my guys whined about taking the 2 mile trail on Friday night and shopping in Nashville on Saturday afternoon, we all had a great time!

We especially loved the "Aquatic Center" at the inn. The boys were scared to go on the water slide for about the first hour we were there (Darian did try it once when we first got there but his head went under the water at the bottom of the slide and it took him awhile to work up the courage to go down the slide again.) but we finally convinced them to really give it a try. Michel had to take Dillon down with him the first half dozen times or so before Dillon would go by himself. We talked Darian into trying it again after we told him to put a life vest on. When he got confident enough that he could prevent himself from going under the water, he returned the vest and just went. We spent two hours at the Aquatic Center on Saturday morning, then returned after supper for about another 1.5 hours. We were definitely worn out and slept really well that night!

Aaaahhhhhhhh....Cute and Cuddly....until they grow up!

The neighbor's cat decided to come over to Nanny Ruth's last weekend while we were holding a yard sale and brought with her something for the sale....five kittens. The boys fell in love with them, watching to make sure they didn't get stepped on or ran under a car. We did manage to give away a couple of the kittens (which caused both of my boys to shed some tears), but there are still three available if anyone is interested. *hint, hint* The one little kitten that we really fell in love with, just because of her neat feature is "Lovely" (that's what I named her, "Love" for short). Look at the picture of Lovely that I have posted and see why she is deserving of her name. Nothing like wear wearing your heart on your um, side. LOL!

Swap sets

Here are some swap sets I finished up this morning and stuck in the mail this afternoon. They are for a summer-themed swap on ScrapShare.

Las Vegas Album - Part 3

This post has the layouts of Caesar's Palace and one of Monte Carlo. We stayed at Caesar's in 2007, our second trip out to Vegas. We only got to stay there a couple of nights before we had to move down the strip to the Riviera because Michel's conference moved. Staying at the Riviera after Caesar's was like going to "Holiday Inn" after staying at the "Ritz-Carlton" or something. But then the whirlpool tub at Caesar's had me drooling, so nothing was going to be able to top that. It even made our room at "The Mirage" a couple of years before look like a second-class hotel room. LOL!

Pages are: "Caesars Palace", "Fountains", around the interior of the resort and our room, "Caesars Palace at Night", and "Monte Carlo."

Las Vegas Album - Part 2

Here's the layouts of "The Mirage" which is where we stayed on our first trip to Vegas in July 2005.
Pages are: "The Mirage Volcano," "The Mirage," and "Tigers at the Mirage."

Las Vegas Album - Part 1

I started this album last summer, three years after our first trip out to Vegas. I'm still working on it, but decided to post some of the pages I have completed. This is the 'airport/flying' section.

Pages are: Title page, "Head in the Cluds", "Lake Mead", "Grand Canyon", "Mountains Surrounding Vegas", "Civilization Below" (not a very good layout), and "McCarran Airport."

Slow! Turtle Crossing...

Yesterday morning Bea was out in her yard and found this Red-Eared Slider Turtle in front of her driveway. This particular breed is an aquatic turtle so it mainly lives in the water, but comes onto dry ground to lay eggs and bask in the sun.

The dogs got to check it out, and even Ted was curious. Michel set the Mtn. Dew can beside it for scale- the turtle itself is about as big as Michel's hand.

The last picture is a neat one I caught of a bird on top of the feeder hooks. I was waiting for the turtle to pose, so I photographed the bird. ;)