Long time, no post....

Wow how time flies by. Where did the summer go?? I think it is funny how people refer to summer as when kids are not in school but I tend to refer to it as hot weather which is like 7 months here in La. Anyhow, I digress, I can't believe school is already in session. Sean asked me the other day, "Mom, when will I go to school?", to which I replied, "We are going to start doing school work soon at home", then he said, "but school is far, far away; you have to ride a school bus to get to it!". Here are some pictures of the balloons, skydivers, and fireworks from the balloon festival. It was so much fun and best of all it was free! I highly recommend it to everyone!! Plus, it is a great opportunity to get some really neat pictures!


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A balloon silhouette



The Balloon glow

Fireworks


Army Black Dagger Parachutist

The Boys with Lauren

Balloons Everywhere!


As most of you know, Azure disappeared much to our dismay. Everyone was heartbroken. Yesterday, we went and got two of her cousins. They don't have names yet as we just got them. They are very sweet!!!

She is a little bit more shy, but is warming up nicely!

She is very friendly and outgoing!


A straggler balloon picture

Summer Fun

Lots has been happening here. We are getting a lot of fresh veggies from the garden so that is keeping us very busy! Here are some misc. pictures of the kids and such...


This is the PERFECT shirt for Aubrey! Look at the film of dust on his arms and legs.


I think this flower is perfect

Nadya's reaction when she sees the camera

Nadya supervising while we were doing corn

The boys at swimming lessons

Azure-our new puppy. She is 10 weeks today!

As you can see we have been having lots of fun. I'm sure I will have more to post soon! Until next time...

Around the farm...

Lots of things have been going on around here. It is HOT, but we have had some days with a nice breeze, so that is nice! The boys have started swimming lessons and so far so good. Here is a bunch of pictures of different things...


My niece enjoying the wonderful Blueberries that are now in season. The kids love them!!!


Seth said Aubrey looks like Bono in this picture with these rose colored glasses...

Some of our freshly dug potatoes.



A rainbow that appeared one afternoon rightbefore sunset


Doesn't she look like Sean in this picture???

Ok, so this is what I found in my house the other day. Kind of freaked me out when it started moving!! I thought it was a toy...

This year will see some additions to our family. We recently got a catahoula puppy, who we haven't figured out a name for yet. I will post some pictures soon. The other addition will come around Christmas/New Year. We are excited!!!

I will try to get some pictures of the puppy soon.....

My New Do...

Ok, I don't know what came over me, but I decided to cut my hair off. No, I didn't do it myself, Amber is the guilty party!! I like it a lot, but Seth said it looks too boyish, oh well. Just wanted to let you get used to it before I shock you all in person!! Sean did the honors of taking the picture!!!

What? I can't hear you!

All is well here at Chandlers Rowe. Spring is here and we are scrambling to get the plants in the garden and seeds planted. We have been a bit delayed with weather and a full schedule, but we are getting there!
We really enjoyed having our good friend Deanna in town from Nepal! She brought the cute outfit for Nadya that she is wearing in the pictures! We miss you Deanna!!



We have done some serious tree cutting. Seth cut down seven trees that were next to the house. They were gumball trees for which there is no good use around our house, so down they came. I even learned how to drive the tractor and help him pull them away from the house. I enjoyed that! I know the boys don't seem very excited to be on the tractor in this picture, but they were, they were just tired and being contrary for the picture. With their Daddy is their FAVORITE place to be and I'm happy with that 100%!!

Well, I had my ear operated on last Tues. and I think I can finally say I have rounded the corner on recovery. I would post pictures, but I'm just not sure that is necessary, but they basically cut the entire length of the back of my ear where it is connected to my head and patched my ear drum. It is feeling more normal today when I touch it, so I am thrilled about that. I will go to the doctor Thurs. to check and see how things are doing internally. I am praying great, because that is something I don't want to have to repeat!!! Oh, and as for the blog title, well that is referring to me. I have a sponge and a cottonball in my ear, not to mention it isn't working right yet anyway, so as you can imagine, I have repeated that many times in the last week! I guess it is ok when it comes to hearing screaming kids though, right??!! Hope you all are having a fantastic spring!!

Aubrey is 2!

WOW! How time flies. Aubrey is now 2 years old. Seems like yesterday we were on the way to the hospital to have him. The funny thing is, the whole thing happened so quickly, you don't really have time to freak out, but looking back--I can't believe I had a baby in the car! Well, at least we got a good story out of the whole thing! Here he is then at 5lbs 7oz 18 inches long.



With Daddy right before we left the hospital

With Mr. Ken at almost 2 weeks old

Just home from the hospital

Homeade Snow...

Well, once again it has been a long time since the last post. Time has flown by so quickly and we have been busy. We have several projects going on right now. The Chicken shack is progressing slowly but surely and we have planted our apple trees, grape vines, blueberries, and raspberries. Soon we will be planting our summer garden, which, is my favorite! Can wait till we have some fresh tomatoes. Below you will see pictures of what the boys managed to do in 10 minutes of no supervision. Gotta love it! Seth said they were playing cops and were dusting for fingerprints! As if their general mess wasn't enough to clean up.




I couldn't resist posting this picture of Aubrey. For some reason, my children think they need to be devoid of all clothing in order to play in the mud. Aubrey, it appears, decided to enjoy the sun as well as the mud.