Evan loves night-fishing

This kid can bowl!

The sleeping porch...

Building a rabbit cage

The Gift of an Ordinary Day.....

Someone sent me a link to a video of an author reading the essay "The Gift of an Ordinary Day."  If you haven't listened/read this, it is worth the time (about 7 minutes).  It has had me thinking about "the ordinary day," and how it is the ordinary times that provide my fondest memories of my girls childhood....like hot summer days getting ready to go to the city pool and then coming home and the girls would be so tired they just wanted to lay down and watch a movie....and how much cooler it would seem in the house with the lights off in the hot afternoon, fan blowing and quietly watching "The Goonies"  or "Summer Magic." The excitement of getting ready for our family vacation because it would be one week of just us....all four....24 hours a day.  And I always had a stack of "hand work" to do on the way because I had made new outfits for the trip and had only to hem or sew on buttons....

With that in mind, here are some pictures of our ordinary days this summer....

And yes, I have on my clothes....but I wasn't going to let

the fact that I did not have my bathing suit on keep me from

having fun with my grandsons!

Rodeo of the Ozarks

Springdale hosts the Rodeo of the Ozarks every year, but it is usually too hot for me since it is 4th of July weekend.  However, this year the weather was great!  Phillip and I went on July 3 and the high temperature was 85 degrees...perfect!  Phillip and I took Jayden to a rodeo in Cody, WY last year and we had so much fun I've been wanting to go again ever since.  The boys were enjoying their 4th of July holiday in Hot Springs or we would have taken them with us.  

It was a good rodeo, but the hot dogs at the Cody rodeo were better....or at least in my memory :)