Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Busy Busy Week!!!!

So, we were at the lake today where we took Hines to swim...retrievers love water, right?
well not this one, I had a vision in my mind of our dog running off a dock and diving into the water and doggy paddling back to us...Not what happened.
Hines sniffed the edge of the water and took off the other direction.
so we threw a frisbee into the water thinking he just needed a reason to jump in...and it failed miserably. We were suspicious and curious so,
Then, little John walked over to the edge of the water where some paddle boats were parked and pushed one over...look what slithered out! Baby copperheads! there were 3 or 4 of them within inches of us. The girls were barefoot and playing with tadpoles and minnows just a few inches from the baby snakes!!!! God was watching us and protecting our children...no bites today, not even the cautious puppy!



This was our Chic Fil A dress up day! We got kids meals and a meal for myself all for FREE! You know how I love free stuff!!! Yesterday we went to Long John Silver to try the free fish taco but they did not have those out here in redneck land!




Thursday, July 9, 2009

Rub a dub dub...hines in the tub


This dog has the life...

last week we took him to the "doggy wash" and left with him smelling like Mango Madness!

All the kids got involved and wanted to take a turn making him smell good and clean! We brushed him and cleaned his ears and cut his nails and dried him...smelled just like a...mango flavored wet dog! haha!

Cheap Entertainment







So the other day we were looking for a cheap way to spend the day....



we went to the grocery store and got boxes of candy for a dollar and gatorade for everyone to split! then we drove to the train station and took the public transportation train down to Charlotte for a ride! almost like the subway except above the ground...



The kids had a blast!