Bloomin' Seamons: Part Five

Here's a update of what's growing at the Seamons:

There's nothing out-of-control-growing yet but it's still fun to watch things get bigger especially when you look back at other pictures.

Every couple days, you can find Liberty harvesting her radishes. I LOVE it! They are way too spicy for me but she eats them like candy!

The peas are not overwhelming like we would choose them to be but the kids are out there everyday seeing if they can find some. They always make sure they bring me ONE. ;)

We've had a few raspberries, and a couple tomatoes.

Justice's corn is growing the best out of all the corn we planted. He must have a special touch, LOL!

Other than that we are just enjoying the greenery for now. I always think it's gorgeous!

Yeah for the garden!

When the Boys are Away... the Girls Will Play

While the boys were off huntin' today, the girls found ways to play. After a little cleanup of 2 boxes of cereal neatly thrown over the entire front room floor-- HOW???? Don't ask.--- Liberty and I mowed the lawn in the "melting heat"! Then, we all enjoyed a little water fun! It was SOOOO hot that it was a perfect day for it. We had popsicles, blew bubbles, turned on the hose to the cool mist setting (that's so awesome on a day like this), slid on the slide into the big pool and enjoyed relaxing in the hammock.

In the evening, Haylie joined us for an often overlooked Fargo adventure. We first stopped and picked up pizza to eat at the park. Then, we made a little stop on the way. I've heard Allison talk about it tons of times but never have made it to the Fargo Walk of Fame. [Founded in 1989 by Fargo Printer, Mike Stevens, the Walk of Fame, was originally located on the city sidewalks of Mike's print shop, Express Press, in downtown Fargo. It was moved to the current site during the Summer of 2000. The first inductee into the Walk was jazz trumpeter, Al Hirt. Since then, movie stars, musicians, authors, athletes, religious leaders and celebrities from all walks of life have joined the Walk of Fame. Mike privately funded all expenses for the first 95 celebrities, and felt it a small way he could repay a community that's been so kind to him.] Well, today is THE day! :) We didn't even know who half of them were but we could tell we're a little bit country up here in these parts because there were tons of country music people. (At least that's who Haylie & I recognized the most- so maybe we're a little bit country!) We all, of course, had to touch the hands or feet of some of those we knew. These included--Haylie: Toby Keith, Shay: Garth Brookes, Liberty: Ernie, Victoria: Bert, and Glory: Barney!!!! We also saw all of the Monkees and Marie Osmond. It was fun to do something different while the boys were off playing. Thanks for joining us Haylie!

We did make it to the park for dinner and a little playing on the playground at Rabanus Park. It really was a melting heat that hit us today so it didn't last long! We all left with pretty red, flushed faces. ;)
Although, I have to keep reminding myself that this is the kind of Summer I was dying for last year. One that when the Winter comes- you scream- Thank goodness that Summer's over. LOL! So here's to my wish being granted! Thanks Mother Nature!!!

Thanks girlies for the spending the day with me!

Prairie Dog Hunting

The guys have been talking about going out shooting together for a long time. Well, there is a Prairie Dog problem on the Rez so they combined the two and made a day of it. Matt got together 8 of the guys and headed West. They all piled in the Burb at a fun 6:30 am to make their trek.

I was so proud of Brett for taking a couple of pictures.

Way to go Honey!!!

Gross- but way to go!

Thanks for sparing us of the blown-in-half photos.

We appreciate it! ;)

They didn't make it back until 8:30 PM or so. A long day but looks like they got their fill of man-ly stuff. (Getting sunburnt, shooting big guns, and checking out dead, bloody varmints- YUCK! LOL!) Gotta love the difference between men and women. ;)

Buffalo River

Last year, we made it ONCE to Buffalo River State Park. This year, we hope to change that AND so far the weather looks like it will be helpful. It was an absolutely beautiful day to be at the beach. Lots of friends, hot sun, warm water, food and fun---Doesn't get better than this!

Yeah for Buffalo River!!!

Kid Creativity

I have the most creative kids EVER!!!! You just have to smile at what they come up with.
VICTORIA
Liberty went to Achievement days this week and came back with some pretty fancy fingernails that Sister Parker had painted. She did an AWESOME job! Well, then Victoria decided one day to play with clay. (We're out of playdough at the moment and all that we could find was clay). Well, we have these idea sheets in our playdough box- One of them suggested nails. You see where I'm going? Liberty had fancy long nails so Victoria made some for herself. Too cute! I think she did her fingernails AND toenails all week. She even started making bracelets and rings to wear. Gotta love it!

JUSTICE
After our busy weekend, the kids were a little bored this week with no one coming over so Justice found the LiteBright and got pretty creative. He made a whole "MAP" of our backyard. I wish I could have recorded word for word how he explained it. It was awesome! He included the deck, the fence, the big tree, the apple trees (both in red), the strawberry patch in pink, the tramp, the garden (which he did purple because he didn't have a brown), and the playground. He even left spaces for the gate opening and a space where the fence is coming a part a bit. He said he thinks he could get out of the yeard ther so her left a space on his map. ;) Pretty sure we won't be getting lost in our backyard anytime soon. It's an exact replica. Awesome Justice! :)

LIBERTY
Liberty has always been a creative kid when it comes to paper and markers and scissors and tape. Well, this week she decided to get in the creative Halloween spirit by making costumes for our Webkinz. AMAZING!  There's Chewy the Fairy Princess, Feather the King (Victoria wanted him a Pirate but I guess there were problems with his big feet and pirate shoes??? LOL!), Injured Snowboarder Rosey, Zamey the Painter Zumbody, Nemo the Chef, Mummy Blueberry, DJ  Pineapple the Koala, Stella the graduate, Princess the Princess, and Bubbles aka HPH (Harry Potter Hippo). We are set-- Halloween can come! LOL!

GLORY
She just wants to be like the other kids. She watches them all the time so it was only a matter of time before her creativity gene kicked in. I often find her with body art of some kind or the other. Of which she always defends herself by telling me, "PAPER!!!" (NO! Your skin is not paper, baby! LOL) After her bath, I found her downstairs by herself cutting out a beautiful picture leftover from the Halloween cotumes. Cute girly!

I just LOVE the creativity in our home!!! ;)

My Date with the Boys

Two of the three girls had plans today so I decided that it would be a good time for Justice and me to get out on a date. We ended up swapping Glory for Michael Cudney so he could join us on the date. We headed to West Acres for a morning movie. The Internet said it was going to be a movie called The Tooth Hurts. We thought it was a sequel to the Tooth Fairy so we were very excited! Turns out that it must have been the original title they were going to use or something cuz it was actually just The Tooth Fairy. But hey when it has the Rock in it- it's always a good guy movie!
After the movie, it was lunchtime but the popcorn had stolen our appetites so we opted for ice cream instead. Do you know how much ice cream is in the Cold Stone Love it! cup---- A LOT! LOL!

What an awesome healthy mother I am! Popcorn and pop and tons of ice cream all before noon. Wahoo! But what a perfect guy date, right!!!?
Thanks guys for going on a date with me. We'll have to do it again soon!

Published Again

Just wanted to shout a great big- Hurray!!! I just sent my Our ParTay Called Life: Volume 2 (Blog Book) off to be published. They'll send it on the 16th. I am SOOO excited! It's even better than the first! YEAH!