MORE babies!!!

Be sure to check the next few posts after this one since I have added several updates today! Sorry I haven't been keeping up with this blog as often as I would like...we have been BUSY!! :o)

We had 185 baby quail chicks hatch the other day! We really enjoy watching the eggs hatch and taking care of the chicks. Here are some pics of the kids with our newest babies....

Thank you Pappa and Nanna!

Kalyn and Sheldon got a special delivery from Pappa and Nanna earlier this week. They love getting mail and they really enjoyed opening their packages. The kids are really excited about school starting (even Sheldon finally) and the school supplies they got were perfect! Thank you for thinking of us, Pappa and Nanna! We love you both!

Sheldon and Kalyn with their packages

Ripping it open

Hmmm what did you get?

Sheldon signing "I Love You" and Kalyn signing "Thank You"

We need RAIN!!!!

It is so dry out here! We have very little water left in our tanks. Our grass is brown and many trees are dying. We counted the other day to see how many trees were dying between the entrance and our house....at least 25 trees! Every inch we get is a blessing and we need so much more.

Dear God, PLEASE send us some good rain so everything can grow again. We know You will send us rain in Your perfect timing. Please help us to be patient and trust You! Thank you for everything You have blessed us with! In Your name, Amen.

Face to face with a hummingbird

Last week we got some rain! I wanted to take it all in so the kids and I headed outside to sit on the porch. While we were out there a little hummingbird flew right into our door and fell to the ground. Kalyn picked it up because it couldn't fly....poor thing was hurt. The amazing thing is it didn't even seem scared of us! When Ricky got home he took the hummingbird inside and filled up the feeder to see if it would drink anything. It didn't so we figured maybe if we took the feeder back outside and left the bird alone with the feeder it would drink and fly away. It stayed on the feeder until the next day....then off it went. It was a neat experience!!

Sheldon lost his FIRST tooth!

I just cannot believe it! Sheldon is my baby boy and he is growing up so fast right before my eyes. He hasn't even started Kindergarten yet and his first tooth finally came out last week. It is hard to see in the picture below because his permanent tooth had already started to come in before the baby one came out.

Port Aransas with the Lindigs!

We have been blessed with our wonderful friends, the Lindigs. We met them at church and we hit it off quickly. We have alot in common and our boys are best friends. Sheldon and Mason are two peas in a pod! Jenna and Kalyn enjoy playing with each other as well despite their four year age difference. It is nice for Kalyn to have another girl around and she adores being a "big sister" to Jenna. The kids all play so well together so Bonnie and I figured our families should go to the beach together this summer. We stayed in a nice condo right on the beach and cooked most of our meals there which was so convinent and easy! Our mornings were spent at the beach making sandcastles, boogie boarding (my fave!), looking for shells and sand dollars, and jumping the waves. After lunch each day we would head to the pool and just let the kids have fun. Ricky and I enjoyed laughing and talking with Kevin and Bonnie....it is so nice to have close friends to share special moments. Even the husbands admit they had an enjoyable time-ha! :o)Let's do it again next year!!!