Some Things That Make Me Smile :)

Here are a few recent photos that just make me smile :)

Eddie got the chance to take a work related trip to Boston.

He almost turned it down because "I'll miss the opening day

of the muzzle loader hunt!"

Oh my goodness. Are men weird or what?

After a bit of talking to- he changed his mind :)

and got to visit a part of the U.S. he's never been to before.

That thought alone makes me smile,

The picture below is of Fenway Park-

home to the Boston Red Sox.

Now Eddie is in no way a baseball fan,

so when he came home with multiple picture of this

ball park and calling it with much familiarity,

and in a manly voice-

the Big Green Monster,

that really made me smile. :)

I'm so glad he went, and btw, so is he. He says

we both need to go back a spend a while site seeing!

This next pic of a little boy with a great big grin

really makes me giggle.

It's Mags.

He has grapes stashed in his mouth like a squirrel

and was hamming it up for me.

When I asked him "should I get the camera

and take your picture?"

He quickly nodded yes and reloaded with

fresh new grapes! What a nut.

He's only two. What are we gonna do with him when

he realizes how goofy he can be? They

say the nut doesn't fall far from his dads tree :)

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This picture gets me smiling in a misty eyed kind of way.

For a couple of weeks my Uncle Neil was here from CA.

This is my mom and her posse.

Starting from the left-

Uncle Lynn and Aunt NaDean (mom's sister)

Uncle Eldon and Aunt Colleen (mom's brother)

Mom

Uncle Neil (mom's brother)

only Aunt Faye was missing.

If you look close at mom's face- you notice it's kind of

raccoon-y looking.

That's because the crazies went fishing- in a boat-

and got totally sunburned.

When she's with her posse, she'll

do things I would never dream she'd do.

Climb in a boat. Neil has a walker right now,

did that stop him? no.

I love that my mom's family LOVE to be together.

It's a great example for their children.

I love being with my sisters

and I think my kids love to be together too.

What a legacy to pass on.

This next picture puts a sad little smile on my face

just because I know how hard Sierra worked

with this darn sheep.

And how much she learned to love it.

Kevin.

I feel bad the sheep didn't show any better

than she did. I'm not sure why

she could get such high marks at the

county fair and then not so good ones at State.

I hope Sierra is still proud of her efforts

because she should be.

Sierra never quit, she learned she could do hard things,

and I was the MOST proud when-

we learned Sierra's sheep came in last of her class-

Sierra held it together, with her head held high

and still loved her sheep.

We Clark girls are known for easy tears.

something I hate about myself -

so I was extra proud of my girl.

This last picture was taken at the fair.

I couldn't believe my eyes.

And of course it made me smile while

I gagged a little bit :)

deep fried chocolate covered bacon. ?

who doesn't love that?

Smile.

xoxoxoxoxoxo

Welcome the Newest Members of Our Family :)

We have lots of new babies in our family-

some of them I never thought I'd see

really come to be.

(that's a not intended rhyme:)

Sierra and Stevie are the lucky new guardians.

These are Stevie's babies-

Gelga and Princess Peach

He named them himself :)

Stevie has purchased a harness so he can

walk these guys around the neighborhood :)

He says they'll be better tasting when they are in shape.

Let's not think about that now.

See how cute they are.

This is Pepper, one of Stevie's family horses.

Not a baby at all-

but a cousin to Gelga and Princess P,

so worthy of posting.

Sierra loves this horse.

Another cuz.

Poor thing has no name,

so we will call her, "Palomino"

This the newest baby on our family tree.

A really not so lambish ewe

Sierra named Kevin.

I guess I need to watch the movie "UP"

to understand her name.

I kind of think she has creepy eyes.

Sierra loves her and walks her on a lead

everyday. Kevin lives at the HS in the AG lab

with 3 other sheep. They are all FFA

projects which will be sold at auction

at the state fair.

Here is Kevin again with her roommate "June".

I think they like getting their pictures taken,

she how the pose for the camera?

I hope when it comes time to do with

these babies what they were destined for,

their guardians can go through with it.