Happy Father's Day!

I hope all the dads had a fabulous day!  Isn't it funny how on Mother's Day, dad takes the kids out so mom can have quiet time; but on Father's Day, the kids hang on dad?

We had our first sheep show of the summer today.  It was the start of the Rush County Fair, and the kiddos were pretty excited to show their lambs.  They were a great help getting them ready for the ring.

A girls got to look her best!

Dallas even walked his ram lamb and ewe lamb in and around the ring without using a halter!

My mom offered to take a family picture of us, and you all know how difficult it can be to get everyone to look at the camera...my phone put together the multiple shots into a video clip!  It's kind of funny watching how much everyone moves in the matter of seconds...

Here is the best one...

Here are a few more pics from our time in the ring (Thanks Ma-maw for being the photographer!)...

Reba's ewe lamb, Doc, won Champion of the Dorset breed, so she got to go back for the Supreme drive.  Little Miss was a tad bit excited.  She kept asking if she would win a trophy...

If only they gave the award based on the "best smile"

Julianne tried to help when it was time to load up and leave

Saying bye-bye to Pa-paw and Ma-maw before going to spend time at Pa and Gram's...

After the show, Doug and I headed back to Pa-paw and Ma-maw's to finish loading our things on the truck.  We were able to outrun the rain and storms until we were about an hour away from home.  Luckily, it was a thin line, and we were able to drive through it.

Until next time...

Timber!

We started our Labor Day weekend with a bit of work...helping Pa and Gram cut down a couple trees.  The first one up was Gram's Rose of Sharon bush.  Unfortunately, the last couple of dry summers had taken their toll on the bush. 

With a swipe of the chainsaw, it was gone.

Thankfully, we had someone willing to drive the lawnmower and pull all the limbs back to the brush pile!

The next tree was one of Gram's Brandford Pear trees.  A section of it got taken out in a storm this spring/summer.  They thought it best to take the rest of it down before another storm did more damage.

Daddy getting to work

Almost done

Thankfully, it all came down as planned!

Little Miss was left with a perfect place to sit and watch everyone else work

Until next time...

What do you get when...

The day starts out with a huge thunderstorm that passes by to the north...
The sun comes out and raises the temperature (very, very quickly) to around 85 degrees...
and the humidity is 98 to 100%?

Did you say another storm?

Yes, that is correct. But what else?

Give up?

How about 3 and 3/10 inches of rain in a little under an hour and a half!

Yep...that's what happened here yesterday. Doug, Dallas and I drove around last night after Doug had to drive through some water across the road to get home from work. He didn't think they were nearly as bad as this...
That is about a mile from our house...I think they might have to put down some more gravel...

This is the English River close to a field Doug's department has planted in before. As we drove up to the bridge, this little log was drifting on down the river...

Oh, wait! That's no little log! That's more like a tree trunk!!!

Um...yeah. You can typically easily walk across this river and not get your knees wet. Don't think we'll be trying it for a while.

Until next time...