Oh, Boy!!

Seth has reached that age where the best toy in the house are the books. And it's not for reading them, rather it's for the fun of taking them off the shelf and throwing them on the floor!!

Now, this might not be a big deal if it weren't for the fact that the only rooms in our house that have less then two bookshelves are the bathrooms and kitchen, so he has plenty of rooms and place to go to make a mess. On top of that there are some of us who would rather give up our beds then our books, so throwing them on the floor is something close to a crime!

Now, to teach him how to put them back on the shelve! lol

Rain

I always seem to forget how much I love the rain.

I love the sound of it on the roof as I sit curled up with a good book. I love the sound of rain hitting the leaves as I run outside in the rain just for fun of running though the rain.

I love the smell of rain hitting the hot cement, and warm dirt. The smell of all the plants opening up and receiving the rain, it's a wonderful smell, one I wish I could bottle up and put in my candles. :D

One of my favorite things about living in Houston was all the rain that we got. Yeah, there were times when it went a few weeks without raining and yes there were those times where I did not want to see one more drop of rain!

I loved it when it would rain all day, it would be cloudy and over cast and I sit on my bed with some type of reading and a cup of something hot to drink. Be it a history book or a useless quick read, there is just something about being curled up with a good book and coffee or hot chocolate.

These are still things I can enjoy in the country, but not as much. Knowing that we need to keep an eye on the amount of rain we get in case a low animal area floods, or keep an eye on any so to be new moms, for it never seems to fail that an animal will decided that in the rain is the best time to have a baby.

Some people like their snow, I like my rain! :D And really enjoyed the thirty minutes or so that we got last night and am praying that we will get more over the next few days. :D

It's Raining!!

For the first time in June it's raining! Normally June is our wet month and we get more then our fair share of rain, well this year after a very soggy spring we didn't get any rain for over a month. We are now sitting here with some kids running out and standing in the rain, because they haven't been able to do so for "ever so long".

Now, how long it will last and how much we have is yet to be seen. Hopefully we will get some more between now and Saturday night, so that we can shoot some fireworks. :D

Oh, but not a gully washer! We need the goats to stay happy right now! lol

Happy Birthday Libs!!

Thankfully she's not old enough to kill me for using her nickname here. :D

Seven years ago God blessed us with a wonderful addition to our family. There was only one drawback--she didn't want to be born on my birthday, it was as if she was telling us she wanted to be different and her own little person.

After just having two years of getting used to a boy in the house, it took a little getting used to when we had another girl, but we were VERY happy to have another girl. Little did we know that she would grow up for the next seven years as the youngest girl. In our house it's not the youngest that gets spoiled it's the youngest girl. :D Libby is the youngest and boy does she know it! She thinks she can flash a smile on that cute chubby, freckled covered face of hers and get whatever she wants. And most of the time she is correct. lol All she needs to ask is "Mommy, I want these pony tails because they are pretty can I have them?" with a cute smile and she's got them. lol Or "Daddy, if I get one more quarter I can buy coffee the next time we go to Central Market, can I go get some from your car?" with a kiss, it's hers.

Even with being spoiled rotten she is a very loving and caring girl. When ever someone is hurt, upset, way to busy to do anything, or even angry, she is there to help you in what ever way she can. To make your life easier and more enjoyable. What ever you need doing to get it there she will do. If it's scrub the bathroom she'll do it, if it's watch the toddlers she'll do it. It it's to just sit there and hug ask her and it's done. She is a blessing and sometimes shames me greatly by showing me what I should do and how I should be treating my siblings. I sometimes think she should be in my spot as the oldest, because she does a much better job of it at the age of seven then I do at after 20 years of being the oldest!

What we also didn't know before she was born was that pink and frogs can mix wonderfully, at least they can for Liberty. The idea that if you kiss a frog and he will turn in to a prince has been proven a myth time and time again, because princess Liberty has tried many a time with her frogs and has yet to come up with one true prince. (Maybe it's an age thing.) Be that as it may she still loves her frogs. Ask her about frogs and she will give you an ear full! Be careful after a hard rain or you might end up with a frog in your face and a demand to kiss it! And if you are ever visiting you will make her week if you bring her some frogs (Ask some good friends of ours!).

She loves her animals to death (if you didn't already catch that with the frogs) she will help you tend the animals almost any time it is needed with no questions asked. She loves her goats with a passion and again will one day better me in another area--Goat keeping. Even now she is great with showing, milking, feeding, and enjoying them. She loves them and is truly a farm girl!

Truth be told, even with frogs being stuffed in my face (thankfully, I have yet to find them in my bed!) and her getting neigh unto everything she wants, I am thankful that God blessed us with her, I don't know what life would be like without her, she is a blessing in more than one way and I enjoy sharing my days with her. :D

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIBERTY FAITH!!

Update on Judah

Well, that got home pretty quickly for an ER run. I forget sometimes that Navasota is not that far from us, and are pretty good at getting people in and out in a decent amount of time. (Just don't talk history with one of the ER Docs. I here he can run circles around you!!)

Apperently I was correct in my guess that it didn't need stiches. But I did forget that you can't stri-strip an eyelid. lol Now, if I had thought about supergule, I would have been right on. :D

From what I am told Judah did very well, laying on the table allowing them to fix his eye lid with no more then a wimper. And was a huge hit with the docs and nurses, but who can blame them with his blond hair and huge blue eyes? With just the right look he could make the scroucge do anything for him! lol

He cam home and showed it off to everyone, with Noah looking on, very proud as if he had Judah well! As soon as the newness wore off he was at it again with Noah fighting and trying to prove who was the best swordsmen.

It did accure to us that Judah is the oldest that a boy in the Carlson family has been before he had to go to the ER for an injury. Let's just hope he keeps it at one visit!!!

Boys! Sometimes amaze me what they can do. With just the four boys I have enough knowladge about cvuts, bumps, and scratches to become a nurse! I can tell you when it needs stiches, staples, stri-strips or glue. But, right now I think I will stick with trying to keep them from killing each other and giving us older people in the family gray hair. :D

Happy Father's Day!!

And I mean it this time! :D

Thank you dad for being the best dad there is!

For doing many different things for me, taking me places, dealing with me, teaching me, etc. :D For taking me to the zoo, museums, stores, Ballgames (Astros or Rice games), or out to eat on special days. Thank you for taking me/us to goat shows, other farms, farm stores, and gun shows, etc.

Thank you for teaching me many different things, each and everything important though they differ with the time, the place, and my age.

Thank you for teaching me about history, so that I would know what it is that has shaped our country, our family, and our lives. For making it so that I enjoy it and it's not just something I do to learn from other's mistakes. Rather it's something I do because I want to learn about it all, something that you have instilled in me.

Thanks for taking the time over the past decade to teach me about baseball, how it's played, how to keep score, how to enjoy it and love it for its fun and not its money. For the love of the game and time with you. Thank you for sitting through many an Astros’ lose, for spending hours before and after games to get autographs, for buying more tickets, cards, books, and other baseball stuff then any one person might need. Thank you for holding me and doing you best to make me feel better when Pujols hits a home run and I cry for two days over a GAME! Thank you for giving me the love of the sport, the enjoyment of keeping score, and the pleasure of collecting cards.

Thanks for teaching me about gun safety, how to shoot a shotgun and blow up pumpkins, how to shot a handgun without harming myself or anyone else for that matter, how to clean a gun and load one.

Thank you for teaching me about computers and other electronics. Or was that just so you wouldn't have to deal with them?

Thanks for working hard to give me the joy of reading, even though I gave you and mom fits about it for years.

Thanks for being there when I need you. When I am about to blow it with a sibling (even if I don't show that I am listening, I do appreciate it then even if I don’t say it then), when as a child I lost a toy or hurt myself or more recently when I wanted more books, money, or candy.

Thank you for being there to comfort me when I need it. Being it a time when I get in a fight with a sibling, get hurt, when the Astros lose in the play-offs, or I am crumpy from lack of sleep or caffeine

Thanks for the things you have taught me and given us in the country. From getting goats, running a dairy, to shooting fireworks and animal care (be it the fun of loving and playing with them or the sadness of putting them down). Thank you for taking a step that was not want you thought you would ever do and giving us this new life of country living and enjoyment!

Thanks for being the dad that I can go to when I have problems to solve, when I want to buy yet another book, something pleasurable to share, or to enjoy a few minutes of baseball on a Monday night.

I LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU!!! :D

Happy Father's Day?!?!?!?

Yeah right! lol

So, we did let dad sleep in this morning, mom and I did go searching all of Houston and the Woodlands for his favorite beer, The kids got him candy, coffee, and other gifts and I have yet to give him my gift, not to mention we are cooking one of his favorite dinners. :D

But I think Judah and Noah gave him a father's day gift he never thought about. lol We, I don't think he thought about it 21 years ago, it's just not those things you think about when your first child is born (esp. when it's a girl) and then when your first son is born after six girls, you think you've got it covered (at least that's what they say) but sometimes life throws you a curve ball. lol

Noah and Judah were sword fighting and apparently Noah hit Judah in the head with his "sword" and Judah came in crying-more like sniffling "Noah hit me!!". So Judah is going in for his first set of stitches ever!

O.K., so yes Christin and I did do sword fights, arm wrestling, and other tom foolery, and yes I have been known for giving siblings black eyes, and yes we have had to do ER injury trips for the girls (all thanks to one person!). But at least we had the decency to wait for a non-important dad day! :D

Anyways....