Well, Matthew is at A&M this week for Phase 1 Fire Training. He is absolutely lovin' it there!
Last night, Hannah went to Central's abbreviated camp session. They are focusing on Service. During their 3 days they will be helping to build a deck for an elderly man at church, vistiting the Dell Childrens hospital, and spending time at a retirement home helping do whatever they can for the residents. Should be good for them all! Joshua is very lonely, and a bit jealous! Most years, David is the director at the camp so Josh gets to stay. But this year is all different, and he's stuck here with me!!! I'll find something fun (and cheap) to do today and tomorrow with him! One thing I found is Glow Bowl at the Texas Union on UT. Bowl by black lights, lazers and music. Sure to cause and instant headache for me, but hey, it's under ground! What more could you ask for???
David is still job hunting- Not going very well. David Robert is still at home and unemployed. That has to end though! He is doing yard work occasionally, so is making some money. On the plus side, Matt did find a job, and he begins Monday. He'll be at the Vans store in the Outlet Mall in San Marcos.
Last night, while in Austin/Pfluggerville it RAINED! Lots of rain! Rained most of the way home too! Rained at the Wally World in Lockhart, rained at the auction barn, even rained at the TSC. Well, we turned onto our road excited to see rain, and it was dry as a bone! NO RAIN! AT ALL! Our block is cursed I believe!!! We missed it earlier in the week too! Rained all over Lockhart, but not at our place again!!! Someday, it may rain here! We did get the benifit of the rainbow on Monday night, along with a beautiful sky that inspired Hannah to grab the camera! She pretty good with that thing! She'll have some good ones for 4-H this year!
We're learning about Native Americans right now, so maybe we'll learn an official rain dance! Couldn't hurt, right?

He's DEAD!!!

He's finally dead! I'm so excited, but still cautious! I have been thinking it might be the work of more than just one!
We finally heard Sadie barking last night, so Matthew and I went out to look around, and there was another dead chicken in the pen! We couldn't see any critters, but definitely saw his handiwork! The netting over both pens was ripped! I had the feeling he was still close, because Sadie was still whimpering and running around, but we looked in the trees and in the field with no luck. So, we went in the house, and a bit later the dog was on alert again! This time the boys were both here, and they went out, and found him IN the chicken house hiding at the top. David did the shooting, and did a nice clean job! The skin is in good shape! The only disappointing thing was that the coon had a small-ish tail, but he is FAT on our chickens!
I'm hoping he was the only one, but we'll keep a good ear out for Sadie in the night!

Fun in the sun

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Just a couple of pics. The 2 at the pool was for Hannah's softball party. The others were at Joshua Pack meeting where they played flag football! It was HOT at both, but we enjoyed it all!

I didn't intend to go see the fireworks last night, but that's where we ended up and we had a good time! Josh and I went to Movie Gallery to pick something out, and as we were leaving, it was only 8 and the fireworks were supposed to start at 8. I didn't understand that since it was still pretty light out. So I asked if he wanted to go look around and see what was going on. Of course, he did! (Hannah had already gone with a friend)
We headed over to the City Park, drove around a bit and it was then that Joshua noticed sky divers so we pulled into a good spot to watch. One came down with an American Flag, and it was really cool the way it floated and turned around so gracefully! Well, we were sitting there and my friend drove up and parked next to us! Out came a car load of kids, and now we really had a reason to stay! We all decided to walk over to the little park.
The breeze was great and it was actually pleasant!!! In July! In TEXAS!!! Just as the fireworks started we walked back to the van, and watched the too short show- there was a small fire we found out about later, but it was barely noticed!
We called David as we left the movie store that we'd be back to watch the movie with him in a few minutes! 2 hours later, he had given up on us, and gone to bed :+( Luckily, he was only doing crosswords, so we all had the delicious Big Red ice cream I had made earlier.
Nice end to a nice day!

Gotta Brag!

This is a drawing David Robert did the other night after seeing some like it in a magazine- He wants to paint it on a large canvas; I can't wait to see it finished! He took elements from several pictures and made his own- He's SO talented!