Just call me Elmer Fudd

I went rabbit hunting tonight!!! Not really, at least not intentionally. I was mowing the back yard when my foot went over a hole/soft spot in the ground. I thought to myself, "darn mole!" Boy was I wrong!! When I turned around to mow the next strip of grass, I saw something moving ahead of me! I quickly shut the mower off and yelled at Dan to move the moving thing. I thought it might have been a bird or something at first, but when I got closer, I saw that it was a baby bunny! I seriously almost started to cry b/c I thought I had killed it. Luckily the mower blades were to high to injure it, but I think I might have squished it some when I stepped on the nest. I then investigated the 'soft spot' only to have another baby come bounding out at me. Momma bunny wasn't to be found. Hopefully she'll be back. I am curious as to why she picked the middle of our backyard to build her nest.

This is the nest...can you see why I missed it?! Just looked like a pile of grass clippings.

Anyway, no bunnies were injured after all. Thank goodness! I can handle squishing bugs or snakes but not cute little bunnies!!

This is the sweet little guy (post squishing) cowering by the fence.

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The vegetable fairy

If you don't know already, my dear, sweet daughter eats next to nothing. That's NOT an exaggeration! I have tried about everything in the book to get her to eat and try new things. Over the past several months, we have had a little progress. She's added spaghetti and pizza (minus the cheese!) to her list of acceptable foods. On a whim last night, I told her that if she didn't try the carrots we were having for dinner, the vegetable fairy would come take her away to a place where they ate ONLY veggies! I was really only kidding with her, but she took this to heart! She ate 2 bites of carrots without even complaining! I know you're thinking...2 bites? We celebrate the smallest victories in this house!! ;) And then again this morning, I had cut up a kiwi for Anderson and she took a bite of that so the fairy wouldn't get her! Maybe this is wrong, but she is trying new things without throwing a HUGE fit so I may just run with this idea for awhile. I think she will quickly find that other foods can be yummy, not just chicken fingers and fish sticks! :)

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Dan's new hobby

My husband has decided to take up bow hunting this fall. In an effort to cut the start up cost of this hobby, I am trying to win a $100 gift card to Dick's Sporting Good's. You can enter to win too at My Organized Chaos!

Rain, Rain Go Away

Last year, I wanted to get tickets for Dan to see David Beckham play. He has always been a fan, even before he started playing in the MLS. I tried to get tickets for him to see Beckham's team, the LA Galaxy, when they played in Chicago. However, they were sold out. ;( So this year, I was online the minute they went on sale and got us 2 tickets to see the game on Aug. 21st in Chicago! Our fun filled evening began to unravel a bit earlier in the week when Beckham received a red card in the game prior to the one we were seeing which meant we weren't going to get to see him play. Disappointing, but there are other good players we were excited to see, Donovan being the main one. Then we heard Donovan had the swine flu! Luckily, he was recovered enough to play. Then the weather forecast went from not too good to TERRIBLE. There was over a 90% chance of thunderstorms. We decided to go anyway, after all we had already paid for the tickets. We we arrived in Chicago, it began to pour so hard that visibility was poor. Next the thunder and lightening started. We canceled our hotel so we could get our points back and almost turned around to drive home. They weren't really going to play in weather like this, were they?? We decided to at least stop by the box office and ask about chances of cancellation/rescheduling. When we get there, you can't get to the box office without paying the $15 to park. By the time we parked, the rain had slowed to a light shower. We had ponchos with us so we figured we could handle a little rain. By the time we got into the stadium, got some food, and sat down, it had stopped raining! Dan kept watching the radar on his phone and we could see the massive front coming toward us. We thought we we going to get soaked. We watched God perform a weather miracle because it was moving so quickly over us that it didn't rain at all the entire game! Neither of us had been to a professional soccer game. It was way more entertaining than I ever could have imagined! I think we may make it a yearly event now! Of course I forgot my camera in the truck so no pics. :(

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Summer pics

I am SOOO behind on blogging! I am not going to even attempt to catch up. I thought it would be easier to show some summer highlights in pics instead...

Anderson has learned to get to whatever he wants.

A rare tender moment while taking a train ride at the zoo.

Ava took her first ballet class.

We took 2 family camping trips. This is Anderson peeking out the blinds when he was supposed to be sleeping!

Anderson discovered corn on the cob! His new favorite.

Ava enjoyed some fishing.

Anderson, occupying himself while camping, doing his favorite outdoor activity...throwing rocks!


We spent 2 days at the Indiana state fair in 90+ degree heat!

Taking one 3 yr old and three 1 yr olds to the fair in the heat...we must be crazy!

Worn out after the day at the fair.

Hiking at Shades state park

Big butts

"I need to eat all of my chicken so my butt will get big like all grown ups' butts!" -Ava