Shopping for a fish

Lucy desperately wanted a fish. So, after saving up all her money (about $55), we went to the pet store where she picked out a small tank, two orange fish and some fish food. We went home and tried to follow the instructions to allow the fish to get to know their new environment but alas, they died. We took them back, got two new fish and I'm proud to say as of this morning they're still living. More photos to come.

Back to school

11 years ago I dropped Christopher off at kindergarten. This past week he went to his first class at Gateway where he is taking two dual credit classes as a high school junior.

The days are certainly long, but the years are short.

Clay Shooting on Father’s Day

It was terribly hot, but the kids and I went out to break some clays with my dad for Father's Day this year. We kept shooting till a spring on the thrower busted on us. Sabrina was able to hit several clay targets and so was Clara. We're still working to get Christopher where he can hit them consistently and Pops' gun jammed on the first shot. Annette was quite the crack shot and apparently this type of shooting is her favorite. Who knew?

Mothers Day morning

All the chicks in the nest gather for Mother's Day 2021.

More fish stories

Something fishy going on in these pictures.

These were snapped during 2021 Spring Break. The reds wanted to go fishing so we did up at the front pond.

Loveland Bike Trail

We had our longest bike ride to date during 2021 Spring Break.

Fishing with the Reds

Sabrina, Molly, Lucy and I went fishing on Saturday. Unfortunately the fish were so small they stole the bait right off the hook. We were using marshmallows which in hindsight maybe not have been the best idea. The fish liked it, but we didn't catch too many of them. Each girl caught one, but unfortunately I don't have a photo of Molly with her catch.

Reason #560

This is reason #560 why it's good to have a truck. We took the kids to Loveland for a bike ride yesterday on their first day of Spring Break 2021.

Everybody chips in

Even Lucy got in on the shutter painting action this weekend. First she held my paint from inside the bedroom and then later she painted the side of the shutter that I couldn't reach.

Painting the shutters

Out with the green and in with the brown.

Clara was kind enough to share in the fun painting the shutters this weekend.

Sweet light

We played a game at the park called "Fire" which primarily consists of me being "it" and walking around trying to find them while pretending I have my eyes closed. Yesterday there was some sweet light coming through the trees and fortunately the girls were kind enough to oblige me with a photo.

Ice Cream - the great motivator

I came downstairs and discovered these 5 bowls in the sink which delights me for a few reasons.
1) Its a sign of the times that we're living in right now at our home and 2) they put the dirty bowls in the sink!

We can get a lot of cleaning down around this house so long as there's ice cream in the fridge.

Working the fish fry

Whenever Annette had to step away from her station, there were three reds who were ready to pick up where she left off. This photo was from the 3/12 Fish Fry.

Molly’s new glasses

Molly got some new glasses this week.

Milk Shakes for Papaw

Papaw loved his milk shakes. Here the kids celebrate a man that none of them ever met with a frosty from Wendy's on his birthday, 10/29/2020. Clara is wearing her karate gi because she just started taking lessons.

Just Molly

"It would have been funnier if Molly had said it."

Clara’s Confirmation

Clara was confirmed in February, 2021 by Bishop Foys. It was a beautiful ceremony though different because of COVID-19. Nevertheless, His grace abounds.

Cold but fun

It was cold when we went out for the last 2020 Youth Hunt with Guy and Christopher. The temps that morning were barely in the double digits. Zach shot a young buck and we enjoyed processing and later eating his harvest. Good times with good peeps.

Coyote Hunting

We went coyote hunting back in January. Had a good time but didn't see anything. We got barked at which was encouraging!

Almost

She's almost taller than her mother at age 11. Almost...