Last Week Before School Starts

This past week has been full... but relaxing at the same time. We start school next week, so this was our last week of "summer."

Emma recieved this cow cutting board for her birthday, and decided to break it in by using it to cut homemade marshmallows.

Seth and Elsie helped.

They got to stay up late. :)

Tuesday the ladies and children all toured the Frist museum where they had on display "The Golden Age of Couture" - a whole bunch of designer 1950's dresses. Our sewing brains were excited.

After the dresses we spent some time in the children's section since the little kids had been so good. And this is the only picture we got. :P

And on the way home I saw Brad Paisley. He passed us in his blue corvett on the highway. :)

Thursday evening, we went to the Town Fair with the Stouffers, Lovetts, and Lingos.

You could ride all the rides you wanted for $8.

Elsie road one ride, went on to the next, and then realized that she had lost her boot.

See it in the middle of the picture? It got stuck in the motorcycle.

We live in a town of 3000. About 1/15th of the town showed up this night. Which meant the 18 of us basically had the rides to ourselves. It was great. :)

We walked down and watched the horse races for a little bit. These guys were timing the races with their cell phones. It made us laugh. :)

Seth and Elsie couldn't be kept out of the fun house. They went through again and again.

The rides were fun enough to make you want to ride them, but tame enough that you could ride them over and over... so we did. :) That's Kenan and me above.

Willa and Abby.

Seth got a snowcone. ;)

4 days this week Emma and I went around the neighborhood milking cows. Okay, so Tuesday and Wednesday Emma helped milk the Lingo's cow, Daphney, and Thursday and Friday she helped milk the Harper's cow, Ellen. Wednesday I milked at the Lingo's. Yeah.... me. Even though it was on my list of things I never thought I'd do.

Still not sure why I tried to milk. :P

Today Emma was productive and picked peaches from our OWN peach tree, then made the following "Peach Pie"

While the cat and the dog lazed about on the deck. That big blue thing is a bouncy castle Daddy bought this week for $16. :) Speaking of weird things Daddy buys online, we recieved a hot pink garlic peeler in the mail today. It nearly topped the lighted ear wax pick in strangeness that was delievered a couple weeks ago. :P

This kid is so. cute. He took his first steps last week. *wipes tear*

Now, I should get brownie points for this. I'm posting about an event just hours after it happened. ;)
This evening Mrs. Lingo's parents invited some folks from church out for pizza at Snappy's.

And Seth and Elsie learned about PacMan.  Well worth 25 cents. :)

How blessed are the people who know the joyful sound!

O LORD, they walk in the light of Your countenance.

In Your name they rejoice all the day,

And by Your righteousness they are exalted.

~Psalm 89: 15-16